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Page 6 THE BATTALION FRIDAY, OCT 17, 1975 Could end up same way * Ags, Frogs match perfect records | By DAVID WALKER Battalion Sports Writer TCU football coach Jim Shofner said at the beginning of this football season that he felt everything fiinalh was falling in place. Instead of falling in place, things fell out of place and the Frogs are well on their wa> to a perfect sea son. But not the kind one likes to have. Things won t get any easier this week for the Frogs when the\ host fifth ranked Texas A&M. It has been referred to as a home game awa> from home for the Ag gies with more than 40,000 expec ted to view the contest. Most of them will be Aggies. While the football team can take onl\ 48 players, the Corps of Cadets will take 2,500, the band will be there, and so will 4,000 other A&M students, and countless former stu dents. If it s a prettx da\, some more probabb will show up. The Aggies enter the game as one of the 11 undefeated major college football teams in the countrx . TCU enters as a team that has dropped five contests so far this \ear and 15 in a row since the beginning of last year. The last Frog victorx was against the University of Texas at Arlington in the first game of the 1974 season. A&M leads the all time series 34- 29-7. In the 51 games that were Southwest Conference contests the Frogs lead 28-17-6. TCU also trails the Aggies in games played at Fort Worth 14-17-3. TCU has won four of the last six meetings with the Aggies, win ning four in a row from 1969-1972. The Aggies won the last two in 1973 and 1974. Last year the Aggies held TCU to 10 yards of total offense. The Frogs hit the air for 68 yards but were minus 58 on the ground. This xears Frogs are mostly a pass team. Aggie coach Emory Bol lard said TCU yvould pass, pass, pass and run yen little. TCU is nationally ranked passing for more than 200 yards a game but only average a little oyer 60 yards on the ground. TCU yvill be throwing at the Ags with two of the best passing quar terbacks in the SWC, Lee Cook and Jimmy Dan El/.ner. Cook is the starter and is also nationally ranked. The main target for Cook s passes this year has been sophomore split end Mike Renfro. The 6-0, 175 pounder is a native of Fort Worth where he was a High School All- American at Fort Worth Arlington Heights. The TCU coaches feel that he can become one of the best re ceivers in the history of the SWC. Joining Cook in the backfield will be fullback Raymond Woodard, a 191-pound freshman, senior half back Ronnie Littleton and flanker Vernon Wells. There probably will be more people in the TCU backfield than Cook would like to have in the likes of Jimmy Dean and Edgar Fields of the Aggies. Dean and Fields will be joined in their Frog gigging expedition by the other nine “no-names that make up the most feared defense in the land. Ed Simonini, Carth Ten Napel and Grady Wilkerson will be at the linebacking spots for coach MeK in Robertson s Maroon Maulers. Blake Schwarz and Tank Marsh all yvill hold down the end positions with Pat Thomas and William Thompson at thecornersand Lester Hayes and Jackie Williams at the safeties. The Aggie defense enters the game ranked as the number three total defensive team in the nation and the number one team against the rush. The Aggie offense ain t bad either yvith its 27 point per game average. David Shipman yvill run the show at quarterback with backfield help from Ronnie Hubby at fullback. Skip Walker at one halfback and the newly crowned A&M rushing king, Bubba Bean, at the other halfback spot. SWC STATISTICS RUSHING Play Player and School C Plavs Yards TD Avg. 9.2 Eckwood, Arkansas 5 79 727 5 7.0 Campbell Texas 5 86 603 7 8.8 Bean, A&M 5 64 562 5 5.0 Franklin, Baylor 5 113 562 2 5.4 Forte, Arkansas 5 104 557 6 5.2 Akins, Texas 5 84 436 4 6.3 McNeil, Baylor 4 54 342 1 4.9 Morris, SMU 5 79 385 2 4.6 Coleman, Rice 4 65 3(X) 0 6.2 Whittington, SMU BEST: 198 (27 carries). 5 Earl Campbell, Texas 57 3.55 3 LONG: 94, Bubba Bean, A&M (Tech) Vol. c- p Richard Osborne will open at tight end for the Ags yvith Carl Roaches at split end. Roaches still remains one kickoff return short of the Aggie record for total kickofl returns. He has failed to return a kick this y ear. Henry Tracy yvill be the Ag center with Bruce Welch and Frank Myers on each side of him at the guards and Glen Bujnoch and Dennis Swilley at the tackles. The Aggies have been rated any where from 30-35 point fayorite. Only time will tell. Player and School Cook, TCU Kramer, Rice Jackson, Baylor Duniven, Tech Elzner, TCU Wesson, S M U Akins, Texas MOST COMPLETIONS: TCU (Arkansas) Att. 117 61 SO 55 53 32 29 Comp- 54 35 .37 2H 21 17 16 17, Lee Cook, RECEIVING Player and School G Caught Yds TD Per Comp. Renfro, TCU 5 24 378 1 15.7 Roy, Rice 4 12 162 0 13.5 Jackson, Texas 5 14 238 2 17.0 Lofton, Rice 4 11 91 0 8.3 Wells, TCU 5 13 236 1 18.2 Williams, Tech 5 12 158 () 13.2 Thompson, Baylor 5 12 129 1 10.7 Panel of Professional Predictors PAT DR. GERARD DR. BRIAN GAEL DAVID PAUL TONY JAMES EDMONDSON O DONOVAN CAIN COOPER WALKER McGRATH GALLUCCI BREEDLOVE A&M-TCU A&M A&M A&M A&M A&M A&M TCU A&M A&M RICF-SM U SMU SMU SMU SMU SMU RICE RICE RICE RICE ARKANSAS-TEXAS UT ARK UT UT ARK UT ARK ARK UT ARIZONA-1 ECH ARIZ ARIZ ARIZ ARIZ ARIZ ARIZ ARIZ ARIZ ARIZ ALABAMA-TENNESSEE BAMA BAMA BAMA BAMA BAMA BAMA TENN BAMA BAMA AUBURN-GA. TECH AUB AUB AUB AUB AUB GA. TECH GA. TECH AUB GA. TECH NEBRASKA-OKLA.ST. NEBR. OKIE NEBR NEBR NEBR NEBR OKIE NEBR NEBR COLORADO-MISSOURI GOTO MO MO COLO MO COLO COLO COLO COLO W. VA.-TULANE W.VA. W. VA W. VA. W. VA. W. VA. W. VA. TULANE W. VA. TULANE OHIO ST.-WISC. OHIO OHIO OHIO OHIO OHIO OHIO wise OHIO OHIO LAST WEEK 8-2 9-1 9-1 7-3 8-2 8-2 9-1 8-2 8-2 SEASON 35-5 31-9 30-10 29-11 28-12 28-12 28-12 27-13 25-15 PERCENTAGE .873 .775 .750 .725 .700 .700 .700 .671 .625 MOST: 8 (104 yds.), Mike Renfro, TCU (Ariz. St. I LONG: 80, Ricky Wesson to Freeman Johns, SMU (West Virginia) TOTAL OFFENSE Player and School Eckwood, Arkansas Cook, TCU Kramer, Rice Jackson, Baylor Akins, Texas Campbell, Texas Bean, A&M Franklin, Baylor Forte, Arkansas Shipman, A&M G 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Plays 83 157 107 138 113 86 64 113 104 102 Yards 748 664 523 635 630 603 562 562 557 528 TD 5 3 2 2 6 5 2 6 5 Play Avg. 9.0 4.2 4.9 4.6 5.6 7.0 8.8 5.0 5.4 5.2 MOST: 253, Lee Cook, TCU (Arkansas — 227P, 26R) SCORING Player and School Campbell, Texas Forte, Arkansas Eckwood, Ark Bean, A&M Myers, Tech Franklin, A&M Arenas, Rice Akins, Texas TD 7 6 5 5 5 0 0 4 XPT 0 0 0 0 0 15 6 2 FG 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 0 Pts. 42 .36 30 30 30 27 21 26 LONG FG: David Mellott, Tech (New Mex.) PUNT RETURNS KICKOFF RETURNS Player and School Roaches, A&M Eckwood, Arkansas xNelson, Tech Green, Baylor No. 22 13 9 14 Yards 165 96 61 75 TD 0 0 0 0 Ret. Avg. 7.5 7.4 6.8 5.4 LONG: 70, Gary Cox, Rice (Houston) Player and School Banies, Arkansas Hooker, TCU xTaylor, Rice Taylor, Tech Whittington, SMU No. 6 13 5 12 11 Yards TD 139 0 256 0 92 0 220 0 189 LONG: 35, Skip Walker, A&M (LSI The cit were des] provide « when llit liniied tin The ft i much as 1 male end "Our tt i5 ]ier cei Ci sen ice, Callawav - "Win BoinU to« iielter cli; ALL S or the rt U-male riday b vill be j# ngappe the dept md(3) lerwill i io resist For t . . Tl^c T ~ Shu pc 'f rV MCDONALD’S INTRAMURAL HIGHLIGHTS m ^ Me Donald) without lit. Eiitr pf the M ct. 30. Ihe MS Roger Rozell APPOINTMENTS MADE 1-6 WEEKS IN ADVANCE FROM DAY OF HAIR CUT: SAVE $2.00 ON CUT & BLOW DRY. This Week in Intramurals -i BAUBLES, BEADS & THINGS Come In & String Your Own MON.: 9:00-5:30 TUES. - FRI.: 9:00-9:00 SAT.: 8:00-5:30 331 UNIVERSITY DRIVE 846-7614 EMBREY’S JEWELRY Your Gift Headquarters We feature a complete line of: RINGS-LADIES & MENS BRACELETS - LADIES & MENS CHARM BRACELETS WATCHES - SEIKO, BULOVA CARAVELLE& TIMEX ARNEX POCKET WATCHES SMALL SILVER GIFTS SMALL CRYSTAL GIFTS NECK CHAINS - ALL SIZES CROSS PENS & PENCILS PENDANTS EARRINGS CHARMS LOCKETS KEYCHAINS TIE TAGS LIGHTERS CUFFLINKS BABY GIFTS DIAMONDS - TO SET IN AGGIE RINGS TURQUOISE JEWELRY - ALL KINDS Aggie Sweetheart Rings FREE GIFT WRAPPING WITH ALL PURCHASES 415 UNIVERSITY DR. COLLEGE STATION 9:00-5:30 MON.-SAT. Billiards Tournament It’s time to pull out the old two-piece, pearl-inlaid, $30 pool cue and chalk up for the IM Billiards Tournament. Entries close on Tues day , October 21, so get on the stick. House table rules will apply and each match consists of the best 2 out of 3 games of eight ball. Any rules not covered by House rules will be decided upon by the participants before the match. The games yvill be played in the MSC Basement and entrants yvill be required to pay for the use of the tables. An IM All-University Champion T-shirt will be awarded to the winner of this single elimination competition. * r Xr wk m * l m ► r "** Field Goal Contest Held Racketball Doubles Entries for the IM racketball doubles competition close on Tues day, October 21. Play begins Monday, Novembers in DeWare Fiel- dhouse with IRA rules in use. Matches consist of the best 2 out of 3 games to 15 points. Military will play round-robin with single elimina tion; all others will play straight single elimination. The IM field goal kicking contest* held on Thursday, October 9 in Kf leveloj Field. There were 39 participants in» jollecti event with 3 finalists having a kicl yesterday. Swimming Events Scheduled Above — Vernon Plowman places the football between the uprights at the North end of Kyle Field in the IM field goal kicking contest held on October 9. In photo below — Ronald Gregory boots one high in the same competition . . .for details and results, see story at right. Photos by Poogie LOC In the original competition, eachpi 1 ticipant kicked at five yard intervJ once from each distance, starting atll 15 yard line (a 25 yd.) attempt. A kick imerge was finished when he had missed ato! 1 onight of 3 tries. The farthest field goab tained was a 50 yarder, from the 40,1 John Smedley, who came in first ini 1 ^ ^ preliminary competition. The IM swim meets will be held during the week of Oct. 27-31 in the indoor pool near Kyle Field. Military and Civilian prelims will be held Mon., Oct. 27, at 7:00 p.m. Fish, Independent, and Women’s prelims will be on Tues., Oct. 28, at 7:00 p.m. The Divisional Finals will be Wed., Oct. 29, with the finals on Thurs., the 30th, both at 7:00 p.m. The events in this competition include: 200 yd. medley relay, 100 yd. freestyle, 50 yd. backstroke, 50 yd. breaststroke, 50 yd. butterfly, 50 yd. freestyle, 100 yd. individual medley, 200 yd. freestyle relay, and 1 meter diving. These events are open to all classes except Co-Rec, who may enter only the 200 yd. medley relay and the 200 yd. freestyle relay. Golf Tourney Coming The IM Golf Tournament will be held on Sunday, October 26, on the TAMU golf course. All entrants must arrive by their appointed times or they will forfeit participation points. These times are: Fish - 7:30-9:00 a.m.; Military - 9:00-11:30 a.m.; and Civilian, Independent, & Women - 11:30-1:30. There will be a $2.00 green fee for all particip ants and all players must furnish their own equipment. The top 16 players of the 18-hole round will have a playoff the following week. Play will be conducted under TAMU golf course rules. Competitors were ranked as to I total yards attained. Those in the kid® yesterday were Smedley, Jeff Irizart 1 and Eddie Davis. Their yardage was follows; Smedley, from the 15, 25,3 & 40, for a total of 155 yds,; Irizafl 1 from the 20, 25, 30, & 35, totaling 1' yds., and Davis, from the 15, 20,2' and 40, for a total of 140 yds. Record Volleyball Participation A record 230 students have entered the IM volleyball competition which starts on Monday, October 20. Play will commence on the third floor ol G. Rollie White Coliseum. Both Tournament Volleyball and Jungle hall will be played, the former being a more strictly called and official ted game. These three men returned to K) Field last night and each one kick fourfield goals from four different i tances of his choice (selected t> forehand and independent of erf other). Their cores will he determii* hy the total yardage attained and 1 All-University champ will he clio: f and will receive an IM All-U CW T-shirt. The results of the kickoff will reported in next week’s highlights This ad is prepared under thedi rection of the Intramural Offi« Stories by Jim Swinnea, photos b) Paul Nettell. Sponsored b McDonalds on University Drive. APPI Shairma ■’onus a lie in th mts mu ons ma HAL! etarde icliool i i’ersons ng in lobinei THE DATI0 irogran irovide mall (5 iveeks. Gerard Wild (8 TH] lection prizes Collec 31. Mei judge l the wi For nans ( ara Fr< KEI player his car ing lo aband' rently wav. In , radio, in lot! was r ledge dav n "Fifth Town, P-m. i and d; $7.00. perfor