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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
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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
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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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Paterno wants playoff to decide No. 1
Associated Press
■ NEW YORK — Coach Joe Pa-
teino of top-ranked Penn State
thinks the best yvav to settle college
lit) o t ha 11' s annual national
dnmpionshi]) debate is yvith a post-
bowl playoff involving four teams.
■ "Absolutely,” Paterno said, “we
(light to he doing in out spoi l yvhat
i« do in every other sj)ort under
NCAA auspices. The 1,500-nietei
swimming championship is decided
head to head. 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-
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