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The No. 12 Aggies (3-0) travel to Baton Rouge, La. this Saturday to play Louisiana State. No. 12 A&M now keying on LSU game By RICHARD TIJERINA Of The Battalion Staff Let’s see. Southwest Conference doormat Southern Methodist walloped Vanderbilt 44-7 two weeks ago. Vanderbilt topped Louisiana State 24-21 Saturday. So that means No. 12 Texas A&M should ease by LSU this week in Baton Rouge, La., right? Wrong. “They’ll be keyed up to play us,” A&M head football coach R.C. Slocum said Sun day. “LSU will still be LSU, no matter what happened Saturday. They’ll be in front of a home crowd, playing at night and at Tiger Stadium. It’s a great rivalry, and I don’t think our players will have any problems getting up for the game.” Slocum has warned the Aggies (3-0) all season about the dangers of taking a game too lightly. The upset bugs were out in force Saturday, but A&M was able to avoid getting bitten by dominating North Texas from the start in a 40-8 romp. The game started at 6 p.m., giving seve ral A&M players the opportunity to see other college games on television during the day. And seeing teams like LSLT, No. 5 Southern California and No. 13 Arkansas all lose to teams they weren’t supposed to, just made the Aggies more determined to take care of business, linebacker Tyronne Malone said. “We pretty much just put LSU out of our minds,” Malone said. “We knew they were there, but we had to beat North Texas first. Earlier today was just some examples of showing that anyone can beat good teams, so watching those games just made us more focused.” It would have been hard for the Aggies See Aggies/Page 11 Player’s death muffles joyous Baylor victory WACO (AP) — It was a victory Bavlor didn’t celebrate long. T he Bears rallied in the second half for a 13-9 college football victory on Saturday night over Sam Houston State University. However, news of offensive lineman John Karkoska’s death in a nearby hospital 10 minutes before kickoff after a nine-day fight with a mysterious illness gave the dressing room a somber note. In fact, Baylor coach Grant Teaff left the field in tears after the game was over. Teaff knew about the death but most of the team members didn’t. He spoke with the team for 30 minutes in a closed dressing room then went to the hospital. Karkoska, a 6-2, 286-pound redshirt freshman from Houston Aldine High School, died at Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center of a heat-induced condition he suf fered on Sept. 13 at the end of practice. Karkoska was running wind sprints when he collapsed. Dr. Ray Covington, a Baylor team physi cian, said six medical specialists treating the 19-year-old couldn’t determine the exact cause of death, but said he had “total system failure.” Covington said the death was caused by “an underlying condition” such as a viral in fection. Karkoska had been hooked to a dialysis machine since Tuesday. John Wood, minister of the First Baptist Church, and Dr. Bill Austin, Baylor chap lain, met with the players after the game. “The Baylor family is greatly saddened by the untimely death of John Karkoska,” said Baylor president Dr. Herbert H. Rey nolds. “He was a highly motivated and able stu dent-athlete who was already exerting a positive influence on the field and on the campus. We extend our most sincere sym pathy to John’s mother and all of his family and friends in this time of shock and grief.” Teaff told his squad the last words Kar koska spoke to his mother, Delores Falconi, before he lapsed into unconsciousness last Saturday. “John told his mother that everything's in the Lord’s hands and he will provide,” Teaff said. “1 learned a long time ago that the peo ple we love are just loaned to us by God,” Ms. Falconi said several days ago. It’s not the first time tragedy has touched the Baylor athletic family. Freshman basketball player Angel Gist was killed in a one-car accident in 1989, the same year freshman football player Albert Greggs had a leg amputated after a shoot- ing. Baylor basketball recruit Joe Davis of Tom Bean High School died in January in a two-car accident. Almost 10 years ago Baylor football player Kyle Woods was paralyzed in a scrimmage. No. 20 Colorado capitalizes on Texas’ fourth-quarter errors to foil Homs By DOUGLAS FILS Of The Battalion Staff AUSTIN — Unable to keep the No. 20 Colorado Buf faloes from making the big third-down plays, the Texas Long- hot ns missed an golden opportunity to garner some national attention for their rebuilding football team Saturday. Instead of gaining national respect, the No. 22 Longhorns found there’s still interior work to he done after the Buffa loes scored 15 fourth-quarter points to come away with a 29-22 victory. Colorado, known for its vaunted op tion attack, surprised Texas with a deft passing game as quarterback Dai ian Ha gan, a Heisman candidate, completed seven of 11 passes for 160 yards. Tailback Erie Bieniemy rushed for 99 yards and three touchdowns, including the game winner. With 5:57 remaining, Bieniemy crashed in from two yards out to give Colorado a 27-22 lead. The 35-yard drive was set up by Dave McCfoughan’s 31-yard punt return, giving the Buffa loes excellent field position. Colorado thwarted Texas’ last long drive as defensive tackle Carry Howe slammed Longhorn quarterback Peter Gardere to the turf for a six-yard loss on a fourth-down play with 3:14 remaining. “I’m proud ol the effort of our team,” Texas head coach David McWilliams said. “We just didn't do some of the things we had to do. We didn’t make big plays when we had the chance, and Colo rado did.” The Texas of fense struggled early af ter an interception by Colorado free safety Greg Thomas at the Buffalo nine- yard line. However, the Longhorns still man aged a 10-7 lead after the first quar ter.Two Colorado fumbles set up both the early Texas scores. Just two plays after Thomas’ intercep tion, Hagan fumbled at his own 17 with UT middle linebacker Brian Jones mak ing the recovery. Five plays later, Texas quarterback Peter Gardere found tight end Kerry Cash in the corner of the end/one for a six-yard touchdown completion. Colorado came right back and showed the 75,882 gathered at Memorial Sta dium why the Buffaloes were preseason favorites for the national title. Hagan orchestrated an 11-play, 89- yard drive, completing all three of his passes for 58 yards, The Buffaloes con verted three third down plays, with the biggest coming on a third-and-18 situa tion. Forced to scramble, the Colorado quarterback found fullback George Hemingway wide open for a 38-yard touchdown toss. Hemingway slipped in behind the Longhorn coverage after the scramble. Texas, head coach David McWilliams said the scramble was key to the recep tion . “We were in a deep zone coverage, - ’ McWilliams said, “and when Hagan scrambled, his receivers also scrambled and we didn’t make the adjustment.” Following Hagan’s second fumble. Michael Poliak booted a 47-yard field goal with 1:26 left in the first quarter to put Texas up 10-7. Midway through the second quarter Colorado struck again. Texas knocked away a Hagan pass and held Bieniemy to a one-yard gain on the seventh and eighth plays of the drive, and the Bul la loes were faced with a third-and-nine from the UT 49-yard line. The Longhorns came with the blitz and Hagan threw to Bieniemy on a screen pass that turned into a 41-yard gainer. Three plays later, again on a third down, Bieniemy stiff-armed UT safety .Stanley Richard to the turf on his way to a two-yard touc hdown run. Bieniemy accounted for 70 of the 75 yards on the drive, giving Colorado its first lead, 14-10. The Longhorns followed the Buffalo See Texas/Page 11 ** ' i ;'S T. I j ■ ■ , I K ' 'ffff'ff ll: ' I '' I ' I ■ ff ill J ff: Photo by Pheian M. tbenhack UT wide receiver Johnny Walker (1) looks upfield at a Colorado defender after catching a second quarter pass from Peter Gardere. Colorado won, 29-22.