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Turnovers, poor execution spell doom
Aggies stunned by Hogs’ lopsided victory
by John P. Lopez
Battalion Staff
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Any
team that travels to the Ozarks tea
face the University of Arkansas
knows that salvaging a victory in
the Hogs’ own back yard is diffi
cult — especially when the
Razorbacks own a 7-1 record,
are nationally ranked and are
trying to rebound from a loss.
But when the Texas Aggies
jogged off the field of War
Memorial Stadium Saturday af
ter losing to Arkansas 35-0, the
expression on every face clearly
indicated that the Aggies didn’t
count on being embarrassed at
the hands of the Hogs.
The same conclusion could
be drawn from Jackie Sherrill’s
expression when he faced the
press immediately after, the
game. Watery-eyed and emo
tionally drained, Sherrill som
berly tried to explain why his
team didn’t fare as well as he had
hoped.
“When you go out and turn
the ball over four out of your
first six possesions, it will cer
tainly get you into some prob
lems,” Sherrill said. “I think
Fred Caldwell disappointed
about loss of bowl chances
three of their touchdowns were
scored after turnovers.”
Sherrill added that early tur
novers, coupled with the abs
ence of quarterback Gary
Kubiak, forced the Aggies to
change to an alternate game
plan.
“We wanted to get into some
Linebacker Bobby Strogen
looks for solid team in ’83
third-and-one or third-and-two
situations, but whenever we ^ot
something going, all of a sudden
we turned the ball over,” he said.
“Our mistakes weren’t caused by
them being physical, but by poor
execution on our part.
“We wanted to run right at
them. Without Gary, we didn’t
want to put all the pressure on
the quarterback. We didn’t want
to have to throw on every down.
I felt like we moved the ball all
right, but we were never in the
game long enough to do any
thing.”
Sherrill’s disappointment was
echoed by his players. Senior
offensive tackle Bryan Dausin
was just as angered and con
fused by the lopsided score as
Sherrill.
“We felt like we could move
the ball on them, but all of a
sudden we’d either fumble or
throw the ball away,” he said. “I
think we’re all just in shock. I
didn’t think this game would be
so lopsided, but then again, I
didn’t think our season would
turn out this bad, either.”
Offensive guard Flint Risien
said: “I thought we were well-
prepared for them. It’sjust been
the same old story for us all year
long, filings just don’t go our
way.”
Another reason the Arkansas
loss was especially hard to swal
low, defensive tackle Fred Cald
well said, was because it crushed
any Aggie hopes of a bowl bid.
“I thought that if we could
win this game, we would have a
good chance at a bowl,” Caldwell
said. “So I’m pretty dis
appointed. Any time you have
that many points scored on you,
it definitely doesn’t make you
feel good. Especially when you
play defense.”
Another defender feeling
under the weather over the
Aggies’ unfulfilled bowl expec
tations was middle linebacker ’
Bobby Strogen. Strogen also
said he couldn’t believe the
whipping the Aggies took, but
he added that the loss doesn’t
mean the Aggies will hang up
their cleats and wait until next
year.
“Somebody said, ‘Losers look
at the past and winners look at
the future,’ he said. “Well, I’d
like to go by that and hope that
one day things go our way. I’m
not going to quit until the last
second of my last game here.
And even though I’m a senior,
I’m going to pull for the Aggies
next year and watch them win.
They’re going to be a great
team.”
SMU next obstacle for Razorbacks
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photo by C. Michel Chang
A dejected and downcast Domingo Bryant, the Aggie
free safety, reflects on what turned out to be a long,
dreary evening for Texas A&M, Arkansas handed
the Aggies their fifth loss of a disappointing initial
season for Coach Jackie Sherrill. Texas A&M, which
now has a 4-5 record, faces TCU here Saturday.
by John P. Lopez
Battalion Staff .
LITTLE ROCK. Ark. — Af
ter the outcome of the Texas
A&M-Arkansas game had
already been decided, two red-
clad Razorback fans, complete
with painted faces, circled War
Memorial Stadium with a ban
ner that read, “Think Cotton.”
The banner dre\v cries of
“Sooooiiieee pigs” and “Love
those Cotton pickin’ Hogs” from
the stands, but it didn’t even
raise an eyebrow on the Arkan
sas bench.
The fact is, every player on
the Razorback side of the field
had been thinking Cotton all
night long. And unfortunately
for the Aggies, the Hogs’ road to
the. Cotton Bowl went right
through the middle of the Texas
A&M defense — literally.
The Razorbacks knew they
couldn’t afford to lose any more
than one conference game and
still expect to be in Dallas on Jan.
1, so after losing to Baylor last
week, the Hogs came out of their
lockerroom Saturday snuffing
and snorting. The Razorbacks
wanted to do away with the
Aggies and get back on the win
ning road to the Cotton Bowl.
After defeating the Aggies
35-0, most of the talk in the
Arkansas dressing room wasn’t
about the game the Hogs had
just won, but about SMU — the
other contender in the fight for
Cotton. Lou Holtz, the Arkansas
head coach, said the showdown
between the two conference
leaders should be an exciting
affair.
“There are a lot of people
who think we don’t have a
chance against SMU,” Holtz
said. “I don’t know. They may be
right but I think our chances are
better than anyone else’s in the
Southwest Conference right
now.
“They’ve got a great team
and perhaps the best two run
ning backs in the country, but I
think if we have a good week and
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