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Monday, October 22, 1984/The Battalion/Page 13 Tough Bear defense rains on Ag’s hopes Bldg 103b pera ue ■ the waftitiS 'oss. Br® i sets on i *as $(a(( "Old Sarge'l rM" ernttel The rejul aqua A ir/'al (hliil id shows If I loney iiaJ By TRAVIS TINGLE Assistant Sports Editor Baylor Head Coach Grant Teaff greeted every member of his team with a smile and a firm pat on the back as they filed into the dressing room. And one of Teaffs water logged players summed up the Bears’ 20-16 victory over Texas A&M with a phrase that sounded like a command f rom God. "And the sun shall shine,” Mark Cochran, Baylor’s defensive left guard, said. “And the sun came out,” Teaff re- died with the twang of a TV evange- ist. Baylor had come off two close losses in rain, to SMU and Houston, uteven the three inches of rain that ounded “Lake” Kyle Field Satur- iiay couldn’t dampen the Bears’de- ire to get back on the winning track. “It was a great win for our team,” ’caff said. “We’ve had two heart- breakers in the rain. Each time, here was a fine line between win- fcing and losing, ft was that way igain today. It’s an unbelievable ’eeling to win a close one like this. le had to find a way to win, and this Ime we did it.” A tenacious defense, which al lowed A&M only 207 yards of total plfense, deserved the game ball for he Bears. • On fourth-and-goal from the ^aylor two-foot line, A&M’s Craig itump pitched wide to little used ,plit end Jeff Holley. Holley unwi- £ly hesitated and gave Baylor line- lackers Ray Berry and Kevin Han cock a chance to force the play lutside and make the game-saving bckle. 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All Faiths Chapel (on campus) October 22,1984 7:30 pm Sponsored by: Living Word Christian Fellowship i4?S| Free “Our linebackers had the dive by the running back and our strong safety had the quarterback dive cov ered,” Hancock said. “I knew he (Stump) would have to pitch outside when we shut things down inside. Ray and 1 just went outside and were able to string it out.” “If you keep a team, the size of A&M, out of the endzone from the two-foot line, you’re doing what it takes to win close games,” Teaff said. “That was a big play. They just don’t come any bigger than that. “We thought they would do one of three things. We figured they would go over the top, bootleg it or fake over the top and run the op tion. They went with the option and we just got excellent penetration and made the play.” • After a 24-yard punt by Bay lor’s Btizzy Sawyer, the Aggies in herited excellent field position at the Bears’ 32-yard-line. A&M marched to the Baylor 15 and had one more opportunity to score, until Bear rover Robert Watters intercepted an ill-advised Stump pass with only 21 seconds remaining in the game. “I just thought, hold on to the ball,” Watters said. “I just wanted to make sure I caught the ball before I started running with it.” • A quick kick attempt by A&M fullback Anthony Toney was blocked by defensive tackle Paul Mergenhagen. Hancock scooped the ball up and the Bears were in busi ness at the Aggies’ 16 yard line. Bay lor then capitalized on an 8-yard touchdown run by quarterback Tom Muecke. “That was definitely a big play,” Teaff said. ‘.‘The wind shifted be hind them, so they made the deci sion to go with the quick kick. Mer genhagen did a great job blocking the kick and Hancock put us in posi tion to score.” The weather conditions changed the whole complexion of the game from Baylor’s standpoint. Teaff wouldn’t elaborate on what might have happened. “We had an entire game plan that we worked on all this week and we- re’t able to use it because of the rain,” Teaff said. “In that kind of game, first you take care of the ball. The intensity of the rain varied, but even after the rain stopped, the ball stayed wet the rest of the game. Both teams did a miraculous job handling the ball. “Both teams decided the games outcome, not the elements. Mistakes are intensified in this kind of weather, but both teams did a good job despite it.” Teaff was particularly pleased with the toughness of his defense. “We have a heck of a defense,” he said. “Our defense completely ma tured as a result of this game. They’ve been playing the run well and the Aggies found that out today. “Our secondary had been ma ligned, abused, whacked, cracked and cussed, but today they came through for us.” It was the first real starting as signment for Muecke, who said the Bears knew they should have de feated Houston and SMU the last two weeks, but still came into the A&M game with a lot of confidence. Muecke spoke for the whole team when he said: “It’s been about a month since we’ve seen sunshine on Saturday.” New Orleans could lose USFL team United Press International AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. —The New Orleans Breakers soon might be shifted or sold to an other city because of the U.S. Football League’s decision to change to a fall schedule. Break ers owner Joe Ganizaro said. “If there is no change in direc tion of the league, we’ll be asking for an alternative city as a backup,” Ganizaro said Saturday at a meeting of USFL owners. “I know it would be difficult to play in the fall against the Saints.” The New Orleans owner said moving is the only realistic alter native he now has, since the USFL confirmed Friday it will switch from a spring and summer schedule to a fall format in 1986.This would put the USFL in direct competition with the NFL. 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