Sports
Monday, November 26, 1984/The Battalion/Page 7
Women’s basketball
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By TRAVIS TINGLE
Assistant Sports Editor
With 1:24 remaining in Saturday’s
game, Texas A&M’s Ray Childress
jarred the ball loose from TCU’s An-
: thony Gulley on fourth and four at
the Horned Frog 12-yard line. That
play helped A&M preserve a 35-21
upset victory over I7th-ranked TCU
— a team that looked as if it still
hadn’t awaken from its nightmarish
experience against Texas last week
end.
During the same series, Aggie
deep snapper Shawn Walker offered
some consoling words to the purple
Cinderella Boys from Fort Worth,
who watched themselves fall from
Cotton Bowl contention.
"Bluebonnets ain’t so bad, baby,”
Walker shouted from the sidelines.
What Walker’s statement meant,
was that A&M’s upset of TCU sent
the Horned Frogs on their merry
way to face West Virginia in the
Bluebonnet Bowl instead of picking
cotton on Jan. 1.
Even A&M Head Coach Jackie
Sherrill came up with a catch phrase
to describe the Aggies’ first 1984 win
over a Division I-A team with a win
ning record. The the Aggies de
feated Arkansas (6-5) in 1983.
“Twelve dozen raw,” Sherrill sdid
to sports writers as he left the post
game press conference. “You guys
will have to figure it out. And don’t
ask the players what it means either.
; That’s enough for me. These (play
ers) are more important (to talk to)
than I am.”
Twelve dozen raw? Is Sherrill
f gone yet?. Sorry coach, it’s too
tempting. What does it mean Johnny
Holland?
“1 don’t really know what it
means,’’ Holland said. The A&M
linebacker intercepted two TCU
passes on Saturday. “Maybe (Sher
rill) meant that we’ve beaten TCU 12
times in a row now.”
Childress, who played in his last
game at Kyle Field, helped erase any
doubts about the twelve dozen raw
scenario with his post-game
statements.
“TCU said this game was going to
put them in the Cotton Bowl,” Chil
dress said. “They haven’t beaten us
in 12 years. I’ve never lost to them
and I never will.”
Childress led the Aggie defense
with 14 tackles, 10 unassisted and
three for losses. Sherrill praised
Childress, a sure choice for All-
Southwest Conference honors, in
simple terms.
“There’s not a better player in the
country right now,” Sherrill said of
the senior from Richardson.
TCU Head Coach Jim Wacker
used every word in his gung-ho vo
cabulary except his favorite, “unbe-
leeevable,” in describing Childress’
play Saturday.
“Texas A&M has some super foot
ball players, but we haven’t gone up
against anyone like Childress,”
Wacker said. “He’s been playing all
year like a man possessed. We just
couldn’t block him, especially late in
the game when it was still 28-21.”
TCU tailback Kenneth Davis said
Childress and Co. wreaked havoc in
the Horned Frogs’ backfield. The
Aggies sacked TCU’s quarterbacks
seven times for 42 yards in losses.
“They were definitely motivated
today,” Davis said. “Ray Childress
just played like a madman all day
long.”
Although Davis rushed for 141
yards on 21 carries, A&M’s defense
never really let the nation’s second
leading rusher get loose.
“Our defensive game plan all
around was excellent,” Sherrill said.
“We took away what they do best.
We stopped their option (veer), if
that’s what you’re asking.”
Saturday’s game not only ex
tended A&M’s winning streak over
TCU, but it gave the Ags their big
gest victory since Sherrill arrived
three years ago. Sherrill said the
players deserved more credit than
he did.
“It’s not a big win for me.” Sherrill
said. “It’s a big win for our players.
(TCU) had a lot more incentive to
See AGGIES, page 8
TCU running back Tony Jeffery (right) reaches out for a
loose ball fumbled by Horned Frog quarterback Anthony
Photo by DEANSAJTO
Gulley (left), as A&M’s Johnny Holland (11) goes over the
top. A&M upsejt TCU 35-21 in front on 38,209 fans Saturday.
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