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DALLAS (AP) — Texas’ Tom
Penders and Southern Methodist’s
John Shumate, new coaches on the
Southwest Conference basketball
block, drew most of the attention on
the league’s media day.
Penders, who came to the Long
horns from the University of Rhode
Island, promised a run-and-gun of
fense, saying “I think a high-risk of
fense is too many passes. If you have
too many passes you have too many
chances to kick the ball out the
door.”
Rhode Island averaged 90 points
per game last year.
“Every team we played tried to
hold the ball against us but we still
got our points,” he said. “I disagree
with the conclusion that you can’t
run and play defense. We will play
an aggressive, gambling defense.”
Penders replaced Bob Weltlich
who was fired after producing me
thodical, mediocre teams that drew
an average of less than 4,000 fans to
Texas’ home games.
Shumate, who was an assistant un
der Digger Phelps at Notre Dame,
inherited a well-stocked SWC cham
pion from Dave Bliss, who went to
New Mexico.
“We’ll try to be a running team be
cause with the athletes we have in
the backcourt (Kato Armstrong and
Todd Alexander) it would do an in
justice to walk the ball up,” Shumate
said. “I’m can adjust my style of play
to the talent on hand. I’m comfort
able doing what it takes to win.”
Shumate gets an early test. The
Mustangs play Wyoming in Laramie
on Friday night in a nationally tele
vised (10 p.m. ESPN) first round
game of the Big Apple NIT.
“There’s some great talent in the
Southwest Conference this year,”
Shumate said. “I wouldn’t be sur
prised if the league had two teams in
the Top 20 and four teams in the
NCAA playoffs.”
There was a general consensus
among the SWC coaches that the
conference could have the best
guard play in the nation.
“The guards in this league an
comparable to any on the outside,
said Houston coach Pat Foster. “Col
lege basketball is becoming a guart
game. You will see a lot of teanii
going to three-guard offenses
There are few great centers, and tit
three-point shot can offset them.’'
Arkansas coach Nolan Richardsoi
said, “The really good guards fron
the three-point line can offset
inside aircraft carriers. And «
could have the best guards of am
league in the country in thiscountn
Those guards out there can malt
you or break you.”
There will be one brand nek
building to play in this year—tit
Ferrell Center at Baylor. It replace
antiquated Heart O’ Texas Star
“It’s really nice,” said Baylorcoatl
Gene Iba. “It’s nice not to go to prat
tice and see a tractor pull going on
It’s as good a place to play basketball
as there is in our part of the world
Dallas Carter eligible again
for high school grid playoffs
AUSTIN (AP) — After a one-day
delay, the Texas Education Agency
ruled Wednesday that Dallas Carter
is eligible to continue its pursuit of a
Class 5A state high school football ti
tle.
Carter, however, did receive one-
year probation and a public repri
mand from the University Inters
cholastic League state executive
committee for failing to report the
changed grade of player Ramon
jht to a UIL district committee.
The Cowboys defeated Plano East
21-7 in the first round of the play
offs last Friday.
Officials from the TEA and the
UIL earlier had found that star run
ning back Gary Edwards, who
scored the final two touchdowns in
the victory over Plano East, was ineli
gible because of an apparent failing
grade in an algebra class.
Wrigl
Carter, 8-0-1, was ranked No. 6 in
the final 5A poll of the Associated
Press. The Cowboys will meet Dallas
Samuell in the second round of the
state playoffs Friday at the Cotton
Bowl in Dallas.
But new evidence presented
Tuesday showed that the teacher
may have miscalculated the player’s
grade.
After hearing six hours of testi
mony Tuesday, UIL officials de
cided that the matter was not within
their jurisdiction and referred the
matter to the education agency. The
TEA then made its ruling Wednes
day.
David Thompson, general coun
sel for the TEA, said that Carterwai
found not to be in violation of a pro
vision in the Texas Education Code
that deals with student eligibility for
extracurricular activities.
“Our first investigation was quire
thorough,” Thompson said. “Their
information was quite correct."
“But after meeting this morning
with the school’s representatives and
hearing all the new evidence, we
have concluded that they are not in
violation,” he said.
Thompson said, however, that the
TEA encouraged the school to im
prove its record-keeping proce
dures.
Smith
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put the ball in play from scrimmage
ft
the sequence of events that would
put Smith in the A&M record book.
Late in the Rice game, (a 57-24
Aggie win) Smith, Armstrong and
cat-quick sophomore quarterback
Keith Baker got to play, though
nothing spectacular happened.
A slow start against SMU kept the
reserves on the bench most of the
day, but once starting quarterback
David Walker, Dickey, Woodard and
Franklin had opened up a 29-0
fourth-quarter lead, Smith and crew
entered the fray.
Baker drove A&M for a final
touchdown, which he scored with
less than 30 seconds to play on a 13-
yard run.
He appeared to be trying to run
out the clock, but jumped into the
right corner of the end zone in the
Cotton Bowl Stadium just before
going out of bounds.
Smith was the trailing halfback on
the play, but an alert Mustang had
him covered up.
The Aggies continued to roll over
SWC opponents, returning to the
hills to decimate Arkansas 31-10,
getting a little measure of revenge
for the earlier loss.
Again, though the Ags had rolled
to an early 24-3 lead, their failure to
blow the game open kept the super
subs on the pine during the snowy
afternoon.
But the next Saturday — Nov. 20,
1976 — before a crowd of 44,055,
the Ags totally dominated the TCU
Horned Frogs from start to finish,
defeating the Frogs 59-10.
Led by Walker, the smooth junior
QB from Louisiana, A&M scored on
five of its six first-half possessions,
taking a 35-3 lead into the locker
room.
This was also a game of individual
firsts for young Aggie offensive
players, as Brothers, Armstrong and
Smith all scored their initial A&M
touchdowns.
Brothers’ score came on a 4-yard
run following Hayes’ interception of
a Jimmy Dan Elzner pass at the TCU
44 in the third quarter.
Smith began what turned into his
best rushing day at A&M with a nifty
53-yard touchdown run off the op
tion with 1:38 to play in the third
quarter.
On the play, Baker had run to the
right side of his offensive line, then
cut down the field for a few yards
before pitching out to the trailing
Smith.
Once Smith caught the ball, he
had clear sailing into the south end
zone at Kyle Field.
TCU spent most of the afternoon
at turtle-like offensive speed, rush
ing for 89 yards on 33 carries and
passing for 163 yards (17 comple
tions in 43 attempts with three inter
ceptions).
The Frogs’ touchdown in the
fourth quarter seemed to inflame
the Aggies, who produced their final
touchdown in a record-setting man
ner.
With 3:51 left in the game, A&M
rom its own 10 yard line following a
tru
clipping penalty against them on the
ensuing Frog kickoff.
Baker again took the snap and
headed to his right (toward the stu
dent seats on the east side of the sta
dium).
Though the Frogs had already
been suckered once on the play, they
fell for it again because, just as he
was hit, Baker simply flicked the ball
into Smith’s waiting hands — and he
was off to the races again.
This time he was in the clear so
much that he raised a hand high
over his head at midfield to let his
teammates know that he was going
to score (and not to block and get a
penalty).
His 90-yard run was second only
in Aggie history to Bean’s 94-yard
run against Texas Tech in 1975 in
Lubbock and was the longest ever at
Kyle Field.
For the game, Smith rushed four
times for 147 yards and the two
touchdowns, the fewest carries an
Aggie has had while running for 100
yards.
“We had the game under control
early,” Bellard said. “I was very
pleased with our starting unit. They
Certainly Darrell Smith I
wasn't a legend in Aggie
football lore, but he was
one of the few players that
played — and played well
— at three different posi
tions on either side of the
ball.
took control of the game and then
we were able to play some of our
younger players and they did a real
good job.”
Indeed they had. For the Aggies
rushed for 518 yards on 61 carries,
second in school history to the 526
yards they gained rushing against
Rice earlier in the year.
“Our game plan was to run
straight at them, and that’s exactly
what we did,” A&M center Mark
Dennard said. “We just stuck to that
basic game plan.”
The battered Frog defenders ac
knowledged the Aggies’ outstanding
performance, especially defensive
end Marshall Harris, who said,
“A&M is a good offensive team.
Woodard is just like trying to stop a
freight train. Their running backs
are outstanding.
“Their second unit is almost as
good as their first one. They play
smart football. They’re sure not
dumb Aggies.”
The 59 points was the most A&M
had scored since it shut out North
Texas AC 61-0 in 1944. NTAC later
became the University of Texas at
Arlington.
The win propelled A&M into the
Sun Bowl, where the Aggies
pounded Florida, 37-14.
Smith moved to wide receiver in
1977 and had some important mo
ments in the Aggies’ 8-4 season.
On October 15, he caught two
touchdown passes against Baylor, a
game that A&M won 38-31 after
once leading 35-7 late in the second
quarter.
Smith’s initial score came on and-
yard pass from Walker in the first
quarter. Then he caught a 61-yard
pass from Walker on which the quar
terback faked out the Bear second
ary so bad that Smith was easily 15
yards behind the nearest defender.
A&M defeated the Owls 28-14 in
Houston a week later, and Smith
aided the win with consecutive kick
off returns of 51 and 39 yards.
At Kyle Field on October 29 (and
after five consecutive road games),
the Aggies fell behind SMU 21-7 at
halftime, then made a complete
turnaround in the second half, out
scoring the Ponies 31-0 and winning
38-21.
Smith scored the lone first-1
A&M touchdown on a 25-yard pass
from Walker.
The pair combined on a 34-
touchdown pass during the
rally, which culminated with Mike
Mosley’s 11-yard touchdown run as
the clock expired.
Smith returned to his hometown
on November 19 and again playeda
part in yet another Aggie offensive
explosion against the Frogs.
The Aggies rushed for a school-
record 606 yards, second in SWC
history to the 611 yards the Univer
sity of Texas gained against SMUin
1970.
The A&M rushing game was so
successful, particularly to the right
side, that Smith was able to score
unscathed on a 31-yard end around
in the second quarter.
On the play Mosley had hobbled
the snap, but was able to pick the ball
up and toss it to Smith before his
knees touched the turf.
Again, Smith was so open that he
not only again raised his hand to his
teammates, but was also the onl/j
player on the left side of the turf
(heading north) at Amon Carter Sta
dium.
As a senior in 1977, Smith moved
to defensive back and helped A&M
post another 8-4 record. Defensive
coordinator Melvin Robertson made
good use of Smith’s outstanding
speed and quickness.
“We needed Darrell in the de
fensive backfield because that had
been a weakness the previous sea
son,” Robertson said in 1981. “Allof
us knew that he was a tough kid who
could handle the pressure bad
there, and he did.”
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