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THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1979
the sports,
Ags tangle with Owls
By MARK PATTERSON
Battalion Sports Staff
A pessimist would look at the
Texas A&M-Rice game as a battle
between two last-place teams look
ing for their first Southwest Confer
ence win.
An optimist would view the con
test as a chance for two explosive
offenses to make things happen in a
nothing-to-lose game.
Either way, the Aggies (2-4 and
0-3 in conference play) challenge
the Owls (1-6 and 0-4 in the SWC) at
2 p.m. Saturday in Rice Stadium.
The Owls, on their way to their
worst start in two years, have lost
games to SMU, LSU, Oklahoma,
Texas, TCU and Texas Tech this
season. The lone victory on their
schedule was a 21-17 decision over
Tulane in the second game of the
season.
The Aggies have stumbled to
their worst start since 1972, losing
conference games to Baylor, Texas
Tech and Houston. The Aggies are
0-1 in Houston this year having lost
their season opener to Brigham
Young 18-17 in Rice Stadium.
The teams have little to play for
but pride. That’s all the two have
left in 1979.
“I’m very disappointed in the way
the team has performed this sea
son,’’ said Rice head coach Ray Al-
born, “simply because I thought
that we’d have a better football team
than the one we’ve put on the field
this season.
“Early in the year, we played
some good football. We had a good
game against SMU (a 35-17 Rice
loss) and gained a little confidence.
“I looked at the schedule facing us
and with the games we had coming
up (Tulane, LSU, Oklahoma and
Texas), I just wanted to get the team
through it, gaining as much confi
dence as we could.”
After the Tulane victory, the
Owls lost their next three games by
a combined score of 136-33.
“We went out and got whipped
pretty bad in each of the games,”
Alborn said. “The team lost all the
confidence it once had. Then TCU
came in here and our guys thought
‘hey, here’s a team that we can
beat. They expected TCU to roll
over and play dead.
“They didn’t and we lost again.”
It’s been a long season for Alborn.
But the Owls have four games left
on the schedule and the coach ex
pects the team to play the last four
games as it did the first four of the
season.
“I’m not interested in just going
through the motions and finishing
out the season, Alborn said. “These
guys have made a commitment and
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commitment.
“Because of our injury situation
this week, we worked out in shorts
Monday. We couldn’t afford to lose
anyone else before the A&M game.
Tuesday we worked out in shorts
and helmets.
“Wednesday we came out in
shorts but the team didn’t show any
fire or pep. After about 35 minutes,
I got so fed up with them, I sent
them back up the tunnel and told
them to change into full pads. We
started practice over and finished
with a 45-minute scrimmage.
“Before I sent them in to change,
I told them if there was anyone who
wasn’t interested in strapping it on
and getting after it, to stay in the
dressing room.
“Everyone came back out.”
Everyone but fullback Earl
Cooper. Cooper suffered a concus
sion in the first quarter of the Texas
Tech game last week and com
plained of dizziness after trying to
run Monday. Alborn took him out of
practice and Cooper remained on
the sidelines at Tuesday’s and Wed
nesday’s workouts.
“To be honest with you, I don’t
know if Earl will play Saturday or
not,” Alborn said Thursday. “He
hasn’t been able to practice and I
would classify him as doubtful for
the A&M game. It’s not worth tak
ing the chance of hurting him per
manently just to play in a football
game.”
The key for Rice this week, Al-
bom says, will be the performance
of its offensive line against the de
fensive front four of the Aggies. The
Rice line has been hit by a rash of
injuries and its ability to give quar
terback Randy Hertel the time to
find his receivers will determine the
fate of the Owls.
“Our fellows have to give Randy
time to look around,” Alborn said.
“A&M has four big kids that will be
coming after us. We have to keep
them out of the backfield.
WEEK 8
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.A&M by 21
Texas A&M-Rice . . .A&M by 22 A&M by 29 L
Baylor-TCU Baylor by 17 Baylor by 24 Baylor by 7
Houston-Arkansas Houston by 4 Arkansas by 10 Arkansas by 1
Texas-SMU Texas by 20 Texas by 13 .Texas by 14
Mich. St.-Ohio St. Ohio St. by 10 Ohio St. by 16 Ohio SL by 14
Navy-Pittsburgh Navy by 6 Pittsburgh by 17 Pittsburgh by 10
Washington-UCLA
Washington by 9 Washington by 3 Washington by 3
Dallas-Pittsburgh Pittsburgh by 7 Dallas by 9 Pittsburgh by 1
Houston-N.Y. Jets . . . .Jets by 3 »» i
New Orleans- Jets by 7 Houston by 7
... .A&M by ID
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Texas by 5
. .Ohio St. by6
. Pittsburgh by i
.Washington by
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New Orleans- .jcis uy« 7 Npw Orleans hi
Washington . . .Washington by 5 Washington by 10 Washington y I
Last week’s record 7-3
.6-4
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Season percentage 714
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Coogs to jump on Hogs’ letdown
By FRED McMANE
United Press International
Emotional letdown.
They are the words every college
football coach dreads.
Problems often occur, however,
when a team meets two tough op
ponents in a row, like the situation
which faces Arkansas and Pittsburgh
this Saturday. Arkansas is coming off
a 17-14 victory over Texas and
Pittsburgh is winding down from a
26-14 triumph over Washington.
With both clubs meeting
nationally-ranked teams Saturday, it
may be difficult to maintain a high
level of play. All of which means it’s
a good time to put your chips on the
underdog, and that’s why we like
Navy to upset Pittsburgh and Hous
ton to defeat Arkansas.
Here’s how we see the top games
across the nation:
The East
Syracuse 22, Miami (Fla.) 17 — If
Bill Hurley is out, Hurricanes could
stir up trouble for Orangemen.
Boston College 17, Army 13 —
Baylor took a lot out of Cadets.
Navy 17, Pittsburgh 14 — Mid
dies been pointing toward this one;
Panthers still living off last week’s
victory.
Penn State 31, West Virginia 6 —
Like taking peanuts from the presi
dent.
The South
Alabama 47, Virginia Tech 7 —
Crimson Tide will rest first team at
halftime.
Wake Forest 20, Auburn 10 —
Deacons headed for best season in
35 years.
Georgia 19, Kentucky 13 —
Bulldogs still have shot at Sugar
Bowl.
North Carolina State 21, Clemson
14 — Wolfpack takes out anger of
North Carolina loss on Tigers.
The Midwest
Notre Dame 27, South Carolina 12
— Irish find Gamecocks more palat
able than Trojans.
Purdue 45, Northwestern 7 —
Tigers have no defense against Mark
Herrmann’s passes.
Minnesota 20, Illinois 8
Gophers are at the peak of their
game.
Michigan 30, Indiana 10 — Wol
verines gobble up this kind of com-
petiton.
The Midlands
Nebraska 38, Colorado 6 — It will
be close until the kickoff.
Oklahoma 29, Iowa State 8 —
Sooners find plenty of running
room.
Missouri 27, Kansas State 8 — Ti
gers have had trouble scoring, but
Wildcats should cure that problem.
Oklahoma State 27, Kansas 15 —
Jayhawks a wefeome sight after Ne
braska humiliation.
The Southwest
Houston 20, Arkansas 17 — Cougars
have a knack for winning the close
ones.
Texas 41, SMU 7 — Longhorns
take out frustrations on M
LSU 17, Florida Stateli§
gers spoil Seminoles’ 1
beaten season.
Texas A&M 28, Ricei-
two tough losses in a i
need a breather. 1
The Far West
Southern California 30,1
17 — Trojans offense l
for Bears.
Washington 21, UCUj
Huskies need a victorp
Pac-10 hopes alive.
Stanfora 29, Oregon Stil
Cardinals are now playinj
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