the sports
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1979
fS Aggie opponents
helped by inside info
I Texas A&M coach Tom Wilson said Monday he and his team had
Jnth-old da not been looking for excuses, but admitted helpful information about
aid then the Aggies’ offensive game plan had been forwarded to Texas Tech
I, x j C() i icoaches before the A&M-Tech game earlier this season.
In addition, Wilson confirmed game films of the A&M-Tech game
(eared to show that a Red Raider touchdown pass was actually
jpped in the end zone by the receiver.
A&M lost that game, 21-20, in a keystone contest of a thus-far
Sappointing season.
1 “Yeah,” said Wilson, in his first full year as A&M coach. “We’ve
Avistas RaujF some rou g h things happen this year.”
I | r '" i The story of the stolen game plan information first appeared Sun-
loslienl day in the^BagJe.
agents loaii
Tech officials said an anonymous caller telephoned the athletic
department office before the Raiders-Aggies game and — after telling
t the same |Sr cretar ^ ^ at not vvant to talk to any coaches — relayed
affie
d only by W
afdrmation concerning the type of formations A&M was using in
ictice.
“The first concrete evidence I had of it was when (Tech coach) Rex
)oekery called us and told us about it,” said Wilson.
“Actually he had one of his assistants call us on the Thursday before
iC game and then I called Rex to confirm it.
, ’ “We were flipping a tight end from one side to the other. We
" 1 ^ ^mrted with it on the first series of the game and it didn’t look like it
" 111 " rtl ' was affecting them. They made a simple adjustment to it and since it
a 'i 11 ; frasn’t working to our advantage we stopped using it.
41 a small ItT;|Yp e we re aware they had been told about this. But they had
ickly extiipilpoygh c l ass to call us and tell us about it. I didn’t want to say
Inything about it because I didn’t want to make excuses.”
Wilson declined to speculate on who might have sent the informa-
ppn to Tech, but after the Raiders game he closed his practices.
“We had a fairly open policy before, but we knew who was there,”
jiVilson said. When asked whether the information had been relayed
y a “friend” of the school, Wilson replied:
“You said that, I didn’t.”
I Baylor coach Grant Teaff, whose team beat A&M in the second
s four r ek tkie season > 17-7, also said he remembered receiving an
Is Nov > anonymous letter concerning plays that A&M would use against the
I h | [“But I usually get one or two letters before every game,” said Teaff.
“People always want to tell you about a play or something. That letter
perationoflJp ri S ht where 1 a j 1 1 the r ot , h< : rs 8° ~ in th< : waste basket : ,
M 11 | Any team would be foolish to go out and prepare on the basis of
its worlers | omethln g ln a letter.
over tli | w l b ta ^ e a record into its regionally televised meeting
with SMU Saturday. In addition to the losses to Tech and Baylor, the
u j r ^ fell to Houston on a touchdown scored in the final 15 seconds
uifthdil as coach Ron Meyer prepared his team for the Aggies,
he brought up the business of the “phantom” Tech touchdown
imiithei! (Monday.
issory iiolt' l “I may be going blind, but I swear that the film shows the ball
aw, Bid hitting the kid in the hand and slamming right down to the turf and
proposal )hen bouncing back into the kid’s hands,” said Meyer.
; I f The pass to which Meyer referred was a five-yard scoring throw to
, j c i] e 4 g;-:)LM. Cummings which ignited a Tech rally early in the fourth quar-
[jph j mi ter. That score reduced the A&M lead to 20-15 and Tech went on to
ofth.r > score tbe winning touchdon with 8:21 left,
to have b(B 0ne official started to signal an incompletion,” said Meyer and
5 ()I . ,, another official in the back corner of the end zone signals
touchdown.”
r “I think that’s what the films show,” said Wilson. “And I think the
avis Bid Tech coaches would say the same thing. But the officials have a hard
n the wee enough time without us getting on them. It’s just one of those
al crisis i things.”
with a
reduction ■
year.
gies. Ponies on television
exas A&M officials announced
iday Saturday’s game between
Aggies and Southern Methodist
be televised regionally and will
off at 11:50 a.m.
original kickoff had been set
1:30 p.m.
A&M and SMU are two of the
Southwest Conference’s most dis
appointing teams this year, both
plagued by injuries and both 3-4 for
the year.
It will mark the fourth consecu
tive week a SWC team has been in
volved in an ABC telecast.
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HOUSTON — For a coach whose
team has the second-best record in
the American Football Conference,
Bum Phillips is sure on the defen
sive.
Maybe the imposing lineup of
opponents the next six weeks is wor
rying him. Or maybe the incessant
questions about bis on-again, off-
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penalties and poor field position,
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booed numerous times Sunday,
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protect a 14-point lead in the fourth
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“You could call a penalty on every
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4-5 Jets to twice drive less than 45
yards for touchdowns.
“We were backed up,” Phillips
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Jets in their upcoming games
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Linebacker Gregg Bingham said,
“If you don’t have anything good to
say, don’t say it.”
Tight end Mike Barber added,
“Were not playing the kind of foot
ball we re capable of. I’m very up
set.”
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7-2 Pittsburgh leading Houston and
Cleveland by one game.
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ord, so the wild card picture in
cludes Miami, New England, Den
ver and San Diego besides the three
Central Division teams.
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night.
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Monday placed quarterback Roger
Staubach, running back Preston
Pearson and linebacker Thomas
Henderson on the questionable list
for next Sunday s meeting with the
New York Giants.
But club officials said there was a
50-50 chance all three would play.
Staubach, who suffered a mild
concussion during Dallas’ 14-3 loss
to Pittsburgh Sunday, also had a
twisted knee during the game.
Pearson was carried from the field
on a stretcher with what proved to
be a pulled muscle in his knee and a
rib cartilage separation.
Henderson pulled a hamstring
muscle in the game.
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