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Page 12/ihe Battalion/lr Battalion Football Forecast day, Novemoer m jpBjSfHPr ^ (y 3/ ♦ * if \ L W II V Texas A&M at TCU Bob Caster John Wagner John P. Lopez Melissa Adair dR Reveille | A&M by 13 A&M by 12 A&M by 7 A&M by 10 A&M by 70 A&M by 53 | Baylor at Texas Texas by 10 Baylor by 1 Texas by 10 Texas by 12 Baylor by 3 Texas by 44 SMU at Arkansas SMU by 17 SMU by 10 SMU by 7 SMU by 3 SMU by 3 SMU by 42 Texas Tech at Houston Tech by 7 Houston by 6 Houston by 6 Houston by 1 Houston by 10 Tech by 3 I Harvard at Yale Harvard by 1 Harvard by 1 Harvard by 6 Harvard by 3 Yale by 1 Rice by 10 UCLA at USC UCLA by 3 UCLA by 7 UCLA by 7 UCLA by 6 UCLA by 10 UCLA by 8 \ California at Stanford California by 9 California by 4 Stanford by 7 California by 2 Stanford by 1 California by 14 Tennessee at Kentucky Tennessee by 7 Tennessee by 10 Tennessee by 10 Tennessee by 3 Kentucky by 1 Tennessee by 17 Houston at Cincinnati Cincinnati by 9 Houston by 1 Cincinnati by 10 Cincinnati by 12 Cincinnati by 7 Cincinnati by 118 Kansas City at Dallas Dallas by 10 Dallas by 7 Dallas by 7 Dallas by 13 Dallas by 7 Dallas by 24 Percent Bob Caster 32-18 .640 John Wagner 61-29 .678 John P. Lopez 62-28 .689 Melissa Adair 50-20 .714 dp 54-36 .600 Reveille 59-31 .656 Former Cowboys assistant challenges teacher Sunday dp 1983 United Press International IRVING, Texas — Tom Landry has sent four assistants into the harsh world of National Football League coaching and one of them will try to show his instructor a thing or two Sunday at Texas Stadium. During the first 21 of his 24 years as head coach of the Dallas Cowboys, only one man left Landry’s staff to take a top job elsewhere in the NFL. And after striking out twice, that man — Dick Nolan — is back with the Cowboys. But for three straight years, beginning with the 1981 season, a Landry student struck out on his own. Dan Reeves left that year to be the coach of the De nver Broncos, Mike Ditka left the following season to guide the fortunes of the Chicago Bears and now John Mackovic is in his first year as head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs. For the first time, one of those three will face Landry across a playing field when the Chiefs and Cowboys collide Sun day — Kansas City (5-6) clinging to a hope of making the playoffs and Dallas (9-2) trying to keep pace with the stampeeding Washington Redskins. It will be only the third game in the history of the two teams, who came into existence the sarpe year in the same town as part of the AFL-NFL war. “You always have special feel ings when you face someone with whom you have worked,” said Mackovic, who spent two years on Landry’s staff following a meteoric collegiate coaching career and who has installed a pass-minded offense with the Chiefs. “I know it is going to be a challenge and there is some ex tra excitement about it. “But I have to remove myself from that as much as possible and simply do the things that will best help our team to win.” Mackovic can only hope he has better luck against Landry than did Nolan, who coached both San Francisco and New Orleans before finally returning to Dallas as an assistant. Nolan’s record against Land ry was 1 -5-1, three of those losses coming in successive years in the playoffs. The Cowboys — who have trailed in all 11 of their games this year — are coming off one of only two losses they nave suf fered this season. But they still find themselves deadlocked with the Redskins atop the NFC East. Dallas and Washington meet again Dec. 11 with that game likely deciding the division title. /remember. ® KILLER recovers fumble '-P~ RE Pf AT _ STEPS.- 0 thr.<j(£) IO T/MES ACCORDIN& to rs/e CARTOoN/ST'S DlC.TiOMAK'f AtEANS PE.WUT QuireR! VRE?) Rematch Akeem leads Coogs against N.C. State Saturday United Press International SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Forget about Lorenzo Charles’ slam dunk with three seconds left that gave North Carolina State a national championship last April. It’s a new season and North Carolina State will start fresh against the team it beat in the final, the University of Houston. The NCAA finalists will inau gurate the 1983-84 college bas ketball season Saturday when they meet in the Basket Hall of Fame Tip-Off Classic. “It’s a real honor to play on the last day of the season, and it’s also a privilege to play on the first day of the season — espe cially against a team like Hous ton,” said North Carolina State Coach Jim Valvano. Houston coach Guy Lewis said his team is not out to avenge last April’s 54-52 setback to North Carolina State in the NCAA finals. “They’re a different team; we’re a different team and this is a new season,” he said. “The game is on national television so we don’t want to go up there to die.” Houston is led by 7-foot junior center Akeem Abdul Ola- juwon, the spark plug of the Cougars’ so-called “Phi Slama Jama” fraternity. The native of Nigeria, who had limited basket ball experience before arriving at Houston, is on his way to be coming one of college basket ball’s most dominant players. “Akeen is noticeably better this year,” Lewis said. He’ll have to be. Houston will be without starting forwards 6- foot-9 Larry Micheaux and 6- foot-7 Clyde Drexler, who de cided to forego his senior year to sign with the NBA’s Portland Trail Blazers. Micheaux and Drexler aver aged 30 points and 16 rebounds the last two seasons. “The biggest progress is making is in his reboui without Micheaux and Drei said Lewis. “That is what concerned about the most Besides Olajuwon, then starters back from last yeah 3 team are guards Mid Young and Alvin Franklin leading contenders for tk cated forward spots are velt Benny Anders and Reidfr and newcomers Rickie " and Braxton Clark. Like Houston, NorthCi na State was hurt by grad® The Wolfpack lost for* Thurl Bailey and guardsDf Witten burg and Sidney b 1 “We lost our leading® rebounder and assist men according to our fans, weit supposed to be weaker" 1 Valvano. “They want us 11 just as good as we were last)! 1 MSC Town Hall presents When the beat gets hot, dance fever stirs with the cool, refreshing taste of Seagram’s 7 & TUP" It also stirs with the light taste of Seagram’s 7 & diet 7UP" Real chart toppers, and, enjoyed in moderation—the perfect partners for dance fever. Dance fever stirs with Seven & Seven Seagram Thursday, December 8 8 p.m. Rudder Auditorium Tickets $10.00, $9.50, $8.50 Option Pass period, Nov. 15-18 General Admission go on sale Nov. 21 1 E On £ ^ 2 2 <J c f p eg VO