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I? 5 I f ' \i r 8,1991 The Battalion SPORTS I \ iU. 7 Tuesday, September 18,1990 Sports Editor Nadja Sabawala 845-2688 Dreams of 63-14 become nightmare of 61-13 visions Nadja Sabawala hick 0, Joe ir ©1990 6<i ll'l SHovlN . SIZE. iale . strolled into The Battalion newsroom Monday morning after being caught in the rain twice without an umbrella. As I walked along, people whose ■■■■■■■■■■■■ eyes met mine diverted their attention elsewhere. A dog barked in the distance. 1 knew what was happening. I had been a part of earlier incidences of the same kind. It could mean only one thing ... there was a mistake in my section. Before I could scan the pages to Find the mistake myself, everyone in the newsroom felt it was their responsibility to tell me. “Go to the game Saturday?,” they all chanted at once, waiting for a rebuttal after they had baited me all too well. “Yeah, what about it?” “What was the score — certainly not 61-13.” Great. We just put the wrong score of the Aggies’ victory over Southwestern lousiana in huge type as a headline. I felt the telephone was just about to ring ...off the hook. People I didn’t even know were coming up to me and saying they’ve just answered a call of some guy telling us we’re a bunch of idiots. So, I’m going to write this now to inform all of you who think you’re the first out of 40,000 to realize we’ve made a stupid mistake. You’re not. I got calls at 6 p.m. Monday to tell us we’re idiots. I was about to retaliate. So was my staff and so were all the Batt people who were tired of Fielding my calls. Get a life, people. Yeah, I make mistakes, and I’m embarrassed for those of you who feel it’s your purpose on earth to tell me something was misspelled or inaccurate or I forgot to capitalize some inane word. Please, don’t get this confused with differences of opinion that you have. I’d love to get good, constructive mail from anyone. But I don’t get any mail with your views on anything. The opinion page gefs mail for months about topics that have gone the way of the dinosaurs. I haven’t received any mail about anything. Not about the Southwest Conference, not about the See Sabawala/Page 8 AP Poll: The more things change ... AgsstayatNo. 12 despite big win; Irish stay No. 1 From Staff and Wire Reports It obviously takes more than a 63-14 win and a new school record for offensive yards (774) for Texas A&M to move up in the na tional rankings. The Aggies, who destroyed previously unbeaten Southwestern Louisiana Saturday on their way to racking up the second high est offensive yardage in Southwest Confer ence history, were in a position to move up in The Associated Press Top 25 College Football Poll. Two teams ahead of A&M, which was ranked 12th, lost on Saturday. No. 4 Michi gan and No. 9 Colorado. But while both dropped in the rankings, A&M stayed at No. 12 where it’s been for two weeks. That won’t be a problem for A&M head football coach R.C. Slocum. He said Satur day after the win that the Aggies aren’t quite Top 10 material. Yet. “I have no idea if we are a Top Five or a Top 10 team,” Slocums said. “I haven’t even seen those other teams play. We’ve got a long way to go before we even worry about those things.” Another coach famous for worrying about his football team had little to worry about Monday when the poll was released. Notre Dame’s Lou Holtz saw his Fighting Irish hold off Michigan Saturday, and the win bolstered the team’s claim to No. 1. Elsewhere, the Sooners soared and the Panthers plunged in this week’s football poll. After routing Pittsburgh 52-10, Okla homa rose three spots to No. 11 and Pitt fell 12 places to No. 25. The Panthers almost dropped out of the rankings, just edging Fresno State by one point for the Final spot. Colorado dropped out of the Top 10 af ter losing to Illinois 23-22. The Fighting Irish, who rallied to beat the Wolverines 28-24 Saturday night, re ceived 44 First-place votes and 1,480 points from a nationwide panel of sports writers and broadcasters. That’s an increase of seven first-place votes and 29 points over the previous week. Colorado fell from ninth to 20th — its lowest ranking since last year’s preseason poll. The Buffaloes, who had a perfect regu lar season in 1989, are off to a rough start this year. They tied Tennessee in their opener and needed a last-minute touch down to beat Stanford before losing to Illi nois, which jumped six spots to No. 15. Florida State moved past Auburn into second after routing Georgia Southern 48- No. 22 Texas worrying about No. 20 Buffalo McWilliams Texas A&M remained ahead of the Southwest Conference at No. 12 in the AP Top 25 College Football Poll. The Aggies stayed in the same position as last week despite Saturday’s 63-14 trouncing of Southwestern Lousiana. 6. The Semtinoles got 10 First-place votes and 1,385 points, while Auburn, which beat Mississippi 24-10, received four first-place votes and 1,382 points. Brigham Yoqng rose one spot to No. 4 after overcoming a 22-point halftime deFicit to beat Washington State 50-36. BY'U was listed as the top team on two ballots and re ceived 1,236 points. Also moving up a notch were Southern Cal, to No. 5, andj Tennessee, to No. 6. Southern Cal beat Penn State 19-14 and Tennessee crushed Texas-El Paso 56-0. Michigan fell from No. 4 to No. 7 after losing to Notre Dame for the fourth straight year. Nebraska, which had the week off, remained No. 8, just ahead of ML ami and Virginia. Miami, which rebounded from an open ing loss to BYU with a 52-24 win over Cali fornia, rose one place to No. 9. Virginia moved up a spot to No. 10. AUSTIN (AP) — No. 20-ranked Colorado is better offensively than last year’s 11-1 team, Which defeated Texas 27-6, Texas football coach David McWil liams said Monday. McWilliams talked to reporters as students stood in long lines for tickets; to Saturday night’s game, which is expected to be a sellout of 77,809 even though it will be televised nationally on ESPN. Kickoff is at 6:37 p.m., CDT. Colorado, was upset by No. 21 Illinois, 23-22, at Illinois last week, after defeating Stanford 2D 17 and tying No. 7 Tennessee 31-31. Texas woh its first opener since 1985 by beating Penn State 17-13, and is now ranked No. 22. The lionghorns had this past weekend off, pnd MoVilliams said, “It was nice to haVejan extra week of preparation from a defensive standpoint.” “Their advantage is they’ve played three games ahd how, coming into the fourth ‘ game, thty pretty much are going to be set. | I’m sure,” he said. “Whether it evens out or noi, I ddn’t know. It’s tough to lay off two weeks anjd play.” But h^ said Texas “had good practices last week — tihe concentration was good, in tensity was gbod ... certainly our team is re ady to play.” McWilliams rated Colorado better offen sively because of the experience gained by junior duart|erbkck Darian Hagan, who sprinted i75 yferds on the First series last year to set! up Colciradb’s FirSt touchdown against Texas. | '| ■ “Tihe jca^y thing is if you do stop Ha gan,’! taifbadk Eric Bieniemy “is a threat up the midcSe,’* he s^id. Befeniivdfy he said; Colorado “looks a little younger.” “They’re a good football team that maybe hasn’t gotten some breaks at the end of the game,” McWilliams said. Several Longhorns are nursing injuries, including middle linebacker Brian Jones, tight epd Stephen Clark,'running back Le- tnel Foreman and defensive tackle James Pattoh!) 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