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cut here 1 Defensive Driving Course Oct. 28 & 29, Nov. 6 & 7 College Station Hilton Pre-register by phone: 693-8178 Ticket deferral and 10% insurance discount j^cut h ere Page 8/The BattalionTTuesday, October 22, 1985 Sports GET “NABBED” WHERE : RUDDER FOUNTAIN WHEN : TUESDAY, OCT. 22 WEDNESDAY, OCT. 23 10:00 TO 2:00 Photo by BILL Hl'CJffi Baylor’s Ralph Stockemer (21) goes airborne as he scores the win ning TD against Texas A&M Saturday. Stockemer skies over Aggies (from left to right) Domingo Bryant, Basil Jackson and Darrell Aus tin. The 4-0 Bears have also skied over the rest of the conference. Baylor proving critics wrong Preseason polls had Bears finishing 8th in SWC Associated Press **eace WA(X) — The Baylot Bears are back doing what they do lK*st, am bushing the Southwest Conference. It seems there’s no bad Bear like a spurned Bear. Baylor Coach Grant Teaff, who can play psychological |>oker with the best, bluffed his Bears into l>e- lieving they were downgraded and underrated by the so-called experts. “We’re not going to finish eighth (in the SWC) like we were picked,” Teaff said during the early part of the season. “We’re better than that.” Indeed, the Bears have rushed right to the head of the SWC football class with a 4-0 start based on physi cal defense and a diversified veer of fense. They beat USC on the road to gain momentum for victories over Texas Tech, Houston, SMU and Texas A&M. Baylor, which hosts TCU this weekend, beat A&M, 20-15, Satur day night before a sellout crowd of “The odds arc against ns going on the road and win ning at Texas and Arkansas. . . . The way it looks right now, we might have a (SWC) conference champion with at least one loss this year.”— Baylor Coach Grant Teaff 48,500 fans in Baylor Stadium. “We’re becoming a resilient team,” Teaff said. “Our kicking game has been great. We’ve had the clutch defense when we've needed it. And our offense has been doing the job on third down. We had drives of 97, 75 and 80 yards against the Ag gies and that’s good offense.’’ BIJ has a horde of adequate run ning hacks, two excellent quar terbacks in Cody Carlson and I om Muecke, good receivers, and a “wild” Bear called Ralph Stockemer. Stockemer, who shocked SMU two weeks ago by catching a touch down pass as a tight end, crashed across for a touchdown from a yard away to defeat the Aggies in the fourth quarter. Bear fans are beginning to sense something special about this season, thinking they could be on the road to the Cotton Bowl again like they were in the* Januarys of’75 and '81. Like 1980, when Baylor was picked to finish sixth in the SWC and it finished No. 0 in the nation. Or the ’88 campaign, when BU was selected eighth and still manage to win seven games. The Friday night pep rallies in Waco are drawing big crowds, with some 10,01)0 on hand before the A&M game. I in ^rttinK too old forthosem: night pep i.iliics, but they'vebtfl just great,” l calf said. "Thefansu reallv pumped up about the!>easor> I he Bears, who are ti-1 ovd and tanked I 1 th. still have rugii road games remaining against Tea and Arkansas. I rail is using the upcomingtn tests as i hallenges. "T he odds are against usgomp the road and winning at Texasw I eal t said. “Wt ha«s ithet two home games. Arkansii win our “The way it looks right nox, might have a (SWC) confer® champion with at least one loss it T he rest of the SWC had ta hurry if the Bears aregoingtopi blemish. The only way they are goinetoli eighth is Ixeing the 8th-rankedt® the country. q day ntgnt oetore a sellout crown ot ciown pass as a ugm cim, indium sshmc io.oww ,,,, i.... 7 . CORPS CtStop,. UT’s Akers says SMU game shouldn’t count Associated Press AUST IN —Texas Coach Fred Akers said Monday the Longhorns’ next game against SMU should not count in the Southwest Conference Ixecause the Mustangs are on probation. Akers, who said SMU has the best talent in college football, was re minded that Arkansas Coach Ken Hatfield had expressed that view, and he was asked if he felt the same way. “Yeah,” Akers told his weekly news conference. “That decision has al ready been made. That’s over and done with.” Although SMU cannot play for the conference title, a victory or loss to the Mustangs counts in determining the SWC standings. Texas, 2-0 in the SWC, plays SMU, 2-1, on Saturday at T in Irving. SMU was placed on probation for violations of NCAA rules, and Akers said, “I think any team that is on probation with sanctions gives up a lot of things, or (hey should Asked if probation, including a loss of football scholarships, mightats an emotional drain. Akers responded, “I don’t know how that canMf them.” Texas upset No. 4 Arkansas 15-13 last Saturday at Fayetteville, Ai and Akers said, “The best thing that we did in that game against Arkana was play with just an awesome amount of ef fort Texas won the game on five field goals by Jeff Ward, and Akersvs asked if the failure of his offense to score a touchdown for the second pat in a row bothered him. Saturday at Texas Stadium “It’s obvious that I’d rather have five touchdowns than five field pall but I’m not going to complain, if you don’t mind.” Bret Stafford played almost the entire game at nuarterback, after Todd Dodge got the majority of the playing time in a 14-7 loss to Oklahoma. Picture This! Peace Corps volunteers are people pretty much like you. Peo ple with commitment and skills who have assessed their lives and decided they want to be of service to others in a troubled world. The problems our volunteers deal with overseas aren’t new. Such as the cycle of poverty that traps one generation after another because they’re too busy holding on to get ahead. The debilitating effects of malnutrition, disease, and inade quate shelter. Education and skills that are lacking, and the means to get them too. Your college training qualifies you to handle more of these prob lems than you might think. Such as teaching nutrition and health prac tices; designing and building bridges and irrigation systems; working on reforestation and fisheries pro grams; introducing better agricul tural techniques; advising small businesses and establishing coopera tives; or teaching math and science at the secondary level. The number of jobs to do is nearly as great as the number of vol unteers who have served since 1961: Nearly 90,000. More volunteers are being chosen now for two-year assignments beginning in the next 3-12 months in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Pacific. Our representatives will be pleased to discuss the opportunities with you. The Toughest Job You’ll Ever Love Peace Corps Reps on Campus-—Memorial Student Center, 8:30 to 5 p.m.. Weds. & Thurs. 10/23-24. For more information stop by the booth or call 1-800/442-7294 ext 124. RPCV’S are encouraged to give us a call about twenty-fifth anniversary aefivities. *1 f sta Tv us tnj bu clo Qu Jef To ant wai mo rig yoi cer alo ret ter mo the 1 wit sen the in i 191 in ter ( the ne\ pie stu got