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A&M’s offensive line gave Murray superb pass protection all afternoon, but there was little Murray could do but search in vain for an open re ceiver. The Indians played basic double coverage against the Aggies, but Murray had more than his share of underthrown passes. “I think our team had the philos- phy that Kevin (Murray) could do it all,” Sherrill said, “It just doesn’t work out that way.” Time after time A&M marched the ball down the field. Again and again A&M self-destructed, lacking the killer instinct to put points up in the board. The players put more emotion into grabbing a glass of wa ter on the sidelines. Sherrill said his team was young and had a lot of undue pressure on it, and he is partly right. This A&M squad is expected to produce, espe cially against supposedly weaker non-conference teams. To quote one fellow sports writer after the game, the Ags are “unde feated, unexcited and unimpressi ve”. One bright spot for the Aggies was the continued improvement of the running game. Thomas Sanders was the leading ground gainer for the Ags with 51 yards in 11 carries. Jimmy Teal was back to his old self snagging 3 passes for 65 yards, including two clutch touchdown re ceptions. Sherrill admitted A&M failed to adequately test the Indian second ary. He gave no excuses for the lack of the deep pass in the A&M game plan. The Indian “Y-bone” offense (a variation of the wishbone) baffled the Aggie defenders for much of the first three quarters. Between the ka mikaze running of Indians’ quar terback Dwane Brown and the quick slashing runs up the middle, the Ag gie defense was all but chained to the ground. A&M’s defense looked even more confused trying to adjust the Indi an’s effective use of counter plays. So now A&M is 3-0. There has to be a myriad of questions to be an swered by Sherrill before next weeks first Southwest Conference game against Texas Tech. Can Stump mature enough to lead the Aggie offense? Can the run ning game improve? Will the de fense be able to deal with the tougher assignment of dealing with SWC offenses? And, most importantly, can A&M rely on the mistakes of the opposi tion’s kicker to steal another win? ’Horns, ’Stangs pass first exams United Press International The grades have come m DresSports The Running Shoe Dieguteed as a Dress Shoe The lightweight materials <and running shoe technology of the Rockport Walk Support System TN malc<t DresSports comfortable as a running shoe. Blending innovative design with traditional styling makes DresSports the perfect shoe for- a day at the off ice or a night on the town. Stop by and try a pair of DresSports soon. Your feet will be convinced they‘re in a p&\r of running shoes. Rockport® DresSports™ \WVvo\e^iaTt\\ t OVVSIOW CjOW\p3WV s m\ere. QuaYy^x K'va.V.fes Y-Vyg. YhVYerencti. & I from those important early semester ex ams and the Texas Longhorns and SMU Mustangs both passed. Texas, in fact, will probably be placed at the head of the class. It was a weekend of high import around the Southwest Conference with the Longhorns taking part in a national spectacle and the Mustangs prevailing in a regional dispute that drew a good deal of attention. And as the results trickled in it ap peared that once again it will be SMU and Texas deciding the South west Conference title and the Cotton Bowl berth that goes with it. That is down the road, of course, but Texas more than proved its worth with its dominating 28-3 deci sion over Penn State in the Mead- owlands and SMU answered plenty of questions with its 26-17 victory over TCU in an old-fashioned neighborhood brawl that was every thing it was advertised to be. The Longhorns, by virtue of their impressive showing and the hard-to- believe upset by Syracuse over Ne braska, will likely become the No. I ranked team in the nation this week. Texas’ annual date with Oklahoma, which should create at least a small amount of excitement, is two weeks away. “I know it sounds crazy,” said Texas coach Fred Akers. “But we are still rebuilding.” There was, however, other news of consequence around the league. Texas A&M once again squeaked by a team it was supposed to easily handle, nipping Arkansas State, 22- 21. And in the midst of that game Aggies’ quarterback Kevin Murray broke an ankle trying to vault into the end zone. Arkansas State appeared to have the game in hand when it opened a 16-point advantage. “I don’t care who they are,” said A&M coach Jackie Sherrill. “This was a big win for us after being down like we were.” Arkansas began to make plenty of noises, meanwhile, displaying an air attack to go with its wishbone run ning game in bruising Navy, 33-10. The Houston Cougars let a 14- point lead disappear and became an unexpected victim of Louisville, 30- 28, while the Rice Owls were downed as expected by Miami, 38-3. After two straight losses, the defend ing national champion Hurricane could draw just 20,084 at the Orange Bowl for the meeting with the Owls. Finally, the Baylor Bears won their first game of the year with an 18-9 conquest of Texas Tech in the other league opener on the cal endar. Tech could gain just 13 yards rushing and the Bears had to score twice in the final minutes to over- peo- come a three-point deficit. “We had lost a lot of momentum and confidence even though we had lost to two top 10 teams (Brigham Young and Oklahoma),” said Baylor coach Grant Teaff. “This win should make us forget about those two games.” It has been a long time since the SMU-TCU confrontation produced the kind of intense pre-game bicker ing that this year’s game did. That, of course, came as a result of TCU’s sudden emergence as a true threat. Both sides turned the ball over three times and both missed scoring opportunities, but both teams played with a lot of zeal and the game was about what the 58,000 fans at Texas Stadium expected. With the game on the line, how ever, SMU drove 77 yards and scored on a 25-yard run by Reggie Dupard to finally slow down the Horned Frogs’ early season success story. “That’s the kind offense we are,” said SMU coach Bobby Collins after his club had ground out 324 yards rushing. “You have to credit TCU, and we do. “but when that bunch gets going they can be better than a lot of j pie give them credit for.” “We have no excuses,” said TCU coach Jim Wacker. “We were out played and outcoached. They de served to win.” No matter how good SMU played, however, or how good Arkansas and TCU might eventually be as the sea son progresses, the ominous pre- sense of the Longhorns looms over the rest of the conference. Texas threw an unbalanced line at Penn State and created enough run ning room that Akers himself could have gained plenty of yardage. Had it not been for four first-half Texas turnovers the score would probably have been even more one sided. Akers, as much as any coach around, lives for the spectacle that college football can provide, and he was in his element Saturday. “It was just a super day all the way around,” Akers beamed after the big win. “I’m glad you (a group of re porters) are here. I’m glad I’m here. I’m glad I’m in this frame of mind. “It was a great crowd, a great op-^ ponent, a great place to play football — a great day.” Next week Texas (2-0) will be the overwhelming favorite in its confer ence opener against Rice (1-2) in Houston while Texas A&M (3-0) will begin its league campaign at home against Texas Tech (1-2) and Baylor (1-2) will host Houston (1-2). The leading attraction, however, will come in Fayetteville where TCU (2-1) will try to rebound from its Sat urday night loss and get back on the track against Arkansas (1-0-1). SMU will take the week off. Rose shatters NL record for doubles \ ‘otat.ion - &79A \05 UoqeAt CoWetc^c. 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His iiy ball off Astros’ pitcher Mike Scott to medium left center field should have been an easy out, but left fielder Jose Cruz and center fielder jerry Mumphrey collided trying to make the catch and the ball fell for a hit, permitting two Red baserunners to score. The Corps of Cadets gets \tM news from the Batt.