Paqe 14 THE BATTALION
53 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1978
Mark
Patterson
Eagles must earn
respect of SWC
Respectability. It is similar to credit these days; it’s hard to achieve
and easy to abuse.
North Texas State University will take its shot at achieving its share
af respectability when the Mean Green Eagles travel to Austin Satur
day to take on the big boys of the Southwest Conference, the Univer
sity of Texas Longhorns.
Some people view North Texas’ chances Saturday similar to those
faced by a man known as Custer. But it’s NTSU’s only shot at a SWC
team this season and the game is very important to the Eagles.
“Any time we play a SWC school it’s definitely more important
than playing any other intersectional game,” NTSU athletic director
and head coach Hayden Fry said. “It’s important to our long-range
goals of getting into the conference. We don’t necessarily have to
win, just prove we can compete at that level.
“It’s always a great honor to play the University of Texas because
they traditionally win the conference and are ranked in the top 10
nationally. This club (NTSU) isn’t in awe of them, they just look at the
game as a great challenge and opportunity.”
North Texas better make good their opportunity this weekend to
defeat Texas. Their contest this weekend is the second of a three-
game series with Texas dating back to 1976 when Texas defeated
NTSU 17-14. The two clubs won’t meet again until 1981.
“Texas was kind enough to put us on the schedule and we’re grate
ful,” Fry said. “Being on their schedule is the most valuable thing we
have here at North Texas. It can do us nothing but good to play a
team of their caliber.”
Fans of Fry’s Eagles understand the importance of this game
against UT. Ticket sales through Tuesday are far above the rate sold
for the 1976 game. Over 10,000 fans of North Texas will make the
three-hour drive to Austin to see their team try and slay Goliath.
The Eagles will field a high potent offense featuring running back
Bernard Jackson, the nation’s fourth leading rusher with 851 yards on
the year. Quarterbacking the Eagles is Jorden Case, currently ranked
eighth in total offense nationally.
They’ll need all the offense available against Texas, especially since
the men in orange are coming off of a humiliating defeat at the hands
of Oklahoma.
“Their losing to Oklahoma was the worst thing that could have
happened to us,” Fry said. “If they would have won they might have
taken us lightly, looking forward to Arkansas in two weeks. But with
the loss they’ll play a heck of a lot harder to try to regain their
prestige.”
The atmosphere among the players at Texas is relaxed after last
week’s losing effort.
“This week in practice we look like we have everything under
control,” Texas coach Fred Akers said Wednesday. “I didn’t see any
thing that worries me in our game against Oklahoma, at least any
thing that worrying will cure. We ll be ready Saturday.
“This is a big game for North Texas but it’s just as big a game for us
simply because it’s the game we’re playing this week. It really doesn’t
matter if it’s North Texas or someone else on the schedule. It’s our
next opponent and that’s the way we look at it.”
The game means a little bit more to North Texas State University.
It gives the men from Denton a chance to improve their credit rating
within their home state. And thus far that hasn’t been such an easy
task.
Cowboys must stick
with Washington
United Press International
DALLAS — The Dallas Cowboys
put together a pretty good outing
against the New York Giants last
Sunday and with the winless St.
Louis Cardinals coming up, there is
the obvious chance for a letdown.
But Cowboys Coach Tom Landry
said that if Dallas allows itself to let
down at any time for the rest of the
year, the team is in for trouble.
“We are not just playing against
the teams we face each week,”
Landry said. “We are playing
against the level that the
Washington Redkins have reached
this year.
‘“As long as Washington (6-0 so
far) is winning we have to keep win-
Dallas trails the streaking Red
skins by two games in the NFC East
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Mosley’s illness hampers performano
By SEAN PETTY
Battalion Staff
If it is possible that Texas A&M
quarterback Mike Mosley was run
ning on just six cylinders instead of
all eight Saturday against Texas
Tech, just think what he can do
when he is finely tuned.
Mosley, the sophomore from
Humble, has been battling a severe
cold and nervous stomach for over
three weeks. His illness has kept
him from eating properly, making
his relatively small 175-pound body
weak.
“I lost six or seven pounds,” Mos
ley said. “I was only eating one meal
a day and even when I ate that, I felt
like I was going to get sick.”
One meal a day is no where near
enough nourishment for a man who
must tangle with men almost twice
his size every Saturday afternoon.
“I think most of my problem is
nerves,” he said. “There has been a
lot of pressure on me this year and I
guess it’s just getting to my
stomach.”
Monday and practiced the whole
time. He loves to compete and he
has something to compete with
(backup quarterback David Beal).
He (Mosley) loves to play the
game.”
Mosley was sent to St. Joseph’s
hospital in Bryan after the Memphis
State game to have tests run and see
if they could get him running on all
eight cylinders again.
“They did everything to me,”
Mosley said. “They ran a lower and
upper gastro-intestinal test and took
X-rays of my stomach and all the
tests came up negative. They just
don’t know what it is.”
“Mike was just sick,” head coach
Emory Bellard said. “He was sick
just about every way you can get
sick. He was coughing, nauseous,
throwing up and he had a cold. He
couldn’t eat and he couldn’t sleep.
“Mike is a real competitor. We
took every precaution to make sure
there was nothing seriously wrong
with him. He came out there last
Mosley is eating again and has
started gaining his weight back. His
weight and size are things that must
be taken into consideration
throughout the season.
The question is, can Mosley’s
small frame take the constant
pounding of a game as the season
goes on?
“Since I am pretty skinny I try
and stay out of the way of those big
linemen as much as possible,” he
said. “Each week I can feel the
bumps and bruises a little more. My
shoulder is a little sore and so is my
back but nothing that can hinder my
play in any way.”
“I was pretty weak against Mem
phis State, especially right before
halftime. The heat was pretty bad
that game and that didn’t help any-
ning, too. So it doesn’t make any dif
ference who we are playing we have
to be prepared to play to win. If we
let down against St. Louis or any
other team we will have a big prob
lem.”
“Washington is doing what it has
to win,” Landry said. “We have to
play Green Bay yet, and they are
much improved. We have Miami
and Bob Griese is coming back
around. Then there’s Minnesota and
we have Philadelphia twice and
Washington again, of course, and
New England, too.”
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thing. Against Tech, I was a little
weak at the end of the first half but
got my second wind in the second
half.”
No wonder he was tired in the
first half. He had already rushed for
99 yards.
Now that he is on the road to re
covery, Mosley looks ahead to this
week’s game with the University of
Houston in the Astrodome.
“I don’t mind playing in the
Dome,” he said. “Although I had a
bit of a hard time catching my
breath in there last year when we
played USC. I guess maybe it was
because of the smoke trapped in
there. ”
As far as taking a beating, Mosley
sees the game with Houston as
being very physical.
“Houston is so big,” he said.
“David Hodge (linebacker) will hit
you about as hard as anyone.”
If Mosley can get over his ail
ments, his performances should im
prove accordingly. But if there is
any room for improvement, Bellard
has not seen it.
“Mosley likes the option, that’s
really what he knows best,” he said.
“And I like it that he likes the op
tion. He runs it about as well as it
can be run. So he and I are walking
down the same road, and I like that,
too. ”
Now if they can just walk down
that road healthy, it may be a very
beautiful road lined with cotton.
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