*>*«***>»*•*
sports
Battalion/Page 1
October 19,
Facts
TANK MCNAMARA
by Jeff Millar &
17^
(continued from page 9)
1978 ... Aggie strongside line
backer Rusty Nettles, who
started four of the first five
games of the season, tore knee
ligaments in a workout last week,
and will be out for at least a
month. Nettles has 18 tackles on
the season ... Bobby Strogen,
who started the season as the
starting middle linebacker but
was moved to second-string out
side linebacker after the 38-16
loss to Boston College, has re
gained his starting spot in the
middle. Jerry Bullitt had taken
Strogen’s place in the middle, but
he’s moved to the strongside spot
as a result of Nettles’ injury ...
With an average of 42.6 yards on
10 punts against the Bears, the
Aggies’ Kyle Stuard raised his
punting average to 40.3 yards a
kick ... Texas A&M’s opposition
has compiled 155 first downs in
six games compared to the
'118. That’s an average of
first downs for the Aggies’ six
opponents and 20 for Texas
A&M ... Rice tight end Deron
Miller, who separated a rib in the
Owls’ 23-21 loss to Texas Tech
Saturday, probably will not play
against the Aggies ... Strogen
leads the Aggies with three fum
ble recoveries ... The Aggies have
averaged 29.6 points a game and
their opponents are scoring 26.3
E oints each outing
a
The Owls
lave allowed 184 points in six
games this season, more than any
team in the conference. And the
No. 2 team in the SWC in num
ber of points allowed? Texas
A&M, which has given up 158
points, 72 points in conference
play. The Aggies and league
leading SMU have both scored
178 points — more than any
...tUt NCAA'S FORMULA &
90 COMPLICATE!?. IF WE
mtVlSEP PENN STATE,
Tl4£N Wl COOLPN'T-
tatN Goto p> vision fl.»
PIVISION in I WE UONT WAVE
Time TO BE CHOOSY!
WELL.IU&RE^ WISCONSIN-CORPS
vs. W1SCONSIN-WHEY t KNOW
WE HAVEN'T mEWSEP THtM
r;
NOTUNIE3YOJ
COUNT'CM THE RMl
WITH OlARLESKWi
sJ
Texas A&M
Baylor Bear
ibed as char
r|aff seemed t
ay, anyway. C
OOGK1D|
BRAZOS
AVIATION
NOW FEATURING:
FLIGHT INSTRUCTION
CHARTER SERVICE
RENTAL & SALES
696-8767
Aggie Ladies
slip past Rice
College AD wantl
fare, a gift or e
Whatever it
pro sports major
by Bill Robinson
Battalion Staff
A strong serving Rice Univer
sity women’s volleyball team
pressured a lackluster Texas
A&M team to four games Mon
day night before the 18th-
ranked Aggie Ladies could pull
out their fourth victory of the
season.
Texas A&M increased its lead
of the Southwest Conference
with its 15-7, 15-6, 11-15, 16-14
victory in G. Rollie White Col-
lesium.
chH
But Coach Terry Condon was
critical of the team’s play follow
ing the match.
“Some of our starters were not
mentally prepared,” Condon
STUDENTS
INTERVIEWING WITH
Amoco Production Company (USA)
ON
OCT. 26, 27, 28
ARE EXPECTED TO ATTEND
A PRE-RECRUITING MEETING
DATE:
TIME:
OCT. 25
7:00 P.M.
PLACE: ROOM 226 MEMORIAL STUDENT CENTER
said. “They took Rice lightly. We
can’t afford to do that.”
“I’m sure Rice feels they should
have beat us,” she said. “They
had a good chance.
Condon was so disappointed
in the team’s play, especially dur
ing the final two games, that she
held a practice for starters im
mediately following the contest
to work on problem areas unco
vered by the match.
“We did all of that hard work to
beat Texas. To lose a Southwest
Conference match after Texas
would be devastating.
“After beating Texas they got
the idea the rest would be easy.
It’s not. Anybody can be beaten
on any given night, we have to
remember that.”
Condon said Rice played well
in the match, with strong serving
and good defense performances,
while the Aggie Ladies had their
defense down and lacked in serv
ing, especially at crucial points of
the game.
With the victory, the Aggies
extend their winning streak to 12
matches and their overall record
to 19-4. Rice drops to 2-2 in con
ference and 16-11 on the season.
Texas A&M will host Texas
Tech in the colesium Wednesday
at 7:30 p.m. The Raiders are 1-2
in SWC action and 16-18 overall.
United Press International
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A college athletic dire
ctor is proposing that the nation’s big sports-
oriented colleges go the whole route and establish
a major in professional athletics.
drive
John Reeves, the director of athletics and recrea
tion at the University of Rochester, says athletes at
the country’s football and basketball powerhouses
could be offered such courses as “How to Retain
an Agent,” “Psychology of Sport,” “Issues in Pro
fessional Sport,” and “Understanding of Free
Agency.”
The 42-year-old Reeves is proposing that
perhaps 20 to 40 schools “totally in the business of
raising money through athletics” devise a curricu
lum to prepare athletes for a career in profession
al athletics. The curriculum would include clas
sroom subjects which would give the athlete prac
tical preparation.
“Why can’t the gifted athlete receive a valid de
gree from a reputable major in his or her field?”
Reeves asked. “I think he should.”
Reeves’ idea appears unlikely to get much im
mediate support among the athletic management
and coaching fraternity of the nation’s colleges.
John Grouthamel, director of athletics at Syra
cuse (.N.Y.) University, said he was “opposed to
the idea of a whole curriculum designed for
athletes.”
“I don’t see the need for it,” Grouthamel said.
But Reeves, who came to Rochester from Drew
University in Madison, N.J., sees things diffe
rently.
“I’m not criticizing big time athletics. They have a
valid and significant place in higher education,”
insisted Reeves. “It’s right for some places but it’s
not right for others like the U of R.
ar they were
gifts.
The Bear
isn’t a mo me
Jandoned foo
jerynowand t
lefense that’s
selfishly. Baylo
en the Aggie
nee.
Forget for
bids Baylor a
,rd verse of
gies sang in ;
the second 1
,ys of Baylo
Stive.
There was n
Two of the t
led the awal
whic
akening for
Even from I
Reeves said collegiate athletes possess afield, fans con
talents” and that society places a “very hijti saltlyDomingc
minin’’ on their talents.
“If we call a spade a spade and say m
wrong with that and devise a curriculum
those who want to be professional athletes,
do doctors and lawyers, it would quiet my
tion to borderline illiterates getting collect
grees or athletes investing four years and net
ting a college degree at all. *
“It would be a valid and sound way to [
those people for what they want to be."
He said that if the nation’s top20orso
colleges got into the business of preparingai
for the professional sports world, the Am
public and those directly involved in higher
cation would be “much more comfortablert
tremendous emphasis placed on athletic per
ance.”
He said the rules at those schools conlj
“more relaxed and more realistic."
“We wouldn’t have to worry about ati
if they’re preparing for a unique profea
Reeves said. “Cheating begins when we
make it look like they belong in college.”
Reeves said there might be 40 schools
separate conference “totally in the busim
raising money through athletics.” Headmi
doesn’t have a way of putting his concepii
effect.
fullback Allen I
jit the Bears ii
the next p
United Press
HUNT VAI
On the other hand, Syracuse’s Croul
said, “Only a small percentage of college
go on to a professional sports career. Itnrijl
better to make available some specific clar
electives within the core of the athlete’s maj
say the question should be pursued along
lines.”
fcgotiations in
|nal Football
re to resume
tling report
Idiator Sam
: latest sched
ssion.
Texas Off icc of Traffic Safety
“Where we get into trouble is where we pretend
that athletics at those schools is an avocation and
that the education is serious business.
Reeves said other college programs woul
be ignored. His concept. Reeves said, would ^
“fail-safe method to avoid extreme pressutt
M.B.A.
INFORMATION NIGHT
FOR ALL MAJORS
Have your questions
answered about the
M.B.A. program
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21
7:15 p.m.
ROOM 104-B
ZACHRY
ENGINEERING CENTER
Pitt moves to No. 2
after Alabama’s loss
Kagel resch<
fit’s, meeting
ors to 9 a.m
on source sai
mediator
to allow be
[ue with sepai
But jack Do
|ef negotiator
tment was re:
bargaining
United Press International
NEW YORK — With Alaba
ma knocked out of the unbeaten
ranks, Pittsburgh replaced the
Crimson Tide in the No. 2 rating
today while undefeated
Washington maintained its firm
grip on the top ranking follow
ing balloting by UPI’s Board of
Coaches.
Alabama, which held the No.
2 spot for just one week, suf
fered its first loss in six games
this year as Tennessee stunned
Knoxville, Tenn. The loss plum
meted Alabama to No. 9 while
Notre Dame, rated ninth last
week, also lost its first game of
the season and dropped to No.
prised t
Hob
ack
13. Arizona surprised the Fight
ing Irish, 16-13, at South Bend,
Ind.
Washington, which took over
the No. 1 rating from Pittsburgh
two weeks ago, topped Oregon
State, 34-17, to boost its record
to 6-0. T he Huskies collected 29
Georgia, 6-0, inched up
No. 3 rating with a
triumph over Vanderbilt
Bulldogs totaled 538 poll# [FAYETTEVI
Southern Methodist,alit ‘the players wl
advanced one position to'
after edging
while Nebraska, 5 ,
42-13 victory over Kansas-
to move into the No. 5^ y. “With thee
first-place votes and totaled 612
points. The Panthers, 5-0, wal-
ceived 11 first-place votes for
593 points.
The Corn buskers received
first-place vote.
Arkansas, 5-0 and
week, is rated No. 6
North Carolina ah® causethatuni
, le to play in 5
Houston, f | The Razorba
:ed since Wedi
“For a Monti
lysical practic
dn’t play a ga
didn’t exj
Holtz said ht
Razorback Si
The coach sa
turday.
“Houston h:
em hard to pi
Penn State, which recei'
remaining first-place vote-
Nittany Lions are followed) 1
ratings by Alabama and S
UCLA, 5-0-1.
West Virginia, 5-1 and ey’ll be up fo
paring for its home game® “Arkansas 1
day against Penn State, imislon’t think tlx
one notch to No. 11, follo" ( Mrank) Broyles
No. 12 Louisiana State, T Holtz said he
No. 13 Notre Dame, No. II b{ schools from
ida State and No. 15 Te$l “One year w
Miami (Fla.) advanced |omecoming e
places to No. 16, followedl' 1 Schools happy
17 Clemson, the defendiifghaters.”
tional champion, No. 18011® The Arkans
ma, No. 19 Michigan andf' SiII be played ;
Florida, which dipped ontjame will be re
despite a 77-14 victory over'