es3 cry Wednesday, September 10,1986/The Battalion/Page 1J Sports (hapel. The Rei >ndo, Xuiu and leir lives in ihefj i our land. Thei iat they were word hi of their them I I looks forward to ‘classic’ renewal ofA&M-LSU series as convicted in Ai bombing at a tub of Durban.I. hree children Iters wounded. By Ken Sury Sports Editor |t’s the return of a classic. U least that's how Texas A&M ftfiad Football Coach Jackie Sherrill ot testify in In ^ id he sees the Saturda y’ s season- e noted that i W""* § ame a S ainst Lou 'siana " J 1 TT'Bherrill, speaking at bis weekly ti the bomb bu: W r r b ~r , a , i prlss conference 1 uesday, said whe n he came to A&M in 1982, one \! \w u 11 oflhe things he intended to do was "i i Tm the A&M-LSU series going r student leader I • b 6 titisi the Alnar.M &M and LSU pi aye d each other 39[times, including each year from I960 to 1975. The '75 game was the ■ matchup between the two teams, wfluh A&M won 39-8. However, I nf' owns the overall series with a ins see' 22 y 4 - 3advan ; a f . Mhernll said he went to the Flor- HState-LSU game at Baton Rouge, La in 1982 to see about commis- sioiiiiig the series and was ap- preached by former Arkansas head WvJ! Hch Frank Broyles, who was there as a color commentator for ABC, refits ION \l>, . \| Jwhich was televising the game. led militan-B ^ ro y* es t(dd mt * y ou re crazy if tonur y 011 P la y l h em here (in Baton Rou ge) Sherrill said. "But other people ^we called me crazy before, so I pss I’m just following that scenar- receivt jay and diub from the Veterr® lut Sherrill did say that playing in Jackie Sherrill Tiger Stadium at night would be a concern. “It’s a different atmosphere there from playing during the day to play ing at night,” Sherrill said. “The last time I played during the day was in 1965 (under Coach Paul “Bear” Bry ant’s Alabama squad). Coach Bryant wouldn’t play them unless it was during the day.” When asked how Bryant could dictate to LSU when they would plav, Sherrill replied, “Coach Bryant could dictate a lot of things.” Explaining further, Sherrill said, “Any excitement that happens at night is magnified. It’s like watching a runner during the day and then at night. At night it looks like he can run faster.” While Sherrill said he expects the “Tiger Pit” to be at least as noisy as last year’s opener at Alabama, he doesn’t think it will affect his team the way it did at Alabama. “I think the fans are more in volved (in being aware of the noise) than the players,” Sherrill said. It’s going to be as loud for the Louisiana State players as it will be for ours. “We have a lot of mature players. If you don’t have mature players, the noise can affect you. The only questions we have is how it will affect our freshmen.” The maturity and experience of the LSU defense is not in question. The Tiger defense returns 10 starters and Sherrill compares them to the Alabama squad the Aggies faced last year. “They have a good linebacker in (All-America Michael) Brooks; he’s a lot like (Alabama’s) Cornelius Ben nett,” Sherrill said. “LSU’s second ary is better than Alabama’s, and you’re looking at a defense with kids that have started an average of two- and-a-half years. “(LSU’s) been one of the better See Sherrill, page 13 mem oppsesd "double-dippu it' in the caseJ leduled for Oct] Court of Appti i member of a e may retire i e