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November 1, 1982
James impressed with defense
SMU praises A&M effort
by John Wagner
Battalion Staff
IRVING—It was over so fast.
What was shaping up to be a
iber-sharp grudge match be
tween the Southwest Confer
ee's leading rushing offense
nd the leading passing of fense
timed out to be as one-sided as
butter knife.
The SMU Mustangs were
ible to live up to their reputation
a high-powered offensive
nachine, piling up 421 yards
ind six touchdowns as they
mried the Aggies 47-9.
But with Gary Kubiak under
he X-ray machine at Irving
tommunity Hospital, Texas
W:M’s hopes for an upset and a
hance at a bowl bid were bu t ied
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11:47 left in the first quarter,
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;eep the Aggies in the game,
umoversand the Mustangs’ re-
entless attack wore them
SMU coach Bobby Collins
ichoed the statements of nearly
the Mustangs when he said
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really affected by Kubiak’s
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such a gifted football player. He
can really throw the ball, and
they have tremendous confi
dence in him.
“It was a severe blow at the
time. I’m sure it changed their
game plan.”
The Mustangs, however, nev
er deviated from their standard
style of play. Eric Dickerson, the
Heisman-candidate half of
SMU’s Pony Express, rushed for
200 yards and three touch
downs. And when the Aggies
jammed the line of scrimmage
with seven or eight players, Mus
tang quarterback Lance
Mcflhenny went to the air, com
pleting nine of 16 for 133 yards
and two touchdowns.
Collins said the Ponies’ pas
sing attack is still in the develop
ment stages.
“We see our players have
more confidence in our passing
game. Its been improving each
“We see our players have more
confidence in our passing game.
Its been improving each week,
and they now think we’re going
to make the big plays off the
pass,” he said.
“As long as people keep
crowding us on the line with
eight or nine men-lines, we’re
going to continue to make the
big plays.”
To Collins, the victory was as
important as the Mustangs’ 30-
17 victory over Texas the pre-
Weekend
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withdrew during second set)
Alkio lost to Crozier (UT),
2-6,3-6
Both teams will hold tourneys
again this weekend, with the
men hosting Texas Tech and
Southwest Texas State, and the
women’s team hosting Houston,
Oklahoma State and North
Texas State.
The Aggie women’s vol
leyball team defeated the Ken
tucky Wildcats Saturday night to
win the championship of the
A&M Invitational tournament.
The match lasted more than two
hours, with Texas A&M emerg
ing victorious by scores of 15-9,
10-15, 16-14, 10-15 and 15-11.
The Aggie Ladies, now 27-4,
have won 20 straight matches,
three short of the state record
set by AIAW national champion
Texas in 1981. The tourney title
was Texas A&M’s third of the
season.
T exas A&M, ranked No. 15 in
the NCAA poll, now swings west
for its toughest road trip of the
season, playing Long Beach
State today and No. 2-ranked
San Diego State Tuesday night
at 7:30. This weekend, the
Aggie Ladies will participate in
the UCLA/NIVT tourney in Los
Angeles.
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vious week.
“It’s a great win for us,” Col
lins said. “There was no doubt
we could see A&M was an im
proving football team, and we
knew they’d play well. You have
to give our kids credit.”
Mcllhenny said the Mustangs
won the game because of their
defense.
“Those guys are the reason
we’re 8-0,” he said.
SMU limited to the Aggies to
189 total yards and only 75 yards
passing. But how much Kubiak’s
injury helped the Mustang de
fensive cause is impossible to
tell.
Mustang free safety Blaine
Smith said it was SMU’s defense
— not Texas A&M’s injuries —
that shut down the Aggies.
Smith intercepted Aggie quar
terback John Elkins twice, with
one interception being wiped
out by a Mustang penalty.
“We’re pretty pleased we con
tained A&M’s passing attack,
but people still don’t give us the
credit we deserve. They think
we haven’t been challenged yet,
but I’d say we’ve played tough
enough against some good pas
sing teams to get a little more
credit.
“We’re just going to let peo
ple keep talking and we’re going
to keep playing.”
Craig James, Dickerson’s
Pony Express sidekick, said the
Aggies impressed him, especial
ly after the emotional blow of
losing Kubiak.
“I was suprised, (that the
Mustangs won so handily) but
turnovers will kill you,” James
said.
“You can’t turn the ball over
and win, and when Kubiak went
down, you could just see a little
flutter go out of their offense.
“You hear that defenses
should bend and bend and
bend, and never break, and
that’s how the Aggies were.
When we were watching film
from the first of the year, they
(the Aggies) didn’t have a lot of
guys who seemed excited about
playing defense.
“Bqt we could see that in the
last couple of weeks their de
fense started to get excited ab
out being out there. Once they
get their injuries down, once
they get their rhythm down,
they’re going to be a good team.”
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