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THE BATTALION Page 7
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1975
Ag defense staves off upset
By PAUL McGRATH
Sports Writer
Emory’s empire almost came
crumbling to the ground last Satur
day as an insurgent Mississippi
Rebel team came within inches of an
upset.
The Aggies, ranked as high as
third in the nation in some polls,
squeaked past Ole Miss by a 7-0
count. The victory credits go to a
defense that was on the field more
than two-thirds of the game. Coach
Melvin Robert.son s 11-man wreck
ing crew came through with another
uperh performance especially in
the pressure-filled final minutes.
While the defense was picking up
where they left off last y ear, so did
the Aggie offense. They managed to
put the game-winner on the hoard
on their opening drive and ap
peared ready to run the Rebels back
to Dixieland.
After quarterback David Ship-
mans four-yard burst around the
right side, the Aggie offense became
non-existent. Despite a few fine in
dividual efforts, the offense became
as aggressive and as potent as a bowl
of mashed potatoes.
Going back to last season, the
Maroon and White has scored a total
of ten points in the last two
hallgames. Revisions were made in
the hackfield and otlcnsiw line to
add punch to the Aggie attack. Ap
parently the changes were pay ing
off as the first-teamers scored over a
hundred points in a recent scrim
mage.
But the old nightmares of fumbles
and mis-exeeution came back to
haunt the Ags. They lost excellent
field position on a Dav id Greeno
fumble on the Rebel 45 yard-line.
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Shipman got a case of the drops on
the Mississippi six yard-line, blow
ing oe scoring opportunity. The de
fense hailed out the offense once
more after fullback Ronnie Hubby
lost the ball on the A&M 32. Three
play s saw Ole Miss lose sev en y ards
before having to punt.
“I thought our defense played a
helluva football game, said a visibly'
disappointed Emory Bellard, head
coach of the Aggied gridders. Long
faces were evident on the entire
coaching staff, despite having won
their third straight shutout home
opener.
“1 was disappointed in our offense
and our kicking game. There wasn't
any spark,” Bellard said. ”We
looked sluggish and didn t get un
tracked.
Left tackle Glen Bujnoch offered
an opinion from his v iew in the pit.
“1 think we relaxed a little after the
first touchdown. We gave them a
spark and they took it. We ve got to
set the pace, but today (Saturday)
they set the pace.
Tom Wilson, A&M offensive co
ordinator, said the offense’s perfor
mance “was very disappointing to
all of us. The total offense, with the
exception of Dav id Shipman, did
not execute.
The Aggies operated out of three
basic sets, the I, the Wishbone and
the Split-T but were ineffective in
each formation. “On that particular
day it didn t matter what set we
were in, said Wilson. “We didn t
bhx'k anybody.
The offense did, however, have
some bright spots in the overall
lethargy. Shipman provided a
threat that was missing from the
Aggie attack last y ear, that of a run-
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in that fourth down end-
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stopped. Judge for your
self. Williams said he was
going for the ball, referee
agreed. See story above.
ning quarterback. He bulldozed
ov er two Rebels to score A&M s
only six-pointer of the year.
Split end Carl Roaches showed
his form as a punt returner, slipping
around a wall of Maroon blockers for
32 yards on one occasion, fie also
grabbed two key passes from Ship-
man for 33 yards.
Tony Franklin brought his
“sock-er style to Kyle Field and
was just short on a 56-yard attempt.
He later had one kick blocked. His
only extra point try was good.
"David (Shipman) played very,
very well, Wilson said. Bellard
concurred, saying, ”1 thought
David played pretty solid.
Saturday s laurels however be
long to the defense. "An inexperi
enced defense might have, no,
would have folded under the pres
sure there near the end. Most of us
have been here going on our fourth
year and we didn’t fold, said a
prospectus All-American Ed Simo-
nini.
"1 had the jitters bad, said defen-
Blocking
is missing
Commentary
TONY GALLUCCI
Battalion Sports Editor
There is always a tendency to rant
and rave and throw accusations after
a game such as the one played here
on Saturday. More often than not
the coaches have to sit back uneasily
and take the blame.
1 heard many comments after the
game, but one which stuck is "Last
year’s here. But we didn’t fumble
the game away and it wasn t a dis
heartening season-ender.
Instead it was an outstanding de
fensive performance coupled with
an inept offense. The blame should
not he directed at the coaches —
unless pinpointing them for not
making changes earlier — but in
stead should be placed squarely on
the shoulders of the blockers.
Mark Stanley s inability to get ofl
a solid punt as he did so many times
last year was due to a breakdown in
the blocking which also allowed a
Tony Franklin field goal attempt to
he blocked.
Comments were also spread
about the failure of Skip Walker and
Ronnie Hubby to hit the line solidly
but the object is to go through the
fine not info it. There were just not
very many holes opened Saturday.
Hopefully by this Saturday the
coaches will have made the neces
sary changes in the lineup so that
accusations will not have to be
leveled at anyone.
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sive end Blake Schwarz. "We had
been waiting for it (the game) so
long, 60 some-odd practices. I was a
little queasy. 1 tell y a. It was almost
too close for comfort.
The pressure was primarily on
the Aggie secondary during that
last-bid Rebel drive which ended on
the A&M 11. A non-conf erence re
cord setting crowd of 47,021 held
their breaths when a Reb receiver
was overthrown while wide open in
the endzone. On fourth down, Jac
kie Williams saved the chestnuts by
knocking away the ball on a play that
seemed reeking with interference.
"1 was definitely going for the
ball, said Williams. "Ole Miss
came out to play ball today.
"I felt they were going to pass
more than they did, Williams con
tinued. “Willie (Thompson) played
a real good game and the line rush
was unreal, f knew he and Lester
(Hayes) would both do well. It was
just like old times. Thompson was
the miracle-worker on Ole Miss
third down pass to the endzone
when be leaped to bat the ball away.
The Aggies other All-American,
Pat Thomas, slightly injured bis
ankle early in the game, an incident
which caused queries about why
Ole Miss did not direct their passing
attack at him. “When you re an
All-American you can be hurt and
still play a good ballgame, said Wil
liams, Thomas’ cousin and com-
padre in the hackfield.
The defense dropped the Rebel
quarterback 14 times and limited
their total offense to 82 yards. Grady
Wilkerson and Edgar Fields were
each accredited with being in on
ten tackles while Jimmy Dean fol
lowed with nine.
The defense completely domi
nated Ole Miss until the last drive
with people like Fields, Schwarz
and Robert Jackson constantly in
the Rebel hackfield. “They didn t
realize we were going to stunt as
much as we did, said Schwarz.
“Their upbacks weren t picking up
our blitzing linebackers.
Simonini summarized the game
by saying, “We could have done
better. It s just that simple. It wasn t
the offense, it wasn’t me, it wasn’t
the defense. It s just Texas A&M.
The Ags now prepare to meet the
always dangerous LSU Tigers over
in Cajun country. LSU was barely
nosed out by a top-flight Nebraska
team, 10-7, in Lincoln.
Possible personnel changes in the
offensive line may be in the air as
Dennis Smelser and Billy Lemons
are now working with the first team
offense. The Aggies will face the Ti
gers with no critical injuries as they
emerged virtually unscathed from
their first contest.
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