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TUESDAY. OCTOBER 24, 1978
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horn’s second touchdown for a 13-7
lead.
But the Horns weren’t ready to go
drink Gatoraide in the locker room
yet. After the kickoff Arkansas quar
terback Ron Calcagni threw a pass
that was complete, but to Texas de
fensive back Johnnie Johnson who
returned the interception to the Ar
kansas 22-yard line.
Four plays later McEachern
threw his second TD pass in 37 sec
onds and Texas took a 20-7 lead into
the break.
“The entire first half we didn’t
play well,” Arkansas head coach Lou
Holtz said after the game. “The sec
ond quarter was a disaster. That was
a very costly mistake we made be
fore halftime.”
Arkansas was held to 42 yards
total offense, all rushing, in the sec
ond quarter while Texas rolled up
145 yards, 110 in the air. The Hogs
didn’t complete a pass to one of
their own players in the first half,
missing on eight attempts as both
Calcagni and Kevin Scanlon failed to
break the Texas secondary.
“The difference in the game was
that Texas got its receivers one-on-
one with one of our defensive backs
and caught the ball,” Holtz said.
“When we got one-on-one they
broke it up.
“And I’m not surprised Texas
came out throwing the ball against
us, not when they were completing
them.”
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The Hogs went into halftime a
beaten crew. But Holtz worked his
magic during the break and when
the Hogs returned for the second
half they promptly took their first
two possessions in for touchdowns
and a 21-20 lead. But that would be
the extent of their scoring for the
day.
Their last threat came with 2:13
left in the game, trailing 28-21 with
the ball on Texas’ 17-yard line. Cal-
cagni’s fourth down pass was broken
up by Johnnie Johnson in the end
zone and Arkansas had lost another
classic game with the Horns.
“Texas deserved to win the foot
ball game today,” a disheartened
Holtz said. “We didn’t play like we
were capable of playing. We had our
chance to win the game at the end.
We had a man open and Ron
couldn’t get the ball to him.
“And we were going for two all
the way if we would have scored.
“This is a disappointing loss, but
Tve never had one that wasn’t. We
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away. They made their mistakes
today but because of our penalties
and errors we didn’t make them pay
for them. And you can’t hope to beat
a team like them without taking ad
vantage of their mistakes.”
One reason the Hogs were inef
fective against Texas was because
their leading ground gainer, Ben
Cowins, was held to 67 yards on 15
carries. Cowins went into the game
averaging 6.5 yards per carry, hav
ing only handled the ball 60 times
all season. After the game Cowins
drew an analogy between this year’s
loss and the loss to Texas last season.
“Texas was as tough as they were
last year,” Cowins compared. “Last
year we made mistakes and lost
(13-6) and we made the same kind of
mistakes again this year. We can’t
afford to screw up and hope to beat
them. We didn’t perform up to per
fection and we had to have a perfect
game to beat them.
“We lacked consistency on of
fense. We’d look good at times and
then we’d fall apart. We came into
the game not afraid to try anything
against them. We had a good, solid
game plan. We just didn’t execute it
well. ”
Arkansas defensive tackle Dan
Hampton summed up the problem
the Hogs’ have every year against
Texas.
“If we prepared for Texas like we
did for any other team, like TCU or
Rice, we could beat them,”
Hampton said. “But because they’re
Texas we over-prepare, get tight for
the game, and we lose everything
we learned. We just choke when we
play them. ”
The loss drops Arkansas to 2-1
and into third place in the South
west Conference, one game behind
Texas and Houston. The Razorbacks
can close the gap on the front
runners when they travel to Hous
ton to face UH Saturday in the As
trodome. But in order to beat Hous
ton, the Razorbacks have to put the
loss to Texas behind them.
“I haven’t had many losses since I
came to the University of Arkansas,
but I have to accept losing,” Cal
cagni said. “We just have to put this
one aside and come back like we did
last year.”
Cowins echoed the quarterback’s
thoughts.
“I’ve had plenty of losses and I
just have to take this one in stride,”
Cowins said. “I’m hoping we can dig
ideep down inside and let our pride
carry us back next week.
“I learned today that I need to be
more team oriented. I need to play
more with the team and not as much
as an individual. If I can, it can’t do
anything but help us from here on
out.”
The Razorbacks bounced back
after their loss to Texas last year to
finish 11-1 on the year and defeat
Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl. But
if they hope to duplicate last year’s
feat, their road back begins in Hous
ton this week against the Cougars.
It’s time for Coach Holtz to weave
his magic once again.
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Decisions, decisions
Decisions, decisions, always decisions.
And nobody, but nobody has to make more crucial decisions at this
time of the year than a head football coach. Nobody. Who else has to
stand in front of screaming crowds numbering upwards of 50,000 and
make split decisions that effect everyone in the stadium. These are
decisions that could mean the difference between a winning or losing
season, create or kill support for an athletic program and make or
break some innocent gambler.
Nobody else has to be responsible for all of that. Not even the
president of the United States. To hell with tax relief and the Middle
East; what about top 20 polls and bowl bids? There are probably
football fans out there who think that Camp David is a place where
the Washington Redskins hold spring training.
What they say is true. When a team wins, all the back pats and butt
slaps go to the players. When that same team loses, it’s “Coach, go
straight to the place of eternal third-and-long situations.”
No sir, I don’t envy plight of the Great American Gray-haired
Football Coach. A few wrong decisions and bang—he’s on the
endangered species list.
After two straight losses, rumors of Texas A&M coach Emory Bol
lard’s extinction in Aggieland have been heard in certain quarters.
Tales of collections being started to pay off the coach’s contract and
send him on his way have surfaced. There has been a negative reac
tion to several decisions the Aggie coach has made lately.
There is no doubt in my mind that Bellard is an expert in his field
and certainly he possesses more knowledge of football than I could
ever hope to attain. But I too have to question some of the decisions
the Aggie coach has made recently.
In his weekly television broadcast after the Kansas game, Bellard
mentioned that the Aggies never won a coin toss last season. I believe
it. Their coin toss strategy is atrocious. After winning the flip against
Texas Tech and Baylor, the Aggies chose to take the wind instead of
the football.
“We gave them the ball on the opening kickoff because we hoped
to stop their initial drive and possibly get good field position,” Bellard
explained after the Tech game, “but they had a different idea.” The
Raiders marched downfield and kicked a 19-yard field goal after tak
ing the initial kickoff. Baylor had a better idea. Only 29 seconds into
the game, the Bears were ahead for good on a 78-yard touchdown
pass from Steve Smith to Robert Holt. Common sense dictates that a
team can’t win a game unless it scores and it can’t score unless it has
the ball.
Against the Bears, the Aggies had unlimited success with their
passing game. Mike Mosley consistantly moved the ball in the air
against the Bears. The Aggie sophomore passed for 140 yards, com
pleting 13 of 22 passes with one interception. Doug Teague caught 8
passes for 87 yards. But even Baylor coach Grant Teaff could not
understand why Texas A&M did not take advantage of its passing
game more often.
“I was surprised that they didn’t throw more in the second half,”
the Baylor coach said. “They were really hurting us with that bootleg
pass in the first half.”
But no. Bellard chose to go with the old reliable—and ailing—
ground attack. Which brings up the biggest question in my mind.
Why was Curtis Dickey, who suffered a sprained left ankle and
strained right knee against Houston, allowed to return to the game
twice after being helped off the field, if he should have been allowed
to play at all?
“I felt like we had no choice but to play him,” Bellard said. “Curtis
felt like he could play.”
I don’t buy that. Who calls the shots, the coaches or the players?
Dickey is now questionable for the Rice game. In addition to his leg
injuries, the junior running back is also hampered by a groin injury.
The concern with Bellard’s decision-making is growing on campus,
if graduate student-senior ticket distribution is any indication. On the
Monday before the Texas Tech game, 12,621 tickets were distrib
uted. Last week, 12,212 Baylor tickets were handed out on Monday.
In the rather short lines in front of G. Rollie White this Monday,
11,227 tickets were distributed.
Yes, Aggie fans are concerned about their team’s performance, as
they should be. As the Aggies were in the process of losing to 0-5
Baylor Saturday I was reminded of the New Orleans Saints becoming
the first team to lose to Tampa Bay last year. And we all know what
happened to Hank Stramm.
Longhorns prepare
for tough Mustangs
United Press International
AUSTIN — Texas Coach Fred
Akers said Monday the Longhorns
played their best game of the year in
upsetting third-ranked Arkansas
28-21 Saturday, but he said they
face another tough test this week
against Southern Methodist.
“That was a big win for us, but
that thing is over and we’re looking
to SMU,” Akers said. “We know
anybody that plays in this confer
ence has talent and is going to
fight.”
The Texas coaching staff picked
quarterback Randy McEachern and
wide receiver Johnny “Lam” Jones
as the team’s outstanding offensive
players of the game and linebacker
Robin Sendlein as the outstanding
defensive player.
McEachern accounted for 236
yards total offense, including three
touchdown passes. Jones caught two
of the touchdown aerials, and
freshman tight end Lawrence Samp-
leton, playing with the varsity offen
sive unit for the first time, caught
the other.
Sampleton’s four receptions for
108 yards against the Razorbacks
made him Texas’ fourth leading re
ceiver for the season, but Akers re
fused to say if the Seguin freshman
will nose out Les Studdard for the
starting tight end job.
“We haven’t set our lineups for
the game, we’ll have to see how
things go this week,” Akers said.
The Texas coach said SMU quar
terback Mike Ford is easily the best
passer the Longhorns have faced
this year in compiling a 5-1 record,
and he noted Ford passed for 253
yards against Texas last year.
“Ford is an excellent passing
quarterback, and he doesn’t have to
have his feet set and be looking for
five minutes before he throws it,”
Akers said. “He throws on the run,
falling and off balance. If he sees a
receiver, he’ll usually get the ball to
him.
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