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
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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 ''
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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.
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