Thursday, December 5, 1985/ r rhe Batta!ion/Page 13 TANK MFNAMARA by Jeff Millar & Bill Hinds UJMY PD rCMLY \ VUHLIE, 1M GiVIMD'itXJ. QGX $ lOO r 1-UJA^ TM6 B&vJEPlTOPrMg itO OO -TME HIT, -TOO J TDUBT T^g. dams flUA IN3CDMa.03iV'E. Inesday NBA Scott i it- team in capitals >0 ISEV 111 A 109 98 19 A 105 on at H.miA(late) ts at ite) \ (late) iloat I’PE RS (late) uesday NBA Score 12 KEE 109 IEM0131 118 s' STATE 100 e m nio 103 exas' wins over A&M o longer a certainty Emm the end of one vear to (lie beginning of the next, there lisecl to be certain things von I'otilcl count on. I for instance, that old man with [he white beard was guaranteed |o show up in vour chimney on |)ec. 25. I And on Jan. 1, volt could ex iled the Longhorns from 1 exas lobe pulling a plow and hat vest ing Cotton in Dallas. I But, oh mv, how times have | hanged. I No, Virginia there’s not a Santa Claus—it’s cot/r money that'll he ||)ent duiing the commeiciali/ed ijiine we still call (Mu istmas. I And those Longhorns? I fhev’ve become accustomed to t to stati ;as State, I Moore's stall tot Mickes Mouse, Disnevland, As- lioworld and Bluebonnets. 1 heit name is no longer synonymous villi Southwest Conference thampibn and Colton Bow l bid. I "1 he table was mined last year fciiiet AiNM upset '.1 exas, 37-12),” Texas A&M ( oac it Jai kie Sheri ill said. ants announced in 1i eclt assistants SpikeDl tier and (ilarenccjt d m leinain. McH B ^| most eve ry school in the ‘ l , u , IIS lin , n ^ , l SWC uses the game against Texas as a mettsuring stick for its season. II vou heat the ‘Horns, the season is a successful one, even if your record isn't. And. for A&M, it means even more. The two largest schools in I'exas,— ;t state known for the biggest and the best — are com petitive in everything. Arguments over who has the most students to who has the prettiest mascot can be heard from Austin to College Station, and vice-versa. I If you are an Aggie, beating the Horns in anything hs a good enough excuse to create a na tional holiday. So naturally, any time the teams meet bn the foot ball field, stand back —way back. W orld Wat HI is underway . Atlos Mainuidandllfl’ igreecl to join Imsii Kiched with McWilial live years before o oat h at Midland Led >b he left to jointkfi aim said specilicffllj us new staff have noil CHAREAN WILLIAMS Sports Viewpoint No prisoners tire taken. In the first 85' years of the A&M-U 1 football series, there w;ts little doubt which team would win. In a typical four years at Ag- gieland, an A&M student would be lucks to ever beat Texas more- than once. 1 he wins for (he Ags would be close Ones — 22-21, 7-0, 10-7 — sweet; Inn not sugary enough to cleanse the salt in the wounds. The defeats were, for the most part, painful, lopsided affairs — 52-1 L TI LL 57-28. forget the bowl games and winning records (as few and far between as they were for the Ag gies). What mattered was those pesks Horns. The Ags looked like they might turn tilings around in 1980, win ning 21 13 in Austin. But in the next three years, UT outscored them, 119-12. In ’84, ii looked like anothei blowout. The Horns werf headed loi a bowl game, and the Aggies were supposed to be going home to think about their losing record and next year. But something happened Dec. 1. 1984 in Austin. It was a blowout, but the ’Horns were the ones that screeched to a halt. After UT’s collapse in the Freedom Bowl, Freddie’s bunch wasn’t expected to do much in ’85 — fourth or fifth in the SWT] was the consensus of most sports writ ers and SWC coaches. A&M was picked third or fourth. However, someone forgot to tell the “experts”- that football is played on grass (whether it be fake or real) and not on paper. And someone forgot to tell the state's arch-rivals where they were supposed to end up) in the standings. On Thanksgiving Night, it was the Aggies and ’Horns playing f o r t h-e o u t r i g h i S W C championship). Texas was ex pected to reap) the benef its of the “Horn of plenty.” But when the Aggies went up 14-0 early in the second half, it was the A&M tans who began chanting, “We want Cotton!,” and unveiled a SWC champhons ban ner. In the fourth quarter, it wms apparent which school was "bet ter” in ’85. It really didn't matter which university had the most National Met it Scholars, the richest al imni or the most library hooks. Al! that mattered was who had the most points on the Kyle field scoreboard when the clock reached zero. After the gun sounded, signal-, ing a 42-10 A&M win, the Long horns were uncharacteristically left “waiting until next year” — awaiting next year’s game to rees tablish their {)owerhold. The 11 general (Fred Akers) was rumored to he in trouble. He had lost “ The War" for the sec ond straight year. “I hope you understand the lack of smiles,” Akers said. "These guys are fighters and right now they’re hurting like hell. We wish Texas A&M the very best of luck and we'll see them in Austin next year.” When Gen. Douglas MacAr- thur said, “War is hell,” he must have been thinking of A&M and Texas. Cowboys extending their feast Dallas to make first trip ever to Cincinnati Associated Press Cincinnati — The Dallas Cowboys are looking for another ex tended Thanksgiving feast Sunday when they make their first-ever trip) to (lini hmati. -The Cowboys would like to stretch their November holiday into a two- game winning streak that will thrust them into the playoffs. Dallas is 14- 3-1 on Thanksgiving and an even more inquessive 16-1 in their follow ing games, coming on nine days of rest. “The history of the Cowboys says this is our time of year," defensive hack Tverson Walls said. “And the wav we're playing offensively and defensively right now, it is going to he hard for anyone to heat us. We didn’t sneak into this situation we’re in now.” The t'okes’ situation includes a 9- 4 record and a one-game lead in the NFC Fast as they prepare for the in consistent Bengals. Dallas has demolished its last two opqxments after being embarrassed 44-0 by the Chicago Bettis. The 'Cowboys recovered with a 34-17 vic tory over Philadelphia and a 35-17 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Thanksgiving,. Dav that helped put them in command in their divi sion. Quarterback Dannv Wit ite said the Cowboys must put their desire for revenge against the Bears on hold yvhile they concentrate on more pressing matters. 1 would love to get another shot at the Bears,” White said. “We will be thinking about the Bears — there’s uo yvav around that. But our locus w ill still have to be on Cincinnati this week." White has led the tyvo-game resur gence: with seven touchdown passes. “His confidence is back, but. it took a while,” Dallas Coach Tom Tandn said. ' He s playing yvell and he has to p)ei torni al that level for us to win the (NFC) champtionship.” The Bengals, too, are in the midst of an offensive renaissance. Second- year quarterback Boomer Esiason .threw three touchdoyvn j)asses Sun day as Cincinnati rolled up) its high est })oint total of the season in a 45- 27 victory over Houston. The victory left Cincinnati at 6-7, tied with Pittsburgh a game behind the division-leading Cleveland Broyvns. Bengals Coach Sam Wyche thinks his j)layers will have to view them selves its equals in order to win the first game between Cincinnati and Dallas since 1979. "This is not ‘Amertcals Team,” Wyche told Iris players this week. ”1 hey are not anything sptecial over any other (team). We’re going to at tack the Dallas Coyvboys. We’re not going to sit hack and say, ‘Oh, there comes Tony Dorsett right there. I’ve seen him before. Vou don’t do that.' 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Wrestling, lacrosse, soccer, volleyball, gymnastics ... vou wouldn't have j)eoj>le looking at ther part-time jot) g'limasis in different parts of the country and then voting on who’s the best.” ,Undefeated Penn State’s Jarr. 1 Orange Bowl date against No. 4 Ok lahoma, to he televised by NBC, is being touted by some as a showdown for the national championship), even though second-ranked Miami yvill he playing Tennessee, No. 8, in the Sugar Bowl and No. 3 loyva yvill he at the Rose Boyvl, pdaying 14th-ranked UCLA. Paterno is flattered hut also aware of his team’s bittersyveet howl history in Miami. T hree times before, in 1969, 1979 and 1974, Penn State has taken per fect records into the Orahge Bowl. Each time, the Nittany Lions yvon the game and then sat back and sayv other teams cnnvned national cham- j)ions. “1 hate to see anybody voted out of a national championship,” Pa terno said. “It’s haprpened to me three times. 1 felt if yve had prlayed (the teams that finished No. 1) wn the field, we’d have yvon.” Paterno’s p)lan yvould not elimi nate the howls. " Ehey must Be in cluded. f hey ve been too good to college football, he said. "What I would do is take four teams after the boyvls based on com- endable source ) the pros! The a low-cost, easy ication. Picture This! spaying months \ appli- dialing all today. * nteed Student sist you by )ur Empire of i to simplify future rce. 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