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THE BATTALION Page 15 WEDNESDAY, DEC. 10, 1975 j Well, Sports Illustrated strikes liat might not be the reason iMcame up on the very short end |31-6 loss to Arkansas, but it’s as 1 as any right now. ilthough it seems inexplicable lithe number two team in the na- could fall so easily into the kambush, there are some valid _ns. {JBavid Shipman, obviously still fering from the layoff due to a injury, was ineffective in creat- any form of an outside running Meanwhile the going up the Idle was brought to a halt with a I injury to freshman fullback jrge Woodard. Woodard carried ball only nine times, gaining 30 Is. )fcourse, the swarming Arkansas ense wasn’t helping matters any. Razorback Head Coach Frank yles said, his team “out-Aggied Jg ; Aggies.” " i lor did the Farmers help them- ^ I |es to any great extent. Nine ' ^ |es the pigskin went skittering t xin the ersatz turf of War Memo- | IStadium. Five times the boys in cardinal uniforms were found on of it. The miseries by the Texas }M offense led directly to 17 Hog nts. ■t was apparent that the Aggies not on the same emotional slleau as the Razorhacks, although s| ©certain that they wanted the ijustasmuch. Coach Emory Bel- 1 admitted recently that his ad was indeed, flat. jll lespite it all, the Aggies were 1 in the ballgame up until the | dquarter where they ended u)r l ybeing in the hall park. I Idling by a 7-0 count, the men m Maroon entered their locker ■BT m to find safety, if not a Hpnent’s relaxation. Bellard etched the blackboard the score 7-0 Ithen below it the score of 7-7. Sportfolio By paul McGrath Battalion Sports Editor 3 He asked for better execution and then the team would again he; in the thick of it. Execution was what he got, but not in the form he desired. With Shipman unable to move the offense, Bellard brought in first year man Keith Baker to pull the chestnuts from the fire. He was to fare no better. “Coming in that late, sure I felt pressure,” said the freshman quar- texback. “I think I could have played a lot better if they had put me in earlier. Coming in that late to try' to poll it out would put pressure on anyone s back. ” Thus went the Aggies’ hopes for a national championship and a trip to Dallas on New Year’s Day. Instead, they get Memphis for a chance to stay in the top ten. Many of the Aggie partisans were in a stab' of shock, disbelief and very few were in the mood for forgiving. Forgetting would perhaps be a bet ter word. Rumors that “‘last year’s here” have begun to circulate on campus by those feeling betrayed by the home team in obvious reference to last season’s loss to Texas. Others have dedicated the song “Sky High to the A&M gridders mentioning something about a choke. For their information, the Aggies did not choke or even cough last Saturday. They did, however, lose a lot of pride to a team that whipped them thoroughly on national televi sion. One gentleman wrote the Bryan Eagle stating that he had been an ardent A&M follower for 15 years. Saturday’s game had changed that and he said he would turn his sup port elsewhere. What does it take for the Aggies to prove themselves? How much do they have to give before their fans and students will be satisfied? Texas A&M claimed ten victories to only one loss while also leading the na tion in team defense. Isn’t that enough? As for choking or blowing the big game, A&M’s All-everything defen sive back Pat Thomas puts the Ar kansas contest in the proper perspective. “I wanted to win it for the seniors especially, because it meant everything to me. You talk about the big game, we had a big game last week and didn’t choke. You talk about the big game, we had one this week and we lost. But what are you gonna call last week, you going to call that a choke too?” Granted, A&M probably has a superior ball club to Arkansas’, but on that day the Aggies were only second rate at best. Now A&M will face another stern test as they go to the Liberty Bowl, the Aggies’ first bowl appearance in eight years. The Trojans will be playing two feet above their chinstraps to win the last one for soon-to-be-gone John McKay and to retain some of their fallen honor due to four straight losses. The Aggies of Emory Bellard will be trying to make up some ground in that department themselves. Qbc) INTERSTATE 77, fcWfc-O/ H & B46-1151 U UNIVERSITY SQUARE SHOPPING CENTERS 8—ilf U— 3 Days of the Comloi'H B Arkansas will begin bowl practices soon Associated Press FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The University of Arkansas football team probably will leave for Dallas Dec. 26 to begin preparation for its Jan. 1 Cotton Bowl date with the Georgia Bulldogs, UA officials said Monday. 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