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evm s orner THE BATTALION Friday, September 14, 1973 College Station, Texas Page 5 L,; ; IBy KEVIN COFFEY, Sports Editor ^eek[J Making predictions is, at best, risky business. Predicting the out* f-pme of a single football game is plenty hard, which makes trying to idict a whole season near impossible. Overall, the Southwest Conference is as balanced as it was last and it could hardly get any closer. Sure Texas won the crown at the Red Raiders and TCU beat SMU there would have been a (even way tie for second place with each school having a 3-4 record. Colorado at LSI/ ield goil VC k an Fel- - Road' issea. lector Cel Those Cotton Pickin 9 Longhorns t In J H ere I s the way the conference looks from here: 1, TEXAS Although I am not all that sure Texas can beat the whole Inference, if you have to pick only one team to win the crown it has be the Longhorns. Darrell Royal may be singing the blues but body seems to be listening as Texas Football Magazine, the TCU put jT ill, the SWC Press Tour Poll, Smith and Street’s Football yearbook jd Sports Illustrated pick the Longhorns to win their sixth consecutive ;le. SI even goes as far to pick Texas as the national champion but jere is no way I can go that far. It just seems like it wouldn’t be Niff Year’s Day if Texas wasn’t in the Cotton Bowl. Realistically, the Longhorns have a lot going for them. They turn eight starters from a defense that only allowed seven touch- wns last season. They never run out of quarterbacks and they al- lys seem to find a good offensive line. What else do you need? TEXAS TECH The Raiders have plenty going for them except ey play Texas in Austin. They are faster than Texas and have some itter offensive depth but Tech has a notable problem in the offensive le. Even if Jim Carlen’s crew can beat Texas, the Longhorns could ill end up on top. Tech has the only really proven quarterback in the league in the fted Joe Barnes and graduates some fine talent off an undefeated eshman team but it just might not be enough. But all is not bleak r the Raiders. Come bowl time, they should be in for a bid. TEXAS A&M Everyone can now stop wondering where I’ll put the 'gies. Third, where else? Granted the Ags are inexperienced and, yes, a lot has to go right r A&M to finish this high but after last year some breaks have to i Emory Bollard’s way. j Last year a good quarterback and a little luck was all that stood | the way of a 6-5 season. This year former marine and rodeo bull der Mike Jay fits the bill for Bollard’s revamped offense. The Ags offensive line is still in some doubt but the running backs |e top quality five deep and the receivers are excellent. Defensively the Aggies sport both depth and quality at linebacker id the defensive backs are a mixture of junior college talent and 1972 ddovers. ' Don’t be surprised if the Aggies get a bowl bid come December. SMU The Mustangs are perhaps the most puzzling team in the inference. If everything went their way and they stay healthy they uld really battle Texas for the top spot. SMU has some of the con- rence’s finest players in Kenny Harrison, Wayne Morris, Alvin Maxon, d Johnson and Louie Kelcher but there is no depth to backup the first mtingent. The Mustangs are blessed with an easy pre-conference hedule but playing 11 games and staying healthy just might be too nch. | BAYLOR The Bears are getting better every day but they, too, «plagued with lack of experience and a schedule out of their league. Baylor has some depth at running back and a set of outstanding eivers but they are still a year or two away from being a real mtender. TCU As far as ability goes the Frogs should probably go at the ittom of the conference but the best team doesn’t always win. The rogs do have some top performers in Dede Terveen, Charlie Davis id Mike Luttrell but Ohio State and Tennessee don the Homed Frog ate. The impetus that is needed to push the Frogs out of the cellar ill come from the near miraculous recovery of Billy Tohill from a tar fatal auto wreck. Who could let him down now ? | RICE Coach A1 Conover will need more than his usual tricks to eep this from being a long season. Conover has to count on throwing le ball over 50 per cent of the time and his new quarterback has Bver played major college football. ARKANSAS It seems strange to pick a Frank Broyles' coached lam at the bottom of the pile but they were in a rebuilding year efore Scott Bull got hurt. The Hogs return only five seniors from ist year’s 6-5 team. Dickey Morton and Danny Rhodes are class ictball players but they can’t do it all. Games Guest Picker Louie Holzem Rod Speer Mike Rice T. C. Gallucci Ted Boriskie Kevin Coffey A&M-Wichita St. A&M A&M A&M A&M Wich. St. A&M A&M Arkansas at USC USC Ark. USC USC USC USC USC Oklahoma at Baylor OU OU OU OU OU OU OU Rice at Houston UH Rice UH UH Rice UH UH Santa Clara at SMU SMU SMU SMU SMU SMU SMU SMU Utah at Texas Tech Tech Tech Tech Tech Tech Tech Tech Penn St. at Stanford Penn St. Penn St. Stanford Penn St. Stanford Penn St. Penn St. Colorado at LSt/ LSU LSU Colorado LSU LSU LSU Colorado Cowboys at Chicago Cowboys Chicago Cowboys Cowboys Cowboys Cowboys Cowboys Oilers at N.Y. Giants Giants Oilers Giants Giants Giants Giants Giants Season Record Last Week Guest Picker: President Jack Williams Next week’s picker: Randy Ross HARRY DISHMAN Sales & Service 603 Texas Ave. C .S. across from campus — 846-3316 1974 AGGIEL.AND Class Picture Schedule FRESHMEN A-M Sept. 10-14 N-S Sept. 17-21 T-Z Sept. 24-28 Pictures will be taken from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. UNIVERSITY STUDIO 115 N. Main (Bring fee slips) North Gate IN! AGGIE CINEMA PRESENTS: FALL FILMS 1973 SEPTEMBER 24 (Monday) “SOLDIER BLUE” “Soldier Blue” with Candice Bergen, Peter Strauss, and Donald Pleasence in a realistic story of the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre and the 1889 Battle of Wounded Knee. “The most savage film in history.” OCTOBER 5 & 6 (Friday & Saturday) “A MAN CALLED HORSE” with Richard Harris and Dame Judith Anderson. A totally authentic film based on the novel by Dorothy Johnson, a statement of the culture, the life, the courage, discipline, nobility, savagery and humanity of the Indians, before the white man’s plundering of their birthright. A man called “Horse” becomes an Indian warrior in the most electrifying ritual ever seen! NOVEMBER 2 & 3 (Friday & Saturday) “PATTON: A SALUTE TO A REBEL” with George C. Scott, Karl Malden, Karl Vogler, and Edward Binns; the complete and unedited version of Scott’s Academy Award winning portrayal of General George S. Patton. NOVEMBER 13 (Tuesday) “DUCK SOUP” with the Marx Brothers: Groucho, Harpo, Chico, and Zeppo. You’ll be surprised if you don’t go crazy from this greatest of all mad-cap madnesses. NOVEMBER 30 & DECEMBER 1 (Friday & Saturday) “BONNIE & CLYDE” with Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway. The celebrated film about the folk-hero bank robbing spree of Clyde Barrow, Bonnie Parker and their group in the 1930s. Complete, uncut and uncensored. c , .j. Aggie Cinema film will be shown in the Grove Theater, or in case of inclement weather ^ in room 224-226 of the new M.S.C. Screening time is 8:00 p. m. except for “Paint Your * * Wagon” which will show at 8:30 p. m. >A /ISC IU8 i AGGIE GRID CAPTAINS for the 1973 A&M football team are Larry Ellis (upper left), safety from Troup, Mike Jay (upper right), quarterback from Torring- ton, Wyo., Rickey Seeker (lower left), linebacker from Bay City and Ed Simonini (lower right), linebacker from Las Vegas, Nev. Ellis is the only senior letterman on he entire squad. 0*5 Opera and Performing Arts Society Presents DECEMBER 5 ITZHAK PERLMAN, one of the world’s greatest violinists. JANUARY 17 VAN CLIBURN, internationally acclaimed pianist. JANUARY 31 NATIONAL BALLET OF WASHINGTON, directed by Stevenson, ballet at its peak of perfection. Frederick Franklin and Ben FEBRUARY 27 “THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO,” with Norman Triegle, bass-baritone, one of today’s most celebrated singing-actors; Carol Neblett, still in her twenties — glorious to see and hear, who astounded the opera world this spring with a stunning vocal and visual performance in New Orleans in “Thais” which included a momentary nude scene; Eilene Shelle, former Corbett Foundation scholarship winner, in the role of Susanna which she has sung both in the United States and abroad. APRIL 9 MARIS A GLAVANY, heralded as a veritable phenomenon for her performance in “Aida” last year in Mexico City. APRIL 25 THE HOUSTON SYMPHONY, conducted by Lawrence Foster, who many critics feel to be the most gifted youn condoctor to appear on the music scene since Leonard Bern stein. OPAS SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS NOVEMBER 5 CHRISTOPHER PARKENING, classical guitarist who has been called a brilliant re citalist. MARCH 28 HOUSTON LYRIC ART STRING QUARTET, noted chamber music performers who will appear with Albert Hirsh, pianist. Quartet members are Fredell Lack, Albert Muen- zer, Wayne Course and Shirley Trepel. at the University Theater Complex For Membership Info. Contact MSC Director’s Office 845-1915 Tickets Available University Center Box Office and First Floor Rudder Conference Tower — 9 a. m. - 4 p. m.—Monday - Friday — 845-2916 (^5 is a functioning committee of the Town Hall Committee of TAMU fe/MT ' I flf | OUR ENTIRE STOCK OF SPORTS COATS SHORT SLEEVE SPORT SHIRTS LONG SLEEVE DRESS SHIRTS CASUAL KNIT SHIRTS Texas A&M Book Store In The University Center i