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the sports, THE BATTALION TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1979 Page 9 ie only pU to build lent,' Gi id the Fedtni in determint; is that Lovelj equate from al and p«H oints, of mixing aviation n the goveircffip United Press International ,1 , t NEW YORK—The final gun had , ‘. founded only a moment or so be- 6 1 | officially certifying a rather rising 28-19 victory by the New : Jets over the favored Oakland ers when one of the winners d toward the sideline, spotted an he was seeking among the s and waved to him. To make he didn’t miss his buddy, Ken bier, Richard Todd called out to aiders’ quarterback and began ing toward him in the direction Ihe Oakland bench. The two dayers shook hands and Stabler longratulated Todd on the game he [played. ou take care of yourself,” the lers’ quarterback said to the Jets’ juarterback, “and remember Tm 'P/70bulling for you.” Vvi'Ot! Stabler and Todd have been rends for a number of years. They is obtaini»„ ere drawn together originally be- /eal the pijj u s e both had played for the Uni- ral sex. re rsity of Alabama, both lived not •e usually I f ro m each other near Mobile, 1 lesionsc ! .|j a> j an d both, of course, played the r sexual f jguie position. When the Raiders ! Oncelhpfie into New York for their game y are often ^th the Jets this weekend. Stabler ss their i! ln d Todd went out together for linner Friday evening, its refusetf| n Sunday, though, they put lion aps heir friendship aside for 60 minutes tn confinw^ concentrated all their efforts in aid ^eir respective teams. Stabler, the older and far more a clinicalp jxpenenced one at 33, did not have , of Cal:: igood day even though he hit on 29 I of Dentist jf his 47 passes for 360 yards, in- mding two touchdowns. As Walt Michaels, the Jets’ coach, likes to ia y- Statistics are like loose women ^ J |- you can use them any way you ■t.” What made it a bad day for stabler were five interceptions, two 0 [>fi which he admitted came on ‘lousy throws.” . elodd, on the other hand, had carpooling quieting the boo-birds himself a banner day. He was a little shaky in the first half, after which Oakland led 10-7, but then came back brilliantly in the final 30 min utes to pace the Jets to their first victory over the Raiders in 10 years. Overall, the Jets’ blond 25-year-old signal caller connected for three touchdown passes, two to Wesley Walker and another to Mickey Shuler and was picked off only once while completing 9 of his 18 tosses for 161 yards. For Todd, in his fourth season with the Jets, it has been an uphill, sometimes tortuous struggle all the way. He was the team’s first string quarterback the last two seasons but lost his job to Matt Robinson this year in training. Robinson played the entire first game of the season against Cleveland with his right wrist bandaged due to an injury and the Browns won 25-22 in overtime, Todd started the second game with New England and the Jets were an nihilated 56-3. The Jets beat Detroit 31-10 the following week and Michaels said he wished to stay “with the hot hand.” That meant Todd, much to the dis pleasure of many Jets’ fans, who seemed to prefer Robinson and made their preference frequently felt by the boos they showered upon Todd. They booed him again Sunday, but quit shortly after the start of the second half, warming up to him a little more after he hit Walker with a 20-yard scoring strike less than three minutes into the third quar ter. “We won, and that’s all that really counts,” Todd said, when asked to assess his own showing. “I don’t care about individual performances. We re getting better each week and today I thought our defense played a tremendous game. They inter cepted ‘Snake’ (Stabler) five times and I think he’s one of the best quar terbacks in the league, if not the best.” Todd tries to pretend it doesn’t matter when the fans boo him. It bothers him, but he doesn’t let on that it does. Of more importance to him is what his fellow players think of him and they all claim he’s im proving everytime out. “The fans who boo him don’t realize the guy is still young,” said Jerome Barkum, the Jets’ veteran tight end. “In the first half, his tim ing was a bit off. All he needs is time, though, and he showed how capable he is in the second half. You take a guy like Terry Bradshaw. At one time in his career, they didn’t think he’d ever be a regular NFL quarterback. Now he’s a household name. Richard Todd will be a household name one day, too.” Walker feels essentially the same way. “He’s under a lot of pressure,” said the Jets’ speedy wide receiver, talking about Todd. “Today, he was outstanding. I know he’s not doing as well as the fans would like him to do or as well as he would like to do himself, but he’s young and he’ll get better.” Michaels was especially pleased with the way Todd came back in the second half. “He performed exactly the way we wanted,” said the Jets’ coach. In spite of that first half, he loosened up in the second half. He held the ball down, and near the end, he got it right on the money.” Injuries leveling Oilers United Press International HOUSTON — Houston Oilers coach Bum Phil lips Monday faced a tender topic and gave a half answer to the question of whether his team can win without Earl Campbell. “Can they? I’d rather, I’d a whole lot rather have him,” Phillips said. “I don’t want to try to find that out.” Phillips may not have wanted to find out the long-term prospects because he already had the short term answer. With the AFC’s 1978 player of the year suffering from a bruised thigh and shelved for all but three short-yardage plays, the Oilers posed no threat to the Seattle Seahawks Sunday, losing 34-14. “We could have played him Sunday,” Phillips said of the league’s rushing leader. “If I’d have felt like risking it, we could have played him. I don’t really think it would have hurt him to play. “But you’re not going to take a chance. If there’s any doubt about anybody on this football team, not just Earl, if there’s some doubt, then we re not going to play ‘em.” For the record, Phillips speculated that Campbell will return to regular duty for Sunday’s game against the New York Jets in the Astrodome. Phillips emphasized that his team had overcome more than Campbell’s injury to post a 5-3 record that left the Oilers “still in the running” midway through the season. “If it wasn’t for bad luck, we wouldn’t have no luck at all,” Phillips said. “We’ve lost (tackle Greg) Sampson (brain surgery), then (guard George) Reinher (knee surgery), then (guard John) Schumacher (back in jury) and (receiver) Billy Johnson (knee surgery),” Phillips said. “We started off without (defensive end) Jim Young (knee surgery) then lost (defensive end Mike) Stensrud (knee surgery), (linebacker Art) Stringer (knee injury), and (linebacker Ted) Wash ington (hand injury). “At the start of the year I thought we were one of the strongest football teams in the league and I still believe we would be if we had all those people. It’s a credit to the guys who are still here that we re still in the race because we have lost a whole lot of people.” Phillips admitted the Oilers played poorly at the Kingdome, but said the films showed they never quit hustling. “It really surprised me,” he said. “I looked at our game film and it was a completely different game than it looked from the field at the time it was hap pening. I had the opinion that we weren’t playing well. “We weren’t playing well, but we were playing hard as the devil. We made more errors than we normally make and the reason we made them was because we were trying harder.” Pokes activate Dutton y+W;] United Press International DALLAS — The Dallas Cowboys Monday activated defensive end John Dutton, obtained in a trade two weeks ago with the Baltimore Colts, and waived second-year run ning back Alois Blackwell. Blackwell, from the University of Houston, had not touched the ball in any of Dallas’ eight games this season. He survived the final pre season roster cutdown, at least in part, thanks to an excellent exhibi tion outing against the Houston Oil- The Cowboys gave Baltimore their first two picks in next year’s college draft for Dutton, who had refused to play with the Colts this season. The 6-7 Dutton is expected to see spot duty with the Cowboys at left defensive end when Dallas meets Pittsburgh next Sunday. League rules allowed Dallas two weeks fol lowing the trade before activating Dutton, allowing him a period in which to work out with the Cow boys. poliries \ LlKiogs, Coogs go national ;newal potoF® -UtS. I United Press International ntrprlmA'NEW YORK — Officials at lrt>C-TV said Monday the ! ,, louston-Arkansas football game w u roukl be televised nationally and S ’ n yould lack off at 11:50 a.m. CDT. Houston and Arkansas are both ms who slojtttdefeated and ranked among the ork max uation’s top 10 teams. The winner of size of thef Battalion Classifieds Call 845-2611 state ce probl lersons in aves said i the game will assume sole leader ship in the Southwest Conference. There had been indications from Houston on Sunday the game would be televised on a regional basis, but ABC officials said the decision had been made to beam the key contest from coast to coast. AGGIES UNITED for the UNITED WAY Help fill the thumb by Rudder Tower with pennies Texas A&M University Student Senate has several vacancies that must be filled. Those interested in one of these positions should pick up an application in the Student Government office, Room 216C of the MSC. The deadline for application is noon, Wednesday, Oct. 24. For more information contact the Student Government office at 845- 3051. VACANCIES 1. Off Campus Undergraduate Ward 3 2. Liberal Arts Graduate 3. Vet. Medicine At-Large Well... how about the next beet thing? Let HIGHWAY 6 PRODUCTIONS provide a live D. 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