The Battalion
’ullar
OH
h ?tj
PORTS
9
hursday, September 20,1990
Sports Editor Nadja Sabawala 845-2688
Game, how did I
mte thee? Let me
count the ways ...
:owal$|
Scott
Wudel
ardinal
radio
from
show
&M’s studem
ceived an }8(
onsors of tk
ub Night,
appeared Sep.
ion Hilton
om ticket prt
College Static
CA Cable H
FM.
of TCA Cab
' chosen as
ae station, pn
ns within tin
come studem
; is one of tk
iated money
ness wanted
: it’s a studem
l the station rt
t.
ANM musicd 1
iey will go inis
account, itw
and equipmer;
l^iast
Saturday the Aggies
shellacked the
Ragin’ Cajuns of
Southwestern
Louisiana. Sure, it
was a great win for
the team, there were
some great plays and
some great performances, but the
environment at Kyle Field left
something to be desired.
Thus I feel the need to whine, but in
an organized manner. Here goes ...
Scott Wudel’s Top 10 Complaints
about the Texas A&:M-Southwestern
Louisiana game.
10. Parking: 1 parked so far away 1
could have ridden the Amtrak coach to
the game and arrived sooner. And to
those guys in the old Camaro without
the muffler that slowly sneaked up on
my friends and I as we rambled through
the neighborhood streets next to campus
...no thank you, I’m not in the market
fora cheap gold watch.
9. Seats: It’s nice to be a senior and be
so privileged to draw Section 228, Row
36 —those nice shady seats under the
third deck that capture the sweat f umes
rising from the 35 rows below. I also
would like to thank the cordial Aggie
patrons next to my seats for scooting
down and giving my group of four the
2 1 /s spaces we squeezed into.
8. The new scoreboard: Do we really
need to sell more hot dogs and nachos at
the game? Has Kyle Field lost its
traditional identity to a more fashionable
Disneyland-style environment?
7. Yell leaders: Outclassed by the
scoreboard. It looks like you have
competition now. Where were you guys?
Ican’t tell you how fun it was to play
along with the scoreboard. “Whoop ...
whoop ... whoop ... whoop,’’ I gleefully
yellecl all evening. Maybe I was just too
faraway. Maybe I got lost in the
excitement. My friends and I rarely got
the chance to hump it, but I did enjoy
See Wudel/Page 11
Hogs’ departure opens scheduling
j
Fall
and
SWC athletic f
directors decide
’91 football fate
DALLAS (AP) — Arkansas is willing to
remain a football-playing member of the
Southwest Conference in 1991, athletic di
rector Frank Broyles told his Southwest
Conference colleagues Wednesday.
Other SWC athletic directors, some of
whom had advocated not playing Arkansas
at all after it leaves the league, said they
would give Broyles
an answer today.
“We’re willing to
do whatever the con
ference wants us to
do,” said Broyles af
ter he attended a
meeting of SWC ath
letic directors. The
two-day meeting
ends today.
Arkansas recently
decided to leave the
SWC on July 1 and join the Southeastern
Conference beginning with the 1992 sea
son. The Razorbacks had indicated they
would play as independents in 1991.
Arkansas plays a full schedule in all
sports in the SWC in 1990.
Under Broyles’ proposal on Wednesday,
the Razorbacks would pursue an indepen
dent schedule in other sports for 1991-92,
but would agree for their football team to
be a part of the SWC next season. Broyles
said Arkansas would be willing to work with
the league in revenue distribution for those
games in 1991.
Arkansas would have to Find eight new
teams on its schedule if all SWC teams drop
the Hogs.
Texas athletic director DeLoss Dodds
said he has no problem with Arkansas re
maining in the conference for football.
“I wouldn’t object to playing Arkansas in
1991,” Dodds said. “And I think most of the
conference members would agree to some
thing like that.”
Texas Christian University athletic direc
tor Frank Windegger said he wouldn’t
mind playing the Razorbacks in 1991 and
Vy 3 } 'A
Battalion file photo by J.Janner
The University of Arkansas is headed for the Southeastern Conference in
1992, but Southwest Conference officials may want to drop the Razorbacks
from their schedules as early as next year.
added, “I think they should compete for
the championship and revenue sharing.”
SWC president Fred Jacoby said, “The
athletic directors will make a recommenda
tion on Thursday to the SWC presidents,
and the presidents will meet in Dallas on
Oct. 7 to decide whether to continue play
ing with Arkansas in 1991 and come to a
conclusion on other matters.”
Another item discussed at the athletic di
rectors’ meeting was a proposed foreign
tour to Finland and Russia by an SWC all-
star basketball team.
Also, the SWC gave tentative approval to
its basketball schedule, which was not re
leased but reportedly includes its
championship game being televised by
ABC instead of ESPN.
The SWC athletic directors also were dis
cussing the possibility of an alliance with
other conferences, scheduling flexibility,
and finding new members for the league,
which would drop to eight schools once Ar
kansas is gone.
“We have an advantage with weather and
lights down here,” Jacoby said. “There is
some thought to stretching the 11-game
schedule over a 14-week period.
“We need to emphasize that we’re not
making any decisions at this meeting. We’re
just making recommendations to the presi
dents when they meet.”
However, Jacoby added that he felt good
about Broyles’ attitude.
“It gives the conference more flexibility,
and we’ll decide something about that on
Thursday.”
Conference officials
arranging games
to boost exposure
LUBBOCK (AP) — Despite criticism
by athletic directors. Southwest Confer
ence schools are scheduling non-confer
ence games with distant sdiools to beef
up their exposure — and paydays.
Athletic directors criticize the practice
of arranging the games far in advance.
But they continue the trend.
“It’s a big problem,” Texas Athletic
Director DeLoss Dodds said. “Every
body’s out there about 10 years down the
road. Athletic directors all agree to cut
back, but we’re all nervous and wonder
what the other guy is doing.”
Recently, Baylor earned Jhore than
$300,000 for its trip to Nebraska and
$350,000 for a game at Arizona State.
The Bears lost both games.
“I’d play Ohio State on the road everv
day of the week,” said Baylor Coach
Grant Teaff.
Next fall, Arkansas and Miami will
each realize $1 million and have ex
penses paid for a traveling party of 500
each when they play in the British Bowl
at Manchester, England, officials said.
A charter plane to take 146 passen-
? ers in the Texas Tech traveling party to
)hio State a week ago set the school back
about $50,000. Feeding and housing the
team in Columbus cost about $10,000.
But when T exas Tech scheduled Ohio
State, officials said, it was all but assured
of a ranked opponent, a sellout crowd
and a guarantee of about $300,000. The
payoffeased the pain of a 17-10 loss.
Part of the impetus to travel is the
SWC’s weakness in television revenue
and gate receipts.
Among other Findings, the SWC-com-
missioned McKinsey Report recently
said the league is seventh among seven
major conferences in its ability to fill sta
diums.
SWC athletic directors have been try
ing to determine what changes in the
league to recommend to the league’s
presidents in the wake of Arkansas’ de
fection to the Southeastern Conference.
Spring 1991 Graduates
Accounting and Finance Majors
MEET
BANK=ONE
IENTISTS: will
id recruiting al
ion.
sen and Co.
tion.
o. in Snook al
■ all those who
nt Center. Call
eting for pec-
C. Call Irene al
eting from 6lo
i. in 0031
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 7990
FACULTY CLUB
nth FLOOR-RUDDER TOWER
6:30 P.M. - 8:30 P.M.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD
TO MEETING YOUI
MAKE YOUR
CAREER MOVE
NOW!
Mobil Corporation Cordially Invites
ALL GRADUATING AGGIES
Along With Underclassmen Seeking Summer Internships
IN THE FOLLOWING FIELDS:
ENGINEERING: Chemical, Civil, Electrical, Environmental, Mechanical, and Petroleum
GEOCIENCES: Geology, Geophysics SCIENCE: Chemistry
BUSINESS: Accounting, BANA, Finance, Management, Marketing, MBA
To Join Us At The
1990 Mobil CAREER WEEK
October 2-5, in the M.S.C.
.m. Call Centff
nation.
onto1:15p.in.
• more informa-
e election ol oh
nformation.
mic Plaza. Cal
tion discussion
i information.
ill speak alx#
it 6:30 p.m. Fof
Up/Page 12
Job Fair & Interview Signups, October 2-8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
(Please bring at least 3 copies of your resume)
Interviews, October 3 & 4
Whether you are looking for that "right" first career step, or seeking to expand
upon your academic experiences with a prefessionally guided summer internship,
you owe it to yourself to investigate Mobil.
We're a company on the move!
PERHAPS WE RE THE COMPANY FOR YOU!
Mobil Corporation Is An Equal Opportunity Employer
BANK ONE is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employe)