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the best quarterback —
and probably the most
dangerous player —in
the National Football
League. But he can’t
take his own handoffs.
The ’Skins will be
able to contain Elway
to some degree, and
that should be enough
for the win. Hal. L. Hammons
Washington’s of- Assistant Sports Editor
fense is much more balanced than Denv
er’s. If one player has an off game, even the
quarterback, the others can pick up the
slack. Denver goes as Elway goes, and if
The Big Guy has an average game, the
Broncos are suddenly extremely vulnera
ble.
Remember: games are most often won by
the lines, not the quarterbacks. Washington
should dominate the line of scrimmage on
offense and defense.
And remember the intangibles. The
NFC has won the last three Super Bowls in
routs, and it was obvious that the regular
season’s three best teams were Washington,
San Francisco and Chicago. New Orleans
and Minnesota were quite likely numbers
four and five.I wouldn’t have thought twice
about picking the Bears or ’Niners to beat
Denver; I might have chosen the Saints or
Vikings. And Washington beat out all of
them.
Winner: Redskins. Score: 31-24
It seems all the news surrounding Super
Bowl XXII is about NFL poster-child John
Elway and those three Bronco receivers
who are going around masquerading as
three comedians. I hope the “Three Ami
gos” can laugh at themselves because that’s
what they may have to do after the Broncs
lose their second Super Bowl in a row.
F ife'.
Who better than
Speedy Gonzales, bet
ter known as Darrell
Green to stop the Ami
gos?
Green has some
buddies of his own,
namely Dexter Man-
ley, Charles Mann and
Monte Coleman. To
gether they will frus-
tate Elway, stymie the
Amigos and slow
down the Bronco scor- Curtis L. Culberson
ing machine just Assistant Sports Editor
enough for the Doug Williams-led Skins to
pull off their second Super Bowl win of the
1980s.
The Orange Crush defense of old is now
just plain orange, and the mediocre
Redskin offense should be enough to win
on Sunday.
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Ag baseball led by returning core
By Anthony Wilson
Sports Writer
As the 1988 baseball season
approaches and the Texas Ag
gies look to improve on a 44-win
season, three returning players
become the focal points of the
team.
On offense, it’s Scott Liv
ingstone. On defense, it’s Chuck
Knoblauch. And on the mound,
it’s Sean Snedeker.
For the team to play well and
challenge for the Southwest
Conference title, each must play
at least as well as he did last sea
son.
In 1987, third baseman Liv
ingstone hit .403 with 19 home
runs and 76 runs batted in. Liv
ingstone won every award and
was named to every All-Every-
thing team imaginable.
Livingstone’s 1987 was a ca
reer for most collegiate players.
Improving on a season like that
will be difficult, but Livingstone
said he doesn’t feel any pressure.
“It’s going to be tough to re-
peat a year like I had last year,”
Livingstone said. “I had a good
freshman year, a terrible sopho
more year and a good junior
year. I don’t want to have a bad
senior year. But I don’t think it’ll
be any problem.
“I always want to live up to
great expectations. And I always
want to play to the best of my
ability. I think any pressure I
have is what I put on myself.”
Livingstone said he put a lot
of pressure on himself to per
form well last season so that he
would be selected high in the
professional baseball draft.
When he didn’t play well, he got
down on himself, he said. Liv
ingstone was drafted by the Oak
land Athletics, but decided to re
turn to A&M for his senior
season when he and the A’s
“didn’t hit it off too well.”
After missing 10 games last
season with a separated shoulder
and getting food poisoning
while playing in the Pan Ameri-
can games in Cuba this summer,
Livingstone says he is 100-per
cent healthy. He said he is ready
for pitchers who will be bearing
down on him.
“I hope they do (bear down
on me),” he said. “Last year a lot
of them didn’t want to throw to
me. They didn’t know about
John (Byington) because he was
a freshman. Now they know
about him and they’re going to
have to throw to me because he’s
just as big a threat. It’s going to
be interesting to see how they
handle it.
“We’ve got ‘Big John’ Bying
ton behind me,” he continued.
“I have to give him a lot of credit
because teams don’t want to face
him so they have to throw to me.
He helps me in that way.”
Offensively, the Aggies lost
only Ever Magallanes off a team
that hit .347 in SWC play. Liv
ingstone thinks everyone has im
proved during the off-season.
“I think we’re better,” he said.
“We’ve got the three sopho-
mores — (Terry) Taylor, Knob-
lauch and Byington — and they
can all hit and with power. We’ve
got (Tim) McWilliam and a lot of
the new guys. We’re going to be
a lot better-hitting ball club.”
After having an outstanding
freshman season in 1985, Liv
ingstone’s batting average
dropped 31 points the next year.
He said he doesn’t think Taylor,
Knoblauch or Byington will fall
victim to the sophomore jinx.
“I tell them not to live off the
year before,” Livingstone said.
“You’ve just got to keep building
and getting better and better.
That’s definitely showing in
them. I don’t see the sophomore
jinx in the making in those guys.
They can control their own des
tiny.”
Knoblauch will be trying to
control the infield position va
cated by A1I-SWC shortstop
Magallanes. Knoblauch, who
played centerfield last season,
hasn’t played shortstop since his
See Baseball, page 10
As for you die-hard Dallas fans who hate
to see the Skins win, I sympathize. I would
must rather see the Cowboys than their
arch-rival Indians win the Big One, too. Bui
unfortunately, it won’t happen this year or
any year in the near future.
For you Bronco and Elway fans, don’t be
surprised if you see John’s picture on the
back of a milk carton on Monday.
Winner: Denver Broncos. Score: 27-14.
Why: Why will the Broncos win? In a
word — Elway. He’s
big. He’s fast. And the
arm? Well, to quote
Eddie Murphy, he can
go “DEEP, DEEP,
DEEP” downfield.
More important, he
can do it consistently
with accuracy. With
Washington cor-
nerback Darrell
Green’s health ques
tionable, the Three
Amigos may run the Anthony Wilson
Redskin secondary Sports Writer
silly. Even if he is healthy, he won’t be able
to cover all three at one time. Elway’s mobil
ity will negate the pass rush of Dexter Man-
ley, Charles Mann and Dave Blitz.
Against Minnesota in the NFC
Championship game, the Redskins’ offense
was terrible. When Doug Williams wasn’t
overthrowing receivers, they were drop
ping balls. Washington played few teams
with winning records this season. 1 hey cer
tainly didn’t face a team nearly as tough or
an offense as dangerously potent as Denv
er’s.
Winner: Broncos. Score: 31-17
Why: What is there
to say about Super
Bowl XXII than John
Elway? He is a danger
ous quarterback with a
number of offensive
weapons to choose
from. He won’t be
contained by the
Washington Redskins.
The Broncos were
denied a victory in last
year’s contest, and it
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this year. Maybe it’s a Sports Writer
mistake to underestimate what the
Redskins can do, but I doubt it.
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