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The Battalion Page 9 ‘22,1 Friday, September 22,1989 Sugars ready for game with Sun Devils HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Cougars Iblayed one game and then have had back-to-back open dates but they still belong among the top finked teams in the nation, Coach Jack Pardee fid. "We’re one of the better teams in the country,” Pardee said. “I don’t know exactly where we fall that category with the better teams but we’ve lot to be mentioned in there.” The Cougars, who ranked No. 17 in The Asso- ated Press poll, beat Nevada-Las Vegas 69-0 at. 2 and jumped into the national lead in total ense with 619 yards per game average and lassing offense with a 493 yards per game aver- e. Quarterback Andre Ware is the No. 2 passer 1 in the nation, and junior college transfer Ver- l<|>nd Brown is the No. 2 receiver. The Cougars resume their schedule against rizona State, 2-0, Saturday night in Tempe, said. “We don’t want anyone to score on us.” While the Cougars’ explosive run-and-shoot offense continues to get most of the attention, the Cougars defense doesn’t feel slighted, Mont gomery said. “Everybody knows about our offense but last year our defense showed that it could play too,” Montgomery said. “We got our share of the rec ognition.” The Cougar defense has learned to cope with the quick-striking Houston offense. The defend ers spent 36 minutes on the field in the season opener. Houston has won six straight regular season games and eight straight regular season road games. The Cougars lost to Washington State in the 1988 Aloha Bowl. They don’t play their first home game until Sept. 30 in the Astrodome against Temple, coached by former Rice coach Jerry Berndt. Ariz., hoping they haven’t lost any effectiveness. Houston coach Jack Pardee welcomed the ex tra time. “We have so many rookies, backup freshmen players, who are trying to develop their tech nique,” Pardee said. “We spent the first two weeks just getting ready for the season. “We spent more time on individual drills in stead of team timing drills.” The time also gave middle linebacker Lamar Lathon, a primary defensive force, opportunity to heal from a broken sternum suffered in a late summer auto accident. “We certainly didn’t slack off,” strong safety and team captain Alton Montgomery said. “It did kind of drag and I hope we don’t have any more long open dates like that but we practiced hard.” The Cougar defense would like to record “five or six” shutouts this year, Montgomery said. “We set a goal to shut out Nevada-Las Vegas and we’d like to shut out Arizona State too,” he ading Astros shut out by lowly Braves; ouston’s chances at division title wane ATLANTA (AP) — Right-hander HER£ tommy Greene held Houston to IT(IMthree hits and Lonnie Smith drove in (Wll.|all three runs with a homer and a ”Wle, leading the Atlanta Braves to a 3-0 victory over the Astros Thurs- y night. Although the loss was only the As- os’ second in eight games, it was their second in three days in Atlanta. They began this series needing a sweep to have much of a chance of overtaking San Francisco in the Na tional League West race. The third- place Astros began the night six games behind the Giants. Greene, 1-1, making his third ma jor league start, struck out seven and walked two. The only hits he gave up were singles by Craig Biggio in the first and Ken Caminiti in the fifth and eighth innings. Smith hit his home run off Jim Deshaies, 13-10, in the fourth in ning. His run-scoring single chased by Bob Forsch in the sixth. Neither team had advanced a run ner passed first when Mark Lenmke doubled with two outs in the fourth. Smith then connected on the first pitch from Deshaies, sending a drive over the left field fence for his 21st home run of the year. Jeff Blauser led off the Atlanta sixth with a double and Lemke fol lowed with a walk. ;ucky to Dai going (Continued from page 7) m in 1987, and later on that same year [when he scored the winning touch- lown in the fourth quarter against lexas. [ That 20-13 victory over Texas jpr sent the Aggies to the Cotton Bowl, Ivu I'here they defeated Notre Dame |5-10. It’s the last time Notre Dame ias lost a game, and Richardson was amed Offensive Most Valuable layer of the Game. But those big plays have come . , owly so far in 1989. With the new t ' me * ass-oriented offense, preseason “ e , a . leisman Trophy candidate Darren ewis has had trouble rushing the f ater all. The nation’s top-returning ' f ‘ usher from 1988 has gained only |152 yards in three games. Jlympip "j j ust think, defenses are so pre- red to stop Darren that there isn’t ywhere to run,” Richardson said. a '"'Brhatjust puts our backs to the wall. ( 1(1 You can either run thq ball or you ru/ can’t, and we have the line to do it.” ampol has the team chemistry in 1- I 'Y 1989 needed to make a return trip to ihst;! the Cotton Bowl, Richardson said, oldnifl “\y e definitely have the weapons ‘ to be real good,” he said. “I think the ihclf&eam unity’s good. Everybody likes rc0 the coaches and the coaches like all me players, so there’s definitely a Biemistry to be real good.” 1 It’s still unknown whether Slocum Kill bring Richardson back this year jr to paly. If Pavlas continues to per- ^ j form consistently, Richardson prob- ply will not see action until 1990. If at’s so, A&M will miss one of its ore inspirational leaders on of- said. lense. ;ed :>■ “I like to think of myself as a good 27-21r igh quarterback,” Richardson said. “I’m not great, but I try to be a team leader and I try to run the offense when I’m out there. The players re spect that of any quarterback. I go out there and try to get the best out of the players that are on the field.” Still, Richardson said he wants no part of a quarterback controversy whenever he returns to action — whether that’s later this season or at spring practices. “I’m just going to have to keep doing what I’m doing, go out there in the spring and do the best I can,” he said. “I’m a team player first and I don’t want any big controversy about it. It’s up to the coaches and whoever they think deserves it, de serves it. “If they don’t think I deserve it, then obviously I’m not doing some thing as good as the other guy, so it puts it back on my shoulders and I just have to get better.” So, Richardson waits. As his knee slowly returns to full strength, A&M fans wonder if he’ll be the same player when he comes back. His reckless playing style, though enor mously successful, flirted with dan ger every time he touched the ball. However, Richardson said he’d be the same type of quarterback when he comes back. You don’t mess with something that you know already works. “Everybody has their own person ality and their own playing style, and just because I’m hurt I can’t really see myself changing anything from what I’ve done in the past,” he said. “I have a certain playing style and I’m going to stay with it. It’s been good to me so far, so I might as well keep it up.” Lady Aggie tennis team opens fall season today: top teams vie with Ags FROM STAFF & WIRE REPORTS The Texas A&M women’s tennis team starts its fall season today in the Pier 1 Imports Duke Women’s Ten nis Invitational. The tournament lasts through Sunday. Other teams competing in the tournament are the host school, Duke University, Miami, Mississippi State, North Carolina, North Caro lina State, Wake Forest and Wiscon- A&M, along with Duke, Missis sippi State and Wisconsin, finished in the Top 25 in 1989. Miami fin ished in the Top Ten. The tournament will feature four flights with odd and even number singles paired in each bracket. Each player is guaranteed to play four matches in the tournament. “We’re excited about opening the fall season,” Coach Bobby Kleinecke said. “We’ve had three hard weeks of practice and conditioning, and now we’re just anxious to compete against someone other than oursel ves.” The Lady Aggies’ lineup for the weekend tournament is as follows: Singles 1. Susan Williams (Jr., 12-8 in 1989) 2. Lynn Staley (So., 17-11 in 1989) 3. Cindy Churchwell (Jr., 17-8,in 1989) 4. Traci Nix (Jr., 5-7in 1989) 5. Tami Agassi (Jr., junior college transfer) 6. Jenifer Jones (Sr., 11-3 in 1989) 7. Derryn Haygarth (Jr., 1-10 in 1989) 8. Joanne Maki (So., 1-4 in 1989) Doubles 1. Churchwell/Staley (14-7 in 1989) . 2. Williams/Haygarth (11-3 in 1989) 3. Agassi/Nix (0-0 in 1989) 4. Jones/Maki (0-0 in 1989) The Lady Aggies will travel to Austin next weekend to take part in the Westwood Invitational. C hopes for continued AFC dominance SS0CIATED PRESS £ A couple of years ago, after Wash ington beat Denver 42-10 in the Su per Bowl, Jim Finks was asked why the NFC had been so dominant. I “It’s the swing of the pendulum,” said the president of the New Or leans Saints and the commissioner- Bn-waiting. “In the ’70s it was the FC. It may go back the other way in the ’90s. Not the way 1989 is starting. 1 Not only has the NFC now won six straight Super Bowls, but it’s clearly come the dominant conference om top to bottom, unlike in the ast, where the bottom of the NFC lontained the NFL’s weakest teams. hey are one reason the AFC has won the season series seven straight years, including 30-22 last season. But two weeks into 1989, the NFC s won all six games against the FC, outscoring its rivals 171-93. In fact, it could be argued that dOii|pnly the Cincinnati Bengals (who •st 17-14 at Chicago in its intracon- |erence game) measure up in per- •nnel to the top six or seven NFC :ams — the Bears, 49ers, Vikings, iagles, Rams, Giants and even the 0- 2 Redskins. Some indicators. Where a couple of years ago, the FC was the conference of young juarterbacks, the NFC has caught |P- Yes, John Elway, Dan Marino, •ernie Kosar and Boomer Esiason $ a! ‘» re still around and still in their in-primes. But the designated quarterback of iei#e ’90s is Philadelphia’s Randall Kunningham and the top seven QB ifdytings in the NFL belong to NFC tit! Wayers — Cunningham leads, fol- Jitfwwed by Jim Everett of the Rams, Washington’s Mark Rypien, Phil ■imms of the Giants, Bobby Hebert o' 1 |o: New Orleans, Gary Hogeboom of ; Uwhoenix and Chris Miller of Atlanta. I Everett, who threw for 368 yards against the Colts Sunday, is close to Cunningham in potential and Ry pien and Miller might be. Simms, at 33, is a solid, clutch veteran who’s among the league’s top ten quar terbacks. And that doesn’t even count Joe Montana, who has only won three Super Bowls. But it goes beyond quarterbacks. With the exception of Cincinnati, TANK MCNAMARA* Buffalo and Cleveland, the best-run, best-drafting teams are in the NFC. San Francisco has won three Su per Bowls this decade while turning over its personnel almost 100 per cent; Chicago has remained a power while infusing 18 new players the past two years; the Giants (six solid draft choices this season) are staying competitive while rebuilding, and Buddy Ryan in Philadelphia and Finks and Jim Mora in New Orleans have put together good teams from very little. Only 10 Eagles remain from before the Ryan era, which be gan in 1986. Then there are the Rams, who have seven players on their roster from the Eric Dickerson trade. 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