The Battalion
SPORTS
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Tuesday, October 31,1989
Sports Editor Tom Kehoe 845-2688
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downs No. 38
By Richard Tijerina
Of The Battalion Staff
What started four years ago, when
a raw but talented freshman sacked
Louisiana State quarterback Mickey
Guidry, ended Saturday at Rice Sta
dium. Aaron Wallace broke A&M’s
all-time sack record when he sacked
Rice quarterback Donald Hollas in
the first quarter.
Wallace, who has 6.5 sacks in
1989, moved ahead of former A&M
defensive end Jacob Green on
A&M’s all-time list. Wallace now has
38 career sacks as an Aggie, but
don’t expect him to stop there.
In the second week of the season,
when he needed only three sacks to
break the record, Wallace said he’d
like to finish his career with at least
45. He has three games left to reach
the mark — Southern Methodist this
weekend, Arkansas on Nov. 24 and
Texas on Dec. 2.
“(Breaking Green’s record) would
be an important accomplishment,”
Wallace told The Battalion on Sept.
5. “I’ve got my own goals to set, and
if I can reach those goals I’ll be hap-
py-”
He should be. Wallace, one of
only four seniors on defense and the
only returning starting linebacker
from last year, is regarded as the
squad’s emotional leader.
“Aaron’s the leader out there,”
said linebacker James Webb, Wal
lace’s backup at the linebacker posi
tion. “But he’s not a loud guy. He
leads by example. We see the way he
plays and it lifts us up.
“Seeing him make big plays wants
us to play at a higher level.”
Webb has been Wallace’s backup
probably for longer than he’d care to
remember — they both played high
school football at Dallas Roosevelt.
After Wallace’s graduation this year,
Battalion file photo
Aaron Wallace wraps up Lousiana State’s 17 loss to LSU. Saturday, Wallace recorded
Mickey Guidry for Sack No. 1 at A&M in a 35- Sack No. 38 to break A&M’s all-time mark.
Webb figures to step into Wallace’s
starting spot in 1990.
But Wallace has three more
games left before he’s through, and
he hopes to make a big impression.
Wallace has been named a candidate
for the Butkus Award, given an
nually to the nation’s top linebacker.
It’s been somewhat of an off year
for Wallace, who has been slowed by
a nagging foot injury. Offenses have
been weary of running to his side of
the line, and he’s found it difficult to
get to the quarterback quick enough
to sack him.
But he got to Hollas very quickly
on Saturday to break Green’s re
cord. The sack came on the first play
of the game.
He also recovered a fumble later
in the game which led to a touch
down in the Aggies’ 45-7 romp over
the Owls.
Wallace has had a storied career at
A&M. He and former Aggie line
backer John Roper formed the
“Blitz Brothers” — the name given
them because of the two outside line
backer’s reckless style of play.
Roper, who now plays for the
NFL’s Chicago Bears, holds third
place on the school’s all-time sack list
with 36.
Wallace’s play this year has
inspired his defensive teammates —
an unproven group at the start of
the season. A&M has two redshirt
freshmen starting in the defensive
See Wallace/Page 8
Ags move to No. 20;
Irish retain top rank
FROM STAFF & WIRE REPORTS
After its 45-7 victory over Rice,
Texas A&M inched up one notch
in the Associated Press’ college
football poll. A&M, No. 21 last
week, now resides at No. 20.
A&M has been in the Top 20
three times in 1989, and it is the
second time this year that four
Southwest Conference teams
have been in the Top 25.
Arkansas, fresh off of a 45-39
win over Houston, climbed two
spots to No. 11 as the Cougars fell
from number 12 to 16. Although
Texas was idle last weekeknd, the
Longhorns bumped up two
notches to No. 22.
However, Florida State is back
where it started in the poll.
The Seminoles were sixth in
the preseason rankings, but
dropped out of the Top 25 after
losing their first two games. How
ever, they have won six straight
and climbed back to No. 6 in
Monday’s poll.
Saturday’s 24-10 victory over
Miami moved the Seminoles up
three places in the rankings. Mi
ami fell from No. 2 to No. 7 after
losing for only the second time in
its last 50 regular-season games.
The victory put Florida State
back into contention for a major
bowl bid and probably ended Mi
ami’s bid for the national
championship.
Meanwhile, Notre Dame
strengthened its grip on the top
spot by routing previously un
beaten Pittsburgh 45-7. The
Fighting Irish, who have won 20
in a row, received a season-high
58 of 60 first-place votes from a
nationwide panel of sports writ
ers and broadcasters.
The other two votes went to
second-ranked Colorado, whose
20-3 win over Oklahoma was its
first victory in Norman since
1965. The Buffaloes are ranked
just ahead of Nebraska, which
also improved to 8-0 by beating
Iowa State 49-17.
The winner of Saturday’s Colo-
rado-Nebraska showdown in
Boulder will probably play for the
national championship in the
Orange Bowl.
Michigan, which beat Indiana
AP Top 25 Poll
Team
1. Notre Dame
2. Colorado
3. Nebraska
4. Michigan
5. Alabama
6. Florida St.
7. Miami
8- Illinois
9. Southern Cal.
10. Tennessee
11. Arkansas
12. Auburn
13. West Virginia
14. Pittsburgh
15. Arizona
16. Penn St.
17. Houston
18. N. Carolina St
19. Florida
20. Texas A&M
21. Qetnson
22. Texas
23 Brigham Young
24. Virginia
25. Fresno St.
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38-10, is ranked fourth while Ala
bama, which remained unde
feated by edging Penn State 17-
16, is fifth. Florida State and Mi
ami are next, followed by Illinois,
Southern California and Tennes
see.
Illinois stayed No. 8 after beat
ing Wisconsin 32-9, Southern Cal
rose one spot after blanking Stan
ford 19-0 and Tennessee went
from No. 11 to No. 10 following
its 45-39 victory over Louisiana
State.
Arkansas leads off the Second
Ten. Auburn is 12th, followed by
West Virginia/ Pittsburgh, Ari
zona, Penn State, Houston, North
Carolina State, Florida and A&M.
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Political
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