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    Page 12 THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1980
Sports
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A WITCH WITHOUT A STITCH?
— MAYBE —
Zacharlas Greenhouse
5th ANNUAL
HALLOWEEN BALL
THURS., OCT. 30
Mr
| Red hot Mustangs to entertain Aggies
MORAL
WIN
ILAM’S
By KURT ALLEN
Battalion Staff
If one Southwest Conference
team contains more surprises this
year than any other, it would have
to be SMU.
At season’s start, the Mustangs
were expected to be a good team,
but in the vein of Texas A&M, were
not thought to be top conference
title contenders. That role was re
served for Houston, Arkansas and
Texas as evidenced by the presea
son Texas Football magazine poll.
They were also not considered a
prime candidate for top 20 national
ranking. But the Ponies refused to
believe the polls, compiling instead
a 5-2 record so far along with a
scoring average of 27 points per
game.
Admittedly, their 2-2 conference
record puts their title hopes on the
back burner for now. Yet SMU
nearly won both of its conference
losses against Baylor and Houston,
which indicates its strength.
In the Baylor game at Waco, the
Mustangs took a large early lead and
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held it until a furious Bear
comeback late in the second half
made the final score 32-28.
As for the Houston loss, SMU
could have easily won the game, but
did not execute very well and let the
Cougars stay in the game. Houston
eventually eked out a 13-11 deci
sion. SMU Head Coach Ron Meyer
still shakes his head over the re
sults.
“You can’t be human and not
think about those two games,” said
Meyer. “Especially when any one of
countless plays could have turned
those two games around.”
Then, last weekend against Tex
as, the Ponies finally showed what
they were capable of doing. As usu
al, their offense did a credible job.
The real story was the wrecking job
the SMU defense did on the super
charged Longhorn offensive ma
chine.
Texas had been averaging 31
points a game coming into the SMU
contest, but the Mustangs tightend
the screws letting only six points
slip from their grasp.
Even more convincing was the
job they did on Longhorn quarter
back Donnie Little. Before the
Ponies feasted on him, Little had
led the conference in total offense
with about 200 yards a game. But
the Ponies only allowed him to com
plete nine of 23 passes for 76 yards,
while holding him to 24 yards on the
ground.
“We have finally forged our way
up to respectability,” said Meyer on
Monday. “Now we have to on. I felt
that we could go into Austin and win
the game.”
Wnat’s so ironic about all this is
that the Mustang offense had been
expected to carry the team. Few
people would have dreamed in late
August that SMU could hold Texas
to six points.
So far, rushing has been the
bread and butter of the Ponies’ of
fense. This was especially true
against Texas where SMU piled up
283 yards on the ground.
The star of that game was tailback
Craig James who ran for 146 yards
including a 53-yard TD scamper.
That gave James 535 yards for the
season, meaning he could still possi
bly have a 1,000-yard season.
Another player to watch is fellow
tailback Eric Dickerson who picked
up 85 yards against Texas and now
has 513 yards as well. Meanwhile,
the Ponies’ passing game has had
some rough going which resulted in
junior quarterback Mike Ford being
benched in favor of freshman Lance
Mcllhenny.
Mcllhenny completed only one of
eight passes against Texas in his first
start, but according to Meyer, ex
ecuted an almost flawless ball game.
“Lance Mcllhenny is not your ty
pical freshman,” said Meyer. “I was
very, very pleased with his perform
ance.
“Mike Ford was helping me call
the plays on the sidelines. He was
working with Lance in the third
quarter. And I think that’s a tre
mendous thing for Ford and Mike
Fisher to be so supportive.”
The story of Mike Ford this year
is an unfortunate one. After suffer
ing an injury during last year’s 5-6
season, Ford won an extra year of
eligibility and there had been high
hopes for this year.
But his performance this year has
been sub-par. After the Ponies’ first
six games and just before the Texas
contest, Ford had completed only
46.7 percent of his passes and had
thrown an alarming eight intercep
tions in 152 attempts. In both the
Mustang’s losses, Ford’s intercep
tions were cited as crucial factors.
It was those lackluster peform-
ances against Baylor and Houston
that led Meyer to replace Ford with
Mcllhenny. Meyer Monday said
Mcllhenny will continue indefinite
ly as the starter.
Meyer also said a bowl bid was a
legitimate goal for his players and
he was not afraid to talk about it
with four games still left to play.
He did say Monday that the upset
win over Texas was a landmark in
the Mustang’s program, but ad
mitted the victory would be dimin
ished if SMU lost to downtrodden
Texas A&M.
For those wondering what hap
pened to Mustang Mania, that exer
cise in media hype was put on the
back burner at season’s start. There
had been a lot of criticism for build
ing up a team’s image when it only
finished 5-6.
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“The chemistry has to be there too. ” W Nation
And so the search continues for the right chemisty for Texas AMIB 6 y ear
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