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lul Dirme NTToMUm TaiToPWlS Texas A&M The Battalion Sports Tuesday, October 4,1983/The Battalion/Page 9 Texas-OU battle hinges on Longhorns’ defense Change? Sherrill uncertain about starting quarterback CL'L-l X U. LJUg' own ay at MSC (I by the MSC Crafi n. today and Wednes- stained glass,jeweln, md many more items (l to council te Sea Grant College Research Services ai te Texas Coastal and ennings succeeds Dr, ■llor for engineering >uncil serve six-year, ay the governor, the I the Texas Houseof ■rnment, education, hers serve asanadvis- in Texas and evaluate roblems for consider- 978, formerly headed lice for International liington. or of the Division o( >f the Ocean Science ISF. He chaired both Committee on storm ization’s committee to s for the Department rs film series ng a film series on the , Tonight’s presents- i and Richard Boone, films will be held each ■ public. The series is istructional program, of the history facult)', perspective. United Press International AUSTIN — Oklahoma’s ten dency to fumble the football won’t make the Sooners less of a threat to ruin Texas’ unbeaten record. After all, Texas Coach Fred Akers said Monday, the Dallas Cowboys have similar fumble troubles but still manage to win every game. Akers takes his No. 2-ranked Longhorns to Dallas this weekend for the annual grudge match with No. 7-ranked Oklahoma. The Sooners won the non-conference battle last year 28-22. I think Oklahoma is a much improved team over last year,” Akers said at his weekly news con- ’erence Monday. “They have peed and talent across the board and they have a lot of defensive starters who have been there for :hree years. " Texas enters the game against OU with a 3-0 record, having eaten Rice 42-6 last weekend in ts Southwestern Conference pener. Oklahoma’s record is 3-1 ifter the Sooners beat Kansas es scheduled s of the weekly classes is semester. The list 8 p.m. iday from 8 to 9 p.m ty from 9 to 10 p.m. tt 7 to 8 p.m. - to 9 p.m. am 6:30 to 7:30 p.m am 7:30 to 8:30 p.m londay from 9 to H i p.m. rom 8 to 9 p.m. y from 7 to 8 p.m. oership costs $20and Texas coach Fred Akers says defense is consistent State last Saturday 29-10, over coming six fumbles. “I know that every year they (the Sooners) seem to lead the world in fumbles before they play us, but then, they look like all the NFL players in Dallas,” Akers said, referring to turnover- plagued, come-from-behind wins in all five Cowboy victories this season. Akers described OU’s outstand ing running back Marcus Dupree as a game-breaker. “He can change the complexion of a game in a single play, ” he said. Akers praised his team’s defen sive effort against Rice and named quarterback Rob Moerschell as offensive player of the week, tack le John Haines as defensive player of the week and — for the third week in a row — defensive back Jitter Fields as special teams play er of the week. “It was a great win for us be cause we saw improvement in all the areas we needed to see it,” Akers said of the Rice game. “The one thing we have really been con sistent in is our defense. We have played with a lot of effort, not al ways doing things right, but we do it with enthusiasm.” by John P. Lopez Battalion Staff Starting Texas A&M quarter back John Mazur has a lot going for him. Being a transfer from USC, he has game experience against the likes of Notre Dame and UCLA, he has four games under his belt as a starter for the Aggies and he has what coaches call “leadership abilities” on the field. But one thing Mazur doesn’t have going into Saturday’s Southwest Conference game against the Houston Cougars is job security, Texas A&M head coach Jackie Sherrill said Monday. Sherrill said he doesn’t know why the Aggies have had diffi culty lighting up the scoreboard ‘We’ll watch them in practice. I may decide today, I may not decide until right before the game who’s going to start.’ — Texas A&M coach Jackie Sherrill on the Aggie quarter back situation. with Mazur over center because, “He’s a good quarterback. “He had a great game against California in our first game. He hit 20 out of 33 passes and he had four passes dropped.” But that was three games, two losses, nine sacks, 74 incomple tions and four interceptions ago for Mazur and Sherrill feels it might be time for a change. “We’ll watch them in prac tice,” Sherrill said of Mazur and second-team quarterback Kevin Murray. “I may decide today, I may not decide until right be fore the game who’s going to start.” Murray, a freshman who has seen limited action this year, hasn’t exactly brought the house down when he’s taken center stage for the Aggies, but his athletic ability gives A&M an added dimension. “He’s got good speed,” Sher rill said. “He can sprint out and avoid the rush and sometimes Regardless of who gets the nod for Saturday’s game, Sher rill said, Murray will likely see action. But Mazur will be a tough man to replace as a starter because of his experience and successful past as a quarterback, Sherrill said. “It’s not puzzling,” Sherrill said of the Aggies’ poor offen sive production under Mazur. “It’s just a little disheartening and it’s one of those things you have to overcome. There could be a lot of reasons for it. Some times the receivers haven’t been watching the ball, sometimes we i haven’t protected John like we should and sometimes he holds onto it too long. ” Dodgers, Phillies tee off tonight OU coach Switzer says game should be on TV United Press International DALLAS — The Texas- Oklahoma game, one of the top college football rivalries and traditionally an impor tant contest as far as national reputations are concerned, will not find its way onto net work television this year. And that makes Oklahoma coach Barry Switzer less than pleased. “This a great classic and it should be a national televison game every year,” Switzer said Monday in a visit with Dallas area writers. “But the way they have that damn television thing so screwed up I don’t know if we will ever get it back on.” The current NCAA televi sion plan with ABC and CBS permit each network to show a team no more than three times over a two-year period. CBS has already used its limit of Oklahoma apperances and ABC has run out of Texas apperances. ABC was willing to trade CBS an Oklahoma apperance, which is allowed under the contract with NCAA, but an equitable trade arrangement was never achieved. The University of Texas was in position to arrange a lucrative pay cable contract if it had known ahead of time that CBS and ABC were not going to reach an agreement. “They (the networks) have known about this problem since last winter,” said Texas athletic director DeLoss Dodds. And they have known we had a desire to do some thing with cable. “They kept telling us that they would get it worked out tomorrow or the next day. I guess they didn’t care (about Texas’ chances for a large payday). I guess that’s just the way it is in business, but it is a shame it had to be that way.” Texas will go into the game ranked No. 2 while Oklahoma — an early season loser to Ohio State — still has a spot in the top 10 and will be trying for its second straight victory over the Longhorns. As preparation for the game began, Switzer said no matter what kind of shape running back Marcus Dupree might be in, it was not as good as it could be. Dupree suffered a bruised knee against Ohio State, but he still managed to gain 151 yards last weekend against Kansas State. “He isn’t the same back he was at this time last year,” Switzer said. “He hasn’t prac ticed, he is not conditioned and he is hurt. He doesn’t have the quickness, speed or acceleration that he had at this time last year. “The one thing is he is tougher this year. It he was well he would be a better back because he is more physical. “It has been a disappoint ment to me that he has not been there. I counted on us being a pretty good offensive team because I kind of counted on him being better and well.” United Press International LOS ANGELES — The Phi ladelphia Phillies and Los Angeles Dodgers, two teams who successfully tinkered with the hands of time, meet in the best-of-five National League Championship Series beginning Tuesday night at Dodger Sta dium. Game One will be nationally televised beginning at 8:20 p.m. EDT. Philadelphia, a team which won the NL East with a mixture of the not-too-old “Wheeze Kids” and young players, will start left hander Steve Carlton, who re cently won his 300th major league game and ended the reg ular season at 15-16. Los Angeles will pitch left-hander Jerry Reuss, 12-11 with a 2.RA. Unlike the Phillies, who fielded old-timers such as Pete Rose and Joe Morgan for much of the season, the Dodgers — 11-1 against Philadelphia this season — won their division with young players. Los Angeles gambled last winter when it traded third base- man Ron Gey, a cornerstone of the infield for 10 years, to the Chicago Cubs and allowed Steve Garvey, a bulwark at first base for 10 seasons and the team’s most popular player, to try free agency and sign with the San Diego Padres. Many baseball people felt the Dodgers could not recover from such losses, but Manager Tom my Lasorda used Greg Brock to fill Garvey’s shoes and moved Pedro Guerrero — who this year became the first Los Angeles Dodger to have consecutive sea sons of 30 or more home runs — in from the outfield to take over at third base. Mike Marshall took over Guerrero’s spot in right field and had a fine season and another rookie, Jack Fimple, proved invaluable to the Dod gers after catchers Steve Yeager and Mike Scioscia went out with injuries. “When you get youngsters, you know they’re going to make mistakes and you know you have to be patient and help them along,” said Lasorda. “Now these young men have gained that experience. “I saw a headline that said ‘Boys in April, Men in October.’ That certainly describes this team. I wish I had thought up that line. It’s like a Marine in battle. When he comes back, you know he’s experienced.” The Phillies, 52-36 after the All-Star break, used the likes of journeymen Greg Gross, Len Matuszak and Joe Lefebvre to clinch the division in September, but enter the playoffs with a sea soned team. “The only pressure that can be put on a baseball player is the playoffs,” said Rose, who finished with the lowest batting average (.245) and hit total (121) of his career. “ The World Series is fun, but you have to win the playoffs to get there.” Philadelphia was 47-30 after Paul Owens replaced fired Man ager Pat Corrales on July 18. Gastineau, Jets dance past fumbling Bills for 34-10 win United Press International ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Mark Gastineau, whose war- lance antics have become an ssue of controversy, recovered a fumble in the endzone for a touchdown and Richard Todd [brew two touchdown passes Monday night to send the New ^orkjets to a 34-10 victory over the Buffalo Bills. The All-Pro defensive end, Ivhose “sack dance” incited a bench-clearing brawl in last week’s victory over the Los Angeles Rams, recovered Joe Cribbs’ fumble for the touch down that gave New York a 17-0 lead. NFL officials are thinking of banning such flamboyant celeb rations next season. Gastineau finished with three sacks against Buffalo but this time no inci dents stemmed from his bursts of self-congratulation. The Jets’ victory left four teams — New York, Buffalo, Miami and Baltimore — tied in the AFC East with 3-2 records. New York had a 10-0 lead late in the third quarter when they downed a punt by Chuck Ram sey at the Buffalo 1. On the next play, Cribbs fumbled and the ball was pounced on by Gas tineau in the endzone at 11:35. >me by The AshbvTo Speak At Texas A&M J JM BUSINESS ' Franz Resigns ? In Shame And PASSBOOK Destitution PWM * The Houston Post L. Ashby on 4 Goo«tI Bull?’ Cooperation Between Texas A&M and tu. 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