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Collegiate sports, primarily football, receive at least as much attention from the wagerers as their professional counterparts, and maybe more. For whereas there are relatively few teams in the NFL and NBA, collegiate conferences abound, offering a virtual gold mine to obsessed bettors...
...whole game, though, is the legendary man in purple, Viking quarterback Fran Tarkenton. Tarkenton--who holds NFL records for total passing yardage(41,798), touchdowns(308) and completions(3186)--has 16 years of experience and should finally guide Minnesota to a national championship...
...axed third-year head coach Bill Arnsparger in what should prove a futile attempt to shake up the moribund squad. His successor is assistant coach for "research and development" John McVay, who played collegiate ball with Arnsparger on a 1950 Miami of Ohio squad that included 19 other present NFL coaches...
Unlike the Giants who have hung tough in the face of the hardest schedule in the NFL, the Jets have shown as much stability as a toupee in high wind. Things got so bad that owner Phil Iselin suffered a heart attack watching Denver trounce his club. The Jets were even euphoric after holding the Colts to only 20 points while former all-pro guard Winston Hill benched himself, missing his first starting assignment since...
...Namath's offense has put 50 points on the board in seven games, less than either of the expansion teams. At the present rate, the Jets should score fewer points than any NFL team since the 14-game schedule was adopted...