The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, December 02, 1988, Image 7

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Thomas, ’Bama too much for Pavlas; Tide rolls to 30-10 win
By Hal L. Hammons
Sports Editor
It’s not humanly possible to not feel
sorry for Lance Pavlas after Thursday
night’s game.
The young man has carried the burden
of “superstar potential” ever since high
school, and for the first time since early
in his freshman year he got a chance to
actually fulfill them.
And he played his guts out.
Unfortunately for him and Texas
A&M, Alabama quarterback David
Smith and Butkus Award winner Derrick
Thomas did too. And with better results.
So Pavlas had to console himself with
a good performance, while Smith and
Thomas celebrated a 30-10 win.
Pavlas was somber and soft-spoken in
the interview room after the game.
“Finals are coming up, and it’s been a
long season, and I’m tired,” he said. “I
haven’t been this tired in a long time.”
Sherrill quiet
about rumors
Jackie Sherrill would not com
ment after the game Thursday
night about the recent allegations
concerning “hush money” paid to
former player George Smith as
reported by the Dallas Morning
News or his future with the Uni
versity .
Sherrill has refused to com
ment ever since the story was
printed Nov. 18, saving he would
hot talk about the story until the
end of t he season.
He would not answer questions
directly about his future with
Texas A&M.
“That’s not even a question,”
Sheri ill said.
But he did indicate he planned
on being at the Aggie helm next
season.
“We’ll see you next Septem
ber,” he told the media.
He would not answer when
asked when he would respond to
the allegations.
The News reported that Smith
said he received "hush money”
from Sherrill several times, in
cluding one payment of $500
four days after the NCAA
handed clown sanctions against
’A&M for other rules violations.
The loss ended a controversy-filled
season for the Aggies, who finished at 7-
5. The Tide stands at 8-3 and will begin
preparations for their Dec. 24 date with
Army at the Sun Bowl in El Paso.
The game, styled the “Hurricane
Bowl” by the local chambers of com
merce, originally was scheduled to be
played Sept. 17. But Alabama Head
Coach Bill Curry decided not to send his
team, citing possible danger from Hurri
cane Gilbert.
Curry received a lot of criticism at the
time from Alabama fans — something he
hasn’t needed in a season filled with ru
mors that he will soon be replaced.
Tailback Murry Hill said, “We felt the
coaches had taken enough bad publicity,
and it was our turn to do something. We
took it upon ourselves to get the job do
ne.”
Sherrill said, “It was unfortunate that
we played it at this time, but we played it
the time we had to play it,” he said. “It
would have been our first home game
(with the original date), and we play well
in our first home games. And we would
have had Bucky (Richardson).”
Richardson aggravated a knee injury
in the Texas game last week that he suf
fered against Texas Christian the week
before. He had knee surgery earlier this
week.
Pavlas, a surprise starter over Chris
Osgood, went 10-for-21 with only one
interception. And that came late in the
game with the outcome already decided.
He played the entire game except for
one play, when he was suffering a hand
cramp and Osgood went in.
A&M Head Coach Jackie Sherrill
said, “Pavlas did a very good job all
week in practice. We planned to play
both (Pavlas and Osgood), but it just
didn’t happen that way.”
Smith completed 13 of 20 passes for
156 yards, two touchdowns and one in
terception.
Smith, who was recovering from knee
surgery and not noted as a scrambler,
proved his critics wrong. He completed
numerous passes on the run and was
sacked only once on the night.
Curry said, “There just isn’t anyone
like David Smith. There’s nothing you
can do to stop him. He just keeps coming
right back to get you.”
Thomas had two sacks of Pavlas, in
cluding one that caused a fumble and led
to the clinching score in the fourth quar
ter.
Sherrill said, “Derrick Thomas is a
great player. He showed it at the end. He
put the pressure on and we didn’t protect
the quarterback.”
Darren Lewis tied Earl Campbell’s re
cord of 10 straight 100-yard games, but
he fell short of Campbell’s Southwest
Conference single-season rushing re
cord.
Lewis needed 181 yards for the record
but only managed 128 on 24 carries,
placing him second on the all-time list
with 1,692 yards.
Alabama blew open a close game in
the fourth quarter, scoring 17 points
while shutting out the Aggies.
Smith’s passing and critical Aggie pe
nalties helped Alabama drive 73 yards
for a touchdown to go ahead 20-10 with
4:47 to go. Smith scrambled for 12 yards
on a critical third-and-11, and a holding
call on A&M put the ball at the A&M
28. An eight-yard touchdown pass to Ke
vin Turner on third-and-one capped the
drive.
Thomas’ fumble-causing sack with
8:55 remaining led to Alabama kicker
Phillip Doyle’s third field goal of the
day, which put the Tide ahead 23-10
with 2:13 to play.
Alabama added another late score on
an obviously disconsolate Aggie de
fense. Murry Hill capped a 54-yard drive
with a 10-yard scamper up the middle for
a touchdown.
The Aggies looked to be gaining the
momentum early in the second half after
trailing 13-3 at intermission.
Pavlas scrambled and threw across the
field to Rod Harris for a 24-yard gain on
fourth and two to keep the half’s opening
drive alive. Lewis took the ball to the
one on two carries, and Robert Wilson
dove in for the score.
The Aggies stopped Alabama on the
next drive and took the ball to the Tide
42. But Sherrill opted to punt the ball on
fourth and two.
A&M never penetrated Tide territory
again.
Sherrill said, “At the time I felt we
still had time. We were still in the game.
If we had been a little farther downfield
we would have gone for it.” ’
Many expected the game to be a de
fensive struggle, but it certainly didn’t
look like it in the opening quarter.
Alabama took the opening kick and
drove 75 yards on 14 plays. Smith hit
fullback Robert Stewart for a 10-yard TD
to end the drive.
A&M drove back for a 49-yard field
goal by Scott Slater for the only points
A&M was to earn in the half.
Two field goals by Doyle in the sec
ond quarter — one after Pavlas fumbled
on an exchange with Lewis — provided
the only points Alabama was to need.
Play of the Game
Alabama linebacker Derrick Thomas, the 1988 But
kus Award winner, sacks A&M’s Lance Pavlas from
behind forcing a fumble which led to a field goal in
Photo by Jay Janner
the fourth quarter of Thursday night’s game. Tho
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