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*4,1990 The Battalion SPORTS Tuesday, September 4,1990 Sports Editor Nadja Sabawala 845-2688 on ^■ill GUKli. : serveil f or nr rescrva- 2S Ider. wubiained Major and I ml Saens, I I’llilosophy I of Lib. I 'Poi atic and Sun k Serio which art -1M. ml open to ir’ liv we cant I Hussein ifl (i ' i (tic id of I ioi her Mid-1 ilbertson at I en lier hus- I ove the 80 I scheid. She I irtment re- I nid, an oil I I in a Bagh-1 I i picture of I fie hadn't I I Mrs. VVal-1 tears. ertson said I I wish 11 I later she I to Culbert-1 I about the I in. things! te Depart- ; way,” she that U.S. to rescue ? shooting no longer in people. in K- ' I Nadja Sabawala Sports Editor New upright width makes football a true team effort Once again, someone is tampering with the great game of football. In 1991, the width of field goal posts will be reduced almost five feet and the game will become a real team effort. True, the thrill of a last-second field goal kick is a great way to end a game (if your team wins), but a win must reflect the team. A kick through the uprights does not a team make. I can remember many times when a kicker is blamed for the loss after he misses an extra point attempt. Now, am I wrong when I say it isn’t the fault of the individual, but the fault of the team if they lost? No one ever sees it that way — it’s just the kicker’s fault and that’s that. A&M kicker Layne Talbot was 11 of 16 last year in field goals. That’s 33 points that are all credited to the team ... not the kicker. Talbot had the only six points for the Aggies against Washington. Without him, the team would have lost 19-0. A&M dropped from No. 15 in the AP Top 25 to No. 22, and probably would have fallen even further without Talbot’s six points. That’s my point. The same kicker that is shunned if he misses the uprights and the game is lost, is forgotten even when he makes the only six points on the board. Once the new goalposts are up, teams will be worried that their kicker may not be able to make such an accurate kick. Maybe they’ll strive to get even closer or try even harder to make a touchdown, not falling back on the option of See Sabawala/Page 10 Ags move up in poll to No. 12 Nebraska falls to No. 10 after weak Baylor showing Photo by Phelan M. Ebenhack A&M lineman Albert Jones pressures Hawaii quarterback Garrett Gabriel in Saturday’s 28-13 win. The victory jumped the Aggies to No. 12 in Monday’s AP poll. A&M has this weekend, but hosts Southwestern Louisiana Sept. 15. Associated Press Texas A&M converted its weekend in the sun to a jump in the rankings. The Aggies, ranked 13th in The Asso ciated Press’ preseason collegiate football poll, moved up a spot to No. 12 after beat ing Hawaii 28-13 Saturday. They have a week off while preparing for Southwestern Louisiana Sept. 15. The highest spot A&M held last year in the poll was No. 14. Little changed everywhere else in the poll. No one left the Top 25 after the first weekend of college football, but some teams did juggle rankings. Nebraska won its opener but lost support in the poll. Despite a 13-0 victory over Baylor, the Cornhuskers fell three spots to No. 10 — the biggest drop of any team in the Top 25. While Nebraska’s defense was dominant, the Cornhuskers’ offense struggled and failed to score a touchdown until the final minute of the game. Still, one voter apparently was very im pressed by Nebraska’s performance. After failing to get any First-place votes in the pre season poll, the Cornnuskers were named the top team on one ballot in the first regu lar-season survey of 60 sports writers and broadcasters. Miami, which starts its season at Brigham Young on Saturday, got the most first-place votes (27) and remained No. 1 with 1,444 points. Notre Dame, which meets Michigan in its opener on Sept. 15, stayed in second with 20 first-place votes and 1,421 points. Auburn and Florida State tied for third with 1,304 points, although the Seminoles led 7-4 in first-place votes. Florida State, which trailed Auburn by 43 points in the preseason poll, gained ground on the Ti gers even though neither team has played a game. Michigan and Colorado switched places, with the Wolverines moving up to No. 5 and the Buffaloes falling to No. 6 after ty ing Tennessee 31-31 in the Pigskin Classic on Aug. 26. Southern Cal moved up two spots to No. 7 after beating Syracuse 34-16 in the Kick off Classic. Tennessee, which received one first-place vote, remained No. 8 after clob bering Pacific 55-7 and Clemson rose one notch to No. 9 following its 59-0 rout of Long Beach State. Highsmith sent to Cowboys for two draft picks IRVING (AP) —• Powerful fullback Alonzo Highsmith joined forces again with coach Jimmy Johnson of the Dallas Cowboys oil Monday in a trade from the Houston Oilers that sent a message to first round draft pick Emmitt Smith. Smith, an All-American running back from Florida and the Cowboys 17tn pick in the NFL draft, has enrolled in classes toward his degree in public recreation and has become the longest draft hold out in Dsdlas history. "Alonso is a talented player, a hard worker, and will fit into our system per fectly," said Johnson, who coached him at the University of Miami. “He’s a great blocker and has a great attitude and he knows the system.” The Cowboys plan to play Highsmith, a 1987 first round pick of the Oilers, on Sunday in the regular season opener See Cowboys/Page 10 Capriati handed tennis lesson by Graf in U. S. Open NEW YORK (AP) — Steffi Graf sent Jen nifer Capriati back to school with a lesson she’ll never forget, a two-set course in play ing like a champion in the U.S. Open. Graf, the two-time defending champ, played almost perfectly Monday to reach the quarterfinals as she dazzled 14-year-old Capriati with powerful groundstrokes and defied a packed crowd cheering for the nervous ninth-grader. Grafs 6-1, 6-2 victory was complete in ev ery respect, a 53-minute slaughter that was far more convincing than her 6-2, 6-4 tri umph over Capriati at Wimbledon, also in the fourth round. Boris Becker, the men’s defending cham pion and Grafs West German compatriot, played doggedly for more than three hours before finding a way to beat gutsy Austra lian Darren Cahill, 2-6, 6-2, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, and gain the quarters. America’s top player, fourth-seeded Andre Agassi, had an easy time getting to See Open/Page 10 This Stuff Is To Get You Into First American Bank. Open a 12th Man Checking Account at First American Bank and receive a FREE, one-of-a-kind, Texas A&M T-shirt. It’s bright, it's exclusive, and it's free! 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