Page 8 THE BATTALION
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, A974
Baylor awaits verdict
A&M, Texas tangle to decide crown
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By PAUL McGRATH
Staff Sports Writer
Bevo. Orange and White. The
Wishbone. “The Eyes of Texas”.
“Texas Fight”. Darrell Royal. Hook
’em Homs.
These few phrases would just
about sum up the Southwest Con
ference for the past six years as the
University of Texas made a habit of
waltzing through the rest of the
league while on the way to the Cot
ton Bowl.
However, something funny hap
pened to the Longhorns on the way
to Cottonland. Texas Tech and
Baylor showed the world there were
a few chinks in the Horns’ sup
posedly invincible armor. And now
the boys from Austin are now cast in
the role as spoilers rather than as
favorites.
Come 12:30 p.m. Friday, the
bowl hopes of Texas A&M will be
matched against the pride and tradi
tion of Texas. An anxious Baylor
Bear club will be watching for the
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results of the nationally televised
contest.
An A&M victory automatically
sends the Aggies to Bowl City in
Dallas. A win by the Horns will put
the Bears alone in the conference
driver’s seat and off to their first
bowl game in 50 years.
So the day-after-Thanksgiving
match between A&M and Texas will
decide who really gets the turkey on
New Year’s Day.
The Aggies have not beaten Texas
since 1967 which also happened to
be the last year A&M won the con
ference. The Farmers also have to
overcome the jinx they seem to have
developed over the years in playing
in Austin’s Memorial Stadium. In 29
games, A&M stands 2-26-1 on the
Horns’ home ground.
Head coach Emory Bellard
matches wits and offenses with his
old mentor Royal. Bellard came to
Aggieland in 1972 after serving a
stint on the Texas coaching staff.
With him he brought a new offense
called the T-Bone and has finally
built a winner on the Brazos.
The Longhorns definitely possess
the more potent offense thus shown
by their 81 point output against
TCU. The backfield combinations of
Marty Akins, Mike Presley,
Roosevelt Leaks, Earl Campbell,
Joe Aboussie, Raymond Claybom,
Don Burrisk, and David Bartek
offer quality depth few teams can
match.
On the other side of the ledger is
the A&M offense which has sput
tered at times. Like the Horns,
A&M had their biggest point pro
duction of the year in their last game
against Rice. Returning to the back-
field may be Skip Walker after re
covering from ankle problems and is
reported near full speed.
Quarterback David Walker,
Bubba Bean and Bucky Sams round
out the rest of the backfield posi
tions. Mike Jay, Jerry Honore,
David Shipman and Jim Hartman
will be ready to fill in if called upon.
Ronnie Hubby is still out with an
injured groin.
The A&M defense, the heart and
strength of the team, is at full
strength with all members suffering
no ill effects. As the number two
ranked defense in the nation, A&M
must grind to a halt the Texas attack
to stay in the game.
Texas’ defense presents formida
ble opposition but has had a ten
dency to surrender a good deal of
yardage through the air. Basically a
running team, A&M may have to
switch tactics to be successful offen
sively.
So, the game appears to be £
match up of the Aggie defense
against the TeXas offense. If the Ag
gies can move the ball, which they
will probably have to do through the
air, and can stop the ground game of
Bevo’s boys, they will celebrate
New Year’s in Dallas. Simple? Not
quite.
What if the Aggies can’t run or
pass and the defense fails to do its
job? Then the game will just go
down as another typical A&M-Texas
game, leaving the Aggies with no
thing to cling to but dreams of next
year once more.
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will determine the game’s outcome
is the psychological aspects in
volved. A&M seems to have a com
plex about playing Texas, especially
in Austin.
The poise of the Aggies will he
severely tested during the game.
The team that maintain? its poise
will probably leave the field on top.
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victorious
Ag wrestlers demolished Texas
33-18 Monday in the first home
match of the season, with strong
performances in the 118, 126, 142,
150 and 190 pound weight classes.
Richard Goswick became the
speed champion with a 50 second
pin of Pat Nelson. He used a three-
quarter Nelson to down Alvarado.
Frank Cox, 118 pound class, prop
erly defended his state title with two
near falls, a take down and a rever
sal.
Mike Monhollen beat Texas
Terry Bower. Monhollen took the
142 class with a pin.
Bob Hines wrestled aggressively
in taking a pin win pver David
Scobedo in the 126 class.
John Manning took a close win
over Mac Green with two
takedowns, an escape and a near
fall.
Harry Earl of UT beat defending
state champ Jim Giunta. Earl out
pointed Giunta. Earl is a three time
state champ in the 134 class.
Jud Dudley got stuck and
couldn’t or wouldn’t move. Dudley
got the pin to win the 167 pound
class. Grayson Gwyn outpointed Ag
Jerry Rasmussen 2-1 to take the 177
class.
The final match pitted UT coach
Dave Dearborn against Reza De-
hkordi, a Roman-Greco wrestler.
Dehkordi couldn’t get a grip in
Dearborn and as a result lost a pin in
the second period.
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Can A&M come back if Texas jumps
off to an early lead or will the players
think “Here we go again ”? If A&M
establishes a lead, can they be
tenacious enough to hold it?
To coin an old phrase, all the
marbles are on the line for the Ag
gies in 1974. Whatever the out
come, A&M is assured of its first
winning season in seven yean.
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