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Battalion Sports
October 29, 1982 Page 15
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weren’t for injuries,
Saturday’s game between Texas
A&M and the undefeated SMU
Mustangs might have been the
first major Southwest Confer
ence showdown of the season.
But the Ponies stayed healthy
and the Aggies didn’t.
No big deal. Fans can bet that
this weekend’s matchup will be
played with just as much intensi
ty as if the Aggies were 7-0 and
the Cotton Bowl were at stake.
SMU Coach Bobby Collins
says his Mustangs should be
emotionally ready for the battle
in Texas Stadium at 11:35 a.m.,
despite the fact that they’re
fresh from an emotionally
draining victory over the Texas
Longhorns.
“I think that our football team
won’t have any trouble getting
up for Texas A&M,” the first-
year coach said in a telephone
interview Thursday. “Every
year, it’s a big ballgame as far as
we’re concerned and I think that
this year, with us having the suc
cess we’ve enjoyed so far, it cer
tainly makes it a big ballgame.”
Meanwhile, Aggie senior line
backer Bobby Strogen says he’s
ready to break the Mustangs’
two-game winning streak
against Texas A&M.
And Aggie linebacker Jerry
Bullitt said the Aggies’ high
emotional state during workouts
this week was due to “knowing
that we’ve got a good shot at
going down there and beating
SMU when they’re ranked as
high as they are.”
While the Aggies will set out
to prove themselves, the Mus
tangs have already proven
they’re for real. Having ground
up 2;015 yards rushing in seven
games for an average of 288
yards a game, the Ponies are
tops in the SWC and sixth in the
nation in that category.
Greatly feared is the duo re
sponsible for 1,721 of those
rushing yards. Known as the
“Pony Express,” the tandem of
Eric Dickerson and Craig James
is the lifeblood of the SMU “I”
formation attack.
Dickerson, the 6-2, 217-
pound senior from Sealy, aver
ages 7.3 yards per carry, 160
yards a game and is a prime can
didate for the Heisman Trophy.
Despite the use of the word
“tandem,” Dickerson and James
aren’t usually in the backfield at
the same time. But Collins said
in some situations, the Aggies
will see the two together.
“We stated at the start of the
season that we would use them
in different ballgames in diffe
rent formations at different
times, and that we would prob
ably expand on that as the sea
son progressed,” Collins said.
“I think we’ve done that.
They played quite a bit in the
Texas game in the same back-
field. So Tm sure we’ll come up
with some different formations
where we’ll have them in the ball
game at the same time, but also
we’ll continue to alternate
them.”
Should Texas A&M put a stop
to the “Pony Express,” SMU
quarterback Lance Mcllhenny is
perfectly capable of taking up
the slack with his sprint-out pas
sing ability.
Mcllhenny passed for 108
crucial yards last year in SMU’s
27-7 victory over the Aggies,
with most of those passes being
the sprint-out type. That yar
dage doesn’t sound impressive,
but the passing attack cleared
the way for Dickerson’s run-
ning.
While the Mustang running
attack is feared most by the
Aggies, a strong passing attack
and a gradually improving run
ning attack have Collins con
cerned about the Aggies. He
said his team must avoid over
compensating for Aggie quar
terback Gary Kubiak’s passing
ability.
“I think the minute you start
doing that, then you’re going to
be in trouble, now with Johnny
Hector back and George Smith
doing an outstanding job,” Col
lins said.
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“They’ve won their last two
games and they certainly have
matured as a football team. I can
understand some of the prob
lems that Coach (Jackie) Sherrill
had coming into the staff. They
had some injuries that we’ve not
had, and I think that’s been the
difference.”
Collins said the Aggies are the
most balanced offensive team
the Mustangs have faced.
The Pony defense faces a
challenge in trying to thwart
Kubiak’s passing. The Aggie
quarterback leads the confer
ence in total offense, averaging
220 yards a game, and will likely
be Dickerson’s and James’ top
competitor for offensive supre
macy in this weekend’s clash.
But SMU’s defense is big and
quick. Junior nose guard
Michael Carter, at 6-2, 274
pounds, provides much of the
meat up front, while more out
standing play has come from
linebacker Clarence McDade,
the Mustangs’ leading tackier,
and all-SWC linebacker Cary
Moten.
Much of the Ponies’ strength
in the secondary comes from all-
SWC cornerback Russell Carter.
Collins said his team has been
fortunate enough to remain
healthy thus far. He said the
only player who may miss this
week’s game is tight end Rickey
Bolden. On the other side of the
coin, the Aggies are only now
getting re-oriented after weath
ering injuries at key positions.
But intensity seems to be the
key ingredient the Aggies will be
taking to Irving. Strogen is a
good example. He expressed
what could be termed a “theory
of limited respect” about Dicker-
son and James.
“I told this reporter the other
day I have respect for them, but
on the Field,
for nobody,”
when you get
there’s respect
Strogen said.
If words turn into actions, the
Aggies might have a shot at sur
prising a team that could be
looking too far ahead. But Col
lins said he thinks his team won’t
be looking ahead of this
weekend’s game, despite the
hoopla about a showdown be
tween the Mustangs and
Arkansas.
“I think that it would he a big
mistake on our part if we were to
look past anyone, especially a
team like Texas A&M dial’s a
well-coat lied football team and
has some talent,” Collins said.
“I hope we’ve got a better hall-
club that will realize that we’ve
got to play them one at a time.
Right now, the most important
game on our schedule is Texas
A&M.”
AGGIE FACTS: Texas A&M
Sports Information Director
Ralph Carpenter has some
parking tips for Texas A&M
fans traveling to Texas Stadium
for Saturday’s game. He said
parking will not be available in
any of the stadium’s blue areas,
because no passes for these sec
tions will be sold, and that fans
must park in the gold or red
parking areas. Carpenter said
these areas are clearly marked ...
SMU officials warn that traffic
has been extremely heavy for
past Texas A&M-SMU games
and that spectators should stay
away from traffic heading for
the blue parking areas. Those
already in the Irving area who
are attending the game should
leave about two hours in adv
ance ... For anyone who’s in
terested or doesn’t know, the
Mustangs’ school colors are red
and blue ... During his seven-
plus years of coaching, Collins
staff photo by David Fisher
Jackie Sherrill and the Texas Aggies will be looking
for this kind of effort in Saturday’s game against the
fourth-ranked SMU Mustangs. Here, Aggie linebacker
Bobby Strogen stops Rice running back Kevin Trigg
after a short gain in last week’s Texas A&M victory.
The Aggie-Mustang game will kick off at 11:35 a.m.
has compiled a 55-30-2 record,
while Sherrill’s record now
stands at 57-20-1 during six-plus
seasons. Texas A&M leads the
series between the two teams 32-
26-6, but the last Aggie victory
came in 1979byascoreof 47-14.
In Dallas, Texas A&M holds a
16-14-2 edge over the Mustangs.
Saturday’s game will mark the
56th homecoming game in SMU
history. The Mustangs have won
their last three homecomings,
defeating Texas Tech 35-10 in
1979, Texas A&M 27-0 in 1980
and Rice 33-12 in 1981. The
Aggies were the last team to de
feat SMU during a homecoming
game — 20-17 in 1978. Texas
A&M’s record during Mustang
homecoming games is 9-6-2 ...
SMU’s homecoming this year is
entitled the “Mane Event.” Mod
el Cheryl Tiegs will serve as
grand marshall of the event and
will crown the 1982 SMU home
coming queen at halftime ...
SMU enters Saturday’s game
with an 11-game winning streak,
the longest in NCAA Division I
and the Mustangs’ longest since
1946-47. That streak ended in
the 12th game, when TCU tied
the Mustangs, 19-19. SMU’s
longest Winning streak was 14
games in 1934-35.
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