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14 first place votes THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1974 Page 7 Aggies ranked second in SWC writers poll "H For the /di^firrrr ^ 4-;4-1^ J-... .1 t* -bowl “rein, bistiar, j poRT WORTH — For __ llt S [ iventh time in eight years, voters Sttime l|he annual Southwest Confer- D irecljfc p 0 H conducted by the TCU Ij News Service have tabbed bon Jr niverSity ofTexaS t0 COp the ''iSlFifty-nine of the 113 media rep- gsantatives casting ballots (the ’ y ° K number as last year) picked Ills for first with four, more pre dicting a title tie for the Longhorns. T hat s far short, however, of the 100 who tabbed Texas to win or share the crown in 1973. Overall, Texas tallied 833 points (based on an 8 for 1st, 7 for 2nd, etc. scale) compared to 887 last year. The overall competition was much closer as Texas A&M, Arkansas and Texas Tech were all close behind. Last year Texas had been the choice by over 230 points. This time out, A&M’s 712.5 total for second is much closer. The Aggies received 24 first place votes and two choices to tie for the championship. ARKANSAS RANKED third with 677 points and 14 votes to win or tie while Texas Tech accumulated 640 points and 16 victors’ nods. SMU, the only other team to get a championship vote, headed the rest with 376 points. Rice (362.5), TCU (239) and Baylor (226) round out the SWC’s eight team chase. Every school got votes as high as third. SMU was the lone school to get ballots for all eight places. Picking Texas is nothing new for the voters. Since the poll was insti tuted in 1934, the media reps have seen Orange and White on 20 occa sions. However, the average of pick ing the eventual winner is not too good. Only Texas (1943-45-50- 62-69-70-71-73) and TCU (1938-58) have made the prognosticators ap pear to know their business. Here are some of the 1974 votes and reasons: “SIX AND going for seven — nuff said.” — George Breazeale, Austin American, picking Texas. “Again, again, again, again, again, again — and apparently again.” — Mackie Morris, Green ville Herald-Banner, another Texas backer. “Two things you don’t bet against: Evel Knievel and Texas.” — Kenny Hand, Dallas Times-Herald. ALBERTSONS DRUGS & FOODS SPECIALS GOOD WEDS., 1WURS., FRI., SAT., AUG. 28, 29, 30, 31, 1974 DEL MONTE'S ITRAFFIC BUILDERS) PUT YOU BACK |ON THE ROAD TO BETTER CANNED FOODS! DEL MONTE TRAFFIC BUILDERS<S PATRICK CUDAHY'S I DO NOT PASS' tAese SAVINGS! lMWonW| TOTE AWAY OUR DEL MONTE /ST0P\ ALLY0UR GROCERY DEL MONTE VALUES AT . SKAGGS / S^ALBERTSON^r I VALUES FULLY COOKED LEAN ontA 3 LB. 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Darrell says he thinks Rosey may play.. .yet Darrell says he’s worried. That’s typical talk and it leads up to seven in a row. ” — Chris Needham, KCEN-TV, Waco. “Even without Leaks, Royal’s Plumbers Unit can plug the gaps. But the Aggie fuzz is rapidly turning to bristle — like the back of a Razor- backed hog. Both vastly improved.” — Joe Stroop, WRAP Radio, Fort Worth. “ROOSEVELT LEAKS on a peg leg is a better offense than most teams have.” — Denne Freeman, Associated Press, Dallas. “If Rosey can run, the fight’s for second place. If not, the fight’s probably still for second place.” — Fred Barbee Jr., El Campo Leader-News. “Picking Texas is a bore, but Rosey is no longer folklore.” — David Holland, Waco Tribune- Herald. “With Leaks, Texas could wind up number one in the nation.” — Bill Veidt, KCNY, San Marcos. “Everything’s rosey in Razorback land now that Texas leaks where it hurts the most.” — Terry Holman, McAllen Monitor. “Texas won’t have any Leaks and the Razorbacks will be well ‘Forte- fied’ ”. — Bob Skutt, KFSM-TV, Fort Smith, Ark. “Without Rosey Leaks, Texas will be somewhat less than effective. The only thing that will give them a good season is some good defense. Tech will be lost without Barnes, so this is the year of the Aggies and the Hogs.” — Dan Welty, Hereford Brand. “It’s not so much what the Aggies have, rather than what Texas does not have and right now the Lon ghorns don’t have Leaks.” — Ted Buss, Wichita Falls Times. Even Arkansas got an asterisk first place vote. James Walker of the Dallas Times-Herald cast his lot for the Hogs noting ‘’*if Leaks doesn’t play.” 1974 SWC prediction (tie votes in parenthesis) TEAM 1st total Texas 59(4) 833 A&M 24(2) 712.5 Arkansas 12(2) 677 Tech 13(3) 640 SMU 1 376 Rice 362.5 TCU 239 Baylor 226 Mustangs hit with probation The NCAA administered a two- year probation on football and one- year probation on the basketball program at Southern Methodist University Monday. The probation banned SMU from post-season games and television appearances. It also stated that head football coach Dave Smith and assis tant Pug Gabrel would be instantly dismissed in the event of future vio lations. Baketball coach Bob Prewitt’s probation included the same terms. Eddie Dominguez i rOTTTK J° e Arciniega ’74 ' yftllF If you want the real 'thing, not frozen or | canned ... We call It | “Mexican Food Supreme.” Two Dallas locations: 3071 Northwest Hwy. 352-8570 2131 Ft. Worth Ave. 046-0645