Page 12 THE BATTALION
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1978
Sean
Petty
Stop and observe
the signs of winter
As the first signs of cold weather and the ensuing winter come to
Texas A&M University, students tend to act a little differently and
become involved in different activities.
One of the first signs of cold weather is the rainbow of letter jackets
that appears around campus. Many ex-high school athletes long for
that first cold day to be able to show off their awards won in days past.
This gives them the chance to boast their former athletic prowess just
by walking around the campus.
It is interesting to look at all the different jackets and see what sport
a person played or, in some cases, what instrument they played in the
band. You may even be able to tell how far a person got in choir.
SOME LETTERMEN feel inclined to pile all the medals they won
in track on the jacket. This usually means that the person won only
five or six medals his whole high school career.
The letter jacket is the great equalizer. People may not know if you
went to a AA school like Snook or a AAAA school like W.T. White. It
is all very impressive as long as there is a letter with a few patches on
the sleeves.
If you ever get bored in class some time, look around you and read
the patches that some people have on their jackets. For instance,
“All-State Six Man Football.” Or you see this small guy with all of
these football patches and you wonder how he could have been so
good for being so small? A little more investigating should prove that
he was the manager of the team which will be in small print on his
letter. Of course, managers and six man football are as important as
anything else in Texas high school football.
AND WHILE you are looking at the different patches, look for the
imposters. That’s right, the patches a person buys to make his jacket
look impressive. For instance, patches that say, “All City” when
there is no such award to be given in some cases.
You may also notice the guy who tried to get his letter jacket
cleaned. He’s the guy walking around with stiff sleeves that look like
they would break if you tried to bend them.
The cold weather means that men and women will be flocking to
the great indoors to get involved in “co-recreational” activities. And I
don’t mean watching basketball or playing racketball. During this
cold period they both feel a certain national pride that brings them
“closer together” in order to save energy. Some students even get
winter fever which can be as severe as spring fever.
AROUND AGGIELAND it means that Texas A&M fans can watch
at least one home football game when the temperature is not in the
high 80s. It becomes a lot easier and comfortable to “squeeze Army.”
The negative aspect of the cold means that time is running out in
the semester and it’s now or never as far as studies go.
And more than anything, the cold weather brings on the yearly
beaver-like activity in the nearby woods which results in the Aggie
bonfire. It means THE game with the infamous t.u. is right around
the corner and a time for all “good Ags” to get fired up to beat the hell
out of t.u.
THE COLD months also bring a change in our clocks which makes
the intramural flag football playoffs interesting. With the sun going
down earlier, the team that leads at halftime will probably win the
game because the ball and the flags on the players cannot be seen in
the second half. Consequently, the team that is winning can fool
around in the second half and use the setting sun as part of its
strategy.
The cold weather also moves the Aggie fan inside late in the semes
ter as the Aggie basketball team takes to the floor of G. Rollie White
Coliseum to start its season.
So as the short winter of the Southwest begins to bear down upon
us, and you begin to wonder when this “bitterly cold” weather will
end, be thankful you don’t go to the University of Minnesota. Enjoy.
Devine named
coach of week
United Press International
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — When
Notre Dame lost its first two games
this season it appeared the Irish
streak of consecutive bowl appear
ances would end at two.
The losses to Missouri and Michi
gan knocked Notre Dame out of the
top 10 ranks and apparently doomed
any bid to recover and qualify for a
post season game.
Last Saturday, the Irish defeated
Navy, 27-7, not in an upset, but in
proof of rehabilitation, and the per
formance earned Coach Dan De-
vine, in his fourth season with Notre
Dame, honors as United Press
International’s Coach of the Week.
“It was our best game,” Devine
said. “We put everything together
better than in any game this sea
son.”
The early season defeats were
surprising, but no more so than the
recovery. Notre Dame has been
hampered by a plethora of injuries
and going into the Navy game. De-
vine wasn’t certain which linebac
kers could play and which couldn’t.
But sparked by linebackers Bob
Golic and John Hankerd, the Irish
turned a weak spot into a strong
point in handing Navy its first loss of
the season. Notre Dame also scram
bled for massive yardage against the
team that was ranked No. 1 defen
sively in the nation heading into the
contest.
“Our kids got themselves up for
the game,” Devine said. “They ac
cepted it as a challenge, playing
against an' unbeaten team and the
best defensive team in the country.
“I could sense during the week
that they were going to be ready for
the game. They have a sense of the
importance of games, and they get
themselves ready.”
Despite the early season defeats,
bowl scouts have continued to trail
the Irish. Several were on hand in
Cleveland for the Navy contest.
“I think week by week our bowl
picture is brightening,” Devine
said. “There are only about three or
four teams left in the country who
are unbeaten and that makes our 6-2
record look a lot of better.
‘T read somewhere that the
NCAA had compared schedules and
found out we were playing the
toughest schedule in the country, so
that ought to mean something. ”
Aggie notes
Golf team wins
Texas A&M won the Harvey
Penick Intercolligate Golf Tourna
ment Wednesday in Austin. The
Aggies scored a 1,112 for the tour
nament, finishing ahead of Oral
Roberts and the University of Texas.
For the Aggies, Dave Ogrin
finished fourth in the tourney with a
218.
This is the biggest tournament
win for Coach Bob Ellis in his three
years at Texas A&M
day. Coach Dennis Fosdick’s Aggies
play their first game at 3 p.m. Fri
day against the University Aquatic
Club “A.”
Texas A&M recently completed a
tour of the East where the team
went 6-0 against its competition.
The Aggies are hopeful of an invita
tion to the NCAA championships .
The University of Texas Long
horns come to town tonight as the
Texas A&M volleyball team hosts
the Horns in a duel match in G. Rol
lie White Coliseum. The match will
get under way at 7:30 p.m. Admis
sion is free for students with athletic
passes.
The Texas A&M women’s water
polo team recently completed com
petition in the Rocky Mountain Ivi-
tational Tournament in Tucson,
Ariz.
The Aggies won their first three
games, defeating Arizona State 7-4,
Coronado 15-2 and Arizona Red
Devils 15-3. They were defeated by
Tucson Cotton Kings 6-4 and by
University of Arizona 10-6. The Ag
gies finished second in the touma-
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