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THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1978
Page 13
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iturday night will mark the first
, t he Aggies and Cougars have
edeach other in the Astrodome,
two teams have battled each
almost evenly for the last 17
The Aggies come into the
estwith a one game lead in the
The all-time series record
ds at seven wins for A&M, six
for Houston and three ties,
lere is one more major aspect in
Aggie-Cougar history. No team
'ver won two games in a row.
Aggies hope to change this
in Houston.
iere will be some old faces re-
; to the Houston lineup. And
will be some newer faces
ston would not like to see again,
|y Aggie quarterback Mike
ley.
osley, as a freshman, took over
sputtering Aggie offense in the
id quarter of last year’s game in
Field. The Aggies were down
(the time and the young quar-
ick ignited the offense by rush-
for 109 yards and two
downs. The Aggies defeated
lougars 27-7 on national televi-
at was last year. The Cougars
e .. n” ince a 8 a ' n the serv ices of
seasoned leaders, senior quar-
ick Danny Davis and junior
acker David Hodge. Davis sat
ail liost oflast season with a shoul-
ijury and Hodge did not play
Jrsonal reasons.
es ] vis is the fuse that ignites the
f ars explosive offense. He is a
ilay quarterback and makes
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Davis led the Cougars to the 1976
Southwest Conference cham
pionship and provides solid leader
ship.
You judge a quarterback like a
coach," Houston head coach Bill
Yeoman said. ’You judge him on
how many games he wins. Danny’s
(Davis) a winner.”
Hodge is the leader of the Hous
ton headhunters. He is captain of
the Coogs’ defense.
"He is going to be as good a
linebacker as there is walking
around in the nation,” Yeoman said.
“He is terribly strong.”
Although Mosley has never
played against Hodge, he said he
has total respect for him.
“He will take your head off,”
Mosley said. “We watched him in
the films and that guy can hit as hard
as anybody.”
The Cougar-Aggie rivalry is one
that sparks a little more enthusiasm
in the fans and players than even a
regular conference game. Some of
the Houston players shaved their
heads this week to get a little more
spirit into the practices.
Th is game is very important to
Coach Bellard and the Aggies, also.
They will be putting their un
blemished record on the line at the
Cougars’ home field. It will be the
hardest task the Aggies have faced
all year.
“Houston is a fine team with lots
of skilled football players,” Bellard
said. “They are explosive and have
all the ingredients to be an explosive
ball club.
“They have good receivers, a big
offensive line and darn good run
ning backs. They come at you with a
basic attack and hit and hit until
they see daylight and they’re gone.
“We have not played a team that
poses a combination pass and run
threat like Houston,’’ he said.
What about their only loss to
Memphis State, is there any com
parison of the two teams?
“There is an ace over deuce com
parison of Memphis State and Hous
ton,” Bellard said. “The strength of
the two is not an issue because
Houston is so much stronger.
“Houston had a bad opening day.
They made a lot of mistakes and had
some penalties that killed scoring
drives. We can’t count on them to
make those mistakes this week.”
The Cougars have not lost a game
since the opener with Memphis St.
In fact, they went to Florida and
knocked off 10th ranked Florida
State two weeks ago.
“They totally dominated Florida
St. throughout the game,” Bellard
said. “They have a fine defense and
their offense scored the first three
times they got the ball.”
Tbe Aggies take the second best
defense in the nation to the Dome
Saturday. There is a bit of irony in
volved here because defensive
coach Melvin Robertson started his
collegiate coaching career at Hous
ton under Bill Yeoman. He coached
at Houston from 1965 through 1971.
The Cougars come into the Dome
to play their second home game
after beating Baylor in Waco last
week. It was not an easy victory as
Houston rallied in the final three
minutes to win 20-18.
“I don’t think that we were wildly
pumped up at Waco, but our young
people were able to gather them
selves sufficiently to get the win,”
Yeoman said. “I don t think our of
fensive people went into the game
in the right frame of mind. This is
the problem with young people.
They play an excellent game (against
Florida St.) and they get so happy
with themselves they can barely
stand it. And, they forget to realize
that it is an every day, on going op
eration.
“Texas A&M is playing better
than any team in the conference
right now. They have great offensive
talent, a great defense and they are
well coached.”
So the stage is set. The action
takes place at 7:30 Saturday night in
the Astrodome. A standing room
only crowd of 53,000 is expected to
watch as the Aggies and Cougars
meet head on in an explosion that
could just lift the roof right off the
Dome.
Armstrong hurt
Aggie halfback Adgar
Armstrong is not expected to
start in Saturday’s Texas A&M-
Houston game. The 220-pound
senior received a severely
bruised knee in last week’s Texas
Tech game. Freshman Temple
Aday, 190 pounds, will get his
first collegiate start in place of
Armstrong.
In other lineup changes, Pres
ton Dickson will be at center,
replacing Ed Pustejovsky who
sprained a knee in practice this
week. James Zachery will play
right defensive end, replacing
Eddie Heath who suffered a leg
injury in a motorcycle accident.
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WC coaches argue
bout tournament site
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roundedC United Press International
Uganda UST0N — Southwest Con-
ilehespa e basketball coaches are split
ether to move their highly
responsel sfal post-season tournament
tion, ho*t louston’s Summit to San An-
n. HemisFair Arena in 1980,
diateU A&M coach Shelby Metcalf
Radio Ka: lursday.
before Josure of the disagreements
Tbe li en the coaches, and some of
ve notsei guments on both sides, were
5. Emta ; d after eight of the nine head
osed tor smet in a closed-door session
iment tn n SWC official and two ath-
1S fromli irectors at Rice Universitv
Eastil lay morning.
’re well divided,” Metcalf
go sign" a news conference following
; k actual 1 :eting.
,erM 15 coach Abe Lemons, when
tates In* about the group’s recom-
(liH t'" ‘lion to the governing body of
to An®' VC declined comment. ‘
at difference does it make?
en f ’ T hence stuff. They won’t
’ ’■ Lemons said,
ndisen tournament the past two
i a ' > rawn capacity crowds on
, es in th e 16,000-seat Sum-
0 S |\„ se veral coaches say the
« ! 'T g'ves the Houston
mn cajrs and Rice Owls an unfair
> e > although neither the
pon ! .|»* rOWlSre8 ”' arlypla> ' in
c re mi ai \Vantage (for the
' an * „ tli ams )’ m m V opinion, be-
f'siii- ie tl Can ,^ ave their players
b , schedule,” Ar-
"Whereas, if you bring a team in
here, and you’re in a hotel and
you’ve broken your schedule, it’s
different.”
Sutton was one of several coaches
to say the decision whether to move
the tournament was being made
more difficult because of past suc
cess.
“All of us have concern too that
the people of Houston have done
such a marvelous job in promoting
the tournament. There are question
marks anytime you move. You ask,
‘Hey, can they do the same thing in
San Antonio?”’
The SWC’s contract to play the
springtime tournament at the
Summit was for three years begin
ning in 1976. Both years it has been
played in Houston, Guy Lewis’
Cougars advanced to the finals. Last
season Houston won the tourna
ment by beating Texas, the eventual
NIT champion, and Arkansas, the
third-place finisher in the NCAA
tournament.
Lewis listened to arguments fa
voring a move and then said, “In the
interest of fair play and trying to
even this tournament up, I’m going
to move my team out of the dorm
next year and move them into the
Houston Oaks (Hotel).”
Rice coach Mike Schuler indi
cated officials of HemisFair Arena
should prove they can match the at
tendance and excitement generated
at the Summit.
HemisFair Arena is presently in
creasing its seating to 16,000.
Coach Gerald Myers of Texas
Tech appeared to line up with Sut
ton and Lemons for the move to San
Antonio. A&M’s Metcalf appeared
to side with Schuler and Lewis for
keeping the tournament in Hous
ton. Coaches Jim Haller of Baylor
and SMU’s Sonny Allen gave no in
dication which way they leaned.
TCU’s Tim Somerville was not
present.
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