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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14!'l977 sports Hogs ha It Texas A&M ral ly; win 26-2(1 I By DA The Arkai By PAUL ARNETT Battalion Sports Editor It is circumstance and proper timing that give an action its character and make it either good or bad. Agesilaus started the clock. Walker waved frantically at Bellard while precious seconds ticked away. Twenty-five ticks later, A&M’s wide receiver was interferred with, giving the Aggies the ball on their 14. Only six seconds were left. Proper timing and circumstance on one play. played a little tot) close andcoi ted too soon.” Take away that mistake, and Texas A&M defense playedast second half. The Aggies yieldedlj yards and six points after ii sion. Fifty-eight of those yardsoj L of the Sc 1st hard-foi n. They too lances of p [they left ijt, in the v lach Dean Arkansas did anything and everything to stop George Woodard. On this play free safety Howard Sampson drags Woodard down by his face mask. Woodard gained 116 yards, but it wasn’t enough backs. The final score was 26-20. beat the Razor- Battalion photo by Pat O’Malley Only a tiny cheer by the Arkansas fans broke the shocked silence that filled Kyle Field. Arkansas corner- back Patrick Martin turned on that silence by stepping deftly between intended receiver David Brothers and a desperation pass thrown by David Walker. The final score read 26-20; it was in Arkansas favor. “The clock was a heck of an ele ment in Arkansas’ favor on that last drive,” coach Emory Bellard said. “I thought that we had called a time out the play before Darrell was interferred with. “Darrell gave the time out sign and the official signaled time out. He says that he never saw the sig nal. He told me after the game that he had called time out to move the first down markers.” The Aggies final drive began on their own 20 with 1:41 remaining in the game. After Walker completed two passes to Curtis Dickey, one to George Woodard and still another to David Brothers, A&M found it self on Arkansas 45. There were still 31 seconds remaining in the game. Here is where the ghost time out was called. Bellard and Smith were talking on the sidelines when the ref just weren’t in Walker’s huddle. “On that last play both George and David were open. Walker said. "I thought the cornerback was mov ing towards George so I threw it to David. I just guessed wrong.” The real wrong guess had already occurred about two minutes before Walker’s interception. Arkansas was driving methodically down the field apparently setting up for the go- ahead field goal. With less than two minutes remaining in the game Ron Calcagni faked a hand-off to Ben Cowins and lofted a 58-yard touchdown pass to Robert Farrell. “I was just thinking of catching it, Farrell said. “They had been keying on our backs on the play ac tion passes and their offensive backs had been coming up. We had run the same play all afternoon, but he never threw it to me. ^ir hearts o Arkansas li ns Texas li the first-ye iprised hot s winning 1: reed that This type of defensive mistake has plagued the Aggies all season. “Arkansas had no surprises for us,” safety Carl Grulich said. “We just can’t give up those easy points like we did and expect to win a big ball game. On that last play I thought we should have played off of them a little more. Wadine Miles line. “It was ju een two ei Arkansai ,se) like th ne we’re i ' Hal iefe THE RAVE-REVIEWED, HIGH POWERED REALISTIC® STEREO FM-AM RECEIVER * * • '6'6ee STA-2000 designed to min. RMS at 8 ohms more than 0.25% THD direct-reading wattage /center channel meter, monitor and dubbing, much more! The heart Reg. 499.95 deliver 75 watts per channel, from 20-20,000 Hz with no at an unbeatable price! Dual power meters, signal strength , equalizer jacks, 2-way tape 20 dB attenuator, loudness, of an incredible system! 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If the the rest of their games, thenJi will be a happy one for! “The only consolation ii Arkansas is that we re still notoiit the running,” Bellard said. “ have the opportunity to go to Cotton Bowl if we win otir last tin games.” One of those games is No. 1 team in the nation. Had prove to be a long afternoon fori Aggies if the defense doesn't®! 1 its mental mistakes. ln,lt ' < o ■ u • • a, , 0AKLAN1 One major thing in the % eted 23 favor is their offensive line. Ap ntouchdo , tin- Razorbacks, who were thek* vn an( i j team in the country on scoringi ^ uartt fense the lineman consisted „ itoleac | t l opened gaping holes for them ^victory ningbaeks. I It will take these basics, plusil Lu u, tie flair, if the Aggies are enteiti ‘ eranc i j ing any thoughts of a trip toDil^j 0a '|.] an( then dirt re toucht handed issagainst 1 Despite tl lined a g; fund Raider; Ictory again FC West. 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