THE BATTALION Page 17
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1981
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JmingSei ^ er on jy one W eekend of action, it’s evident that the 1981
ctonlyls Southwest Conference football season will feature a race even
loser than preseason forecasters predicted. Some analysts may
ot have realized the Herculean task involved in picking the
rder of the finish in the nine-team league.
In winning three games and losing two, the conference proved
iedMXh that unpredictability and balance best describe the 1981 SWC.
Weekly predictions of conference games will probably not pro-
constnitt flde most prognosticators with a winning percentage, but most
.# would rather see a competitive league than a runaway SWC
hampion.
Not only did the first five games of the season bring a few
airprises, but they also provided insight into the difficulties some
has hes )f the teams may face during the next 12 weeks of SWC grid
sitionlo hction.
Only one game surprised every college football follower in the
JpateEifJiation. Baylor, as the winner of the 1980 Southwest Conference
ice, should have disposed of Lamar University in a hurry.
However, the Beaumont school shook off a 3-8 injury-plagued
1980 season to upset the Bears 18-17 in Waco. Cited by some
brecasters to repeat its championship performance of 1980,
Baylor picked up where it left off in January’s Cotton Bowl, which
he Bears lost 30-2 to Alabama.
Baylor’s senior tailback Walter Abercrombie managed only 3.1
/ards a carry in rushing for 50 yards, as the team totaled just 227
jffensive yards against the Cardinals. Quarterback Jay Jeffrey
I lompleted four of eight passes for 16 yards, and for the Bears to
"I jounce back, he’ll need to increase his production a little.
I > As if their lack of offense wasn’t enough, the Bears now lack two
pf their starters as a result of injuries incurred during the Lamar
lame. Steve Malpass, the sophomore linebacker who was ex-
jidintM jected to help fill the void brought on by the 1980 graduation of
ive members of the defense, is out for the season with a knee
ionrefi njiiry. Starting right cornerback Cedric Mack received a shoul-
ments, I ; dt't injury and will miss about three weeks of action.
Wai; Even with its problems, Baylor will take a different approach to
eren,1 his week’s game with Bowling Green University. It’s likely that
istillef; ifter defeating Lamar 42-7 in 1980, the Bears didn’t feel a need to
me. Tit ose any sleep over playing the Cardinals. Rest assured that
anciscol ]oach Grant Teaff will quickly rekindle the winning desire that
Com® carried his team to a 10-2 record in 1980, and that his squad will
more than make up for its dismal first-week performance.
The three winners in the SWC turned in impressive defensive
forts against the rush, as SMU, Houston and Texas A&M each
I,M Allowed less than 50 rushingyards. SMU gave the Movin’ Mavs of
he University of Texas at Arlington only 17 rushing yards on 41
ttempts, while Houston held New Mexico to 50 and the Aggies
'ave up only 45 yards to the California Golden Bears. In addition
to the 17 rushing yards, SMU allowed only 13 passing yards,
asily outdoing the 212 total yards given up by the Houston
Amerte ^defense.
violentf However, the Aggies, who defeated California 29-28 with a
since)! 'urious second-half comeback, benefited more from victory than
tnany other teams around the nation. Although the win wasn’t as
mpressive as Georgia’s 44-0 triumph over Tennessee, or as
)ne-sided as SMU’s 48-0 win over UTA, the Aggies would rather
1 have that one-point victory.
ivto The margin of the Aggies’ win, combined with their resurrec
tion from a 28-16 halftime deficit, taught the team that football is
more than a game of offensive and defensive tactics. If the Aggies
i^had rushed and passed for 700 yards, and held the Golden Bears
to 50 total yards, they wouldn’t have discovered that they really
h confidence that sets them apart from other teams.
Head Coach Tom Wilson knows the value of his team’s per-
brmance against California. His persistence and guidance have
lice Df ,een a ma j° r factor in bringing on the optimistic feelings of his
athletes. The 1980 Baylor squad’s character and team attitude
ent the Bears to the Cotton Bowl, and it looks like this year’s
Aggies have the same spirit. And just as the Bears were picked no
ligher than sixth in the 1980 SWC race, the Aggies have been
ralicted by most to finish in the same mediocre spot.
It’s a shame Texas A&M doesn’t have a game this week, be-
ause the team is eager to show that it will win several games this
'ear. The Boston College Eagles, who used their I-formation
, t[, eC i jffense to finish 7-4 in 1980, should keep the Aggies busy Sept. 19
hen the teams play in Chestnut Hill, Mass.
But the Aggies don’t care what formations their opponents use
-they only want to make 1981 a success for Wilson, his coaching
staff and Texas A&M University.
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NEW YORK — Don King had
to laugh at the question, which
was a joke to begin with.
King, who’s promoting the
bout, was asked what would hap
pen if Renaldo Snipes amazed ev
erybody by beating Larry
Holmes.
Snipes is a 25-year-old
heavyweight whose affidavit of 22
straight victories without a loss in
cludes such household names
among his victims as Carl Halli
burton, Sam Miller, Mike Tarase-
wich and Tyrone Harlee.
Who?
Snipes is such a definite under
dog for his Nov. 6 heavyweight
title test against Holmes, you can’t
find anybody around who’ll offer
you any betting line on it. King
hasn’t even found a place to hold
his extravaganza yet. The site, he
says, will be announced shortly.
But the two fighters were on
hand for a luncheon Wednesday
and although most of the ques
tions centered around Holmes’
subsequent engagement with
Gerry Cooney in Las-Vegas next
March, King quickly came up with
the answer to the one dealing with
a hypothetical upset by Snipes.
“He’d be the new heavyweight
champion of the world, ” King de
clared, doing his best not to fall
over laughing.
“Then what would happen to
the Holmes-Cooney fight?’’ was
the next question.
“It would knock it down the
drain. I told Larry that. He said
he’s a fighting champion and must
continue to practice his trade,
which I agree with. Cooney is gon
na do the same thing. He’s gonna
have a fight before meeting Larry.
That’s why I call this fight between
Larry and Renaldo ‘imminent
danger.’ It’s fraught with danger
and Larry is risking his $10 million
fight with Cooney by going
through with it. That’s the way he
wants it, though.”
Ranked eighth by the WBC,
which sometimes hands out rank
ings even to guys beating little old
ladies to seats on the bus, Snipes
comes under the heading of a box-
erpuncher. He also comes out
looking the worse for wear occa
sionally against a more experi
enced opponent like Gerrie Coet-
zee, the South African who knock
ed him down twice in their bout
last month. Snipes wound up get
ting the decision, one that bad
most of those who saw the fight
holding their noses.
When it comes to promoting a
fight, Don King is easily the No. 1
man around. He knows how to
pump life and interest into an
otherwise ordinary contest even if
it means sometimes overshadow
ing the principals themselves.
King was doing the best he was
able Wednesday to make it sound
as if Snipes had a chance against
Holmes, although he didn’t
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actually believe it himself.
“What are the odds on this
fight, 10-to-l or 15-to-l?” some
one asked him.
King never even blinked.
“How about the 60-to-l shot
who beats a Nashua or Native
Dancer at the race track?” he
came right back. “The bloodlines
aren’t there and the past perform
ances aren’t there, but the fact is it
happens sometimes and no one
can ever explain it. I don’t look for
it to happen in this fight, but it
could. You never know.”
That was the way Snipes was
looking at it, too.
“The Cooney-Holmes fight is
never gonna come off,” he said.
“Forget it. I’m gonna be the
heavyweight champion of the
world.”
Holmes was generally amused
by what Snipes had to say. Be
sides, he was kept busy answering
more questions about Cooney.
“I’m having fun,” Holmes said.
“I’m enjoying life and I’m en
joying knocking out people. I’m
gonna enjoy knocking out Renaldo
Snipes,” and here he bent over
and looked directly at his next
opponent. “I’m gonna enjoy it be
cause that’s what this man” —
turned toward King now —
paying me to do.’
Don King beamed at that.
“Absolutely,” he said.
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