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R Sports The Battalion Thursday, Dec. 1, 1988 Page 9 fits eek higher payinjj y will be forcedlolj iccause they cannoi; > much as other by ustries, such as c people applied aij at ion center by mil.; nesday. “I do ktf ver 400,” legali® or Henry McGdj .ouri LP case e most extensiveic ates," said GeriKo- we sympathize will a's plight and hisic- . "But we don’t feel or its ratepayets ic responsibility for from his act.” '), 1980, Reynolds, t the time, coupled uminimi tent poles ouched a high ten- •m above his neigl- ried 35,000voltsof ocked unconscious ig caught fire burn- most of his body, e was lucky to hate the majority,Jus- ook said HL&P did y to warn about tie mtacting a power he utility had con iine in accordance tandards. lider for rmland south of$l ‘Good Ag’ has had it No more Flashbacks from Stanfield For the past three football sea sons, I have had the distinct honor to write stories about games and the players in them during the 34 sea sons that I have been a Texas A&M fan (not counting this one). Though I didn’t see my first A&M game in person until 1961 (A&M 23, Baylor 0 at Kyle Field), I can hon estly say that I have loved the Ags and this program as much as — or more than — any other person on earth since Spring 1954. I mean, a person only has one life to live and a very few things to make special, and Texas A&M has always been very special to me. There has been no better college football player than John David Crow, who won the 1957 Heisman Trophy and went on to a sterling ca reer in the National F'ootball League. I listened on the radio and watched on television while Crow was an All-America for Texas A&M and an All-Pro for the St. Louis Car dinals, never once wondering what it would be like to meet him. Well, 1 have gotten to meet him and have been fortunate to do a story or two on him along the way, Texas A&M vs. Alabama •Time: Thursday, 7:38 p.m. •Where: Kyle Field •Tickets: Some tickets available. •Aggies: A&M defeated Texas 28-24 on Thanksgiving. •Alabama: The Crimson Tide lost to Auburn 10-15. •Records: The Aggies are 7-4. Alabama is 7-3. •Media: ESPN will televise the game nationally with Tim Brando on play-by-play and Lee Corso on commentary. The 80-station Ag gie Radio Network will broadcast wiht Dave South on play-by-play and Jay Howard on commentary. IM Tim Stanfield Guest Column including one in my Flashbackseries on the Rice-A&M game in 1957 (which A&M lost 7-6). That was — and shall alwayshe — special to me, even though that game cost A&M a Southwest Confer ence title and possible national championship. While my contributions to The Battalion in 1986 consisted of facts about previous A&M games, the past two seasons have been filled with nothing but stories I have written about players and games that I wanted to recall. Sometimes I cannot believe it and have to go get a copy of my story on Ed Simonini or Lester Hayes or Rob ert Jackson or Lloyd Taylor to again convince myself that guys who played for my football team had ac tually let me write stories about them. If I seem like I a “starry-eyed little hoy” concerning these guys, well, there isa lot of little boy in me. And 1 don’t care what anyone else thinks about it either! They were important to me and, since A&M didn’t have a speech de partment until I was 35 years old (that was the A&M degree I wanted to get, only I ended up with one from Sam Houston State Univer sity), that was the only c/zrectlink I had with A&M itself. In fact, the only reason I came back to A&M to get a journalism de gree was that I could also have a speech minor (and without taking any speech courses here). So I took it personally when Texas upset them 21-6 in 1955, giving T V CU an undeserved SWC title, as well as when Tennessee shut them out 3-0 in the 1957 Gator Bowl, Crow’s last game. My second game to see in person was in 1965, also here and against Texas (A&M lost 21-17 after leading 17-0). Four more in 1967, when the Aggies overcame an 0-4 start to fin ish 7-4 and win the SWC title and beat Alabama in the Cotton Bowl. I’ve been fortunate to do stories about Edd Hargett’s touchdown run with no time left on the clock at Texas Tech that season, A&M’s first win of the season, and on Tommy Maxwell’s interception and ensuing game-winning touchdown reception in that Cotton Bowl game. My love for A&M football can be better understood if I was to point out that I have seen everjvhome game since that 1967 team lost to Florida State 19-18 in the rain (the Ags’ fourth — and final — loss of the season). I make no bones about why I like to see them play. There are two rea sons actually: Naturally I like to see them win, but also for it to be as physically violent as possible (for which I make no apology). By the time Coach Emory Bellard took the reins at Aggieland in 1972, I was able to see an occasional away game. Much to my regret, I was in attendance at Rice Stadium on No vember 17, 1973, when A&M over came a 17-0 halftime deficit to take the lead 20-17, only to lose 24-20 when the Owls’ Carl Sweric returned the ensuing kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown (which is the last time that has happened to A&M). I was so angry that I actually kicked a wall — and broke my right foot in two places. Feeling foolish and fitted for a cast, I was there the next Thursday when Texas butch ered A&M 42-13 (one of two games in A&M history in which the Ags’ opponent never officially attempted a pass). After graduating from Sam Hous ton in 1974, I decided to lay out of school a year before I got a master’s degree and watch the Aggies play football, home and away. I did get to see them play Clemson to open that season (24-0 win here), but missed the next two games against LSU (couldn’t get a ticket to the game in Baton Rouge) and Washington (too far to drive and couldn’t afford to fly). But since the first Saturday in Oc tober 1974, I have seen in person each and every one of the past 170 Texas A&M football games. That day was a dark, dismal one See Stanfield/Page 11 Ask About Our New 3-Day Loan Approval -orn Michigan and# losing states have)! :Tit Reagan loappM lission to investigate! partinent’s choice sites in Michigan, i , Colorado, NorthC unessee. Pickle, an Austin Dei member of the eans Committee, aft i that Texas will ha® lands nailing tkw r funds, be hard to come W full funding for lid [he first year..,M forward in someaa r,” Pickle said Tuesdi the Austin Chamiei bat a crucial ingrehi will be support fa ct George Bush. . got to support it i y (the Reagan adffli he ones that createi to say it’s a pri« to depend on thei n Congress) to k n Texas, we’ve f ome other votes, 1 :flfl 5' Seminar antage' FIRST FEDERAL STUDENT LOANS Help for the high cost of higher education. If you want to go to college, First Federal Savings & Loan Association wants to help. 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I’ve thought along with the best of the Aggie fans the whole way that the Hogs were all squeal and no waller. For me, however, it has come time to deal with Arkansas’ lack of recognition compared to the rest of the Southwest Conference. The Razorbacks compiled a 10-1 record this year — and the loss said as much for them as the wins. Facing Miami in the Orange Bowl (stadium) is not a piece of fruit by any means. But Arkansas could, or should, have won the game that they lost 18-16. Arkansas is the classic example of the team who plays at the level of their opponent. Only twice during the season did the Razorbacks wipe out a foe — against Pacific and Texas Christian. The rest of the year, besides the Miami game, Arkansas got the job done, plain and simple. They barely beat Tulsa, which Houston rolled over 82-28. The Hogs narrowly beat those same Cougars. They slipped by Rice. And, of course, they just edged the Aggies. All this has added up to marks against Arkansas this year. Statements like “They don’t deserve to be ranked in the Top 20” and “They’ll get blown away by anyone good, like Miami” have been heard all season. The problem is, they aren’t true. Arkansas has played steadily good football all year with very few mistakes. Bolz Sports writer There’s a lot to be said for consistency in a football program. Ken Hatfield has built a rock of consistency this season as Arkansas’ head man. Nobody knows how he’s done it because we don’t keep up with the Razorbacks in Texas — until they’re playing one of “our” teams. So Arkansas remains the scorn of Texas. But not only to Texas teams. The rest of the country associates the Razorbacks with the SWC, which gives Arkansas a poor reputation. True, the SWC has had some rough recent years. Probation has hit it hard and consequently the most talented Texas players are choosing more prestigious conferences. But in the midst of the NCAA probation show, not only has Arkansas kept clean, they have put good teams on the field. This year’s is the fifth See Hogs/Page 10 Sanders, TOKYO (AP) — Oklahoma State running back Barry Sanders already has rewritten the record book this year, and with one more regular-sea- son game to go — to be played Sun day here in Japan — promises to grab a few more entries. But both Sanders and Coach Pat Jones say their main concern is beat ing Texas Tech. “The object of the game is not to break records,” Sanders said after arriving in Tokyo Wednesday night with the two weary-looking teams. “It (setting records) was one of the things that happened this year. But basically we just try to win games,” he said. With one game to go, Sanders al ready has set more than a dozen NCAA records this year, including OSU take most single-season touchdowns (35), most all-purpose yards (2,897) and most 300-plus rushing games in a ca reer (three, all this season). Many believe he also has the in side track to this year’s Heisman Trophy — which will be announced just a few hours before Sunday’s game. “I think he’s got it won right now — I think it’s over with,” Coach Jones said. CBS television, which plans to carry the Heisman Award ceremony live from New York Saturday, has made arrangements to interview Sanders in Tokyo early Sunday morning, Japan time, should he win. The announcement is expected to made at 5:50 p.m. EST. Among records likely to fall on on Tech Sunday is Marcus Allen’s season- rushing total of 2,342 yards, a mere 47 yards more than Sanders’ current mark. “We’re coming over here ob viously to win a football game,” Jones said. “But I think it’s safe to as sume that he’ll get yards. 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