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Texas A&M The Battalion Sports Friday, September 16, 1983/Tlie Battalion/Page 15 ems A&M vs. Arkansas State Tribe armed with run-oriented offense staff photo by John Mil by Joe Tindel Jr. Battalion Stall The Texas Aggies probably will |et their first relief in some time rum explosive passing attac ks this reekend. When the Arkansas State In- lianscome to town Saturday , the ype of offense Texas A&M will could bring hack memories of he Emory Bollard style of play. Bellard, the Aggies head coach rom 1971 to mid-season of 1978, the inventor of the once- Ibular wishbone offense. Only he die-hards use it now, or the leople who can still use it effec tively. And according to Arkansas itate coach Larry Lacewell, the hone’ will return to Kyle field, as he Indians pack an offensive rsenal that relies on the break- way potential of the wishbone tri ple option. That means the Aggies sceon- lary should be able to approach he game at eye-level, since the fishbone is almost exclusively a iin-oriented attack. That also neans the big battles should be at he line of scrimmage. The Indian offense is guided by fl, 180-pound senior quartcr- ack Tim Langford, who has icored four touchdowns rushing in rkansas State’s first two games of the season. Langford s TD runs in the first game of the season, a 31-0 shellacking of Tennessce-Martin, were 50 and 52 yards. Joining Langford in the hack- field are 5-11, 205-pouiid senior Duane Pittman at fullback, 5-9, 175-pound junior Keith Weaver at left halfbac k and 5-10, 180-pound senior Erven Beasley at right half back. Beasley rushed for 124 yards against Tennessee-Martin, and Pittman ran for 101 yards. The Indians, from the South land Conference, are 2-0 on the season, with the second victory a 27-14 decision over Tcnnessee- Chattanooga. Arkansas State trailed 14-13 at the- beginning of the fourth quarter in that game, and rallied for 14 points on Lang ford s touchdowns. Defensively, the Indians will have to rely on quickness to stop the* Aggies and quarterback John Mazur, who completed 20 of 33 passes for 243 yards and two touchdowns in the I9-J7 loss to California. The Aggies offensiv e- line, dub bed “The Pack, was perfect in protecting Mazur two weeks ago, and this week will enjoy an over whelming size advantage over the Indians defense. The Aggie backtield, as a mat ter of fac t, will be as big or bigger than many of the Indians’ front seven (three linemen, four line backers). The injury of freshman tailback Keith Woodside has forced' the Aggies to go with 225- pound Bry an freshman Bod Bern- stine at that position. foining Bernstine will be 6-0, 226-pound sophomore George Smith. Bnl Aggie offensive line coach Pat "Golden Buel said the siz.e advantage won t necessarily mean more emphasis on the running game. "It’ll all be determined by how Arkansas State wants to play us,” lluel said. "We will also hope we /can force them into playing a cer tain way. "They re very quick, and they ve got very good team speed on defense. They are not as phy sical up front, and they re just not as big as a lot ol teams we’ve faced. But what they give up in size they make up with speed. Nevertheless, Buel said polishing the running game is a primary goal for the* Aggies if they are to make a good showing this season. So it’s possible that big size* advantage may be put to use on the ground if the Indians loosen up in fear of Mazur. I think we re going to have to >mega Phi n Edinburgh, n accounting. irch X‘d nins said it may to confirm survivon ship was hit by toiji team that will sweep the South ly torpedo holes« Jeep under silt x* is a tremendoussiltl Timmins said, dong this (left) sicW rally foot by foot and t es, we won't know, survey team is )ing the wreckag ng sketches with hopf a three-dimensi f how the Arizonaapp ottom of the harbor dition, the team will fear area in the hark mains of the ship’s to p’s superstructure is! tored on land butO id the Navy would S in the harbor next! al. nins said before (lit! an that no diver wild ) out of considerati# i entombed in the« the safety of thedl SWC slate UT, Auburn hope to juggle polls United Press International Tlte Texas Longhorns are ranked No. 3 in the country and have yet to play a down of foot ball this year. The Auburn Tigers are rank ed No. Land have been touted throughout the summer as the and perhaps every-place else before the season is through. And just about lunchtime Saturday those two teams will meet as part of an important, early-season double header that will weed out the challengers to powerful Nebraska as the No. 1 1) in the* land. The second half of the big- league twin bill, both games of which will he televised to a ma jority of the country, will have No. 6 Ohio State facing No. 2 Oklahoma in Norman. If Oklahoma and Texas dd win their encounters Saturday, it would set up their Oct. 8 collision in Dallas as something even larger than it is, which is large enough. The Longhorns, however, will quite possibily have their problems in Auburn. It’s bad enough that they are on the road against a team that has already played a game (Auburn whipped Southern Mississippi best week, 24-3). But Texas lias had its share of injury woes (hir ing tl ic preseason. Quarterback Todd Dodge separated a shoulder, tight end Bobby Mieho and flanker Bon nie Mullins are coining back from arthoscopie knee surgeries and star linebacker Jeff Leiding ripped up a leg while rafting last week. With Dodge out of the game, coach Fred Akers delayed the announcement as to who would start the contest at quarterback — either Bob Moerschell or Rick Me Ivor. The Texas opener easily high lights the schedule of South west Conference teams, most ol whom have been hit by some disappointments this year. Every other SWC team in ac tion will be playing in the even ing, with Texas A&M returning to play following a week’s layoff. The Aggies, who suffered a bizarre defeat at the hands of (California to start the year, will host Arkansas State. Houston is expected to get back in the win column against Lamar in the Astrodome, Arkansas goes after its second straight victory in Little Rock against New Mexico and Baylor — fresh from one of its bigger intersectional victories in re cent memory — plays Texas-El Paso in the Sun Bowl. TCU, meanwhile, will travel to Kansas State in search of its first win under Jim Wacker and the Bice Owls will he at home against the LSU Tigers. Rice has lost 14 consecutive games and that streak is expected to continue against the Tigers. "The best tiling we can do to break the jinx is to block, tack le and execute', said Rice coach Ray Alborn. "There are no gim micks We just have to play with the intensity we need to win." Southern Methodist, which has had two lackluster wins to run its unbeaten streak to 18 games, and Texas Tech, which fell in its opener to the Air Forc es, will have the weekend off '' J ublic r learn how to run the football a lit tle bit more effectively in order for us to be competitive with the top teams in the league,” Ruel said. “I think we’ve got the people up front that can get the job done. It ’s just a matter of whether or not they’re polished enough.” And Ruel said he’s looking for more polish this weekend. “The offensive line, I don t feel, j performed as well as they can in the first game, Ruel said. “We worked hard in the last two weeks to get a little better and to im prove. I saw some improvement. T m hoping we can take advan tage of our big people up front on the line of scrimmage and attack them with our running game a lit tle bit. We should have somewhat of an advantage in that area.” The meeting between Texas A&M and Arkansas State is the first ever in football. Kickoff time is 6 p in. in Kyle Field. Aggie tailback back Joey Harris (24) follows the path of running back George Smith (44) during Texas A&M’s 19-17 loss to Cal two staff photo by John Makely weeks ago. Smith, who will start in the backfield Saturday, and the Aggies hope for better results when Arkansas State hits town. Women, clip UH in cross country by Scott Griffin Battalion Staff The Texas A&.M women’s cross country team won their first meet of the year Wednesday, defeating Houston by 15 points while the men’s team finished second in their division. Point totals in the meet were calculated by adding up the plac- ings of the runners, with the lowest team score winning. In the women’s field, Texas A&M totaled 24 points and their five entries all finished in the top ten. Marilee Matheny, redshirted last year because of hip injuries, finished first in the 5000-meter run for the.Aggies. Matheny, a junior, was the team s top runner two years ago. Last year’s top run ner, Suzanne Sheffield, finished second. In the men’s division, Houston finished first with 28 points. A&M was a distant second with 48. Houston runner Anthony Smith won the men’s five-mile event with a time of 25:26. The A&M totals are as follows: Women’s division — Marilee Matheny, 1st, 17:49. — Suzanne Sheffield, 2nd, 17:56. — Patti Mileski, 4th, 18:14. — Marv Mileski, 7th, 18:31. — Esther Dedrick, 10th, 18:48. Men’s division — Aaron Ramirez, 4th, 25:41. — Huey Treat, 6th, 25:55. — Vince Stark, 7th, 26:18. — Andy Elliott, 8th, 26:19. — David Ellis, 23rd, 27:55. PEKING GARDEN Chinese Restaurant ALL YOU CAA EAT Friday, Saturday and Sunday Evening Buffet 6-8:30 p.m. V Weekly Noon Buffet *3 !> Dinner Special (rcg. £4.25) M Monclay-Thursday Evenings _ ^ . 1313 S. College / 11:3° a.m. to 2p.m. 822-7661 c? 5:30p.m. to9:30p.m. >98 CHEVROLET WANTS TO PUT YOU IN THE PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME. COME SEE A COLORFUL DISPLAY OF PRO FOOTBALL'S EXCITING HISTORY. 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