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Wednesday, September 26,1990
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Aggies beware of
unheralded Horns
lurking in shadows
Longhorns,
IT, T-sips —
these very
words are
enough to get
any maroon-
blooded Aggie
all riled up and
nasty.
And with RjlS
good reason.
Both Texas A&M and Texas lay claim
to being THE University of Texas and
every year that right is fought for in
competition of any kind, whether it be
sponsor trivia games on ESPN.
Over the course of this century the
Longhorns have dominated the Aggies
in this heated rivalry.
In basketball, Texas holds a 76-95
edge, but then we’ve been pretty
stagnate over the last few years in this
area while the Longhorns played to
within one game of the Final Four last
year.
In baseball, where the Longhorns
have won or shared in 60 conference
titles over the years, they hold an 87-
150-5 advantage over our beloved
Aggies. Albeit, this is a situation that is
turning fast in the opposite direction.
The most intense part of this rivalry
revolves around A&M-UT football
games — a series dominated of late by
the Aggies.
Since the teams’ first meeting in 1894,
Texas holds a distinct edge with 63
victories compared to only 28 for the
Aggies.
Of course, the Longhorns haven’t
beaten A&M since most of this year’s
freshman were entering junior high
school.
During this time the Aggies have out
scored Texas 164-72 and the Longhorns
haven’t won the conference title since
1983, the last year they beat A&M.
Now I know saying anything good
about Texas may be consideredlynching
material, but after witnessing the
Longhorns nearly upset the Colorado
Buffaloes last Saturaay, I feel the need
to let everyone know these ’Horns are
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Cowboys ship Walsh to Saints
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Or
leans Saints, with one quarterback a no-
show and another struggling, traded three
draft picks Tuesday for Dallas quarterback
Steve Walsh.
“I think he’s a winner, but time will tell,”
Saints president and general manager Jim
Finks said. “If we didn’t like him we
wouldn’t have made the trade.”
“He’s a good young player,” said Saints
coach Jim Mora. “He proved it in college.
He was one of the top players in the coun
try coming out of college. We think, be
cause we made the trade, he has a chance to
be an outstanding player in the National
Football League.”
To make room for Walsh on the roster,
the Saints cut second-string quarterback
Tommy Kramer, signed during training
camp in August after the Minnesota Vi
kings left him unprotected under Plan B.
The Saints gave Dallas their No. 1 and
No. 3 choices in 1991 and a No. 2 pick in
1992 for Walsh. Cowboys owner Jerry
Jones said, depending on how well Walsh
plays, the No. 2 pick could be upgraded to a
No. 1.
The deal didn’t involve holdout quar
terback Bobby Hebert, who has consistently
said he wants to be traded.
, “I’m happy and excited,” Walsh said af
ter the trade was announced. “I have a
great opportunity and chance to make my
career.”
Walsh will be competing for a starting
spot with John Fourcade —currently the
lowest rated quarterback in the NFL. The
third-string quarterback is rookie Mike
Buck from Maine.
“I hope he doesn’t think he’s just going to
come in and get the job because I have
something to say about that,” Fourcade
said. “Obviously I’m threatened. He’s not a
running back, he’s a quarterback and a for
mer No. 1. They’re going to want him to
play because they paid a lot of money for
him. It’s my job to keep him off the field.”
Mora said Fourcade will remain No. 1 on
the depth chart until and unless Walsh
beats him out for the starting job. He said
the coaching staff will start working with
Walsh Wednesday and Walsh will work
with the team when they return from three
days off on Friday.
The Saints and other teams in the NFC
West have Sunday off. Mora said he be
lieved Walsh could be ready to play by the
time play resumes against Atlanta on Oct. 7,
but added that learning the Saints’ system
won’t be easy.
Mora said he didn’t believe the Saints
needed another quarterback and noted that
Fourcade improved last Sunday.
After two losses, the Saints defeated
Phoenix 28-7 on Sunday. Fourcade’s effi
ciency rating rose 11 points during that
game to 28.4, still the worst in the league.
The Saints didn’t score a touchdown in
their first two games.
“We haven’t gotten the play at quar
terback we]d like, and yet it’s been getting
better. We saw an opportunity to go out
and get a good young quarterback and we
did it,” Mora said.
Walsh, a first round draft choice in the
supplemental draft last year, backed-up the
Cowboys other No. 1 pick Troy Aikman.
Foreman continues
return with quick
Round 1 knockout
LONDON (AP) — Former heavy
weight champion George Foreman, still
hoping for a title bout, scored the 24th
consecutive victory of his comeback on
Tuesday with a first-round knockout of
Terry Anderson.
Foreman, who weighed in at 259
pounds, hit Anderson with a left jab and
then clubbed him with a right with six
seconds left in the first round. Anderson
was counted out and stayed on the can
vas for about a minute, then got up to
hug Foreman.
The knockout in the scheduled 10-
rounder at the London Arena was Fore
man’s 65th and improved his record to
69-2 overall. He has won all 24 of his
fights since beginning his comeback
three years ago.
Foreman, 42, said he hopes to chal
lenge the winner of next month’s world
title fight betwen champion James “Bus
ter” Douglas and Evander Holyfield.
He came into the fight six pounds
lighter than expected, but said he’s hit
ting harder than ever.
“The guy ran right into a straight
right hand,” Foreman said. “That was
the hardest right hand I’ve ever thrown.
“My power is back. I thought I had
lost it to Muhammad Ali and now I feel
as strong as I did as a teen-ager.”
Hall. Welch named AP top players
LUBBOCK (AP) — Facing fourth-and-
18 with his team trailing and only seconds
remaining in the game, Texas Tech backup
quarterback Robert Hall looked to San
Francisco quarterback Joe Montana for
inspiration.
With defeat one play away against New
Mexico Saturday, Hall recalled Montana
completing two late-in-the-game passes to
set up a winning field goal in the 49ers sea
son-opening victory against New Orleans.
“We were going backwards,” Hall said of
two consecutive sacks preceding the fourth-
down play. “But I thought of Montana
completing those two big passes to get (the
49ers) in field goal range and then I got
right back into the game.”
Hall hit wide receiver Lloyd Hill with a
33-yard pass on fourth down and followed
with a 31-yard strike to Hill that eventually
set up a last-second 37-yard field goal by
Lin Elliott. Tech (1-2) escaped with a 34-32
victory over the Lobos (1-3).
Hall, who was 15 of 31 for 316 yards and
two touchdowns in relief of injured starter
Jamie Gill, was selected The Associated
Press Offensive Player of the Week.
Baylor safety Mike Welch, who had 10
tackles (four unassisted) and two intercep
tions in the Bears 13-9 come-from-behind
victory over Sam Houston State, earned
The AP’s defensive honors.
Welch’s first pickoff halted a third-quar
ter Sam Houston State drive at the Baylor
46 and resulted in a field goal which put the
Bears on top for good, 10-9.
His second interception halted Sam
Houston State’s final drive late in the
fourth quarter to seal the victory.
Welch’s performance was overshadowed
by the death of redshirt freshman John
Karkoska 10 minutes before the game. Kar-
koska, of Houston, died from complications
of viral gastroenteritis, according to doc
tors.
Team members attended a memorial
service Tuesday.
Baylor (1-2) plays at Tech Saturday
night.
Hall, who was recruited out of Dallas
Carter High School by colleges wanting him
to be an option quarterback, took his
chances at Tech as a walk-on.
Hall, a 6-0, 160-pound redshirt fresh
man, said he is eager to prove he can play
big-time college football.
“Some people thought I should play de
fensive back,” Hall said. “They said I was
too small to play quarterback. That just
gives me more incentive to prove I can play
quarterback.”
Tech coach Spike Dykes said he didn’t
want to expose Hall to such a pressure-
packed situation at this stage of his career.
“That’s the last thing we wanted to hap
pen,” Dykes said. “We were trying to guard
against that because it puts such undue
pressure on a young player and can really
rattle them. But Robert handled it beauti
fully and everything worked out fine.”
Flail will start in Tech’s homecoming
game against Baylor. But coaches say Gill,
who suffered a knee injury in the second
quarter against New Mexico, will be the
starter when he returns.
Hall said he doesn’t mind. But he is not
going to waste an opportunity to show is tal
ent.
“I just hope to improve from week to
week,” Hall said.
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