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Page 10 THE BATTALION MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1979 LAST CHANCE * to join the MSC CAMERA COMMITTEE on Oct. 19. Aggies close to the edge Members are asked to pay dues at this meeting' ^or in cubicle. No dues will be taken after the end/ . Pof the month. J Tl Members who'd like a locker near the dark -rooms, please sign up in cubicle. Special Introductory Rate: Order 10 Copies and get 5 free!!! From ON THE DOUBLE By SEAN PETTY Battalion Sports Editor It’s a good thing Texas A&M head coach Tom Wilson wasn’t sitting in the third deck of the expanding Kyle Field because the Aggies’ 17-14 loss to the University of Houston may have been enough to make him jump. After losing four games by a total of 14 points (three in the fourth quarter and two of those by one point) it’s not hard to see why Wil son and the Aggies would be going crazy. Wilson, who looked drained and dejected after the Aggies’ loss, couldn’t believe what he had just seen. “I don’t know how our players can play much better than they did to day,’’ Wilson said. “It was one of our best ball games overall and we still lost. “I don’t understand. I just don’t know what it takes. Wilson is not the only one who can’t understand the seemingly snake-bitten Aggie team. “The same thing’s been happen ing to us all year,’ said defensive end Jacob Green. T know they (Houston) know who should have won that game. They know we were supposed to win and that they were lucky to get out of here with that The Professional's Xerox Copy Shop and Typing Service 331 University Drive 846-3755 COURTS UNIVERSITY SHOE SERVICE “Expert boot and shoe repair” 104 College Main Northgate 846-6785 (formerly Holiks) MSC CRAFTS & ARTS presents a RAKU POTTERY FIRING RUDDER FOUNTAIN OCT. 1 8 12-4 P.M. SIGN-UP IN THE CRAFT SHOP For more information call 845-1631 Now Better Than Ever. 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I don’t know, I really don’t know what it’s gonna take. ’ “I guess it was already written up that we were going to lose,’’ said fullback David Hill. “A guy makes a catch like that and there’s no way to stop them. I don’t understand it.” The A&M loss was not due to any one play but a series of factors and plays that put the Ags on the losing end. Most people will probably second-guess Wilson’s decision to go for the first down when the Ag gies had the ball on Houston’s 37- yard line with 56 seconds left in the game but Wilson explained the logic. ‘‘We had three options,” Wilson said. “We could go for the field goal and that was the worst choice. We could punt and gain 17 yards at the most or we could go for the first. “If we make the first, we win the was a little behind and Love came up with ball.” Another factor that affected the Aggies was that the defense spent too much time on the field in the first half against a Houston offense that has averaged over 300 yards a game and most of that on the ground. But the defense never let up despite having to play so much. “We’ve got a hell of a defense. Green said. “Everything Houston got today was a gift and we gave them more than they’ve been given all year. They didn’t earn a thing. “The breaks and mistakes are kill- win. “We ll come back though. We’ve been coming back all year...I guess game. Wilson pointed out that the Ag gies have had two punts blocked in crucial situations and missed two key field goals this season. The real damage came early in the game when the Aggies turned the ball over twice, one a Curtis Dickey fumble and the other a Donnie Love interception of Aggie quarterback Mike Mosley’s pass. The Cougars turned Dickey’s first quarter fumble into three points and Love’s interception started the Coogs’ second quarter touchdown drive. T was supposed to overshoot (Gerald) Carter on those passes that were intercepted,” said Mosley who threw three interceptions. “I should have put it up and in front of him and let him fight for it but my pass ing us. The Cougars rolled up 369 yards of offense to A&M’s 260. Most of the Coogs offense came on their multiple-back attack which ac counted for 264 yards on the ground. But it was one pass play that kept the Coogs alive in the final seconds of the game. “We had the receiver covered as well as you can cover someone, Wilson said of the catch Cougar re ceiver Eric Herring made to move the Cougars to the A&M 22. “Then he makes an unbelievable catch. 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" ^ imericas favorite drive-in T.M. College Station 696-6427 WE LOVE CALL-INS Bryan 779-1085 Texas A&M quarterback Mike Mosley prepares tothrowi] roll-out pass against the Houston Cougars. Mosley finisk the game with 38 yards rushing, 87 yards passing and tin interceptions as the Aggies lost to Houston, 17-14. Holtz prepares Ho United Press International Anyone with a television set and the inclination to turn it on had a chance to watch the Texas Long horns defense last Saturday. Arkansas coach Lou Holtz didn’t have a chance to turn on a television set. His team was busy beating Texas Tech while the Longhorns were whipping the Oklahoma Soon- ers, 16-7. But Holtz had already formed his opinion of the No. 1 defensive unit in the country. “To prepare for Texas we 11 have to go scrimmage the Pittsburgh Steelers three days in a row, says Holtz. “That’s the only team com parable. “When we make a first down, we ll probably put the extra point team in the game we 11 be so ex cited. The best way we have of mov ing the ball down the field is for Steve Cox to punt.” Texas and Arkansas meet Satur day night in Little Rock, just another of the key matchups the Southwest Conference has had and \v ill have this season. Arkansas and Texas are two three unbeaten teams lefti league — the somewhat foiti Houston Cougars being theotl ad the 1 But the coach who will sen Lniversil team against the Cougarsont or a loss day. Southern Methodists Meyer, doesn’t think any teai survive the rugged SWC scW 1 just don’t think a teamc unbeaten in this league, W Meyer, whose team lost to I 24-21. on Robert Bledsoe’sfielii| with eight seconds left. You have to play hardfl week in this league. And I ML ^ \jark is a tribute to te Southwest Cf ' Battalion --'Any one of a number of H Yeoman still has a chance in thisi®)] ” jj n league.” Li'j.Y j" r ■ -1 r-w- .i i npU I UctL I\ A. 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