The Battalion Sports
September 6, 1982/Page 11
C proves its worth at expense of Aggies
\Flutie’s confidence
an obvious factor
by John Wagner
Battalion Staff
Doug Flutie stood backed up
jmnst a wall in the corner of the
Poston College locker room,
Imost buried by reporters and
well-wishers. The sophomore
quarterback grinned somewhat
nervously.
iv The question just asked him
was one which sports writers
love to ask, and atriletes hate to
answer. After all, when you’ve
just beaten your opponents 38-
16 on their home field, you hate
to rub Astroturf in their
wounds. Still, the question had
been asked, and the circle of re
porters clinging to Flutie wanted
an answer.
1 fWas this the “softest” secon
dary he had ever played against?
H “Well, yeah,” Flutie stam
mered, “I guess so.”
E He guessed so. The 6-10,
i75-pounder from Natick,
Mass., had just completed 18 of
26 passes for 356 yards and
three touchdowns against a
team whose secondary includes
an all-SWC hopeful and spring
workout’s most improved de
fensive player.
H And Flutie’s on-the-money
ipassing was the reason Boston
College was able to dominate the
Aggies Saturday night, a defeat
that spoiled Jackie Sherrill’s de
but as Head Aggie.
1 A shocker? Oddsmakers had
the Aggies M'/a-point favorites.
An upset? That depends on
which side you talk to.
Eagle head coach Jack Bick-
nellsaid: “I guess I didn’t realize
we were M'/a-point underdogs,
f would’ve said it was a even
game coming in. We beat them
last year (13-12 in Chestnut Hill,
Mass.), and we’re the same team
and they’re the same team.”
, Eagle defensive right tackle
Junior Poles said: “We knew
they were tough, that they like to
hit you. But I felt we were phy
sically stronger up front than
they were.”
And Finally, Flutie said:
“When we were coming down
here everyone was saying they
had better athletes. But our
team is tough. We knew we
could play with them. This team
is strong, probably the strongest
team Boston College has had in
five years. We thought we were
just as strong as A&M.”
Flutie threw touchdown pas
ses of 44, 16 and 32 yards. He
also tossed a 55-yard pass to
flanker Brian Brennan in the
first quarter which set up an
eight-yard scoring run by —
that’s right — Doug Flutie.
•That late first-quarter drive
— 80 yards, six plays, two mi
nutes and 53 seconds — epito
mized the Aggies’ ineffective
ness on defense. Flutie’s pass to a
wide-open Brennan would have
been a sure TD if not for Billy
Cannon’s speed.
But Cannon chased down
Brennan on the 11-yard line,
only to have Flutie run for the
touchdown two plays later. Flu
tie faked a handoff right and
bootlegged left to run un
touched into the end zone.
That gave the Eagles a 14-3
lead, and their ability to move
the ball, especially to throw the
ball, made an Aggie comeback
impossible. Boston College
scored on drives of 51,80, 80, 80
and 18 yards, doing so with ease.
Flutie said the Aggie secon
dary was giving him room to
work, so he took it.
“We knew they had a soft
secondary,” he said. “I thought
their cornerbacks would come
up and play the run, and they
did. Our receivers were able to
Changes in store
for A&M defense
Aggie fullback Earnest Jackson jumps
over his offensive wall to a first down
during the opening half of Saturday’s
38-16 Boston College upset over Texas
staff photo by David Fisher
A&M. Jackson, a senior, injured his
right knee later in the half, but should
return for the Aggies’ game with the
University of Texas-Arlington Sept. 18.
run right past them. They play
in a running conference, so they
play the run more.
“We ran a five-yard out pat
tern, right after I had thrown
that interception (early in the
third quarter) and the receiver
was able to turn upfield and gain
five more, because they were
laying back so much. They
woukl need very good lineback
ers to cover all the room they
leaving underneath.”
“If they had gotten up on us
early, I think the crowd would
have really gotten to us. As it
was, we scored those two quick
touchdowns, and they quieted
down. They started out really
loud, but you know, everytime
we scored you could just see it
drag the crowd down a little
more.”
Later, after the mayhem in
the locker room had quieted and
he was no longer pinned up
against the wall by reporters,
Flutie was asked if this upset was
the biggest game of his career —
a career that didn’t start until the
fourth quarter of last year’s
fourth game.
He grinned that sheepish
grin again.
“Oh yeah, without a doubt,”
he said.
No doubt it was one the
Aggies will remember for a
while, too.
by Frank L. Christlieb
Sports Editor
Surprise, surprise, surprise.
The Boston College Eagles, as
confident and cocky as a band of
armed robbers in the midst of a
group of blind bank tellers,
walked in and out of Kyle Field
unscathed Saturday night.
The Eagles weren’t bewil
dered by any aspect of the Texas
Aggies’ game plan in the 38-16
Boston College victory. On the
other hand, the Aggies were
more than surprised; they were
dumbfounded by the ease with
which the Eagles ran roughshod
over a team that entered the sea
son opener ranked No. 20 in the
country.
In addition, no one expected
a team coached by Jackie Sher
rill to endure as many break
downs, both offensively and de
fensively, as the Aggies did
Saturday.
Sherrill and his staff knew the
strengths of the Boston College
squad coached by Jack Bicknell,
whose career record stood at 23-
41 -1. Yet the Aggies seemed tot
ally unprepared for the passing
onslaught of sophomore quar
terback Doug Flutie, who neatly
sliced and picked apart the
Texas A&M defense for 356
passing yards.
Brian Brennan, Flutie’s prim
ary receiver during the Eagles’
passing blitz, caught four passes
for 119 yards.
Sherrill, entering his first
game in a maroon suit and ma-
roon-and-white striped tie,
couldn’t rely on his 53-17-1 re
cord in six years as a head coach
to bring a victory over the
Eagles. But in his post-game
comments, Sherrill didn’t hang
his head, nor did he harp on the
defensive breakdowns, the lack
of pass protection or the four
Aggie TE Mark Lewis
turnovers committed by his
team.
“Overall, I was pleased with
the effort,” Sherrill said. “You
can’t fault (the players). We
know more about our football
team, those who can play. In
fact, I know a little bit more ab
out myself and my staff. So that’s
a positive plus.”
In addition to the break
downs suffered by the Aggie de
fense and offense, fullback Ear
nest Jackson and tight end Mark
Lewis sustained knee injuries.
Lewis, however, will be out for
the year as a result of torn liga
ments in his left knee.
Dr. Duane H. Lagan, the
Aggies’ team doctor, said Lewis
will undergo surgery this week.
The injury occurred during the
final play of the third quarter,
when Lewis caught a pass good
for 17 yards and a Texas A&M
first down. After the tackle by
Eagle defensive end Doug
Guyer, Lewis got off the ground
favoring his left knee.
Lagan said: “His foot was on
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are now being accepted in the Intramural-Recreational Sports
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soring the 1982 Aggie All-Niter. The
purpose of the Aggie All-Niter is to
acquaint students, staff, and faculty
with our campus recreational facili
ties, intramural sports, extramural
Sports Clubs, special events, demon
strations, tournaments and our gen
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grams.
We believe that our Aggie All-
Niter program has something for
everyone. Let’s see. . . do you like to
have pizza on Friday Nights? Then
maybe our pizza eating contest is for
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How about our Country-Western
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Come to the Intramural-
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FALL SEMESTER 1982
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Sixteen Inch Softball
9/6
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Home Run Hitting
9/6
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Innertube Water Basketball
9/13
9/21
Flickerball
9/13
9/21
Long Driving
9/13
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Table Tennis Doubles
9/13
9/21
Badminton Singles
9/13
9/21
Field Goal Kicking
9/20
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9/20
9/28
Golf Singles
9/27
10/5
Pickleball (Sgls & Dbls)
9/27
10/5
Punt, Pass & Kick
9/27
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Bowling Singles
10/4
10/12
Putt Putt Golf
10/4
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Volleyball
10/11
10/19
Swimming
10/11
10/19
Soccer
10/11
10/19
Fun Run
10/18
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10/18
10/26
Weightlifting
10/25
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11/29
12/7
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The first officials meeting will be held Monday, September 6 at 6:00 p.m.
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