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By Cray Pixley
Assistant Sports Editor
There were many sports in the
United Kingdom to amuse and
baffle this sports writer.
While in London, I contemplated
the interchange of English and
American sports. Why did some
American sports flounder in the
U.K. while some English sports catch
on in other countries but not Amer
ica?
Most of the English sporting
events that I tackled proved to he
fascinating and a bit different from
what I am used to.
The English and Americans do
have a lot of give and take with each
other concerning sports.
There was the time when Ameri
cans and the English did very little to
foster the interest of other countries
in their popular sports.
Now the international sports
scene is loosening up and some
sports that thrived only in America
or England have a growing follow
ing around the globe.
The English cricket clubs have lost
their hold on the top spot in interna
tional competition, while other
countries are taking its place.
An American sports writer in
London
Final part of a five-part series
a sort of cul
The English are frequently
thrashed in the international scene
even though they have had great
stars like Ian Botham.
The Pakistan cricket team with
the great Imran Khan did well in
usurping the English team’s domi
nance. Khan did a great deal to fos
ter the sport’s interest in his home
land.
no enjoy
London.
The London area has fc
sorts of sporting facilities and
for the homesick American
venturous Englishmen intero
sports f rom across the lake.
While the popularity of cricket
steamrolls all over the glol>e, it has
not fired up the United States. T he
obvious reason is the success of base
ball and the alien nature of cricket.
Why go to the trouble of learning
a new hatting sport when baseball is
the king?
I’m not certain if there are any
amateur cricket players around
Texas. It is not exactly a thriving
sport in the U.S. even among Anglo
philes.
Cricket has been freezed out of
the U.S., hut some American sports
London is home to the!
Basketball Association an
Southern England Baseball!
tion.
Believe it or not!
And yes. the surprises i
over vet.
American football probat
joys the widest cult popularin
truly American sport.
T he London Ravens An
looth.ill team has quite a foG
all hough it’s more as a noveln
talented crew.
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It seems that the Englist
taken the first step toward r
sports interaction by basing:
vens. But just how popular
can football is, . . . well, thejui
out.
Now it would seemonls n;
the Americans welcome crici
the sports arena.
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A&M has history of 0-2 start!
After losing
to LSU 27-0 last
Saturday night
at soggy Tiger
Stadium, Texas
A&M had its
Flashback
first 0-2 start since
Coach Tom Wilson’s 1979 Aggies
began that campaign with losses to
Brigham Young (18-17) and Baylor
(17-7).
Inasmuch as Coach Jackie Sherrill
had planned to be in the Top 10 af
ter the Aggies tangled with the Ti
gers and Nebraska, this came as
quite a shock to all Aggie fans.
A check of the record books shows
that this was the 13th time in 94 sea
sons that A&M had dropped its ini
tial two games, but only the second
time since 1970.
From 1970 through 1988 Aggie
squads coached by four different
men had nine seasons in which they
began 2-0 and eight other years
when they earned a split.
That might not be too impressive
at the University of Texas, Okla
homa or even Nebraska, but coming
on the heels of the A&M football
“Dark Ages,” Aggies everywhere
have been most appreciative.
After Bear Bryant left A&M foi
Alabama after the 1957 season.
Coaches Jim Meyers (1958-61),
Hank Foldberg (1962-64) and Stal
lings (1965-69) combined lor seven
0-2 beginnings — and two more that
were 0-1-1.
Including Bryant’s four-year stay
at A&M, the Aggies posted 0-2 starts
in eight of 16 seasons with only two
spotless starts. (Bryant had them
both, 1956-57.)
So what’s the big deal? Still not
convinced that Aggie football hasn't
been top-notch overall in the past 35
years?
Consider this: From 1953 back to
the time Coach FT). Perkins' Ags
won the first A&M football game in
1894, A&M had only three seasons
that began 0-2.
Now fast-forward to the late
1950s. Meyers succeeded Bryant in
1958 and immediately started T exas
A&M on its long, dark journey into
the football night.
In 1960 and 1961 A&M opened
with a loss and a tie, something that
had — and has — occurred before
only in 1900.
Back at the turn of the century
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A&M tied the Kansas City
(no, really) 6-6 before losins «
Texas. t
In 1960 A&M lost to 111
then tied T exas Tech M-14(t™
Tech’s first SWC game). I
A year later the Aggies tied il|
ton 7-7, then fell to'the Bent|
get s again 16-7. j
Foldberg’s three teams dn
each of its opening games to|
hut lost to Ohio State in 1963:1
tween two more losses to Hoik ||
Stallings' 1965 team slowede|
2 smarts with a monumental |
upset of Georgia l ech in Atlar*
ter trailing 10-0 entering the i ll
D.
ig tu-u entering
quarter.
But his teams reverted to
had become the norm in 1961
1967, losing to Georgia Tedi
(after leading 3-0 at halftime)!
I ulane 21 -13 in 1966, andto k J
ern Methodist 20-17 and Purdi
24.
The final year of the Dark
1969, found A&M losing on
road to Louisiana State 35-6aml
braska 14-0.
STt
See Flashback, page 11
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