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MONDAY. OCTOBER 9. 1978
Red Raiders looked good for six minute
By MARK PATTERSON
Battalion Staff
For the first six minutes of Satur
day’s football game the Texas Tech
Red Raiders looked like one of the
best football teams in the country.
Unfortunately, the men from
Lubbock had to play the final 54 min
utes.
After receiving the opening kick
off Tech marched 56 yards in eight
plays against the nation’s leading de
fense and kicked a 19-yard field goal
to take an early 3-0 lead.
Following the ensuing kickoff, the
Tech defense forced a Texas A&M
fumble and recovered it on the Ag
gie’s 11-yard line. The offense con
verted the turnover into a second
field goal for a 6-0 lead.
On Texas A&M’s next possession
the Red Raiders intercepted a Mike
Mosley pass on the Aggie’s 35-yard
line and gave their offense its third
possession in the first six minutes of
the game. But then the two teams
began playing up to expectations.
The Aggie defense stiffened,
holding Tech to a minus 1-yard on
three plays and the Raiders punted.
The Raiders would only cross into
Aggie territory two other times in
the ball game.
“Texas A&M just showed signs of
being a great football team when
they held us twice within their own
10-yard line,” Texas Tech coach Rex
Dockery said after the game. “We
had a couple of mental breakdowns
and they cost us. It was poor coach
ing on my part and it’s up to me to
get them to play better.”
For its part the Tech defense
played well in the first half, holding
halfback Curtis Dickey to 18 yards
on 8 carries. But Dickey solved the
riddle the Tech defense employed
and in the second half rolled over
the Raiders for 143 yards and one
touchdown as the Aggies pulled
away from the Raiders.
“They just physically whipped us
in the second half,” Dockery said.
“We prepared for Dickey in the first
half and Mosley took off (64 yard TD
run). I’m greatly impressed with
their offense. It’s just too hard to
stop.”
So echoed the words of Olin Tis
dale, Tech’s defensive right end
who spent the afternoon looking at
the backs of the Aggie’s backfield.
“Curtis Dickey is just one hell of a
runner,” Tisdale said. “We weren’t
getting outside and filling the lanes
and they took advantage of it.
“But I think we re in the same
class as they are. They just got going
on us. We should of had 21 points in
the first quarter and we were held to
six. We couldn’t capitalize on their
breaks, but then that’s a credit to
their defense.”
Linebacker Don Kelly agreed
with Tisdale’s comments.
“In the first half we got the good
breaks and we should of capitalized
on them,” Kelly said. “It’s always
disappointing when you don’t get
touchdowns but at least we got some
points.
“A&M was more powerful than
Texas but you really can’t compare
the two teams. They’re too differ
ent. One thing is apparent though,
A&M is a lot quicker. Mosley is very
impressive running the offense. We
were trying to put him out of the
game all day but we never could.”
Freshman Ron Reeves got the
starting nod at quarterback for Texas
Tech. In his second start of the year
against the nation’s leading defense
(Texas had the No. 1 defense last
week) Reeves was 9 for 25 passing
for 143 yards and had one intercep
tion. He got to know the Aggie de-'
fense all too well, being sacked eight
times for 23 yards in losses.
“We re a young team and we|
showed it today,” Reeves said after)
the game. “When we had it deep in)
their territory at the beginning ofj
the game we should of been able toi
put it in. We have to if we hope to
be a good team.
“Texas is more of a technique
team on defense than A&M is.
Texas plays you whereas A&M
forces things to happen. But both
were pretty effective against us.
A&M didn’t do anything differently
than we expected. They didn’t blitz
their secondary as much but I think
that was out of respect of our passing
attack. We just beat ourselves to
day.”
The Aggies had limited passing
success against Tech’s seconday, hit
ting on 4-of-7 passes for 89 yards.
But a pass from Mosley to Gerald
Carter late in the first quarter set up
the Aggies first score and seemed to
burst Tech’s bubble.
“I just misjudged Carter’s speed,’
Tech defensive back Willie
Stephens said. “I lined up tighter
than I should have and he just ran
right by me. He didn t look that
quick on the films but he sure was.
“Dickey is as good a runner as I
thought he would be. In the first
half we weren’t keying only on him
but on the whole backfield and it
was pretty effective. In the second
half he was just breaking tackles and
running through us. Our defense
just got tired and we started arm
tackling. You can’t arm tackle Dic
key or anyone in their backfield and
hope to stop them. You’ve got to hit
them with your helmet and hope
that works. Obviously sometimes it
doesn’t.”
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on the Tech squad when he found
out that Dickey is a junior and will
be returning next season for
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At University Drive
Now at Manor East Mall
BREAKFAST EVERY
MORNING
Eight Ball In
The Side Pocket —
The mark of the winning play —
8 ball in one of the pockets. It’s a
thrill most people practice and
A New
Winner
‘T-Spy” Participant Of The Week
Wendy White practices her pool in the MSC I.M. office to pick up a
Billiards Room. Wendy should come by the
Be Our Guest” card,
redeemable for free food at McDonalds.
Kyle Field saw another winner
last weekend as Tray Tramonte
successfully kicked a 44-yard field
goal to win the IM Field Goal
Kicking contest.
Other finalists were Jeff
Irizarry, Mike Cain, and Kurt
Brescoll. The four became finalists
through a distance accuracy con
test held earlier a§ a preliminary
round. The finals consisted of pre
dictions by each contestant as to
what they thought they would
kick. The winner was the person
coming closest to his prediction.
Tray predicted his 44-yard attempt
exactly.
practice for. Now’s your chance.
Today marks the opening of the
IM Billiards Tournament.
Separate men’s and women’s di
visions will be played in individual
competition. The tournament is
single elimination. Classes will be
A, B, and C. Matches will be the
best 3 out of 5 games of eight ball.
Contestants are responsible for
setting up their own game times
on the MSC billiard tables. House
table rules will be used and a fee
assessed for playing time.
Entries close October 17. Let all
your practicing pay off. Cham
pions will receive IM T-shirt
awards.
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Entries Open:
Billiards
Soccer
Long Driving
Entries Close:
Punt, Pass & Kick
Flickerball
Swimming & Diving
Arm Wrestling
Bike Race
Foosball
Meetings:
Handicapped
Advisory Council
Library GRW
Sports Club Meeting — Wednesday, October 11, 7:30 p «»
Room 232 GRW
Flickerball Captain s Meeting — Thursday, October 12,
p.m.. Room 226 MSC
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It’s A Kick In The Grass
Soccer, the newest rage, is
sweeping the country. Profes
sional teams have become more
popular, adult leagues have been
formed, and even little league play
has been organized for youngsters.
You, too, can be a part of this
“gentleman’s sport” fad by playing
IM soccer.
Entries open today, Monday,
October 9 and will close next
Tuesday, October 17. No team
may have over 2 A&M Soccer
Club players on its roster. Teams
Refs
Four Fore!
with 2 Soccer Club players must
play Division A. There will be a
mandatory team manager’s meet
ing Thursday, October 19 at 5:15,
Room 601, Rudder Tower.
Join the fun with the “in” thing
to do. Soccer — it’s a kick in the
grass!
Corner
Soccer officials meeting —
I Tuesday, October 10, 7:00 p.m.
GRW Room 267
Football officials meeting,
[Thursday, October 12, 7:00
.m. GRW, Roqm 267.
Long Range Driving opens for
jentries today, Monday, October 9
land closes Tuesday, October 17.
(Two divisions, men’s and women’s
iwill be held. Each contestant will
•drive 5 balls. The longest distance
will be taken as the score. Partici
pants must furnish their own balls
and clubs.
The record for long driving is
held by 1976 winner Bryant Nail
from Squadron 4. Bryant’s score
was a long 281 yards. Last year’s
champ was David Hickson who
participated against 16 other per
sons.
Caddy yourself on over to De-
Ware Fieldhouse to sign up. It’ll
be a bag of clubs and fun.
WIMlIfcl—m
Acknowledgments
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ant, on University Drive and at
Manor East Mall, under the direc
tion of the Intramural Office. Stories
are by Michelle Wolstein, pictures
by Rich Westlake.