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Texas A&M tight end Rod Bernstine (right) eludes a diving Auburn
free safety, Tom Powell (left), after one of Bemstine’s six catches
Photo by JOHN MAKELY
during the Aggies’ 36-16 Cotton Bowl triumph in Dallas Jan. 1.
A&M was ranked in the Associated Press’ final poll at No. 6.
A&M quiets Auburn’s Jackson
Aggies silence critics in Cotton win over Tigers
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By CHAREAN WILLIAMS
Assistant Sports Editor
DALLAS — The 1986 Cotton
Bowl Classic “pregame-hype” cen
tered around Auburn running back
Bo Jackson.
The national TV commercials fea
tured the Heisman Trophy winner
twisting and turning into the end
zone, while an ominous voice cried,
“When you look for champions, look
to CBS Sports!”
But after the New Year’s Day
clash between Texas A&M and Au
burn in Dallas was over, everyone
began talking about the other team
with the other Jackson.
A&M proved an old adage true in
its 36-16 win over Auburn — one
player does not a team make.
“Bo (Jackson) has gotten a lot of
publicity, but he deserves it,” A&M
tight end Rod Bernstine said. “We
just stuck it in the back of our minds
and waited until game day to prove
ourselves.”
But then that’s nothing new for
the Aggies, who Finished the season
10-2 and ranked No. 6 in the nation
by the Associated Press.
"The whole year the other team’s
been favored,” A&M linebacker
Dana Batiste said. “We’ve been the
underdog all year long and have had
to prove ourselves every week. We’re
used to it by now. It gives us that
little edge.”
The Aggies also overcame prob
lems with the NCAA and feuds with
the media.
“This team really overcame a lot
of adversity,” A&M Coach Jackie
Sherrill said. “I’ve been around
some great football teams, but this
Texas A&M team gave much more
of itself and the positive results have
shown this year.”
Against Auburn, virtually every
thing A&M touched turned to gold.
In fact, if the Aggie kicking game
hadn’t taken an early hiatus, it
could’ve been an absolute perfect
day for towel-waving Aggie fans,
who made up the majority of the
73,137 in attendance.
The Aggies rolled up 478 yards of
offense, 292 of which came by way
of quarterback Kevin Murray’s arm
and established a new Cotton Bowl
record for passing yardage.
Meanwhile, the Aggies’ “no
name” defense was doing its part to
ensure A&M its finest moment since
1968 when it upset Alabama in the
Cotton Bowl.
Jackson, who was named the
game’s Most Valuable Player on of
fense, rushed 129 yards on 31 car
ries and turned only his fourth catch
of the season into a 73-yard gallop
into the end zone.
But in the fourth quarter, with the
game on the line, the A&M defense
stopped Jackson in his tracks.
That turning point came with just
less than 13 minutes remaining as
Jackson failed to break the plane of
the goal line on three tries from the
two-yard-line.
On third-and-goal, he was tripped
by A&M noseguard Sammy O’Bri-
ent. Then, on fourth-and-goal, Au
burn Coach Pat Dye elected to go for
the touchdown rather than attempt
a 19-yard field goal that would have
pulled the Tigers to within 21-19.
“We called a timeout to talk about
it,” Auburn quarterback Jeff Burger
said of the fourth down call. “We
discussed three plays — a sweep, an
option and a power play.”
Dye selected the power play to
Jackson —just the play the A&M de
fense wanted.
“We had our short yardage goal
line team in,” A&M defensive coor
dinator R.C. Slocum said. “We fig
ure they’d give it to Bo. In that situa
tion, you just have to play on
emotion. ...”
Which is just what A&M line
backer BasiVJackson did.
Basil Jackson?
The Aggies’ Jackson, a freshman
and non-starter, sent the Heisman
Trophy winner sprawling backward.
“The defense we had in the game
was designed to stop the running
play,” he said. “The linebackers are
there to read the play, which is what
I was able to do. When I saw him (Bo
Jackson) coming at me, I knew if I
didn’t tackle him he had a touch
down.”
But the game’s defensive MVP
was A&M’s Domingo Bryant. The
Aggies’ senior “big play” man had 10
tackles and two pass interceptions.
On offense, there were other “no
names” who came through at crucial
cimes for the Aggies.
A&M tailback Keith Woodside al
most overshadowed Auburn’s Jack-
son.
Woodside rushed for 32 yards on
only three carries, one of which was
a first quarter 22-yard TD run that
gave the Aggies their first lead. He
also caught three passes for 88
yards, one a diving nine-yard touch
down catch in the fourth quarter.
Then there was Bernstine, a full
back converted to tight end. He had
six catches for 108 yards and scored
on a two-point conversion after the
Aggies’ final touchdown.
And what about A&M walk-on
kicker Scott Slater?
All Slater did was make his first
collegiate field goal attempt, a 26-
yarder in the second quarter, and
then added a PAT in the fourth.
“You can’t think about the pres
sure,” Slater said. “You have to get
out there and think about the kick.”
And the rest of the Aggies did a
little kicking of their own.
They kicked Jackson and Auburn
in the seat of the pants and then, for
good measure, slammed a high-five
in the media’s faces.
“It was obvious from the score
and the whole game that it was
Texas A&M’s day,” Dye said. “They
had a great plan and they just did
what it took to win. Their football
team is probably as good as any team
in the country.”
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