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r'ayc ■ \j I I ll_ LJ/-V I I /-VI_IV^IM FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1977 Texas nbeaten are the Ags Sh-h-h. Keep it down. Someone might hear. Nobody is supposed to know the Aggies are still in the Southwest Conerence title chase. So just keep it quiet, wouldja? While both the Texas A&M Ag gies and the University of Texas Longhorns have identical 4-0 rec ords in league play this year, it seems the conference crown has been conceded to the Horns. The Cotton Bowl Committee has already given speculation to a Texas-Notre Dame match-up in this year’s classic. One can hardly wonder why, what with Texas currently ranked No. 1 in the nation and the Irish being the best team around not bound by a conference to other major bowls. Hosting the possible national champion would return prestige to the Cotton Bowl which has been missing in recent years. And there are others reasons the Longhorns are being considered a shoe-in. Texas leads the league in both total defense and total offense and ranks within the top five in the nation in each category. The Texas first team defense has allowed only two touchdowns all season while the offense averages 40 points per outing. The numbers are definitely in the Longhorns’ favor. Another reason: Earl Campbell. Enough said. It’s an interesting little under cover public relations campaign Texas has going in endorsing Campbell as a Heisman trophy can didate. While Oklahoma State’s Terry Miller receives an eight-page spread in the OSU football brochure, Campbell is limited to just 14 lines in the Texas booklet. The big to-do recently has not been over Campbell as a candidate, but over the lack of information and statistics on him being distributed by the UT Sports Information De partment. Jones Ramsey’s staff has drawn nothing but praise for their non-campaign for Campbell. It all boils down to a prime exam ple of reverse psychology. Texas is able to get more publicity for Campbell by underpublicizing him, typecasting him as an underdog, while the huge p.r. campaigns given other Heisman candidates seems to have a negative effect. Thus, lack of publicity might earn Earl a trophy for his mantlepiece. Also going “unnoticed” are the Texas Aggies of Emory Bellard. Un impressive performances against Baylor and Rice have had those who know begin to count the Aggies out of contention. Those folks had better readjust their thinking after viewing A&M’s awesome second half comeback at the expense of SMU. * The Aggies have had the appear ance of a team ready to explode for several weeks. Humiliated by Michigan, chastised after the Baylor and Rice games, pushed around in the first half against SMU, the Ag gies refused to roll over and die. In stead of quitting, the team faced the music and, following Bellard’s ad vice, they carried the fight to the 12 Pag Ponies. It was a different team 1 peared for that final 30 minutes li Aggies muzzled their detractors,i the meantime, by playing soi hardnosed football. All year b \/ol. 71 opponents have been saying Ait was not as “physical” as theyli expected. Mustang Coach lit Meyer gave witness that the As could be “physical” when I wanted to. “A&M is a very physical foott team,” he said. “Our injuriesreiB showed in the second half. % ^ you lose vour main guys on defeij it takes the guts out of your dukj Aggie quarterback Daivd Wal played perhaps the finest game his career, giving the offense am needed weapon to combat deferis stacked to stop George Wooli and Curtis Dicke bi cey. The A&M defense came throiii with its best pass rush oftheseasa rrideaki constantly hurrying SMU passr ough Sri Mike Ford. The Aggie deferrfg I be ret also contained the running gu tims of better than any time this seasa wired ai limiting the Ponies to 52 yardsi bngwat the ground. Gov. Ge While others may be wanting imate sc give the Longhorns the leap * n crown with four games remaininjl ve< ^ a ' be played, the Aggies apparetl ffy nn > are not among them. They still hi ! scene, a stern test coming up next s we [] ec | when Arkansas comes to town( te| . s (l | i the first time in three years.Ii d, weeks later the Aggies resume c EST tilities with the Longhorns. But until then, mums the woill Snap, crackle, pop Owner chastised again Aggie quarterback David Walker loses his grip on the foot ball as he is smashed by SMU defenders on the Mustangs’ 5-yard line. But teammate Russell Mikeska caught the fumble on the bounce, scoring the Aggies’ go-ahead touchdown in the fourth-quarter. Walker rushed for 182 yards, threw two touchdowns and scored another himself as the Aggies beat the Mustangs 38-21 last Saturday. vol.’ll Zl You’ll Never Get Penal ized For Excessive Time (In The Kitchen) with Pizza Express. M How many times have you tried to fix a bite to eat — only to miss the big play? Next time you’re home watching the game, give us a call. . . within 30 minutes we’ll deliver a deli cious hot pizza to your doctor. 846-7785 Now Open at 11:00 a.m. Saturday & Sunday G R E A T RICHARD GOLDSBY WILLIAM SHOCKLEY M M I s S l) E S Is Intelligence Genetically and Racially Determined? WED., NOV. 9 8:00 P.M. RUDDER AUDITORIUM TEXAS A&M TAMU STIJDENTS-50C TI ITT OTHERS-Sl ADVANCE TICKETS-RUDDER BOX OFFICE B L A C K A W A R E N E S S United Press International ARLINGTON — Texas Rangers owner Brad Corbett claims the baseball commissioner’s office privately has threated his team with action regarding “tampering” with free agent Larry Hisle unless the Rangers refrain from drafting the Minnesota outfielder Friday. Corbett said the team would take its chances and draft Hisle, perhaps No. 1. “We will not be bullied,” Corbett said Wednesday. “We will do everything possible to sign him (Hisle). Yes, we will go ahead and draft him.” According to the Rangers, Commissioner Bowie Kuhn’s top aide, Sandy Hadden, Tuesday telephoned Rangers attorney Dee Kelly from New York and told him Kuhn had decided the Rangers — in particular, general manager Dan O’Brien -— were guilty of tam pering. Kelly said Hadden offered some private advice: forget about drafting Hisle in Friday’s free agent draft and the commissioner would impose a light sentence on O’Brien and the Rangers. Kelly said Hadden also implied that if the Rangers drafted Hisle, then a\> heavy sentence would he forthcoming. Last year Kuhn suspended Atlanta owner li Turner for a full year after declaring him guilty oftj pering with San Francisco outfield Gary Matthews !tt - When Corbett returned to town from a business!! Wednesday, he found a resignation on hisdeslth O’Brien and Kelly waiting in his office to tell him ah Hadden’s call. Corbett was not pleased and refused J accept O’Brien s resignation, | “The facts in this case are totally out of proportios the ruling. I can’t believe the commissioners ml would he negative — if it is that,” Corbett said.“Aji I must say that the only thing I have togoonisi conversation between Mr. Kelly and Mr. Hadden “I have tried to reach the commissioner butU been unsuccessful so far.” Corbett demanded that Kuhn announce the verd publicly. The tampering charge came from an incident* Sept. 19 sports media luncheon in Dallas. FOOTBALL FIESTA SPECIAL Israel uthern inoay. [hting ; A effec «ks ag Buy a Fiesta Dinner with soft drink or tea for only $2.50. Regular $ 3.00. Good Monday thru Friday only. Offer expires December 4, 1977. One coupon per customer, please Save 0 fen edium !en act Hint” i •oms. 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