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3 - >ports THE BATTALION Page 13A FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1981 „ SWC teams open ’81 season this weekend with five games United Press International Suddenly it’s September and all the pennant races and tennis tour naments in the world might as well not exist as far as College Sta tion and Fayetteville are con cerned. The Southwest Conference football season opens Saturday and in Waco, Lubbock and Austin it automatically becomes topic No. 1. Five intersectional games are on the schedule for the opening weekend of the SWC season, a campaign in which the league coaches forecast an abundance of balance. Nothing, they say, can be cal led an upset in the SWC anymore. The top attractions on opening day are somewhat far afield — Texas A&M visiting California and Texas Christian going to Auburn. At home, meanwhile, SMU will take on Texas-Arlington, Houston hosts New Mexico and Baylor entertains Lamar. “We’re tired of talking and waiting,’’ said Texas A&M coach Tom Wilson, speaking for all ofhis colleagues. “We’re anxious to get on the field to find out what type of football team we’ll have this season. “We’re a mystery team right now, but we’re not going to re main unknown for very long.” Texas A&M, indeed, is one of the mystery clubs in the SWC this year, but the Aggies will be going up against another one. California has put together a re vamped offense, guided by former Portland State coach Darrel “Mouse” Davis. He is now offen sive coordinator for the Bears and he brought with him his “run and shoot” offense. In California’s offense there is no tight end, but there are two wide receivers, two backs split wide and plenty of passes. Four receivers are downfield instantly, often flooding a zone. The quarterback is also on the move constantly. Using this offense, and with Neil Lomax run ning it, Portland State scored 105 points in a game last year. “We know they will throw the ball a lot with a wide-open option offense,” said Wilson. “We will just have to make adjustments af ter the game starts. “We have a hard-nosed, aggres sive defense. We practice a varie ty of coverages to be ready for just about everything. We bave re searched the run and shoot as thoroughly as we can. The defense has looked at it for two weeks now and our defense has steadily im proved against it.” The meeting between A&M and California will be their first ever and will be one of two day time SWC events. The other is the TCU-Aubum clash, which was moved to the afternoon after the LSU-Alabama game was switched to Saturday night for national tele vision purposes. TCU, with high hopes for a markedly improved team, will find out early just how improved its club might be. The Horned Frogs came close against Auburn last year, losing 10-6 in one of the many close calls that characterized a 1-10 season. Back in Texas, the focus will be on the situation at Houston, where sophomore quarterback Audrey McMillian will try to gain the experience needed to again make the Cougars a factor in the Southwest Conference race. Houston has won or shared the SWC title three of its five years in the league and the Cougars finished second last year. SMU and Baylor are expected to have easy times in their open ers. Mustangs coach Ron Meyer hopes to give his backup quarter backs some playing time since none of them have an ounce of major college experience. be' i as tin i in In Staff photo by Brian Tate Best wishes from Eastern Onion ixas A&M University Athletic Director Mar in Tate, left, and Coach Tom Wilson of the •1“ ;gie football team received a pleasant sur- asect ise Thursday morning. Athletic Department tretaries arranged for the two to receive a mcHo! sit from a representative of Eastern Onion Singing Telegrams. The telegram, as well as the festivities seen here, were intended to wish Tate and Wilson good luck in Saturday’s sea- son-opening Texas A&M-Cal Berkeley football matchup, which begins at 3 p.m. local time FOR SKI BRECKENRIDGE IN JANUARY! — Fun Films Free Skiing on Mt. Aggie Ski Trips & More Join the TAMU Snow Ski Club Sept. 10 7:30 P.M. 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