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c t/: Sports THE BATTALION Page ' WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1981 Upset with all-SWC picks eg WalemJB >ping. 1\t. nesteraiK )SS ■ins canni )od leaks vice a ag the rei an expen! m ;hes are “The leecl ck up to a in a the size While reading the sportswire Tuesday morning for copy, I came across something that blew my mind: the UPI all-SWC team had only two Aggies on the first two teams. The AP version only had six. Neither wire service had any Aggies on its first team. Defensive tackle Keith Guthrie and line backer Mike Little were both named to the UPI second team defense. Quarterback Gary Kubiak, defensive end Keith Bald win, offensive tackle Tommy Robison, Strogen, split end Mike Whitwell and full back Earnest Jackson made the AP second team. How ridiculous, I thought. How could these sportswriters and broadcasters ignore the feats of Kubiak, Whitwell, Baldwin, Strogen, Bandy, Cannon and Childress (to name but a few) when considering their first team? Then I began to think of the ‘select panel ofwriters and broadcasters’ who choose the team. Most of them, obviously from the bigger cities (i.e. Dallas and Houston), probably have not seen the Aggies but once or twice this year, so they base their votes on the teams that they have seen and their records. That’s odd. How can a few select people, not having the opportunity to see every team an equal number of times, choose an all-conference team? The problem is that while the players selected to the team are deserving, there are a number of other players that are not from the top teams that are equally de serving. It takes a great deal of talent, teamwork and outstanding coaching to produce a win ner. Everyone has to work together to be successful. However, not every team is blessed with equal talent, good teamwork or an outstanding coach. Every player de serves to be judged on his talents alone, and not the success of his team. Ritchie Priddy That is obviously not the case with the all-SWC teams, especially those picked by writers and broadcasters. However, I realize you’re never going to get a totally unbiased opinion from anyone, so I think I’ll throw in mine. It may not carry any weight, but at least, it will help boost my ego. My all-SWC offensive team consists of the entire Texas A&M offense. The line has led the way for talented backs Johnny Hector, Earnest Jackson and Thomas Sanders to run around, over and in-between defenders all year. Those backs may not have finished as the top rushers in the SWC, but the team ended the season as one of the top rushing squads in the nation. David Bandy anchors the line at center, and because I think he’s the best in the league I’ll make him the top offensive line man. Hell, I’ll make him the top lineman in the country. Behind the cool leadership of Gary Kubiak the Aggies finished as the confer ence’s number two team in total offense, averaging 385 yards a game. Kubiak passed for 1,808 yards and 11 touchdowns. That’s not too bad. Lance Mclllhenny, the first team quarterback, didn’t total those statistics. Besides, all he had to do was give the ball to Craig James and Eric Dickerson. Split end Mike Whitwell finished with 27 catches for 731 yards and three touch downs. He also finished with the highest yards-per-catch average with 27.1 per re ception. Defensively, it’s more of the same. Keith Baldwin and Fred Caldwell, along with Keith Guthrie and Jon van Sant on the line, have led the Aggie defense all year. Baldwin finished the season with 91 tack les, and Caldwell had 80. You can’t ignore that. What about Ray Childress? Seeing li mited action, he finished with 45 tackles and several blocked passes (he’s 6-6). Chil dress gets my vote for Freshman of the Year. Try explaining to Bobby Strogen why he wasn’t mentioned as one of the top line backers in the conference and see what’ll happen. Strogen, consistently around the ball, led the team in tackles with 133, had five interceptions and forced more than one opposing player off the field with his crushing tackles. You can’t help noticing him on the field. Just ask any offensive back. Mike Little had 117 tackles. That’s not too shabby for a 5-10 linebacker. He more than makes up for his size with his uncanny knack for getting to the ballcarrier. The secondary has been suspect all year long, having been burned several times by great passing. But I’m not going to tell Billy Cannon he’s not on my team. I still remem ber what he did to Lonell Phea and I’m not about to forget what he did to the guy in Huntsville. Well, there you have it. My all-SWC team for 1981. It may not be the best, but I’ll tell you one thing: I wouldn’t tell these guys it’s not. Bowl tickets on sale beginning today The Texas A&M football team l0 i : mitinues its preparations for the Independence Bowl with work- md hinder; )uts ar >d film sessions. The Aggies will meet the Okla- loma State Cowboys in the Dec. (k .2 bowl in Shreveport, La. Texas A&M secured the bowl m new bin vith its 37-7 victory over the TCU Homed Frogs Nov. 21. Oklahoma State won its bid by virtue of its -7 victory over Iowa State the lame day. Texas A&M finished its regular eason last week by losing to Texas 11-13, and finishing the year with i 6-5 record. OSU also lost its male, 27-3 to Oklahoma, to finish vith a 7-4 record. Student tickets to the bowl game went on sale this morning at 8 at Window 6 in G. Rollie White Coliseum. Some 1,300 tickets will be sold on a first-come, first-serve basis. Student tickets sell for $12 and a coupon book is needed for each ticket. Regular tickets sell for $15. The Independence Bowl has been tied into the Southland Con ference in the past but bowl offi cials broke the contract last year. The bowl now features two out side teams. Bowl officials said last week that banners are welcome and beer will be sold at the game. The game will be televised na tionally by the Mizzlou Television Network. The Aggies and the Cowboys have met eight times previously with A&M holding a 6-2 edge. The last meeting was in 1954 with OSU winning 14-6. The Aggies beat the Cowboys 14-7 in 1952. The two schools recently signed a home-and-home series contract ve Stabler praises Bear for attaining record United Press International m its sets® HOUSTON — Ken Stabler says his former coach Bear Bryant is too i from G ^modest when he passes out praise for attaining the all-time college 12andk football win record. “We played teams that had bigger and faster people than we had, land we beat them because of Bear Bryant, ” Stabler said. “I don’t think he has an equal.” Bryant had said after winning a record 315th game Saturday thathis success was due to those who had coached and played for him. 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During halftime of the national ly-televised Pitt-Penn State con test, ABC aired a report on an NCAA probe into charges by two former Knoxville, Tenn. high school football players that they were given money by a Clemson alumnus to attend the university. The youths, linebacker James Gofer and defensive back Terry Minor, were interviewed by ABC sports reporter Jim Lampley. It was “extremely unfortunate that Clemson coaches and players who have worked with such dedi cation and success have been sub jected to such unfair treatment,” Atchley wrote. “It is no secret that these allega tions have been made” by Gofer and Minor, he said. “However, the disturbing aspect of ABC’s re port was the implication that Clemson’s failure to respond pub licly to these allegations means they are true.” Continued Atchley: “The NCAA has established procedures to be followed while investigating any member institution. 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