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Thursday, February 3, 1972
College Station, Texas
Page 5
John Curylo
Lesson to be learned from nasty Rice students
J
B Tuesday night’s floor show by
pie Rice student body brings to
mind a few ideas for Aggie fans
in G. Rollie White Coliseum Sat
urday night to see the game with
the Texas Tech Red Raiders.
1 A&M, Tech and Southern Meth-
|odist are tied for the lead in the
(Southwest Conference basketball
Race, and the battle is crucial, to
say the least.
| With the Aggies picked to fin
ish last in the conference in pre-
| Season polls, chances to do well
in league play cannot be jeopar
dized by poor conduct on the part
j of supporters.
The crudeness shown by the
3wl fans drove this point home,
in that the reputation of the
hool in the future is damaged.
The athletic fortunes of the pres-
lent don’t do boo well, either. The
Iggies proved that in Autry
ourt
The strain of unsportsmanlike
conduct is felt in recruiting, rep
utation and present performance.
Rice had several football scholar
ship prospects present Tuesday,
as Coach Emory Bellard will Sat
urday. It is imperative that these
athletes be greeted as warmly as
possible.
For the fans in the bleachers,
it may be cute to shout gross re
marks, but for the young men vis
iting the campus, incidents like
that may turn them away forever.
High school rivalries are strong,
but prospects hear boos from the
crowd as personal cuts. It is not
easy for a 17-year-old high school
senior to stand in front of 7,000
people, and verbal abuse, regard
less of intent, will not sway him
to Texas A&M.
Reputation is a big thing in
college sports. Tech has a repu
tation for throwing turkey eggs
and Rice for obscenity. Such
things are on the minds of oppo
nents, fans and referees. The Ag
gies got fired up when the Rice
people got malicious, and the
same could happen here if care is
not taken.
Crowd noise is a factor in bas
ketball, but volume should be
positive. The nearest thing to pos
itive noise in Houston was curs
ing of the referees instead of the
Aggies by Rice. In the case of
Tech, it is best not to rile them
up, because they are blessed with
ability.
It has been three years since
the “Baylor incident” in 1969, but
those of us who were here can
never forget the amount of cover
age the fight received and how it
hurt A&M. Another riot could be
disastrous.
Referees have the hardest job
in the world, next to digging wells
in Montana in the winter months.
Some people will take almost any
job for money, but officiating is
one of the least popular and re
warding.
The officials in Tuesday night’s
game were personally abused
more by the Rice student body
than anyone in the gym. They
blew a few calls, which was under
standable. No official gets them
all perfect.
Something A&M must avoid at
all cost is infuriating the ref
erees. All we need is to make an
official mad at us, and we can
kiss championship hopes goodby.
Technical fouls mean more than
just a free throw and an in
bounds play.
When the race is close, close
calls become much more crucial.
The Aggies cannot afford to cause
a referee to blow any judgments
at any time.
Booing is important here. It
would be interesting to note the
result of applauding the officials
when they are introduced Satur
day night. It might psyche Tech
out just enough. It would also in
crease the value of our stock with
league referees.
First place is on the line here
at 8 p.m. Saturday. We owe it
to the efforts of our basketball
players and coaches to show the
Raiders what positive incentive is.
We owe it to ourselves to support
our school in a way that will
bring victory, hot notoriety, upon
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