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CLUB r 'stmas -annpu s v. 26 'ar St, St. ' 5 ft. to Sports Jet has his wings clipped by judge See page 8 Wednesday, November 21, 1984/The Battalion/Page 7 a«nli on FrlSi, 4 ' •••It on a^tooHoUCj Oak Wall 3 oia muwat HOSTDU5IEM ^ . ! Turkeys may be only feast for Ags PIECES in HE HEART AU£FIELDJ» SAU : AT THIS _ THEATRE’ J 11 /s ys ich By TONY CORNETT Sports Writer Ask the Aggies to choose between turkey and horned frog for Thanks giving dinner and they’ll probably hoose frog — the TCU variety — Hicken-fried with a little garlic bread and a little Wacker dressing on the side. After having the Arkansas Razor- backs ram the apple into their mouths last weekend, 28-0, the 4-5 Ags will share the gridiron Saturday with the 8-2 Frogs. It’ll be the meeting of the team that was expected to do well and isn’t and the team that wasn’t expected to do well and is. During the weekly press confer ence Tuesday, a relaxed Aggie Coach Jackie Sherrill talked about the upcoming game with TCU. “It goes without saying that offen sively they have some excellent foot ball players,” Sherrill said. “They have a lot of players who have been together for awhile. They certainly have a great receiver in James Ma- ness and their running back Ken neth Davis has made a lot of things happen. Both of their senior quar terbacks, Anthony Gulley and An thony Sciaraffa, have been very suc cessful operating their offense.” The Aggie defense will be chal lenged to plug the holes created by a wide-open TCU offense. “They’ll stretch (your defense) from sideline to sideline,” Sherrill said. Sherrill went on to explain that stretching the defense out to cover the offense can create some prob lems for the offense because it re quires excellent quarterbacking. “They do a great job of pitching the ball at the last second,” Sherrill said. “On the films we’ve seen (TCU running back Kenneth) Davis just hit the sidelines (after taking the pitch) and without having any room to run just kind of dance down the sideline and make something happen.” The TCU defense has not been ystets ccssIom 1 mile north f Kyle Field 3 SIX, ALLUtn MILY MGHT-Sai I .WILY MOT-MI LL STVOEVTS ffll MBUXM.C-ttt!' M CONSOUWID DOLBY ^ ITEREO garnering the same rave reviews that the offense has. “Defensively, their team is not as old,” Sherrill said. “They’ve played well and they have some players who I feel are very, very good. (Defensive back) Byron Lin wood has had a great year as have (defensive back) Sean Thomas and (defensive end) Kevin Dean.” Another strong point of the Frog team is their kicking game. “I think that their punter has done a good job,” Sherrill said. “Kickoff return has been very, very good.” “Basically, when you get down to it, their offense has been what’s made a lot of things happen. They’ve been able to score a lot of points. They’ve been able to come back against almost everybody they’ve played this year. They’ve been down quite a bit in some games. “They weye down at Arknsas, Baylor and Texas Tech.That’s the sign of a good, mature team when you’re down as much as they have been and not lose any of the fore sight or zest to come back — know ing that they’ve been there before and it’s just a matter of them getting it back.” Sherrill sees the Aggie defense as being able to stop TCU by filling the alleys, not taking the fakes and being able to control the inside. The Aggies have few injuries going into Saturday’s game. Tight end Duncan Webb is nursing a twisted ankle suffered in Arkansas. Aggie Head Coach Jackie Sher rill is still optimistic. Gators keep champion's crown, but no Bowl bid BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The Southeastern Conference executive committee Tuesday ruled 7th- ranked Florida ineligible to rep resent the league in the Sugar Bowl, but deferred judgment on whether the Gators could retain their title as SEC football champions. The SEC champion automatically receives an invitation to play in the Jan. 1 Sugar Bowl at New Orleans, but Florida was ruled ineligible be cause it has been found guilty of NCAA rules violations. Florida faces three years of proba tion for recruitment and other viola tions, but has appealed the punish ment and must wait until a January hearing by the NCAA council to find out if lesser sanctions will be im posed. The decision to lock the Gators out of the Sugar Bowl means SEC runner-up Auburn will go if it can win its final conference game Dec. 1 against Alabama. If llth-ranked Auburn loses, 18th-ranked Loui siana State would go to the bowl. Dr. James McComas, President of Mississippi State University and chairman of the SEC executive com mittee, said the conference would not rule on whether Florida could keep the title until after the NCAA takes final Action of the school’s ap peal. However, McComas said the fact that Florida players and the school had already admitted to certain NCAA rules violations prompted the committee to vote unamin- mously to prohibit Florida from “participating in post-season athletic events.” The Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel said an arrangement allowing Florida to remain the SEC champion while an other team represented the league in the Jan. 1 New Orleans bowl game would keep the Gators from suing the SEC. The Birmingham News said the SEC was reserving the right to fur ther punish Florida once final NCAA action is made in the case, but that won’t be until after the bowl games. Florida was found guilty of 59 NCAA rules violations in Septem ber. IER DOLBY M iTEREO M ..'V What’s The Holdup'? Are You Waiting for Christmas'? L. Junior Senior & Grad Class Pictures for The Yearbook ARE NOW Being Taken At The PAVILIQN Through Friday Nov. 30th