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Lady Aggies
face Rice
in Houston
The Texas A&M volleyball
team opens its 1987 Southwest
Conference tonight with a match
against Rice at Autry Court in
Houston.
The Lady Aggies bring a 5-11
record Coming into tonight’s
match. They are coming off a 1-2
performance in the Texas A&M
Invitational, losing to New Mex
ico State and Louisiana State
while defeating the University of
North Carolina.
The Owls are 13-2 coming into
the match after getting off to an
11-0 start. Their only losses have
come against Notre Dame and
Florida.
“This is our main season,”
Coach A1 Givens said of the con
ference race.“Hopefully, our pre
season matches have gotten us to
a point where we can compete in
the conference.
“I think you’ll see a different
team take the court tonight.
We’re 5-11 right now, but we
could just as easily have been 12-
4. The potential is there.”
Pavlas will start against Raiders,
Richardson to see more action
The
Texas
By Hal L. Hammons
Assistant Sports Editor
starting quarterback for
A&M in Saturday’s game
against Texas Tech will be Lance
Pavlas, A&M Head Coach Jackie
Sherrill said at his weekly press con
ference at Cain Hall Dining Hall
Tuesday.
However, he said a change in
starting quarterbacks will not fix
A&M’s continuing problems on of
fense. Sherrill said they need to hold
onto the ball for more sustained
drives if the team is to duplicate last
year’s success.
“We’ve got to do whatever it takes
to move the chains,” he said.
That may involve playing three
? [uarterbacks instead of two. True
reshman Bucky Richardson im
pressed Sherrill enough in last Sat
urday’s win over Southern Missis
sippi to cancel plans to red-shirt the
quarterback.
“We can’t (red-shirt him) now,”
Sherrill said. “We’ll play him.”
He said Southern Mississippi had
taken away their sweeps, and no
team had had much success all year
running the ball up the middle
against the Eagles. The option game
was his next choice, and he said he
A
“We’re expecting freshmen
come in and play like seniors,.
Sherrill said. “They are going
make mistakes.”
Travelling to Lubbock to pli
Texas Tech usually spells troubiefi
A&M, and Sherrill said he is not tail
ing the Red Raiders lightly.
had decided before the game that in
such a situation Richardson would
get the call.
"Texas Tech is a very good ted
with a lot of speed,” Sherrill said,
was shocked when I heard the seal
(Saturday, indicating that
had defeated the Red Raiders).
“They can really hurt you in a
of ways,” Sherrill said. “Theygetnj
ady to play A&M.”
“Bucky’s our best option quar
terback,” Sherrill said.
Sherrill expressed concern about
the number of young players in the
A&M lineup. He made frequent ref
erence to a saying of his old coach,
former A&M Head Coach Paul
“Bear” Bryant, who said, “For every
sophomore you start you lose a ball-
game.”
Sherrill said the adage probably
applied even more to starting fresh
men. There are 22 freshmen and
sophomores on the A&M two-deep
depth chart, including six starters.
He said he was impressed witht
way Tech refused to give upaftcl
getting 17 points behind in the fit
quarter, despite frequent turnord
that Ba
aylor failed to capitalizeupotl
Sherrill said he was more
pressed with Tech quarterbackBil
Joe Tolliver than ever. He
Tolliver and Baylor’s Brad
were good evidence to comradictii
many outspoken critics ofSouthw
Conference quarterbacks.
“Those two kids can really tht
the football,” Sherrill said.
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Before goi
Boc
A&M’s fall in UPI poll unexplainable
By Doug Hall
Assistant Sports Editor
Don’t ask me to explain how the
UPI board of coaches voted to drop
the Texas A&M football team from
the No. 17 spot to the No. 19 spot af
ter Saturday’s victory over Southern
Mississippi.
And don’t
ask me to ex- . .
plain how the Viewpoint
same poll could ■■■■■■■■■■
put the Wash
ington Huskies — yes, the same
in the nation. Similarly, the Asso
ciated Press asks sportswriters across
the country the same question.
Usually, the polls are very similar.
Maybe a one-rank difference this
week or a two-spot difference an
other week. Very seldom do the
polls vary considerably.
But this week they did.The AP
poll moved the Aggies up a spot,
from No. 16 to No. 15, while the
for three quarters by the Golden Ea
gles and used three long plays for 21
of its 27 points, but the result was a
still a victory.
Last week’s lOth-best team int
nation; Arkansas, was thorougL 1 !
trounced by a solid Miami team
this week, the Razorbacks arc
LAS VEGz
any normal
NFL season,
city's glitterin
pily accepting
in wagers on t
to m the k
triumph over i
Tuesday, 1
posted no odd
ting windows
loddsmakers h
unprecedentei
make some se
And much like in the Washington
game, the Aggies did what was
needed — when it was needed — to
win the ballgame.
longer on the Top 20 horuon. ™ ew ^ smaU: hup
Huskies moved in to the No. 16 spot.
team that the Aggies literally sacked
by 17 points only a week ago — not
one, not two, but three places ahead
of A&M.
But do ask me to give my own
opinion on the matter.
Thank you. Don’t mind if I do.
Following each weekend of colle
giate football, the UPI poll asks se
lected coaches across the country
which teams they feel are the 20 best
Sometimes it’s plausible for a team
to drop in the rankings. If A&M had
been forced to come from behind in
the final minute for a win against
USM, or if A&M scored all its points
on USM miscues, or if the score had
been 3-0, then dropping the Aggies
a spot or two would be understand
able.
Furthermore, it’s not as if Wash
ington beat any incredible foe by an
ungodly score (31 -3 over the Univer
sity of the Pacific??) in order to re
gain their ranking.
Miami jumped from No. 6 to No.!
for beating a team that now, accoitj
ing to the polls, should be cot
ered a weak-sister outfit.
You figure it out.
My pick for No. 1 so far this!
son is Notre Dame.
“There arc
[marks that it’
gently about it
But such wasn’t the case on Satur
day. True, A&M was held in check
After only a month of college
football, its definitely too early to be
poll-watching. And without a doubt,
Jackie Sherrill isn’t losing any sleep
over the United Press International
poll.
But this week’s poll, and undoubt
edly others to come, magnifies a
weakness in the system.
The Irish have one of thetoug)
est, if not the toughest, schedules^
the country. Because they aren'tn
stricted to playing conference teai
for most of the year, Notre Dai
has five games against Top 20team
Currently they are 3-0 withal
game against Pittsburgh this w«
end.
But oh well, I’m not a
And I’m not sure some of thepeofij
they ask should be either.
Rice's McClay, Baylor's Blackmon get AP defensive honors
Rice’s William McClay got a lec
ture from his dad, and Baylor’s Rob
ert Blackmon had memories of two
touchdowns getting past him two
weeks ago.
But they put the worst behind
them and took it out on the opposi
tion last week to earn The Asso
ciated Press’ Southwest Conference
Co-defensive Player of the Week
honors.
McClay intercepted three passes,
recovered a fumble, had two pass
deflections and made five tackles in
Rice’s 38-28 victory Saturday over
Southwest Texas State.
Blackmon intercepted two passes,
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had five unassisted tackles and broke
up four passes in Baylor’s 36-22 vic
tory over Texas Tech.
The offensive honor goes to
Houston freshman quarterback
Andre Ware, who started his first
collegiate game last week.
Ware completed a school-record
25 passes on 35 attempts for 255
yards, getting the Cougars’ run-and-
shoot offense rolling in a 38-34 vic
tory over Sam Houston State. He
had touchdown passes of 53 and 8
yards and ran 3 yards for another
score..
McClay said he responded with
his outstanding game after talking
with his father prior to the game.
“I was played a lot better at the
end of last season than I have this
year,” McClay said. “My Dad told me
I had always done my job and a little
bit extra. But this season, I’d just
been doing my job. Against South
west Texas, I just felt that I had to
step forward and make the plays.”
side, but it turned out all right,”Ml
Clay said. “I want it to be knownf
you come to my side, you'll pay fsj
it.”
Blackmon made the Red Raidd
pay for his off-performance them
vious week against Nevada-Ladi
gas, when he had two touchdoq
scored against him.
It was the most attention McClay
has received from an opposing quar
terback this season.
“They just kept coming to my
“I think my pass defense showtj
up Saturday,” Blackmon said,
didn’t worry about the UNLVgara
but I did want to play better. Itwal
big game for us.' 1
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