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/Page 10 r 7,1982 Texas A&M The Battalion Sports December 7, 1982 Page 11 brm in the ie secretar- s is Ftb. i cations for oordinator deskat21i on Fridas, >e taken in jniors.and may have i.m. and 5 iok Assod- [i, call 693' i res is Dec. ite. JS NET- on is being niting stu- ild contact The regu- esday at 1 ill speak. I presenta- d how did be held at c on grain meetingat mg. INEERS- a meeting AL EN- rbide will [Sneering' re will be ry. eld at the Visions", dlderness i Rudder RS (HE- r I.E.’sat )'• rm in the 1 secretar- is Feb. 4. tions for mlinator ?skat216 n Friday, taken in dors, and nay have in. and 5 k Assod- call 693- es is Dec. olfers have high hopes after Bluebonnet victory |; by Frank L. Christlieb Battalion Staff ■Danny Briggs can’t under stand why people keep under- Bimating the strength of the Ttxas Aggie golf team. i|But after this weekend’s per formance in the Bluebonnet Bowl Invitational at Columbia i Lakes, lots of folks will be talking about Briggs, Paul Oglesby and K rest of the Texas A&M gol- feh. ■Briggs and Oglesby, the Aggies’ two-man best ball en trants in the tournament, scored a|12-stroke victory over a 22- telun field that included NCAA nmpion Houston, NCAA run- ■r-iip Oklahoma State, Texas, LIT A, Missouri and Stanford. The two Texas A&M seniors, shooting a 196, 20-under par total for three days, finished 12 shots ahead of the Cougars and ■ University of Texas-El Paso, tied for second at 208. ■Briggs and Oglesby shot 69- 6|66during the three-day “best ball ’ event, in which only the best effort on each hole counted tojvard a team’s final score. For instance, on a hole which one member of a twosome birdied Danny Briggs says Aggies shooting for national title and the other player paired, only the birdie would be in cluded in the overall score. “Everyone was acting like Houston was the only team to beat down there,” said Briggs, who finished the fall season with a 72.1 stroke average. “1 don’t really think they were, because there were plenty of good teams there. “It seems like every tourney we go to, we’re never considered the favorite. But I think we should have been the favorites in this tournament, because Paul Senior Paul Oglesby leads with 71.9 stroke average and I have been playing so well this season.” In Saturday’s round of 61, Oglesby had seven birdies and an eagle, hitting a seven iron 150 yards into the hole for an eagle on a par 4, 420-yard hole. Dur ing the competition, Oglesby and Briggs combined for 19 bir dies, an eagle and only one bogey (on the No. 16 hole in Fri day’s first round). “Naturally, when you win something like that,” Briggs said, “it’s great. “One of our goals before this year was to try to finish better in tournaments than we did last season. Last year, we didn’t play so well at tournaments, but we worked hard to finish fourth at na tionals. “But this season, we’ve had two thirds, four seconds and two. firsts. We’ve really been pleased about the way we’ve played this semester and we’re excited ab out the spring. This year, we’ve got a lot of upperclassmen, and our eyes are focused more on winning the national title.” Briggs said Oglesby, who finished the fall with a stroke av erage of 71.9, has played consis tently well all season. “Paul has just played super this semester,” said Briggs, a second-team all-America last season. “He’s finished in the top 10 in every tournament we’ve played. “In this tournament, Paul and I just buddy-buddied it real well. We could have both shot 77s on the final day and still won it by one (stroke).” Ellis, whose squad won the Southwest Conference tourna- See GOLF page 13 lets 4-1 after 28-13 victory United Press International ONTIAC, Mich. — The Rew York Jets insist they merely took what the Detroit Lions gave them. And the Lions gave them everything. 1 Richard Todd and Wesley Walker picked off everything that wasn’t nailed down in the Silverdome Monday night by combining for a dub record- tying three touchdowns in a 28- 13 romp over Detroit. ■ The Jets came up with a pair of! fumbles and three intercep tions but turned only one of the turnovers into a score in raising their record to 4-1 with their fourth straight win. k The stumbling Lions drop ped their third post-strike deci sion in a row following a pair of prestrike victories. “We took what they gave us,” New York Coach Walt Michaels said. “We passed a lot on first down but most of them were short. That’s what they gave us.” Walker burned Detroit for five catches and 164 yards — in cluding touchdowns covering 56,41 and 19 yards. Todd threw for 286 yards in the first half, hitting 10 in a row atone stretch. He finished the game 23-of-32 for 384 yards; Walker set up a 1-yard sweep around left end by Dwayne Crutchfield with a pair of recep tions, one for 30 yards and the other for 18 yards. Crutchfield’s score gave New York the lead for good, 7-3. The next time the Jets had the ball Walker caught a pass and blew by cornerback Wayne Smith as the receiver scam pered, untouched, on a 56-yard jaunt. Three straight running plays the next time the Jets got the ball sucked the Lions’ backs in and Walker went over Smith again for his 41-yard score and a 21-3 New York halftime lead. Detroit held New York with out a first down in the third quarter arid attempted to get back in the game when Gary Danielson surprised the Jets by opening a series with a 48-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Mark Nichols — the Lions’ only offensive touchdown of the last 11 quarters. Seconds later, Smith sacked Todd and caused a fumble. De fensive end Dave Pureifory rec overed — then fumbled where linebacker Stan White could re cover it on the Jets’ 1. Two plays later Billy Sims fumbled on a handoff as he attempted a leap into the end zone, with Ken Schroy recover ing for New York. staff photo by David Fisher Scoring a basket — the hard way Texas A&M freshman Roger Bock flips the ball toward the basket during the Great Alaska Shootout, while Clemson’s Raymond Jones (23) and Clarke Bynum prepare for a possible rebound. Bock and the Aggies play LSU Wednesday night at 7:30 p.m. in New Orleans’ Superdome. The Tigers lost Saturday to North Carolina 47-43 after holding the Tar Heels to nine first-half points. First Annual Charity Bash Wednesday night at 7:00 2 for 1 Bar Drinks ALL NIGHT LONG $2.00 at the door—Proceeds go to KTAW’s MYSTERY SANTA FUND ’82 IN WOODSTONE SHOPPING CENTER