Page 6/The Battalion/Wednesday, Januaiy 6, 1988
Mustangs dominate Lady Ags;
A&M drops conference opener
By Anthony Wilson
Sports Writer
When the Southern Methodist
Lady Mustangs weren’t bludgeoning
the Lady Aggies on the boards Tues
day night at G. Rollie White Col
iseum, they were harassing them in
the open court.
The results were an overabun
dance of A&M turnovers, a ton of
SMU rebounds and a 71-58 loss for
the Lady Aggies.
SMU snatched 10 more rebounds
than A&M in each half for a 43-23
advantage on the boards. SMU’s
leading rebounder, Felicia Bluitt,
grabbed 16 caroms. Reserve forward
Nette Garrett led A&M with five re
bounds.
In the second half A&M com
mitted 13 turnovers compared to
SMU’s five. The Lady Aggies fin
ished the game with 27.
SMU jumped out to an early lead
by scoring the first eight points of
the game. A&M didn’t score until
16:35 in the first half when Traci
Thomas nailed a 16-foot jumper.
The Lady Aggies garnered their
first lead at 10:40 in the half when
Thomas'hit an 18-foot jumper. The
lead rocked between the two teams
for the remainder of the half with
SMU taking a 28-25 advantage into
the locker room at the intermission.
A&M’s first lead of the second
half came at 13:07 when Tracey
Fewell hit a 25-foot high-arching
bomb far behind the three-point line
for a 43-41 advantage. Once again
the. lead shifted back and forth with
the Lady Aggies leading 57-56 with
4:50 remaining when Donna Roper
fed Evelyn Sanders with a perfect
fast-break assist for a layup.
But A&M only scored two points
Sooners must ditch the wishbone 1
to capture national championship
11'< +*rtf\tMtrh //* * m i\\ ■>%rm /*Lvc» !l*»n SoORCIj ^
By Hal. L. Hammons
Assistant Sports Editor
Mark your calendars. Friday, Jan.
1, 1988.
The day Oklahoma football died.
It was the day football fans never
expected to see, ,
and a day few
people recog- Viewpoint
nize for the
landmark occa-
sion that it was. The day people real
lay peoj
ized that Oklahoma didn’t have a
Photo byJayJanner
A&M’s Donna Roper jumps for the rebound during Tuesday night’s
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game against SMU. The Lady Aggies lost their SWC opener 71-59.
in the final 4:49. SMU scored 15
points in the same amount of time.
Roper and Lisa Jordon led the
Lady Aggies in scoring with 14
points apiece. Thomas chipped in 12
points, 10 of them in the first half.
great football team.
Mark my words — Oklahoma will
never win another national
championship without major recons
truction.Even Barry Switzer may
know that now.
It’s not a problem with the Sooner
defense. National champion Miami
moved the ball against Oklahoma
little better than vice-versa. It’s the
offense, fellas, the offense.
A few sheltered individuals may
not know that Oklahoma runs the
wishbone. Perfected by Darryl Royal
and Frank Broyles
at the universities of Texas and
Arkansas, respectively, the forma
tion became the most effective back-
field formation in history.
The most effective, that is, for
running the football.
Unfortunately for those schools, it
proved to be pretty useless for pass
ing. And as defenses and passing at
tacks progressed in complexity and
effectiveness, most schools dropped
the formation for one of several,
more versatile offenses.
Oklahoma, however, still has it.
And they work it as well as any team
in wishbone history. It's more than
enough to run roughshod over the
Kansases and Iowa States of the bot
tom-heavy Big Eight Conference.
It's gene rail v enough
bod\ else.
But when the\ tun across the
right team, a team which can slow
down or e\ en mop the ground Xante
and mount an effective and versatile
attack of its own, the Sooners wind
up on the short end of the rope.
That’s happened exactly three
times in the past three years. All
against the University of Miami. All
were Sooner losses, the onl\ losses in
those three years.
Miami is a great team, an honor
which goes only to them and Florida
State this year. OnI\ great teams can
beat great teams. Oklahoma is not
immune.
Other teams see it’s possible to
beat the hulking monster from Nor
man. And the worst part about it for
the Sooner faithful is that it doesn’t
take a great team to-do it. It just
takes the right team.
have challenged the
even beaten them.
Do you seriously think tliai
Sooners would have escapedthf „
ular season unscathed iftheyhadj
longed to the Southeastern Cow
ence? I’m not sure at all theyvJ
have won the confertEl
i hampionship.
Playing teams like Auburn ^
LSU, as well as Alabama, Tenner
(ieorgia and Florida every veal
why more SEC teams don’t vitj
tional championships. It’stootoJ
to go undefeated.
If Oklahoma doesn’t comeod
the dark ages soon, even itsowticJ
l ei ence might start catching up.®
braska already has started initd
ing the pass into its oMSl
scheme. n
Any team with a powerful front
seven can hold Oklahoma to 20
points or fewer. Nebraska proved
that. The Cornhuskei defense held
the Sooners as well as Miami did.
Fhe offense wasn't good enough to
score enough points.
If a team has an of fense compli
cated enough to mix up the run-
based Sooner defenders, as well as a
strong run defense, that s|>ells doom
for OU.
But the signs don’t look
ising. fhe Sooners have haa a J^ •‘ s>
one good passing quarterback^ 6 * 11 .^
well, forever. He sat on thebend] SOl ^ K I
lot, so he decided to transfe;S| ^* 1 * 1
1(1 \ You’ve seen him, nodi. *jfl )l)S<
on all the All-America lists,
heai d of Frov Aikman?
Jamelle Hollieway? Well, ther;JB* nisl
difference l>etween an arm an:i
passei. Why do vou think he'sbd
recruited as a defensive back: i
With Aikman and a legit;.-,?
probably wj
K; ‘“'I'
j, Ga/a i
Bln <
This year that team wouldn't have
to be either Miami or Florida State.
It could Ik* Auburn, Louisiana State
or South Carolina. Or even Texas
A&M.
Yes, I'm serious. Texas A&M.
With the Aggie offense fiat k on the
upward trend. A&M has to f>e con
sidered one of the best teams m the
country. And the team that thrashed
Notre Dame Fridas probabh would
wide receiver, Ol
have beaten Miami. Provided
com se, the Sooner offensivesche
was altered to accomodate thep
ing game.
As it stands, what standout k
st hoof receiver is going to want to
to ()l' when he can go to Miami:
have a chance of catching a a
from time to time? And uhatstro;
ai med quarterback w ill be willing
i ule t lie Inmch foi foul veanjustli^
cause he can't run a -40-yard da<h
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