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Page 16 THE BATTALION THURSDAY. OCTOBER 16, 1980 TANK MCNAMARA by Jeff Millar & Bill Hinds White fills Roger’s shoes well United Press International DALLAS — Any potential critics of Dallas quarterback Danny White have quietly packed up their tents and fled in the night. White’s credentials thus far in 1980 have been impeccable, and his performance next Sunday will be a critical factor in one of the biggest games to date in the NFL — the Cowboys’ visit to division rival Phi ladelphia. Comparisons between White and the man he succeeded, Roger Staubach, will be made for quite some time, but so far White has held up his end of the comparisons quite nicely. Through the first six games of the season White has hit on 67 percent of his passes, thrown for 13 touchdowns and been intercepted only four times. All that adds up to a somewhat amazing 110.5 rating on the NFL’s passing scale, eight points ahead of Los Angeles’ Vince Ferragamo. In the unlikely event White could maintain that rating throughout the season, he would finish the year with the highest single-season rat ing in the history of the NFL. White’s performance has certainly caught the eye of Philadelphia coach Dick Vermeil. “I’m surprised White is doing so well so early,” said Vermeil. “It shows you what great coaching can do. It shows what a guy with talent can do in a well-schooled program.” And although Dallas coach Tom Landry was White’s biggest backer coming into the 1980 campaign, even Landry is pleasantly surprised at some aspects of White’s perform ance. “I didn’t expect Danny to perform the way he has,” Landry said. “I don’t think anybody did. He’s lead ing the league and you can’t hardly be better than that. He’s been phe nomenal. “He’s not doing things mentally better than I thought he would do. But he’s been throwing ball so well and hitting plays off balance. His throwing under pressure is really ex cellent. “The other day he hit Drew (flank- Ag-Bear Facts Here are some facts about this weekend’s game between Texas A&M and Baylor at Kyle Field in College Station: KICKOFF — 2 p m CROWD—Standing room only is expected. The crowd will exceed Kyle Field capacity (70,016), and Baylor will have over 8,000 fans. SERIES — This will be the 77th meeting. A&M has won 44, Baylor has won 25 and there have been seven ties. 1980 RECORDS — Texas A&M (2-3)- A&M 23, Ole Miss 20; Georgia 42, A&M 0; Penn State 25, A&M 9; A&M 41, Texas Tech 21; Houston 17, A&M 13. Baylor (5-0)- Baylor 42, Lamar 7; Baylor 43, West Texas State 15; Baylor 11, Texas Tech 3; Baylor 24, Houston 12; Baylor 32, SMU 28. LAST YEAR — Baylor scored all of its points during the final seven and one half minutes of the first half for a 17-7 win in Waco. A&M scored on its possession of second half. Aggies fumbled away the football three times later in the second half. Of the ball carriers, Walter Aber crombie had 137 yards for the Bears and Johnny Hector got 42 yards for A&M. LAST WEEK—Baylor overcame an early 21-0 defecit and went on to beat SMU, 32-28 in Waco. The Aggies lost a 17-13 decision to Hous ton in the Astrodome in a game that started at 11:33 p.m. NEXT WEEK—Aggies host Rice er Drew Pearson) on a corner route while under great pressure and back on his heels. But he threw the ball almost perfect. This is the thing that has been outstanding for him. “But his ability to read and under stand defenses has always been ex ceptional, even when he was a back up quarterback.” Dallas and Philadelphia will both carry 5-1 records into their meeting Sunday, and Landry said he felt it was the first major test for both clubs, neither of which has taken on a large number of tough opponents. Broncos sign Kyle DENVER (UPI) — The Denver Broncos, beating out 8 other in terested teams, today signed former Dallas cornerback Aaron Kyle and put him in uniform for today’s prac tice. Kyle, a 4-year veteran with Dallas, became a free agent last week when the Cowboys were forced to put him through the NFL’s procedural recall system before they could reactivate him to their roster. Nine teams claimed the former No. 1 draft choice from the University of Wyoming. 'The details of Kyle’s contract were not disclosed. Kyle, 26, had surgery last May to remove bone spurs from his left knee and was not fully recovered at the time the Cowboys opened their training camp. It was then he was placed on injured reserve. “He is an outsanding player who can help us immediately, ” said Bron co coach Red Miller. He said Kyle would see action in Sunday’s game against Kansas City. filANT ARMADILLO SIGHTED Destruction was the scene yesterday in Texarkana as a giant armadillo systematically rampaged one Lones- tar brewery and two warehouses. The huge animal left the brewery and warehouses in ruins and for reasons unknown swallowed the brew, container and all. Authorities are not certain of the origin or desti nation of the roving armadillo but all clues indicate a southerly direction. Texas is now on a all state AR MADILLO WATCH. Due to the sponse of the Zacharias will k." ANOTHER MR. MACHO CONTI We'll be intervievmg. ^ contestants this v ‘ f ZACHARIAS. Contestants must be , years of age or older jJ! tants will receive FRE|- and the man chosen, MACHO will receives PRIZE! Call or corned interview. ZACHARIAS GREEN! 1201 Hwy 30 ('on i*l cu 'The Aggie Hair Center" MEN 12,| Shamp., Cond., Cut &e Style, Blowdry WOMEN 15 Shamp., Cond., Cut 8c Style, Blowdiy AUTHORIZED SEBRIP4G DESIGN CENTER 846-2924 846-38' Located Behind Ramada Inn on University Drive AGGIE #••••* in 2 p.m. kickoff at Kyle Field. Baylor goes to Fort Worth for 2 p.m. kickoff with TCU. COACHES — Tom Wilson is in his third year as Ag coach. He was 4-2 for the last half of 1979, 6-5 last year, and is 2-3 this year for an over all 12-10 record. Baylor’s Grant Teaff is in his ninth year as Bears’ boss. He has a 46-46-3. For 18 years as a head coach, he stands at 88-93-5. MUTUAL RADIO—Dave South and Steve Fallon will handle mike duties for Mutual’s 19-station net work: Abilene (KEAN-FM), Amaril lo (KACV-FM), Austin (KOKE), Beaumont (KAYC), Bryan-College Station (KORA-FM), Corpus Christi (KSIX), Dallas (KRLD), El Paso (XEJP), Houston (KQUE-FM), Longview-Marshall (KLUE), Lub bock (KJAK-FM), Edinburg (KURV), Midland-Odessa (KWEL), San Angelo (KWLW-FM), San Anto nio (WOAI), Temple (KTEM), Tyler (KTYL), Waco (KWTX). OTHER SWC GAMES — In addition to A&M-Baylor, the SWC schedule has Houston at SMU at 1:30, Texas Tech at Rice at 7:30 and Tulsa at TCU at 2 p.m. Texas and Arkansas, who played on Sept. 1, were slated to meet this weekend. Both now are idle. LAST WEEK IN SWC — A&M lost to Houston, 17-13; Baylor beat SMU, 32-28; Rice beat TCU, 28-24; Texas beat Oklahoma, 20-13; Arkan sas beat Wichita State, 27-7; and Texas Tech had an open date. 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