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SPORTS
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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
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