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THE BATTALION
Page 6 College Station, Texas Wednesday, December 7, 1966
Sports Aplenty
Grid Postscripts
By GARY SHERER
With the completion of the
football season, save the post
season madness, one must ask
some questions about the past 13
weeks of kickoffs.
How can TCU (only 55 points
all year) beat the only two teams
that beat Arkansas (Baylor and
Texas Tech) and yet lose to the
Razorbacks ?
How can Arkansas look like
world-beaters (against A&M and
SMU) and then turn around and
fall flat on their face against
Texas Tech and Baylor and cost
the Cotton Bowl some far-away
customers.
How can Notre Dame be ultra
liberal and run up 64 points on
Duke and turn ultra-conservative
and settle for 10 against Michi
gan State?
This nefarious writer now ex
plores some of the Bowl Games
that will be upon us in a couple
of weeks.
Rose Bowl: It was a real mis
take, not putting UCLA in the
“Granddaddy Bowl,” both from
the standpoint that they would
have a better chance against Pur
due and they defeated USC,
which is going. The selection
caused a mild riot on the Uclan’s
campus, but the selection commit
tee had to make up to Coach John
McKay after skipping over USC
for Oregon State in 1963. In the
Big Ten, Michigan State should
be going but they had to abide
by the archaic rule of a team not
being able to follow themselves
in the New Year’s classic. They
should really change the ruling,
as this was the first time in many
moons that a Big Ten winner re
peated the performance and won
two years in a row.
CIVILIAN
SENIORS
and
GRADUATE
STUDENTS
Will have their portrait
made for the Ag-gieland
’67
November 16 - January 15
Portraits will be made at the
University Studio (coat and
tie).
Cotton Bowl: The Cotton Bowl
committee is patting themselves
on the back after getting Georgia
who knocked off both Orange
Bowl foes (Florida and Georgia
Tech). SMU fell into their home
park over the fallen Porkers of
Fayetteville and probably have
bitten off more than they can
chew. But with Levias in the
lineup, anything can happen.
Orange Bowl: Both teams go
into this bowl with final game
losses still too fresh in their
minds. Florida, which lost to
arch-rival M i a mi, 21-26, and
Georgia Tech, victim to equally
arch-rival Georgia, 23-14, are
smarting from those setbacks and
will be out to gain back their
reputations.
Sugar Bowl: This is a strange
one. The Crimson Tide will no
doubt be out to obliterate the
Cornhuskers from the New Or
leans area so that Coach Bryant
can further claim No. 1 status.
Whether Nebraska can cope with
them will remain to be seen.
Improving Aggies To Oppose
Miss. State In Game Tonight
The improving Aggie basket- making cuts right or left.
Payne and Larry Ditto. Ditto
6’9” sophomore from Brecken
ridge, was praised for his pli
in the Memphis game by Metcal
DOUBTFUL STARTER
Sonny Benefield, sophomore guard from Sweeny, has been
slowed by a turned ankle and may not see action in tonight’s
game with Mississippi State.
ball team gets a stiff test to
night when they meet highly-
regarded Mississippi State in
first-round play of the Southern
Mississippi Invitational Basket
ball Tournament.
Going into the game following
two straight losses, Coach Shelby
Metcalf’s charges have learned
valuable lessons in both contests.
Their main problem has been too
many turnovers in crucial situa
tions. Coach Metcalf believes this
will subside as the players get
more game experience under their
belts. He feels that these lessons
will be learned faster against
tougher foes.
“If things keep progressing as
they are, I’ll be able to bring
back a better ball team to Col
lege Station on Friday,” said
Metcalf following Monday’s game
with Memphis State.
The first injury of the year
has popped up, with Sonny Bene
field, sophomore guard from
Sweeny, hobbled with a sprained
ankle. He turned up with it in
practice last Friday and saw lim
ited action in the Memphis State
game. Aggie trainer Billy Pick
ard says he can go top speed
straight ahead but has difficulty
Mississippi State, along with
Kentucky, has been sighted as a
pre-season favorite for the South
eastern Conference title. They
feature a high-scoring attack led
by 6’9” David Williams, a top
returnee from last year’s aggre
gation.
Metcalf will pick his starting
lineup from Ronnie Peret, Dick
Rector, Billy Bob Barnett, John
Underwood, Terry Trippet, Jerry
ATTENTION' ! ! !
ALL CLUBS
Athletic, Hometown, Pro]
fessional, and Campus Or.
ganizations.
Pictures for the club sections o!
the Aggieland are now being
scheduled at the Student Publto
cations Office, Y.M.C.A. Bui |
ing.
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2610 Texas Ave.
Tel. 822-1441
OPEN
11:30 a. m.
to
Midnight
Friday & Saturday
till 1:00 a. m.
Third Ranked Kentucky Wildcats
Due For Fall In National Ratings
BY BEN OLAN
Associated Press Sports Writer
Kentucky, last year’s leader in
The Associated Press’ final
major-college basketball poll and
No. 3 in the 1966-67 preseason
balloting, is not likely to hold
a lofty position next week. Fifth-
ranked Houston, too, probably
will drop several places.
The Wildcats, 104-84 winners
over Virginia in their season
opener last week, were upset by
Illinois 98-97 in overtime while
Houston was beaten by Michigan
86-75 Monday night.
The voting in the latest poll
was based on games through last
Saturday and was topped by
UCLA followed by Texas West
ern, Kentucky, Louisville, Hous
ton, New Mexico, Duke, North
Carolina, Brigham Young and
Cincinnati.
UCLA, the preseason leader,
collected 32 of 34 first-place
votes from among the selectors
comprising the national panel of
sports writers and broadcasters.
Yn points, the Bruins accumulat
ed 337 on a basis of 10 for a
first-place vote, 9 for second, 8
for third etc.
UCLA, led by Lew Alcindor’s
56 points, defeated Southern
California 105-90 in its opening
game.
Texas Western, last season’s
NCAA titleholder, held the No. 2
spot after winning its first two
games.
Louisville beat Georgetown in
its opener and advanced one
place to fourth. Houston, which
opened with two victories, climbed
from seventh to fifth while New
Mexico, 2-0, held sixth place.
The Top Ten with first place
votes in parentheses and total
points.
1.
UCLA (32)
337
2.
Texas Western (1)
288
3.
Kentucky
250
4.
Louisville (1)
170
5.
Houston
135
6.
New Mexico
108
7.
Duke
72
8.
North Carolina
71
9.
Brigham Young
65
10.
Cincinnati
63
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