By KEVIN COFFEY, Sports Editor
There is a silver lining- in every cloud, or so I am told,
and perhaps by the end of next week I’ll think the experi
ences of my trip to Clemson, S. C., were funny, but I didn’t
think that Saturday night.
The trip to Clemson for this writer promised to be in
teresting from the very start. Through the efforts of Marvin
Tate, associate athletic director, and John Hopkins, Aggie
Club executive vice president, I was to board the annual
Aggie Club Charter plane in Dallas.
Things went wrong from the very beginning. Our
photographer and I disagreed on where the front of Walton
Hall was and after rounding him up, we barely made our
connecting flight to Dallas. We were scheduled to leave Love
Field at 8 a. m. and did well to get away at 9:10. Only an
hour and ten minutes late, not too bad.
When the flight got off the ground, the fun began.
Bloody Marys and Screwdrivers were served by a knockout
stewardess who would not take no for an answer (about
taking a drink I mean). Breakfast was tolerable, which is
rare on an airplane and everything seemed to be smoothing
out.
We got to the game about 10 minutes before kickoff
after an hour’s ride through some of the prettiest country
I’ve ever seen.
Since the Aggies won the game and I made it back to
the bus on time I knew everything was going to go well.
When we arrived at the airport an airline representative
said we would be in for a short delay while “minor adjust
ment” was made on the big bird. Minutes have a way of
stretching into hours and after many drinks and many
hands of black jack it was decided we needed another plane.
To make a long story short, eight hours in Greenville-Spar-
tanburg Airport is no fun. I did manage to finish reading
“Semi-Tough” (which I strongly recommend) and I also
managed to lose a few dollars somewhere along all those
hands of black jack.
I only bring this up because I am trying to put off
predicting this week’s games. After the bath I took last
week, I am becoming leary of this crystal ball I bought be
fore ’the season started. Well here goes:
This week is the toughest one yet. Four of the six
games involving Southwest Conference teams have point
spreads of less than a touchdown.
Texas’ annual clash with Oklahoma is the top game in
the SWC this week. The 11:50 p. m. kickoff will draw a
capacity crowd at the Cotton Bowl as well as a national
television audience. Oklahoma won the last two which
has got to get Darrell Royal’s goat. This game pits two
outstanding defensive teams and I would be surprised by an
high scoring affair.
Royal and losing just don’t get along. The former OU
star has participated in 22 of the 67 Texas-OU games. He
posted a 2-2 record as a Sooner and a 12-4 record while
coaching the Longhorns.
Oklahoma coach Barry Switzer enters the clambake for
the first time as a head coach.
Texas is 2-1 and ranked 14th in the nation with OU
2-0-1 and sixth ranked.
The Bookies have Oklahoma a six point favorite in what
should be a classic defensive battle. OU won 27-0 last year
but they were ahead only 3-0 deep in the third quarter.
OKLAHOMA 14, TEXAS 10.
Saturday’s Baylor-Arkansas game finds the Bears try
ing to break p. five year Razorback win streak. Oddly
enough, Baylor leads the all time series 26-24-1 but Hog
coach Frank Broyles stands 10-4-1 against the Baptists.
Baylor has shown signs of a strong running game be
hind Gary Lacy’s 404 yards in the four Baylor games. It
also appears that the Bears are healthy again after taking
a beating against Oklahoma in the season opener. Both
teams are 2-2 and both won last weekend with Baylor over
Florida State 21-14 and Arkansas downing TCU 13-5.
Kickoff is scheduled for 7:30 p. m. in Waco’s Baylor
Stadium. Baylor is a three point favorite with 35,000 ex
pected to be on hand for the Bears’ conference opener.
BAYLOR 24, ARKANSAS 17.
Excepting the A&M-Tech game, the remaining games
involving conference teams should be runaways.
The University of Houston hosts Virginia Tech tonight
at 7:30 in the Astrodome. UH is 4-0, the only undefeated
team remaining in the SWC. The Coogs are ranked 13th
in the nation and climbing. SMU smashed VPI 37-6 and it
looks like UH is tougher than the Mustangs. HOUSTON
42, VIRGINIA TECH O.
Rice hosts Notre Dame at 7:30 Saturday night in Rice
Stadium with over 65,000 fans expected to take a glimpse
of the perennial national power.
The Irish stand 3-0 and ninth ranked while Rice is 1-2.
Rice was expected to be the leading passing team in the
conference but Owl coach A1 Canover became disenchanted
with JC transfer Fred Geisley and freshman Tommy Kramer
is slated to get his first starting nod.
Notre Dame is just too tough for the Owls and tougher
than the 18 points the odds makers give Rice. NOTRE
DAME 38, RICE 7.
TCU and Idaho meet in a real battle of also-rans in the
Horned Frogs’ Amon Carter Stadium at 7:30 p. m. Saturday.
TCU is 1-2 and Idaho stands 1-4. TCU has some injury
problems with leading running back Mike Luttrell out along
with several other Frog regulars. TCU is A&M’s next op
ponent. TCU 28, IDAHO 10.
Now that the crystal ball has done its job, I think I’ll
make my reservations for next year’s Aggie Club charter
to Seattle, Wash.
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Lemons Takes Advantage
Of First Starting Assignment
There aren’t many opportuni
ties for freshmen to break into
the starting lineup at a major uni
versity, but A&M’s Billy Lemons
never looked a gift horse in the
mouth.
The 6-5, 280 pound offensive
guard at A&M got his first start
ing assignment in the Aggies
third game of the season against
Boston College when regular Bud
Trammell sprained an ankle. Lem
ons’ performance was not a sur
prise to anybody.
“Billy played a real solid ball
game and got better as the game
progressed,” said A&M head
coach Emory Bellard. “He will be
a great player someday but any
offensive lineman needs train
ing.”
“Billy will really be a great one
once he gets some experience,”
echo’s Dennis Smelser, Lemons’
running mate at right tackle.
Lemons’ talents extend beyond
the gridiron. He is a very accom
plished singer and one of the
sharpest dressers on the young
Aggie squad.
“Billy is not a shy kid and he
would sing for anybody, any
where,” said Bellard. “He’s quick,
active, graceful, smart and agile.
When you think of a man that
weighs 280 pounds most people
visualize a big, fat kid but Billy
isn’t like that. He’s built solid,”
Bellard said.
Lemons’ big play during the
Clemson game was springing
Bubba Bean on a 78 yard touch
down run which led the Aggies
to their 30-15 victory. Bean, who
finished the Clemson game with
204 yards rushing gave the credit
to his blockers. “The lineman and
the other backs blocked so well
that is was easy to run,” said
Bean.
Does the pressure get to Lem
ons ?
“I felt more at ease against
Clemson than I did against Bos
ton College,” said Lemons. “They
were a little quicker than Boston
but I knew more about what I
was supposed to do against Clem
son.”
As the Aggies ready for their
conference opener against Texas
Tech, it will be Billy Lemons and
the A&M offensive line that have
a lot to say about the outcome.
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DETROIT (AP) Ralph Houk
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Cross Country
at Texas Tech
A&M cross country coach Ted
Nelson will take a seven-man
team to Lubbock for a dual meet
with Texas Tech Saturday. The
meet will start at 11 a.m. over
a four-mile course.
Running for the Aggies will be
freshman Jacob Yemme, junior
Danny Jones, freshman Kyle
Heffner, junior Marvin Maphet,
senior Pat Bradley, freshman
Dennis Groll and sophomore Da
vid Gillette.
“Our runners have been work
ing very hard this fall and have
been improving every week,” Nel
son said. “If we can get a couple
more runners to move up, we
should have a pretty good team.”
The Aggie harriers are 1-1 for
the season with a one-point loss
to LSU in Baton Rouge and a vic
tory over Baylor in Waco last
weekend.
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