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The Battalion Friday, Nov. 11, 1988 Page 9
Sports
Bruising defense led Ags past Hogs in ’76
ayes, Aggies avenged humiliating defeat in last A&M win at Arkansas
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ing yell practice it; Two games, played in successive sea-
nns (l 975 and 1976) in Little Rock,
ivar, the campus« M.. between Texas A&M and the Uni-
terens who werer /ersity of Arkansas,
ing the corps asfc; Coach Emory Bellard vs. Coach
ores and bein{ ?rank Broyles each time,
who had not foum The winning team scored 31 points in
first civilian bod x)th games, and the losers were nearly
■pame (six the first time, 10 the sec-
e growth did not b md).
when College Sti Lester Hayes started at strong safety
A&M, Balliew sadnr.l’exas A&M in 1975 and moved over
ecided to diversify :o free safety one year later. Hayes had a
so exclusively on lirect impact on each game — the first a
Plfient of agony for Aggies every-
wars brought r where. the other a moment to be savored
ittle known college forever.
d led to its respects Late in the second quarter of the 1975
tion today. eontest, Hayes and free safety Jackie
gpiams collided while trying to defend
l pass from Arkansas quarterback Scott
Sul. Porker wide receiver Teddy Barnes
iUght the ball for a game-breaking
hdown.
te 28-yard pass put the Hogs on the
vice
scoreboard first, and they catapulted to a
stunning 31-6 victory over the pre-
viously-undefeated Aggies.
Yet, in no way was Hayes alone to
blame for the loss, inasmuch as he inter
cepted a pass and recovered a fumble,
each of which gave the Aggies scoring
opportunities.
In the locker room following the
game, Hayes sat motionless, refusing to
speak to either the media, coaches or
even his teammates.
“I think we were all in a state of
shock,” former A&M All-American
linebacker Ed Simonini said Tuesday
night. “That loss was quite devastating
for all of us. You don’t remember what
you say or recall it later. ’ ’
That loss ended any chance of a na
tional championship for the Aggies who,
16 days later, ended their 1975 season
with another humiliating defeat (20-0 to
Southern California in the Liberty Bowl
in Memphis.
Fast-forward almost a year. Return to
Tim Stanfield
Flashback
War Memorial Stadium. (The reason
A&M went to Arkansas again was that
Houston joined the Southwest Confer
ence in 1976, forcing each SWC team to
play one team on the road two years in a
row, as well as another one at home in
succession. Baylor visited Kyle Field in
1975 and 1976.)
While it was cold when the Ags took a
beating, it was even colder when they
trounced the Hogs 31-10 in 1976. Late in
that game, for one of the few times in re
cent A&M football history, it snowed.
Hayes and company didn’t notice, for
they gave Arkansas its first SWC loss of
the season, sending the Hogs on the path
to a 5-5-1 season, after which Broyles
retired from coaching.
After Arkansas took ah early 3-0 lead,
the Aggies came back with a long march
of their own, ending when Curtis Dickey
scored on a 3-yard run.
On the first play after the ensuing
kickoff, Hog quarterback Ron Calcagni
was swarmed by Aggie defenders and
tossed a pass up for grabs. Hayes picked
it off at his own 41 yard line and returned
it 18 yards to the Hog 41.
After he was tackled, Hayes jumped
up and threw his right fist up in the air at
the Arkansas fans. He held the fist high
over his head almost all the way to the
A&M bench.
From there A&M scored the game
breaking touchdown in two plays. After
fullbck George Woodard rushed for two
yards, quarterback David Walker handed
off to Dickey on what appeared to be a
sweep around the right side of the Aggie
offensive line.
However, Dickey stopped suddenly
and tossed a perfect pass to wide receiver
Randall Teate at the Hog 7 yard line.
Teate was all alone when he caught the
ball and strolled into the end zone un
touched 63 seconds after Dickey himself
had scored a touchdown.
The Angies went wild, while the
huddled F< ig masses, which included
most of the 47,000 in attendance, be
came as quiet as if the stadium were
empty.
Teate was buried under a pile of team
mates in the end zone, the same one in
which Barnes had scored almost a year
earlier.
Tony Franklin kicked the extra point,
and things quickly got worse for the
freezing fans. Franklin added a 32-yard
field goal (from the same hash mark and
10 yards farther out than his 1975 miss),
making the score 17-3.
It didn’t stay that way very long.
Completing one of the greatest quarters
in A&M football history, the frenzied
See Hayes/Page 11
Texas A&M vs. :
Arkansas
♦ When: Saturday, 1 p,m.
♦ Where: Razorbuck Stadium,
Fayetteville, Ark,
♦ Weather: Highs in the low 60s, 60
percent chance of rain.
♦ Aggies; Last week A&M beat
Louisiana Tech 56-17 at Kyle Field.
♦ Razmrbacks; Arkansas beat Bay-
Jor 3 3 - 3 last week in Waco.
♦ Records: A&M is 5-3 (4-0 in
SWC). Arkansas is 9-0 (6-0).
♦ Rankings: Arkansas is ranked No.
11 by both the Associated Press and
United Press International. A&M is
unranked.
♦ Media: The game can be heard lo
cally on Aggie Radio Network-affil
iate WTAW-AM with Dave South on
play-by-play and Jay Howard on
commentary.
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orate the sacrifices wl
Americans, Gap Well, by the time you read this I’ll be well on
J Nov. II as A~ n y wa y t0 ^ j an( j 0 f (he enemy. I’ve never
to a football game in Arkansas — it’s going
i ar 1 lived up toils :o be tough to live up to its billing in terms of
end all wars. N xjwdiness and obnoxiousness,
nown as Ami$lia.|Bf course, I’ve seen Arkansas fans before, but
- r t* 10 holiday mwA j n the friendly confines of Kvle Field or G.
S, the United Stall R 0 iiie White Coliseum, or in the supposedly
n World War II neutral Reunion Arena at the Southwest
. Rep. Edwin K R^Bference basketball tournament,
proposal to change Not in their natural habitat,
terans Day. tote I'm no t worried, though. I’ve been to Baton
served America. Rouge, La. It can’t possibly be worse than that.
"About Veterans!); Some sports arenas prohibit fans from
ished by the JadiWging their own refreshments. Some ban hard
. two more iniu; containers. But Tiger Stadium is the only place
load were broughn (’ye ever been where I got the impression that
>m overseas and it: alcoholic beverages — in glass bottles if possible
netery beside te — were actually required for anyone wanting to
Id War I on M; get in.
lem had died in' 1 And 1 survived that experience. Of course, the
in Korea. Cajuns probably weren’t of the mind to beat up
in 1973 providedi( on Aggies that much since the LSU football team
unknown America! had done it all evening,
rutheast Asia d» Texas A&M might actually beat the
r several years, nocRazorbacks, and that could lead to a dangerous
e'ere found, so a ^situation. Luckily I’ll be in the relatively safe
the Memorial Dirconfines of the press box, where there are only
on. On Memonali going to be about 10 or 12 raving Hog fans (in
Lown Scracenur the guise of impartial sports writers) instead of
finally placed 50,000 (in the guise of rational human beings),
isjde his country® factually, I have a lot of respect for Arkansas
Hs. They give new meaning to the phrase
Hal L.
Hammons
Sports Editor
“home field advantage.” Of course, don’t tell
Miami that.
They’re the best sports fans in the Southwest
Conference — I can’t imagine anyone seriously
doubting that. Aggies might be a little better
during football season, but the rest of the year
they’re in hibernation.
The Hogs are in perpetual heat. Twelve
months a year.
Arkansas fans are just about the only
interesting thing about the basketball
tournament. It’s amazing to watch the arena fill
up with screaming maniacs in red shirts and
weird hats. The SWC has quit trying to be equal
in allotment of tickets — Arkansas is about the
only school that actually sells the tickets they
get, so they get more sent to them. Perfectly fair.
If an Aggie doesn’t want to go, there’s no reason
why an Arkansas season-ticket holder shouldn’t.
OK, the “Sooooooooooey PIGS” stuff is kind
of obnoxious. But it is rather impressive crowd
participation. And the entire group does it — not
just the students like in Aggieland. And it’s a
whole lot better than that “Sic ’em Bears” stuff
Baylor does.
And the Hog Wild Band is positively a
scream. I think everyone at the tournament,
regardless of affiliation, looks forward to when
they play their version of the “William Tell
Overture” — better known as the Lone Ranger
theme.
That crazy director runs all around the court,
and sometimes the stands, whipping the crowd
into a frenzy, making it back to the band just in
time to direct the crowd with a resounding “A —
R — K — A — N — S (boom, boom) A-S!”
That’s a basketball crowd. One like we in
Texas only see on television.
Of course they’re not particularly intelligent
fans, especially when it comes to sports other
than football. But then, that’s never really been
the strong suit of Arkansans. After all, there are
third world countries with literacy rates that can
top Arkansas’ imposing 74 percent mark. They
may be No. 11 in football, but everyone agrees
they’re No. 1 in illiteracy.
And a brain isn’t a qualification for being a
fan. In fact, it can be a hinderanee. Witness the
U. of Texas — an admittedly strong academic
school that is somewhat lacking in school spirit
to the same extent that Yassar Arafat is
somewhat lacking in razor blades.
My brother goes to UT, and I grew up in
Austin, so I’ve seen the apathy first-hand. Paul
is constantly complaining about how the fans
trickle in throughout the first quarter, pour out as
time runs out, and don’t come in the first place
as the losses accumulate.
Of course, the baseball team packs ’em in like
sardines. Of course, the baseball team wins.
Losing programs, like basketball, can’t draw
fans for spit.
Sound familiar?
But at least Texas fans come — to some
degree. There are some schools around who
seem to need Superglue to keep the fans in their
seats.
The schools on either side of Highway 6 are
the obvious examples.
Baylor has never impressed me, I might as
well just come out and admit it right away. But
last year’s game against the Aggies took the
cake.
If you’ll recall, the Aggies blew out the Bears
in the second half after a nip-and-tuck battle for
24 minutes. But with 10 minutes to go the Bears
were still in the game, only down by about 17.
Of course, about two-thirds of the people on
the student side wouldn’t have known that. They
were already gone.
Imagine how they must be packing ’em in this
year, what with that jammin’ 0-5 SWC record.
It’s worse on the east side. The city of
Houston is noted for its lack of support for its
sports teams; I guess it would be strange if Rice
and Houston didn’t follow suit.
We all know about how Owl fans show up
toward the end of the second quarter and leave
right after they see the Marching Owl Band do
their stuff at halftime. And that can be
understood: the Owls have been perennial losers
for quite some time now. And as much as we
would like to talk like Jackie Sherrill about
supporting the home team no matter what the
record or opponent (what a joke), it is to be
expected that fan turnout would be pretty low for
a program like that.
Houston is tougher to understand. The
football program has been good most of the
time. But still the Aggies consistently
outnumber the Cougars in their own stadium.
Some excuse can be made by understanding
the city itself. The campus is in a crime-prone
part of town, and consequently there is little or
no campus activity. Football would be a great
excuse to make some, since Robertson Stadium
is a fine facility right there on the school
grounds.
Yet the school officials insist on having games
in the Astrodome — quite likely the worst
facility ever erected for watching football.
So many fans boycott the games. Why not?
Why pay $20 to sit in a crummy seat and $3 to
park your car? And of course, the $100
surcharge on season tickets that the university
tacked on the already-outrageous prices didn’t
help. They’re still trying to recover from that.
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