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Friday, October 19,1989
Showdown
(Continued from page 9)
Press’ Top 20 before each game, and
was knocked out of the polls after
the losses.
This week, A&M is coming off a
17-13 upset over the previously
eighth-ranked Houston Cougars.
A&M’s defense dominated the Cou
gars and effectively shut down quar
terback Andre Ware and the Run-
and-Shoot offense.
Texas A&M at Baylor
Site: Floyd Casey Stadium (48,500
cap.)
• Kickoff: 1 p.m.
• Ranking: A&M (23rd), Baylor (-)
•. TV/Radio: The game will not be
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“There’s something that’s really
frightening about doing that (get
ting overconfident of Houston
win),” Slocum said. “If you’re in the
sales business and all you talk about
is the great sales you made last week,
there’s not much chance of you mak
ing any sales this week.
“You’ve got to stay hungry. You
can’t dwell on success very long.”
The Aggies (ranked 23rd in AP’s
Top 25) can’t afford to take the
Bears or quarterback Brad Goebel
lightly just because of Baylor’s 66-10
loss to Houston three weeks ago.
Goebel is creeping up on former
Baylor quarterback Cody Carlson’s
career passing records and is second
on career pass completions (345)
and third in total offense (4,355
yards).
“Brad’s always played well against
us,” Slocum said.
Defensively, the Bears have pre
season All-American linebacker
James Francis. Francis is a candidate
for the Butkus Award, given to the
nation’s top collegiate linebacker,
and has been a terror to opposing
offenses in 1989.
However, Francis will have his
work cut out for him, as he faces the
Aggies’ offensive attack.
At times, the Aggies have terror
ized defensive coordinators with a
balanced running and passing game.
Last week against Houston, the Ag
gies rushed for 251 yards and threw
for 163.
A&M quarterback Lance Pavlas
continues to mature as a leader and
is solidifying the Aggie offense. Pav
las is completing over 60 percent of
his passes, despite throwing seven
interceptions.
The Aggies’ bright spot has to be
their defense, regardless of Slocum’s
lamenting last week.
But against UH, A&M linebackers
Aaron Wallace and William Thomas
combined for three sacks of Ware.
If the defensive backs can keep
Goforth covered, Wallace could
break Seattle Seahawks’ Jacob
Green’s career sack record (37). Wal
lace is tied with Green.
The Aggies have had problems
playing on the road this year, and
playing a team of Baylor’s calibre
makes A&M’s task of winning more
difficult. Both of the Aggies’ losses
this year have come on the road.
“If you want that conference
championship, you’ve got to win
games on the road,” Slocum said.
“You’re not going to go to the Cot
ton Bowl with just four conference
wins.”
What would calm Slocum’s nerves
before playing Baylor this week?
“I’d much rather be playing this
game in College Station,” Slocum
said.
Lehmann
(Continued from page 9)
fought Oakland for the AL West ti
tle throughout the season, and each
finished with records good enough
to have won the AL East.
The Royals, who finished four
games behind the A’s, posted a 92-
70 record, which would have tied the
Giants for the NL West lead. With
their 91-71 mark, the Angels would
have finished only two games behind
the Chicago Cubs in the NL East.
Is the AL West stacked, or is the
NL simply a weaker league?
Yes, on both counts.
Why?
True fanatics will try to argue sta
tistical reasons.
“The American League hits more
home runs, and has better team bat
ting averages.”
“The National has better pitching,
and lower earned run averages.”
Both facts are true, but not accu
rate.
Since the National League isn’t as
advanced as the American, NL clubs
don’t use a designated hitter. Thus,
the statistical discrepancies.
The designated hitter rule is a
wonderful concept. It allows the
pitchers to concentrate on doing
what they do best —throwing the
ball — while the DH, who does noth
ing other than bat, hits and runs the
bases in his place.
American League designated hit
ters hit far more home runs than NL
pitchers and pinch hitters, and also
hit for higher average. Home runs
are exciting to me, maybe because
I’ve never muscled one out of a little
league field, much less a major
league ballpark.
Granted, some people rather
would see a pitcher come up to the
plate and be victimized by the oppos
ing pitcher. If I wanted to see some
one look really bad while striking
out, I’d videotape myself in the bat
ting cage.
Whether or not you agree with
the DH rule, you have to agree that
the contraversy hurts World Series
play. Under the current system, both
teams use DHs only when playing at
the AL stadium. In the NL park,
pitchers must bat, or be pinch hit
for.
Seems fair?
Yes, but not consistent. Swapping
formats from game to game is con
fusing to fans, and unfair to the
players. Hey, we’re an organized civ
ilization, and we should be able to
decide for the common good on an
issue as important as baseball.
So, come on and help drag the NL
out of the dark ages. Write or call
NL President Bobby Brown and tell
him to play baseball the way it was
meant to be played, with the DH.
Until you do, the NL will remain
the National Losers.
Thomas
(Continued from page 9)
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Wallace. Now Thomas is starting to
make his mark.
Teammates are even starting to
call Thomas “Johnny Rock” — Hol
land’s nickname when he was star
ring at A&M.
But it’s been a long road to line
backing stardom for Thomas.
He was recruited as both a quar
terback and a defensive back coming
out of high school. He said he con
sidered three schools to play for —
Baylor, Texas and A&M.
Baylor wanted him as a quar
terback. Texas wanted him as a de
fensive back. But A&M wanted him
just as an athlete.
Although Thomas visited all three
schools, he said his decision was an
easy one to make.
“A&M had the best program,”
Thomas said. “It was a simple choice
for me. I went to Baylor first but I
wasn’t too interested. Texas was pre
tty nice, but then I came down here.
That said it all. I signed the next day
after I left here.”
Still, he played his first two sea
sons at A&M in the secondary —
backing up All-SWC safety Kip Cor-
rington in 1987 and leading the sec
ondary in tackles in 1988 as a starter.
Last spring, coaches decided to
move the 6-3, 205-pound junior to
linebacker. Thomas responded well,
and Slocum is pleased about the way
Thomas is playing.
Thomas still is surprised a player
his size can be having as good a year
as he’s been having.
“I didn’t really think that I’d be
making that much of an impact at
linebacker,” he said. “You don’t
really see too many 205-pound line
backers. I was worried about my size
at first, but it worked out pretty
well.”
Thomas’s speed makes him better
than the average linebacker. With
him on one side and Aaron Wallace
on the other, it’s been a long year for
opposing offenses.
Thomas has 37 unassisted tackles,
one fumble recovery and two fum
bles caused in 1989. Not bad for a
converted defensive back.
“I’m not sorry (about making the
switch to linebacker),” he said. “I’ve
had success over here on defense. I
didn’t mind giving it a try and it
worked out pretty well.”
A&M has the best pair of outside
linebackers in the SWC with Thomas
and Wallace. But the Aggies proba
bly also have two of the quietest.
“You don’t really have to act mean
to be mean,” Thomas said. “I let my
actions speak for myself out on the
field. People don’t imagine a person
like me would go out on the field
and cause a lot of trouble like line
backers do.
“But once I get out on the field,
the whole thing changes. That’s
when I get riled up— when I make a
good tackle or a sack. That keeps me
up for the rest of the game.”
The junior had his finest day of
the season last week against Hous
ton. Thomas leveled UH quar
terback Ware twice with sacks.
Thomas led the Aggies again with
16 tackles against the Cougars. He
was named on Tuesday the Asso
ciated Press’ SWC Defensive Player
of the Week for his performance.
“I’d love to face an offense like
that every week,” he said. “You’d
have no choice but to blitz all day. I
knew I was going to get some sacks
because they can’t keep blocking me
every time.”
When Thomas leads the Aggies
on Saturday against the same Baylor
team that wanted to make him a
quarterback, he’ll have his sights set
on Bears quarterback Brad Goebel.
The opponents may change, but
his goal’s the same: Get to the quar
terback. Thomas has had little diffi
culty doing that so far this year. Just
ask Ware.
“People didn’t really say much out
on the field (Saturday),” Thomas
said. “I pretty much play the game
and I think about it afterwards. Peo
ple started telling me how good of a
game I had.
“First, I knew I had two really
good sacks. Then I started thinking
about how many tackles I had. The
coaches told me I had a good game,
and I felt like I had a good game.”
Thomas led the team last week in
what could be one of the team’s big
gest wins this year. No. 1 l’s perfor
mance even would’ve made Holland
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