Page 10 THE BATTALION
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1981
Sports
Giant’s coming alive early
As the Badcats of the Bayou state invaded
the domain of the Giant, the fans, serfs and
peasants at Jolly Rollie, the Giant’s castle,
had one question: Can the Giant get hack
on track after a terrible jousting season last
year?
Last year, after a great start, (seven ske
wered opponents in seven tries) the Giant
fell upon hard times and went to sleep
against the funny (turned killer) Frogs from
Fort Worth. His mentor, Magical (Call me
Merlin) Metcalf had put him to sleep trying
new formulas and concoctions for winning.
And it took the longest time for Magical to
awaken him.
eventual champion and ended full of holes
and fourth in the kingdom.
Then the Giant awoke from that sleep
that had consumed over half the season
(including 10 losses in 11 jousts). He caught
the Badcats while they were on the up
swing in the Bayou state and got beat.
This season, the Badcats had to come to
Jolly Rollie, and the serfs, peasants and fans
showed up in great numbers. They lifted
the Giant to a great victory over the Badcats
to help give the Giant needed momentum
before a dangerous and long road trip.
The loss slowed the Giant’s return to full
consciousness. He could never regain
proper form afterwards and was beaten
three jousts later by the funny (turned kil
ler) Frogs out of Fort Worth on a magical
shot that even Magical (call me Merlin)
Metcalf couldn’t believe.
This season, the Giant began with the
same Badcats who had gone to the finals of
the jousting tournament held by the grea
ter kingdom of NCAA. The ’Cats lost to the
In the next four weeks, the Giant will see
snow in the north, sun in the south and that
one place that may be even more magical
than his own kingdom: Las Vegas.
In the first jousting tournament, the
Giant will travel to the north play in a tour
nament with the Okie City Okies, the Short
Hair City Cadets and the Fightin’ Snow
birds.
In the next one, the Giant and Magical
must participate in a tourney which in
cludes the Okie State Wowboys, Stinging
Insects from Georgia and some gold-
hungry miners from West Texas.
Finally, he must take on three others in
that most magical of all places. Las Vegas.
Hopefully, the Giant won’t gamble all of his
new-found luck away and will come home
to Jolly Roily with at least a little left.
Against the Badcats, the Giant and
Magical finally seemed to find themselves
for the first time since the nap last season.
The chinks that had appeared in the Giant’s
wall last season have been stopped up.
Last season, in the final few jousts, the
bricks in the Wall were crumbling away
into nothingness. Opponents were
crashing through that Wall with surprising
regularity.
The Wall II appeared against the Bad
cats. Now, with some new bricks and some
magic glue as mortar (found by Magical
Metcalf), the new Wall II looked great as it
blocked, bounced and bumped the Badcats
out of the picture.
The top two Badcats that hurt the giant
the most last year were back but after the
first part of the joust, they were surrounded
and slowly crushed by the Wall. Howard
(I-can-shoot-from-the-ozone-layer) Carter
could not miss in the first part of the joust.
His running mate, Leonard (Hit-Man)
Mitchell was a dominate factor underneath,
disrupting portions of the Wall.
But their efforts were not enough for the
Badcats of the Brazos.
Ags healthy going int
Saturday’s bowl game
By RITCHIE PRIDDY
Sports Editor
The Texas Aggies continue their
preparations this week for Satur
day’s bowl encounter with the
Oklahoma State Cowboys in
Shreveport, La.
The Aggies, heading to the In
dependence Bowl, went through
light workouts last week but pick
ed up the pace Monday.
Health will not play a factor in
the game although the Aggies will
be without defensive tackle Keith
Guthrie, head coach Tom Wilson
said Monday.
Quarterback Gary Kubiak, who
injured his shoulder against TCU
and Texas, has been working out
and will start Saturday night.
“Gary appears to he fine,” Wil
son said. “He threw the ball a little
bit last week, but not with a great
deal of zip. But he should be com
pletely well by gametime.”
Wilson said the trainers have
Kubiak wearing a special pad for
added protection.
Guthrie will miss the game with
a knee injury. Guthrie was hurt in
his passing but was injured and
replaced by more of a running
type quarterback. Both are heal
thy now and no starter has been
named, but Wilson said his team
will be ready for either one.
“Hopefully, we can find out be
fore gametime who the starter will
be. At this stage of the season,
though, we've seen just about all
we are going to.”
Wilson said the two teams ex
changed all 11 game films.
The Aggies will be playing on
grass for the first time in three
years. Wilson said a few of his
players have never played on grass
before and it was interesting to see
them work out in cleats for the first
time.
“Five or six players have never
worn cleats before. It’s really in
teresting to watch them."
The last time the Aggies
on grass was in 1979 whe
played Penn State.
Wilson said the transition h
astroturf to grass can
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“It (grass) affects the
game. On turf the receiver
advantage. On grass the dele:*
backs have the advantage.
“We’re not worried alxj
though.”
Oklahoma State played
souri on grass earlier in the
Wilson said the Aggiesd
taking 113 players, only 81i
suit out.
The Aggies, 6-5, leave
Shreveport Wednesday moii
The Cowboys 7-4, leave todi
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Clemson finishes regular
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United Press International
NEW YORK — Georgia is
going to the Sugar Bowl but how
many people know who is going to
the Orange Bowl?
Georgia finished the 1981 cam
paign with a 10-1 record but it was
Clemson who finished with a per
fect 11-0 season — including a de
feat over Georgia.
Georgia grabbed more of a
stronghold in the balloting by Un-
Bryan Boy s
Club seeks
deer meat
By GWENDOLYN HAM
Battalion Reporter
Local hunters can again help
carry on a 21-year Christmas tradi
tion by donating any wild game
they kill to the Boy’s Club of Bryan
for an annual barbecue.
The Boy’s Club, a non-profit
organization, provides members,
ages 17 and under, with athletic-
events and hobbies to help fill
their spare time.
“The way the barbecue has
worked in the past,” said J.T.
Ayers, executive director, “is that
people who enjoyed deer hunting
but not the meat could donate it
to the club and we had a free
barbecue for the boys.
“We’ve never asked for any
thing else, just deer meat, but we
would take other kinds of wild
life,” he said. “We need approxi
mately seven deer to feed up to
350 of the 1,600 members.”
The Texas Parks and Wildlife
Department always helps by
donating deer that have been con
fiscated from people who hunted
illegaly, said Ayers.
Readfield Meat Company and
Producers Cooperative Associa
tion, who both process donated
meat free of charge, have not yet
had any donated for the Dec. 15
meal.
“We’re up on deer processing
about 40 percent over last year but
haven’t had anybody donate this
year,” said Larry Ruffino, part
owner. “We’ve never had this
problem before.”
Donations go kind of slow the
first couple of weeks because peo
ple usually want to keep the first
one they kill, said Ayers. “I’m kind
of concerned but not worried. We
started advertising when deer sea
son opened.”
ited Press International’s Board of
Coaches — more of a grip on
second place, that is. Clemson is
still No. 1.
Georgia, the only member of
the Top 20 to play last Saturday,
walloped Georgia Tech 44-7 and
further solidified its No. 2 rating as
the entire Top 20 went unchanged
in the final ratings of the regular
season.
The final ratings will be re
leased on Saturday, Jan. 2 at 6:30
p.m. EST.
Clemson, the nation’s only un
defeated major college team,
totaled 618 points and received 33
of 42 first-place votes cast by the
coaches — six from each of seven
geographical sections of the coun
try. Last week, Clemson had 36
first-place votes and 621 points.
The Bulldogs, 10-1, accumu
lated four first-place votes and 575
points. Third-ranked Alabama had
three first-place votes and 531
points-while fourth-rated Nebras
ka, which meets Clemson in the
Orange Bowl on New Year’s night,
received one first-place vote and
469 points.
Rounding out the Top 10 are
No. 5 Texas, No. 6 Penn State (one
first-place vote). No. 7 Southern
California, No. 8 Pittsburgh, No.
9 North Carolina and No. 10
Washington.
In the second 10, Iowa is rated
No. 11 followed by No. 12
Brigham Young, No. 13 Michigan,
No. 14 Ohio State and No. 15
Southern Mississippi.
Also, UCLA is rated No. 16 fol
lowed by No. 17 Arkansas, No. 18
Washington State, No. 19 Hous
ton and No. 20 San Jose State.
Major bowl games — all to be
played on Jan. 1 — that may deter
mine this year’s national cham
pion will be the Orange Bowl,
Sugar Bowl (Georgia vs. Pitt
sburgh), Cotton Bowl (Alabama
vs. Texas) and the Fiesta Bowl
(Southern California vs. Penn
State).
One final word: six different No.
1 teams in the UPI Coaches’ Poll
have been upset this season.
Guess who’s hoping that Clemson
will be the seventh?
Georgia. Of course.
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the Texas game and, although he
will not have to undergo surgery,
is in a cast. Freshman Ray Chil
dress will start in his place.
The strength of Oklahoma State
lies in its defense. The Cowboys
finished the regular season as the
ninth best team in the country and
at times were as high number two.
Wilson pointed out that the
game could be decided by how
good the Aggie offense plays
against the Cowboy defense.
The Oklahoma State defense
gave up an average of 252 yards
per game through its regular sea
son. The Texas A&M offense aver
aged 385 yards per game.
“It matches up as a very in
teresting game,” Wilson said.
“We’ve got a great deal of respect
for their defense and we feel that
we re pretty balanced and can do
some things offensively.”
Wilson said the Cowlxjys are
similar to SMU and Texas offen
sively in that they run the same
basic offense of sweeps and draws.
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