THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1978
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Paul Arnett
Offense grand...defense bland
It was early September.
Students were meandering
but noughout the campus adjusting to
1 tlie(| newness of the fall semester,
'd bytofessors talked idly among them-
alfs jives reflecting upon their summer
biglMths, and the men who repre-
>nted the Texas Aggie football
were practicing on the artifi-
urf of Kyle Field.
B was a time of high hopes for
' 'Bards Bunch.
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the two best teams in the confer
ence,” summarized the sports
writers of Texas. “Houston may
challenge them if they find someone
to replace Wilson Whitley.
“The Red Raiders have a great
quarterback in Rodney Allison and
their defensive secondary is out
standing. On the other hand the
Texas Aggies have a great offense,
and knowing the past glories of
Melvin Robertson, they should have
a strong defense as the season prog
resses.”
It is now early January.
All the bowl games are history.
The Texas Longhorns, winners of
the SWC, were slaughtered by
Notre Dame 38-10 in the Cotton
Bowl. The Arkansas Razorbacks,
second in the SWC, surprised
Oklahoma 31-6 in the Orange Bowl.
Oh, yes. Texas A&M and Texas
Tech, who finished third and fourth
in the SWC chase, wished they
hadn’t made the trip to their respec
tive bowl games.
So much for the high hopes of
September.
The Aggies were beaten badly by
USC 47-28 in the Astro-
Bluebonnent Bowl. The offense,
minus the five turnovers, had an
outstanding game gaining over 500
yards.
“I thought we played an outstand
ing offensive football game,” coach
Emory Bellard said. “If it hadn’t
been for the turnovers, I felt like we
would have put four more
touchdowns on the board. It turned
out we needed them.”
It also turned out that the defen
sive expectations of early Sep
tember never materialized. Coach
Robertson failed to field 11 men
who could hold the opposition. This
was never more evident than last
Saturday night.
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A&M yielded more than 600
yards to the Trojans. USC, who
hasn’t had a strong rushing attack
this season, had two men rush for
more than 100 yards. It was the
eighth time this season A&M has al
lowed a back to reach that pennacle.
“The defensive problem was the
same all year,” Bellard said. “We
just couldn’t come up with the big
play. USC has a great offensive
team. We just couldn’t defense
them.”
Trojan coach John Robinson
agreed with coach Bellard.
“I’m not sure there’s any offense
harder to handle than ours when we
are functioning right,” Robinson
said. “We came surging back just
like we did against UCLA. Rob Her-
tel played tremendously.”
Hertel made shambles of the
A&M secondary. He completed 11
out of 15 passes for 248 yards and
jfour touchdowns. He was never
I sacked.
“I would say that this was my best
performance,” Hertel said. “But I
•have to give credit to our line. I can
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remember feeling pressure only
once in the entire game.”
That has been another problem
A&M has had all year. Only when
they gambled did the Aggies put
pressure on the quarterback this
season.
“Texas A&M has been suspect on
the pass all year,” Hertel said.
“They stunt and gamble a lot, so
either they make the big play or
give up the big play.”
Unfortunately the Aggies did the
latter more than the former.
But bleak should not be the only
color painted on the A&M canvas.
Mike Mosley had a strong game and
George Woodard ran like the Woo
of old. Add to that a strong offensive
line, and next season becomes less
bleak.
In three months it will be early
April and the beginning of spring
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