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CALL ANYTIME For A Free Brochure (800) 346-6401 •* 1 Heisman hoopla frequently misses those most deserving ELECT Justice Bob Thomas Chief Justice OF THE 10th COURT OF APPEALS 86.7% of the lawyers in a recent poll by the State Bar of Texas voted Justice Bob Thomas "Best Qualified" for Chief Justice. Here is why--- Experience on the 10th Court of Appeals Bob Thomas Opponent 6 years None Number of appellate opinions written 300+ None .experience is the difference. The performance of Darren Lewis over the past three weeks has led some writers covering Southwest Conference football and some Aggie fans to speculate about his chances of win ning the Heisman trophy as college football’s finest player. A&M Head Coach Jackie Sherrill added to the speculation at his weekly press conference by saying that Lewis and Okla homa State’s Barry Sanders are the top two players he has seen in college football this year. The chances of Lewis or Sanders winning the Heisman this year are very small. At least the praise that is beginning to spread about these two players stems from their performance on the field and.not from past years and preseason media hype. Some past Heisman award winners have won the award mostly because of their performance of the previous season combined with a media blitz before the season in which they won the award. As a result, the actual awarding of the trophy is usually an- ticlimactic. The only Heisman vote in this decade in which most of the public was uncertain of the winner was in 1985. That year Au burn running back Bo Jackson ed^ed Iowa quarterback Chuck Long in the closest balloting ever. Both players benefitted greatly from preseason hype and past performance and backed up the hyp>e with spectacular performances on the field in that season. Unfortunately, many times the top candidates fail to meet the expectations on the field. Last year it was known by the end of the third week of the season that Notre Dame’s Tim Brown was going to win the award. He actually deserved the award in 1986, when he was the nation’s most talented and exciting player. Lorenzo White of Michigan State deserved the award at least as much as Brown. White almost single-handedly led the Spartans to their first Big Ten title in over 20 years and a Rose Bowl win over Southern California. This year’s Heisman watch has for the most part been a wide open event. It should always be this way. At the beginning of the season, there were at least seven candidates who were being heavily publicity by the sports in formation hacks at their schools and by sports writers covering their teams. The list of candidates included Alabama running back Bobby Humphrey, UCLA quarterback Troy Aikman, Florida running back Emmett Smith, Texas running back Eric Met calf, LSU quarterback Tom Hodson, Nebraska quarterback Steve Taylor and USC quarterback Rodney Peete. All these players are excellent in their own right. However, they each were given an unfair advantage over players that have emerged during this season as top players. As far as I’m concerned, Oklahoma State’s Sanders is the most explosive player in college football. He has burned op ponents in several different ways this year. Yet it’s probably a safe bet that the Eastern media has probably never heard of him. Therefore, he probably won’t win the award. ■ w Doug ^ 1 Walker Assistant Sports Editor Lady Ags beat SHSU in 4 games See Heisman hype, page 11 $600,000 Flight insurance with every ticket...FREE! Gold VISA Card...FREE! Traveler's checks...FREE! Ticket delivery to your office • ...FREE! in association with S Sl travel 'Ask your United Citizens Bank Representative how you may qualify. Call or come by any branch of United Citizens Bank or ITS Tours & Travel: 693-1414 764-9400 ext 222 Sanders is leading the nation in individual rushing, scoring and all-purpose yardage. He averages 203.3 yards rushing, 22.5 points and 275.5 all-purpose yards per game. All this has been accomplished in four games. As you re member, but would probably like to forget, Texas A&M is one of the teams he terrorized. These impressive numbers have been racked up in games in which he has finished work by the end of the third quarter. Probably the most impressive statistic of all is the all-pur pose yardage mark. All-purpose yardage is calculated by combining yards gained rushing, receiving and returning kicks. By being a threat in three different areas, Sanders shows the diverse talent that can only be possessed by the best in his sport. Last year. Brown made his case for the Heisman by much the same means. In attaining these impressive per-game averages, Sanders has rushed for 813 yards, scored 15 touchdowns, compiled 222 yards on kick returns (while returning a kickoff and a punt for TDs), and added 66 yards receiving for a total of 1,101 to tal yards. Sanders has attracted attention only recently and faces his biggest test so far this Saturday as the lOth-ranked Cowboys travel to Lincoln, Neb., to battle the Nebraska Comhuskers. If Sanders harbors any realistic hope of wresting the Heis man from either UCLA’s Aikman of USC’s Peete he must put together a respectable showing against a team that shut out OSU 35-0 last year in Stillwater. Looking at all-purpose yardage made me realize what a flop Eric Metcalf has been this year. Metcalf is expected to break open each week, yet he has dominated no one this year. He’s a great player, but he’s not the best in the nation this year. His is a classic case of over-publicity. The true measure of a player’s greatness is his performance in the big games. Metcalf has been neutralized in every big game he’s played in. Only a 52-yard run against A&M last year saved him from posting a terrible performance in the game that decided the SWC champion. He had never scored a touchdown against Oklahoma until he scored on a pass reception in last week’s game. Perhaps if he had a little help he would live up to the By Cray Pixley Assistant Sports Editor I) nl The Lady Aggie volleyball a F 1 e dotciitcd Sam Houston State i::: f 1 * 111 ’ matches, 15-11, 15-8,7-15. lS.si m night in Huntsville. A&M moves to 11-6 on the n and Sam Houston drops to 10-11. “I’m happy with the ‘W’,bttiil with the way we played," M Coach A1 Givens said. “We will ail a win anyway we can get it, h.: ® played the worst match. "It was not a pretty win." The Lady Aggies won thefustn® Nc games but played a timid thirdpa| that they lost. The team returned to form in s| fourth game, reeling off 14 stniS points to win after dropping Mi early to 4-1. The Lady Aggies are having § culty with some starting plaffij struggling with injuries. “We have some individual! pain," Givens said. “We need to fir through this.” Vivian Viera, who led the li; Ags with 16 kills on the night,ism of the injured. She played the Huntsville net with a back problem. Chcri Steensma, with 12 kills,la tendonitis in her right shoulder Krista Hicrholzer followed Vo and Steensma with 10 kills fotts match. “I think because we beat Sam Houston so handily at b® that we expected them to fold,'* said. Givens said SHSU got betterasi night progressed. “We need to get back to were doing with the basics aidM defense in the beginning of the s'.j son,” he said. “I was very pleased with the»? Vivian Viera played offensively." : The Lady Aggies next gameistb Friday against Baylor in Waco, T game time has been changed frr p.m. to 7:30. JW ve do s b gia ties The i loe< iver Cr< ilyca Jean mine tf an loue laki r Travel seminars...FREE! Parties...FREE! 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