‘CALL COLLECT’

The ears of the man for whom the bells tolled were deafened by the victory shouts of his players and the "who in the hell is Oklahoma? We are No. 1," shouts of Husker fans jammed around the locker room door.

An O.U. press crew member taking the President’s call promised to make connections with Devaney and have him return the call. "Tell him he can call collect," the operator said.

When Devaney finally became aware the President was waiting, he smiled and said: "Well, he is still in office."

Nixon had almost as much trouble getting through a few moments later to Sooner Coach Chuck Fairbanks.

‘SHORT END’

Once again the call had to be returned with Fairbanks having to come to the top level of the pressbox to get the call during the filming of his weekly show.

The dejected-looking coach, whose team had come so close and yet so far, smiled when the connection was finally made. He too, got in only a few words.

"Yes sir, Mr. President," Fairbanks said. "We did play well. I was very proud of our team today. We just came out on the short end."