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Monday, November 19, 1984/The Battalion/Page 9 Sports Hogs get soo-weet revenge Ag women’s hoop vs. Abilene Christian G. Rollie White — 7:30 p.m. By TAMARA BELL Sports Writer FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — From the first down of the game in Texas A&M’s 28-0 loss to Ar kansas, it was evident the Hogs came to play. Why the Aggies came to play wasn’t so evident. Within the first seven minutes of the game, Arkansas drove down field and settled for three points on an Ernie Villarreal 26- yard field goal. The Hogs’ ball control offense shunned the el ements against the Aggie de fense. When quarterback Brad Tay lor injured his shoulder early in the first quarter, Arkansas Head Coach Ken Hatfield was forced to substitute senior reserve Danny Nutt. Nutt proved to the Ags that some teams can survive without its first string quar terback. A&M quarterback Craig Stump and Arkansas’ Nutt had equally good days, statistically speaking. Stump completed eight of 16 passes for 103 yards, while Nutt completed 10 of 16 for 123 yards. The only difference was that other category quarterbacks don’t like to say much about. Stump threw two interceptions, both set up Arkansas scores that gave the Hogs a 13-0 halftime lead. Nutt threw no intercep tions. By the second half, most fans had left the stadium because of drizzling rain and temperatures in the 30s. The Hogs exploded for 15 points in the third quarter against the error-prone Ags. The Hog defense, led by inside linebacker David Bazzel, played as if they had sneaked a peek at the Aggie playbook before the game. Arkansas limited A&M’s offense to a mere 68 yards rush ing. Arkansas’ chances for a bowl invitation increased with the lop sided victory. But Hog running back Bobby Joe Edmonds said the only thing on his mind is de feating SMU next Saturday. “1 don’t know which bowl we’ll be invited to,” Edmonds said. “Sure, there are still thoughts of going to the Cotton Bowl, but those are pretty slim. Maybe we’ll be asked to the Liberty Bowl in Memphis, but that’s weeks away.” Hatfield credited Arkansas’ dominance of the Ags with his players finally learning how to concentrate. “ I he main thing we focused on this week was learning how to concentrate, not on the home coming activities or other distrac tions, but on football and how we were playing,” Hatfield said. The inclimate weather condi tions played a factor in A&M’s of eight fumbles — six of which the Razorbacks recovered. But Hat field thought his team domi nated, despite the homecoming “gifts” from the Ags. “No doubt that the elements played a big part of (the win),” he said. “We’re very fortunate for all those turnovers and that when the ball was on the ground, we were hustling enough to come up with most of them. I thought we pretty much dominated the game in all three areas — offense, de fense and kicking. “We respected Texas A&M and the extra week they had to prepare for the game. We knew it wasn’t going to be an easy game.” Although Taylor could have played with his injured shoulder, Hatfield said his confidence in Nutt made him think twice about playing Taylor. “Danny (Nutt) knew what was going on, so I didn’t think it was right to put Brad (Taylor) back in,” he said. “He (Taylor) will be alright, but it wasn’t worth it to day to take a gamble with his shoulder.” Last year’s 36-24 A&M victory over the Hogs left a bad taste in the mouths of the Razorback players who made the trip to Col- URI puts Hoyas, lllini at the top Photo by DEAN SAITO Arkansas reserve quarterback Greg Thomas barrels over Texas A&M defensive backs Lance Jackson (below) and Ter rence Brooks (right) during the Aggies’ 28-0 loss to the Ra zorbacks Saturday. The Ags host TCU this coming Saturday. lege Station. Saturday’s game was sweet re venge. “A&M was really the only team that beat us last year,” Edmonds said. United Press International NEW YORK — Not all that long ago, Georgetown basketball in the nation’s capital was as exciting as a Congressional filibuster. The Hoyas finished the 1972 sea son having lost 23 of 26 games. John Thompson was brought in to coach the next year and things began to change. His work culminated with an NCAA championship last season. On Saturday the UPI Board of Coaches made the Hoyas the presea son choice for the No. 1 team in the country. No school has repeated as NCAA champion since UCLA in 1972 and 1973. “I’d rather have the pressure now than in 1972 when I was expected to win and didn’t have players,” Thompson says. “Now' I have play ers.” Indeed he does. Led by Patrick Ewing, Georgetown returns the guts of a team that went 34-3 last year. The 7-foot All-America is joined by forwards Ralph Dalton and David Wingate, swingman Reggie Williams and guards Michael Jackson and Horace Broadnax. Not to mention some outstanding freshmen. The 42 coaches awarded George town 34 first-place votes for 616 points. No. 2 was Illinois with 2 first- place votes and 469 points. No. 3 went to DePaul with 3 first-place votes and 465. No. 4 fell to Indiana with 2 votes for first and 436 points while No. 5 was Oklahoma with 377 points. Completing the Top 10 were: No. 6 St. John’s, co-No. 7 Washington and Memphis State, No. 9 Duke and No. 10 Southern Methodist, which picked up a vote for No. 1. Illinois features Efrem Winters underneath and Bruce Douglas at guard. DePaul begins anew with Coach Joey Meyer and goes with Ty rone Corbin and Dallas Comegys. Indiana coach Bobby Knight has ra dar-shooting guard Steve Alford and Oklahoma offers the premier Top 20 (First-place votes and last year’s records in parentheses): 1. Georgetown (34) (34-3) 616 2. Illinois (2) (26-5) 469 3. DePaul (3) (27-3) 465 4. Indiana (2) (22-9) 436 5. Oklahoma (29-5) 377 6. St. John’s (18-12) 317 7. (tie) Washington (24-7) 267 7. 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