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Battalion/Page 19 December 10, 1982 sports as u IC^? owboy-Oiler war offers chance to get ‘physical’ Warning! The Dallas Cowboys and Houston Oilers will tangle on national tele vision Monday night. hy the warning? Consider the follow- ashback to an incident that could have d happened during the two teams’ last ineeiing. ■Fred is a senior horizontal engineering Bor from Dallas. Alan is a junior party H A [pining major from Houston. Both live in ■ / / iii same d 01 ™- l he same room and both are I 4 latching the same television set. I War is imminent. | At the end of the game, beer’s all over the [ sevtnolfl r ’ an( * so are F re( l an d Alan. Total des- s,anddie,® ct ' on ' ^ thefielWpon’d think a bunch of mature college guys could get together and watch a football ldc ats '®|ame without coming to blows. Some can ones'®] and some can’t. If a particular group in a Gilmoreof a TV Monday night contains both iwo-OoniiiMhard Cowboys fans and die-hard Oilers dropped ‘ ans ' chances are good that some sort of Hital regression will take place. 'on’t take any chances. Dress like the s on the TV screen if you’re in one of se groups. Cowboys fans shouldn’t pay attention to Howard Cosell, o much for the warning. Now for some p on this year’s war. Dallas is 4-1, tied with Green Bay and phington for the NFC lead. Turn the L TCowboys’ record around and you have the toilers' story. Although Oiler back Earl I Punpbell became the 10th most productive ground gainer in NFL history during last week’s game against the New York Giants, he’s averaging only 3.8 yards per carry this year. Campbell has 393 yards on 104 carries. It seems safe to assume that the Cowboys can safely key on Campbell in the rushing department since the second-place rusher on the team is quarterback Archie Manning, with only six carries for 44 yards. Manning’s passing, on the other hand is a bright spot. The former New Orleans Saints’ quarterback has completed 35 of 58 passes (60 percent) for 443 yards. Manning took over Gifford Nielsen’s starting spot during the Oilers’ loss to Pittsburgh in the First post-strike game. A key target for Manning will be tight end Dave Casper, who has caught 17 passes for 248 yards since play resumed after the strike. Defensively, linebacker Daryl Hunt leads the Oilers with 32 unassisted tackles. Line backer Gregg Bingham is second with 27 unassisted tackles. Defensive end Jesse Bak er has five quarterback sacks and Robert Brazile has four. The Cowboys’ complex offensive attack is looking as sharp as ever. In the passing de partment, quarterback Danny White has completed 6 / percent of his passes for 1,202 yards and 10 touchdowns. His favorite target is Tony Hill, who has caught 25 passes for 405 yards and a touchdown. Wide re ceiver Drew Pearson has 265 yards on 18 receptions, with three of those being TD receptions. On the ground for the Cowboys, Tony Dorsett, like Campbell, is only averaging 3.8 yards a carry. But back Ron Springs, who has 34 carries for 178 yards, is averaging 5.2 yards on each tote. On defense, the Cowboys have a much improved secondary and a pass rush that abused Washington all day in a 24-10 Dallas victory. Defensive back Everson Walls is tied for the NFC lead in interceptions with four. Michael Downs, Dennis Thurman and De- xtor Clinkscale have also bolstered the secondary this season. arshall itinued from page 17 )-6) and 73-67 in 1980 (when Aggies Finished 26-8). chael Brooks, who plays for le San Diego Clippers, played >r the Explorers during the imein 1980 ... LaSalle, despite aving a current enrollment of nly 3,700, has enjoyed tremen dous success in basketball. Play ing in the East Coast Confer ence, the Explorers Finished 16- 13 overall in 1981-82, and have a 52-35 record in three years under Coach Dave “Lefty” Ervin. LaSalle lost only three let- termen from last year’s squad ... Brown and Marshall, the other two Marshall Memorial Tourna ment participants, each return nine lettermen from last year’s teams. Marshall, nicknamed the “Thundering Herd,” Finished 16-11 under Coach Bob Zuffe- lato, while the Brown Bruins were only 5-21 under Coach Mike Cingiser. Odds are good For the Magic of Christmas. . . that if the Aggies defeat LaSalle, they’ll play Marshall in the championship game Saturday night at 8 ... Marshall’s starting lineup includes 6-4 forward LaVerne Evans,. 6-5 forward Barry Kinkaid, 6-8 low post Charles Jones, 6-5 high post David Wade and 6-foot guard Sam Henry. The Herd has defe ated St. Francis (N.Y.) and Brooklyn College and has lost to West Virginia. s mm 1 Ready ... set ... photo by L. Nirnle Williams Eileen Doull, a sophomore member of the Aggie women’s swim team, concen trates while in her start position before the 50-yard backstroke. Doull’s efforts helped Texas A&M finish fifth at the Southwest Conference Invitational meet the past weekend in P.L. Downs Nata- torium. A Gift of Better Vision * 1 ‘ i i CULPEPPER PLAZA 38 fine shops and restaurants to serve you t Nebraska center Rimington wins Lombardi Most stores open late Monday-Friday Texas Avenue @ Highway 30 i i Give a Contact Lens Gift Certificate for Christmas Dr. Kathryn Yorke 1010 Post Oak Mall 10 a.m.-6 p.m. 764-0669 Mon - thru Sat. Closed Wed. Call for info hard or soft lenses. ONE DOLLAR MORE THAN WHOLESALE! From now until December 26 th Old Army Lou will pay you a dollar more than wholesale on your used books! So, do business with Lou and get one dollar ahead! ONE DOLLAR MORE! across from the post office “Plenty of Parking!" * FREE BEER FRI. & SAT. DECEMBER 10 & 11 8:30-10:00 P.M. WITH LIVE MUSIC BY: J 5 SOUTHBOUND TEXAS SWING & OLE TIME SOUTHERN ROCK COVER CHARGE $2.00 1 20 Walton Drive. C.S. United Press International HOUSTON — All-America center Dave Rimington of Neb raska has added the Lombardi Award to an already crowded trophy room. Rimington, 22, of Omaha, Neb., who had won two Outland trophies previously, was named the outstanding lineman in col lege football Thursday night. As he raised the 40-pound, block-of-granite trophy listing the 12 previous winners, the 290-pound Rimington said: “Of all the years of weight training, this is probably the most impor tant 40 pounds I’ve ever lifted.” Rimington’s blocking helped the No. 3-ranked Cornhuskers become the top rushing team in America this past season. Neb raska won 11 of 12 games and earned an Orange Bowl berth as champion of the Big Eight Con ference. His last game for Neb raska is New Year’s Day against Louisiana State. Also honored at the dinner for the four Lombardi Finalists were Arkansas defensive tackle Billy Ray Smith, Southern Cali fornia nose guard George Achi- ca and Arizona State linebacker Vernon Maxwell. Rimington was the second Nebraska player to win the Lom bardi. In 1972, Cornhusker nose guard Rich Glover won it. No school has ever had three winners. Rimington was only the third offensive player the Lombardi Award committee has ever hon ored. He gained so much atten tion this year that Smith, the son of former Baltimore Colts all- pro Billy Ray Smith, failed to win the Lombardi despite be coming a Finalist for the second straight year. Oddly, Rimington was not among the top 12 vote getters for the Lombardi in 1981 de spite winning the Outland Tro phy, which goes to an interior lineman. (The Lombardi con siders linemen, linebackers and tight ends). 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