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A&M should be ‘Bowling’
somewhere on New Year’s
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By Homer Jacobs
Assistant Sports Editor
last Thanksgiving, Aggie fans re-
oifijfed in Kyle Field in a shower of
bolls after Texas A&M’s 42-
»0 victory over the Texas Longhorns
hat sent the
^Kes to the Analysis
^OttOIl B O W 1
or the first time since 1968.
Hhis Thanksgiving, Aggie fans
go prepared to Austin with an
Hrtment of little celebratory good-
f Bbesides the customary cotton
lessens — like oranges, piriatas and
ven hula skirts.
Hhe Aggies most likely will play
Hull on New Year’s Day in either
le Cotton Bowl, Orange Bowl or
iest i Bowl.
^^■ere’s how the rather muddled
owl picture shapes up for A&M at
l-OPfltiefiioment:
KoTTON BOWL — The Ag-
£ Hu ill earn a second consecutive
ip 10 Dallas if they can beat Texas
66 ihristian Saturday at Kyle Field and
^’ektison Thanksgiving night at Me-
Haatorial Stadium. 1 his combination
oul ! give the Aggies an outright
o u t h w e s t Conference
H Hipionship and a date with the
f AP Top 20
'Stop Twenty teams in the Associated Press
^Bge football poll with first-place votes in
^Bntheses, 1986 record, total points based
4-3-I 1 and ranking in last week's poll:
Hy^Hanni, Fla. (56)
Record
PtS
Pvs
10-0-0 1,196
1
ll (I) 2, Penn State (3)
10-0-0
1,119
3
Sipklahoma
3l\t 4B-j 2 ona St. (11
9-1-01.083
9-0-11,025
4
5
Sflebraska
9-1-0
964
6
Michigan
9-1-0
856
2
I.Bhio St.
9-2-0
842
9
'k^Habama
7-2-0
9-2-0
730
707
12
11
Six Southern Cal
7-2-0
641
13
. | ^Arkansas
8-2-0
546
17
lioll jj|Washington
7-2-1
472
10
H 13,Texas A&M
7-2-0
455
7
0 WRrizona
7-2-0
432
14
Bjkuburn
8-2-0
405
8
!6|Stanford
7-2-0
321
16
lljlaylor
7-3-0
232
18
8&JCLA
6-3-1
160
19
9mlemson
7-2-1
156
15
iOKeorgia
7-3-0
78
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runner-up of the Big Ten Confer
ence, which would be the loser of the
Michigan-Ohio State game.
•ORANGE BOWL — Should the
Aggies lose to either TCU or Texas
then A&M would head to the
Orange Bowl in Miami for the first
time ever to take on No. 3 Okla
homa, assuming the Sooners can de
feat Nebraska this Saturday.
If this scenario happens, Arkansas
can lock up the the SWC title and a
trip to Dallas with a victory over
Southern Methodist this weekend.
•FIESTA BOWL — A&M will
travel to Tempe, Ariz., if Nebraska
beats Oklahoma, thus pitting the
Cornhuskers against No. 1-ranked
Miami in the Orange Bowl. The Ag
gies then would face No. 2 Penn
State in the Fiesta Bowl.
•ALOHA BOWL — The Aggies
would bask in the sunshine in Hono
lulu Dec. 27 if they lose to both TCU
and Texas and the Longhorns de
feat Baylor this Saturday.
Barring a total collapse, A&M
should be in a New Year’s Day bowl
game, but don’t make any specific
hotel reservations quite yet.
The Aggies are simply in a no-lose
situation. If they don’t win the SWC,
then A&M probably will have to set
tle for the sand and surf in Miami.
For what it’s worth, here’s my
bowl matchup preferences:
1. A&M versus Michigan in the
Cotton Bowl: Two 9-2 teams that
have great fan support and the two
best Fight songs in the land. A coach
ing matchup between Jackie Sherrill
and Bo Schembechler wouldn’t be
bad either.
2. A&M versus Oklahoma in the
Orange Bowl: Great road trip for
the fans and prime-time coverage
for the Aggies. Imagine the always
spectacular halftime show with the
Fightin’ Texas Aggie Band along.
Good quotes from OU’s Brian Bos-
worth for The Battalion sports page.
3. A&M versus Penn State in the
Fiesta Bowl: Good quotes from
Coach Joe Paterno on Jackie Sher
rill. A chance for the Aggies to play
the highest-ranked team possible
with the No. 2 ranked Nittany Lions.
4. A&M versus Ohio State in the
Cotton Bowl: An 8-3 Buckeye team
just doesn’t tickle my fancy. But it is
the Cotton Bowl after all.
5. A&M versus whoever in the
Aloha Bowl: sand, surf, sun . . . and
more sand, surf and sun.
Ags open basketball season tonight
By Ken Sury
Sports Editor
It’s much too early for the
Texas A&M men’s basketball
team to be looking at repeating as
Southwest Conference cham
pions, but Coach Shelby Metcalf
likes what he sees so far.
And A&M fans will get their
first chance to see the 1986-87
squad tonight when the Aggies
host the Continental Coors Flyers
tonight in an exhibition game at
7:30 p.m. in G. Rollie White Col
iseum.
“This could be the best team
since 1980,” Metcalf said. The
1980 group posted a 26-8 record
and won the SWC championship
before losing to Louisville 66-55
in overtime in the Midwest Re
gion semifinal.
Even so, the team that walks on
the floor tonight probably won’t
be the same group throughout
the year because injuries are
keeping out two possible starters.
Senior forward Winston Crite
had the cast on his broken left
hand taken off just last Thursday.
Metcalf said Crite hasn’t been
able to practice with the team yet,
so he might not play tonight.
Crite, a three-year letterman, was
the team’s leading rebounder and
second-leading scorer last season.
Junior college transfer Darryl
McDonald, who Metcalf called
the best passer he’s seen in 28
years of coaching (24 as head
coach) at A&M, will be on the
sidelines with an ankle injury.
McDonald is one of a group of
several junior college transfer
players this year who have im
pressed Metcalf. Two of the
transfers, 6-7 forward John Trez-
vant and 6-10 center Jessie Spin
ner, will start tonight alongside
point guard Todd Holloway,
guard Paul Crawford and for
ward Mike Clifford.
“John Trezvant is a good all-
around basketball player,” Met
calf said. “He’s extremely quick
and has good ball sense.” Trez
vant averaged 20 points and eight
rebounds last year for San Fran
cisco City College.
“Jessie Spinner has good
hands,” he said. “When he gets
the ball he knows where the
bucket is.” Spinner averaged 20
points and 11.5 rebounds at Los
Junior college transfers Eric Bethea (left)
and Jessie Spinner work out during basket-
Photo by John Makely
ball practice Monday. A&M plays its first
game tonight at G. Rollie White Coliseum.
Angeles Trade Technical Col
lege.
Unlike last year’s team, which
was basically a one-dimensional
offense behind SWC scoring
leader Don Marbury, Metcalf said
this squad will be more balanced.
“We’ve got good speed and
quickness,” Metcalf said. “And
we’ll have much better ball
movement. You’d like to play
with these guys. If you get open,
they’ll get the ball to you. They’re
very unselfish.”
Although the three-point shot
is now used for NCAA basketball
games, Metcalf said the Aggies
aren’t changing their offense to
accommodate the three-point
shot.
“I like the physical-type game,”
he said. “Our league is so physi
cal, it’s not going to affect our
league as much as some others.
Now if I had TCU’s team, then
we might benefit from it.”
Holloway, a three-year letter-
man, set a school record with 161
assists last season and will run the
A&M offense. Crawford walked
on the team two years ago and
earned a scholarship last year.
Crawford, an A&M Consolidated
graduate, is the Kip Corrington
of the basketball team with a 3.83
grade-point average in mechani
cal engineering.
Clifford, the third three-year
letterman on the team, can play
all five positions. Aggie fans are
always on the lookout when Clif
ford approaches the free-throw
line, because he’s gained a noto
rious reputation for missing. Clif
ford hit only five of 22 free-throw
attempts last season.
“I really like Mike Clifford,”
Metcalf said. “Aggies probably
don’t appreciate him, but I do.
He can play any position for us.
“I personally feel that Mike will
hit his free throws. Now I also be
lieve in the Easter Bunny and
Santa Claus. . . .
“But he’s a defensive genius.
He can make just some great de
fensive plays.”
Metcalf said he expects to
night’s game to be a good test for
his team and a chance to see what
the new players can do in a game
situation.
The Continental Coors Flyers
won the Amateur Athletic Union
national title last year. This year’s
team includes Craig Ehlo, who
was released by the Houston
Rockets earlier this year, former
University of Texas player Carl
ton Cooper and Andrew Parker,
twice the Big Eight scoring
leader.
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