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Bowl fever upsets Aggies, offense suffers from dizzy spells
THE BATTALION
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1974
Page 7
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By PAUL McGRATH
Staff Writer
ingo Starr’s song "It don’t come
could have been written for
rricullMl the Texas Aggies.
aoMcjiA victory' over SMU coupled with
Baylor win over Texas would
on the m,, Bt about have sewn up the confer-
rtinenuU^Bce race for A&M. However,
things never seem to he so simple as
k * Ags lost 18-14.
JWhetherdue to the “Sports lllus-
Bted’ jinx or not, the Aggies failed
-oiiECE to look anything like the fourth
Uclor « l &int team in the nation. Both of-
lyiioiony Bsively and defensively the Aggies
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getting out of bed on a cold morn-
The offense would drive half
pfield and then fall flat on its face
ep in Mustang territory.
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Haddox missed on three field goal
attempts. Meanwhile David Walker
set the Ponies up with great field
position with his second intercep
tion of the year right into the arms of
SMU linebacker Ted Thompson.
Another example of ineptitude
was the sequence following Blake
Schwarz s fumble recovery on the
SMU eight-yardline. Bubba Bean
hobbled a pitchout and allowed
Louie Kelcher to steal the hall away
from him.
The defense was not doing much
better as Mustang backs seemed to
roam around the A&M flanks almost
at will. SMU had 168 yards total
offense in the first half. Besides
Schwarz’s play only Ed Simonini’s
deflection of a point after attempt
salvaged what was otherwise a
dreary first half.
A&M made a complete reversal
the second half but it was a matter of
too little, to late. “We waited to
long to get started,” said Jerry Hon-
ore who has scored the last four
Aggie touchdowns.
The defense allowed only one
first down and just 57 yards. The
offense finally cranked up and put
across two scores but they killed
themselves doing it. It took them
eight minutes to score the second
six pointer when time was a decid
ing factor.
“It was just a long day, ” said Hon-
ore. ‘‘We tightened our belts, but it
was just a litle hit too late.
“We kind of dragged the first
half,” said safety Jackie Williams,
“it’s hard to narrow it down to one
turning point.”
There was a multitude of plays
that lead to the Aggies demise. Mis
sed tackles, field goals, pass inter
ference penalties, failure to take ad
vantage of turnovers, a safety and
just overall sloppy play all contri
buted to deal a blow to the Aggie
hopes for victory.
The strategy employed by the
Aggie coaching staff leaves some
questions to be answered. Why did
head coach Emory Bellard replace
Mike Jay with Walker after Jay
made good on two third down situa
tions and had the team moving?
Why were Honore and Jim
Hartman not sent in until the sec
ond half (together they totaled 111
yards on 23 carries in their 30 mi
nutes of play)? And why on the last
Wayne Morris sliced the A&M
front wall for 112 yards on 19 car
ries. Another individual star for the
Ponies was Oscar Roan who made
one of the key plays of the game by
scooping up a Morris fumble and
rambling 14 steps for the first Mus
tang score. Shades of Carl Roaches
and Baylor.
The key player for SMU was their
middle guard Kelcher. He made 16
unassisted tackles and even caught
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A&M scoring drive did they stay on
the ground when time was a vital
factor? Despite two interceptions,
the Aggies proved they could pass
on the Mustangs, especially to backs
coming out of the backfield.
These were not the only strange
things to occur in the game. Snaps
that slipped through quarterbacks’
hands, 40 yard gains on third and
long by both teams, lineman tackl
ing split ends, and a 160 lb. quarter
back making a monkey out of the
.second ranked defense in the na
tion.
Some of the Aggies played great
individual games but as a team they
may as well have gone to the State
Fair as the Cotton Bowl. Honore,
Hartman, Bean, Jay, Schwarz, and
John Paul McCrumbly all played
well for the Maroon and White.
SMU’s field general Ricky Wes
sons used his quick feet and minia
ture size to play hide and seek with
the A&M behemoths. He ended the
game with only 39 yards but time
and again he came up with a big play
in crucial situations.
“He’s smart, quick, and reacted
well,” said Schwarz. “He picked his
holes and knew where to go. ”
Roaches from behind on an Aggie
dipsy-doodle screen pass. Kelcher
and the rest of his cohorts were
forever shutting the door on Aggie
opportunities.
“Kelcher’s good. SMU stacked
their linebackers and just played
good defensive football,” said De
nnis Smelser. Smelser along with
center Ricky Seeker had the job of
blocking Kelcher. Referring to the
second half Smelser said “We
knocked the enthusiasm out of
them. We just took too long. We
beat ourselves.”
The defeat created some weird
combinations as to who could even
tually gain the SWC championship.
A&M knows what they have to do.
Two games remain and the Aggies
will have to win both of them to be
able to play on New Year’s Day.
The team will just have to grit
their teeth, do away with all of the
mental errors and restore the health
of the offense and accomplish that
goal. “Don’t count the Aggies out,”
stated Smelser, “we ll be back.”
DALLAS (AP) — The Dallas
Cowboys of the National Football
League waived second-year reserve
linebacker Rodrigo Barnes to New
England Monday.
Barnes, a former All-Southwest
Conference performer with Rice,
was taken off the roster f ollowing an
argument several weeks ago with
Cowboy Coach Tom Landry.
BUFFALO, N. Y. (AP) — The
Buffalo Bills confirmed Monday that
running back O. J. Simpson
sprained his right ankle during the
Bills’ 21-9 National Football League
loss to the Houston Oilers Sunday.
There was no word Monday
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Dolphins in Miami.
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school water polo championship
Saturday at Texas A&M, beating St.
Mark’s of Dallas, 8-7, in the finals of
the two-day tournament.
A&M Consolidated, the defend
ing state champions, placed third,
losing only to La Marque in the
semi-finals.
Consolidated compiled a 5-1 re
cord — same as for La Marque and
St. Mark’s — and had the most
players selected for the all
tournament team. Bill Leland,
David Stewart and Bill Kuvlesky
were named to the first team and
Bill Harper won second-team hon
ors.
Leland shared “Most Valuable
Player honors with Vincent Tra-
varez of McAllen and Scott Harris of
St. Mark’s.
Joining the Consolidated trio on
the first team were Juan Flores of
McAllen, Don Hutchinson of St.
Mark’s, Mark Stern of Clear Lake
and Mike Cragin and Kim Dejean of
La Marque, along with Traverez
and Harris.
In addition to Harper, the second
team included Craig Straw and
Mike Straw of Humble, Bob Poirer
of Clear Lake, Craig Braizer and
Greg Elder of Clear Creek, Paul
Locke and Bob Kingman of San An
tonio Alamo Heights, Bob Logan of
McAllen and Ed Joiner of La Mar
que.
Tim Shutt of St. Mark’s was
named “Coach of the Year” and re
ceived the Art Adamson Memorial
Award. The La Marque team was
coached by Don Boyd, an A&M
graduate who received the award
last year.
Consolidated opened the tour
nament with a come-from-behind
win over Clear Lake, one of the
pre-tournament favorites. The Ti
gers trailed 6-1 midway through the
second quarter but came back to
win, 10-8. They then blasted Hum
ble, 18-5, McAllen, 6-4, and Alamo
Heights, 9-5, to win their division
and advance to the semi-finals.
Playing with only two hours of
rest. Consolidated kept pace with
La Marque in the first half of their
championship bracket game, but
the visitors — who got a rest break
when Midland scratched from com
petition — broke the 2-2 tie early in
the third quarter and coasted to an
8-2 win. Consolidated came back to
drub McAllen again, 9-5.
TAMU Swimming Coach Dennis
Fosdick, who served as tournament
director, placed Consolidated on a
par with the two finalists but said
“they just crashed and burned”
from fatigue in the second half of the
La Marque game. Consolidated had
split two games with La Marque ear
lier in the season.
Consolidated Coach Mary Leland
attributed the team’s ultimate
downfall to lack of stamina resulting
from lost workouts because of delays
in the opening of the new city pool
and subsequent periods in which
the team was unable to practice be
cause the pool heater was inopera
tive.
“It takes a lot of endurance to play
six games in less than 24 hours, and
our missed workouts came back to
haunt us,” she said. “Considering
the amount of time we had in the
water to prepare for this tourna
ment, I think our boys played sup
erbly.”
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