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all Hng Ull more. 3 Picofdi s . ‘tonepet. asked Be|. there is aj women u said that hat money e nt is oi >otball an It has been a very good year THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1976 Page 9 By PAUL ARNETT Battalion Staff Writer What will we do for an encoie? When the football is placed on the e next fall, and the basketball tos- d high for the jump bad next inter, this question will be running ^ AMI, ough the minds of Emory Bellard id Shelby Metcalf. This 1975-76 season has proven to one of the finest for these two ro 8 r essinj 0 rts in Aggie history. The only 'as a prokPoblem is, what of next year? Can e Ags repeat these feats? Let us fled back Over this fantastic year id draw some conclusions of how it n be accomplished again by the ;s next year. Last September the sky was the it for Bedard’s Bunch. They were igoffensively and indestructible ifensively, and were the unanim- is choice of winning the Southwest Deference crown. Well, it wasn’t a steak dinner by iy means. The defense came to wn, but the offense missed the ane. Reminding one of an engine leding tune-up, the offense sput- ired and coughed through 30 p.h. winds and managed just 10 lints. Thank goodness it was 10 ore points than that of Kansas ScM 51 attend record foi o said tkl ■etistole nanagerd ii. Our indwe isms juum m. ion. 5M! I S.W.C. action opened up in Lub- ackagainstTexas Tech. After a poor rst half the Ags pulled away from sch38-9. Bubba Bean was the hero [the game, rushing for 180 yards, idbecoming the Ags all-time lead- ig ground gainer. The next two games shoidd have enho-hum, but they changed into Ihank God. ” The Ags edged win- ssT.C.U. 14-6, and scooted pass aylor 19-10. The highlights of these vo games were little offense, and ist enough defense. And by the ay, we were fourth in the nation. Oh but visions of last year were owupon the Ags. S.M.U. was next ad Cotton Bowl was killed the year eforewhen the Mustangs upset the gs 18-14. But there would he none that this year. The Maroon and /hite came upon the field and lauled the Mustangs 36-3. The game billed as “the one before exas” was next on the agenda. It Rice and their band and not ecessarily in that order. The Ags ad a slow first half, but Woodard ndCo. led a barrage which led the gs to a 33-14 victory and a third in le nation rating. But now the marbles were on the tble. The nation had its eyes upon s. The day after Thanksgiving was pon us, and the eyes of Texas were unched out. After a seven year Iraught, the Ags defeated Texas 0-10. It was the Aggies’ tenth and nal victory of the season, but for lat hour it was a glorious feeling in fl Aggie hearts. The final two games can be written lone sentence: Arkansas 31 - Ags 6, S.C. 20 - Ags 0. What else can he id? Enough of this reminiscing, what next year? The Ags are loosing Ed imonini, Bubba Bean and Pat lomas, and those shoes will he lard to fill. They will be running om the Wishbone formation and lat presents problems for a young lamlike the Ags. But a 10-2 season m be predicted. The schedule looks good for the football team. They play six imes at home, a place where defeat imes only on rare occasion. They llso have defensive coach Melvin oberts, who led the Ags to the umber one defensive team in the ation. With these factors going for lem, the football team may easily Dtain a 10-2 season. BASKETBALL Early basketball predictions found he Aggies anywhere hut on top. Vith Houston entering the confer- nce, first place predictions lightly ell upon their shoulders. Arkansas ndTech would battle it out for sec- md, with the rest of the league pul ing up the rear. The Ags, supposedly a team of Durth place quality, had a very easy chedule through its first four lames. They outscored opponents Vayland Baptist, Southwest Texas DtU f sity International House of Pancakes' | a division of International Industries, Inc Column State, Houston Baptist and Sam Houston by 250 points. It was a little rougher road for the Ags through the next six games. They won three and lost three, but were in every game they lost save Louisville. These six games were all tournament action, with the Ags best showing being against 16th ranked San Francisco. They lost by a scant two points, and should have won it easily. The roundballers first S.W.C. game was against run and gun S.M.U. All kinds of ruckus had al ready been stirred up in the confer ence. Arkansas had defeated Hous ton by 45 points. The Aggies ran up and down the court with the Mus tangs, and held on to win 93-87. The next two stops were Lubbock and Waco. These are two places where the opponents usually show up, but wish they hadn’t. The game in Lubbock saw Sonny P. calmly drop in two free throws with seven seconds left. That was the margin of victory with the final score being 64-62. The Aggies trailed through out the game, but made a last minute surge to tie it up. In Waco the Ags outlasted the Baylor Bears 76-69. The contest was marred with 53 fouls. This was a key victory for A&M, since it marked the second victory on the road in as many games. The Aggies were now in first place and the sports writers were quite surprised. It was now time to face two old nemesises. Rice and Houston. G. Rollie White was sold out, as the Ags ran through the Cougars 74-67. Otis Birdsong and Dave Marrs put on a show, yet Sonny P. was the main man, canning home 22 points. The roundballers won their fifth conference game against Rice 85-77. The Aggies were very sluggish, and just managed to defeat the hapless Owls. The next two games were of cru cial importance. First was the Razorbacks in Arkansas, and then Texas in Austin. No game clock was in Arkansas, and this was most unfor tunate as the Aggies lost 93-91. An unmolested lay-up at the buzzer was the difference, but some folks thought that time had already ex pired. Shelby Metcalf said, “We got screwed.” That about tells it all. In Austin things were better. A&M ran off 11 unanswered points in the last five minutes, and defeated Texas 72-60. The crowd was the largest for a Texas home game that year. Cries of choke could be heard, but the roundballers turned a deaf ear. The Ags had a scafe in Ft. Worth. It took Karl Godine’s 20-foot jumper at the buzzer to lift the Ags over T.C.U. 66-64. The Aggies were sluggish throughout the contest, but did manage to win their seventh game. The next week was ever so impor tant to the Ags’ chances of winning a S.W.C. crown. The first of the criti cal games was at S.M.U. A record crowd came out and watched the Mustangs squeeze past the Aggies 69-65. The game was a battle of who would hold out and take the last shot to win. As it turned out, the Aggies went home with a bitter defeat. This loss placed the Ags in a posi- MON., THURS., FRI. 10:00-8:30 TUES., WED., SAT. 10:00-6:00 MANOR EAST MALL Special Purchase from the World's Most Famous Jeans Maker! 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Karl Godine and Jarvis Williams were suspended on alleged recruiting violations. How convenient. The Aggies travelled to Houston with a make-shift team, and just played their best game all year. The final score was 94-80. The game did not go without incident. A Houston cheerleader mixed it up with Sonny P., and Barry Davis mixed it up with the Houston crowd. The following day a court order said that Godine and Williams had been denied due process of law. Be fore they could be suspended they would have to be confronted by their accusers. So the two freshmen played in the game with T.C.U. the next day, one which the Aggies won 111-70. The Aggies won the S.W.C. crown by defeating Arkansas 70-69, and then Rice 98-75. It was the sec ond year in a row that the Aggies had obtained this pinnacle. A&M now had ten days of rest before their final game of the season. As it turned out, Godine and Williams were suspended in a hastily called hearing, and the Aggies lost on a last second shot to Texas Tech 74-72. Mission was accomplished. Let us hope that same mission will be accomplished against Texas later this spring. There can be no question of the Aggie basketball team having character. They played through more adversity than any team in the conference and still won the crown. Their final record was the best in Aggie history, supporting a 21-6 rec ord. So what of next year? The roving eye of this reporter finds gaping holes which need to be filled. Parker, Davis and Roberts will all be hard to replace. The loss of Godine and Williams will only hurt the team’s chances for a third conference crown. Recruiting has gone badly in Texas, but elsewhere has found the Ags signing quality basketball players. John Schlicher will help at guard, with Sonny Hammond trying to fill the shoes of Sonny Parker. 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