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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1981
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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
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Stabler praises Bear
for attaining record
United Press International
m its sets® HOUSTON — Ken Stabler says his former coach Bear Bryant is too
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12andk football win record.
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land we beat them because of Bear Bryant, ” Stabler said. “I don’t think
he has an equal.”
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Ipeople,” Stabler said.
Stabler quarterbacked Bryant’s 1965 Alabama team to an NCAA
national championship and he remains in the game today with the
Houston Oilers.
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Clemson official attacks
ABC-TV for airing story
which takes effect in 1983 with
OSU visiting Kyle Field.
The team is scheduled to leave
College Station Wednesday
morning, Dec. 9 and will be
staying in the Sheraton in Bossier
City, La.
United Press International
CLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson
University President Bill L.
Atchley has criticized ABC-TV for
airing what he called an uncon
firmed report on alleged football
recruiting violations at the South
Carolina school.
Atchley wrote a two-page let
ter, dated Tuesday, to Roone
Arledge, president of ABC News
and Sports. The letter was sent the
same day Clemson was named No.
1 in the United Press Internation
al national college football rank
ings.
The Tigers’ regular season re
cord is 11-0, and they are set to
meet fourth-ranked Nebraska in
the Orange Bowl.
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. The offi
cial enforcement procedures re
quire that any information de
veloped during an investigation
be kept confidential.”
The Clemson president said,
“Irreparable harm to the universi
ty’s image and reputation can un
doubtedly result from the mere
publication of such allegations,
even if these allegations are late
proven false. This is especiall
true in an instance such as thi
where no formal charges hav
ever been brought agains
Clemson.”
Atchley acknowledged tha
ABC offered Clemson a chance t
respond to the story, but he sail
“it is Clemson’s position that thi
investigation of such charge
should be handled according t«
the procedure set forth by th«
NCAA.”
“Therefore, any response ty
Clemson to the issues presentee
last Saturday would be contrary tc
the best interests not only o
Clemson, but of the NCAA and al
of its member institutions,’
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