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Wednesday August 21,1985/The Battalion/Page 9
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by Jeff Millar & Bill Hinds
!t’s a 6-horse SWC race
without those Mustangs
From staff and wire reports
DALLAS — The Southwest Con
ference had its tightest football race
in 70 years last season and 1985
could be even tighter.
Six teams have a legitimate shot at
the title with only I exas Tech and
Rice considered unlikely longshots
and SMU not eligible.
A new conference rule bars
schools from winning the title in a
year they cannot play in the Cotton
Bowl and SMU is banned from all'
post-season bowl appearances for
two years under terms of its most re
cent NCAA probation.
How close was it in 1984?
For the first time, the champion
had two losses (Houston and SMU
tied) and, for the first time, the five
top teams finished within one game
of each other.
Houston and SMU were 6-2 fol
lowed by TCU, Texas and Arkansas
all at 5-3.
Arkansas came within a point of
the co-championship, finishing a
game back after a 32-31 lost to TCU.
Texas A&M came back strong to
whip TCU, 35-21, and Texas, 37-12
to end their campaign.
Baylor missed out on a co
championship with cliffhanger
losses to SMU and Arkansas.
Texas Tech lost close games to
Baylor, Texas and Houston.
Rice didn’t win a single SWC
game, but scared SMU, Baylor and
Houston.
“I think it’s a wide open race,” said
SMU Coach Bobby Collins. “Arkan
sas will be stronger, TCU and Texas
should pick up where they left off
and the other conference teams
should be stronger. Remember
Houston came out of nowhere last
year.”
SMU
SMU, which defeated Notre
Dame in the Aloha Bowl, is loaded
again. The Mustangs are 49-9-1 in
the last four seasons under Collins.
While their title and bowl aspi
rations are now futile, the Mustang
players reacted to the probation by
saying it would make them even
more determined to win all eleven
games on their schedule.
SMU senior quarterback Don
King will again return to lead an of
fense that averaged 396 yards per
game, including 251 yards on the
ground.
“Pony Express II,” or SMU tail
backs Reggie Dupard and Jeff At-
See See SWC Race, page 10
Teams
trimming
NFL fat
Veterans, rookies alike
get placed on waivers
Associated Press
Tackle Dean Miraldi won’t have to
pay the $l,000-a-day fines being as
sessed against him by the Philadel
phia Eagles. That’s because he won’t
be playing for the Eagles any longer.
Miraldi, the Eagles’ No. 2 pick in
the 1981 National Football League
draft, was one of 14 players cut by
Philadelphia Tuesday — one day af
ter he had reported to the team’s
training camp.
Miraldi, who was in the option
year of his contract, wanted the Ea
gles to renegotiate his agreement,
which called for $110,000 per year,
He had rejected the team’s offer of a
$20,000 raise.
* In addition to Miraldi, the Eagles
waived four veterans and nine rook
ies. The veterans were nose tackle
Harvey Armstrong, quarterback
Dean May, tackle Rusty Russell and
running back Michael Williams.
The Eagles also placed on injured
reserve wide receivers Rodney
Goosby and Kevin Guthrie, and line
backer Jody Schulz. And they put
four holdouts on the reserved-did-
not-report list, including running
back Wilbert Montgomery, de
fensive end Dennis Harrison, line
backer Jerry Robinson arid wide re
ceiver Mike Quick.
See See NFL Cuts, page 10
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