The Battalion
1990
5
Wednesday, November 21,1990
Sports Editor
Nadja Sabawala
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Aggies face Frogs as grip for Cotton dwindles
By DOUGLAS PILS
Of The Battalion Staff
Left with almost little chance of
making the Cotton Bowl, the Texas
A&M football squad must now focus
its attention on finishing the season
strong and meeting various personal
goals.
As the Aggies prepare for this
weekend’s game against Texas
Christian (Saturday at 12:07 p.m. at
Kyle Field), only the unlikelihood of
a tie in the Baylor-Texas game will
breathe life into A&M’s Cotton Bowl
chances. As it stands, the Aggies (7-
Game time changes
Saturday’s contest between
Texas A&M and Texas Christian
in College Station has been
moved to a 12:07 p.m. CST start
to accomodate Raycom’s regional
Southwest Conference telecast.
Kickoff originally had been
scheduled for 2 p.m.
On Dec. 1, CBS will make the
Texas-Texas A&M battle in Aus
tin the first half of a national col
lege doubleheader. Kickoff has
been moved up to 11:07 a.m.
CST to accommodate the na
tional telecast.
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2-1, 4-1-1 in Southwest Conference
play) are headed to sunny San Diego
for the Sea World Holiday Bowl to
face No. 4-ranked and Western Ath
letic Conference champion Brigham
Young.
TCU (5-5, 3-4) comes to Kyle
Field, where they have been out-
scored 92-10 in their last two ap
pearances, mired in a four-game los
ing streak. The Horned Frogs
jumped out to a 5-1 start this year, 3-
0 in conference, before losing suc
cessive games to Baylor, Houston,
Texas Tech and Texas.
TCU is searching for its first win
ning season since it posted an 8-4 re
cord in 1984, head coach Jim Wack-
er’s second year.
A&M head coach R.C. Slocum
said he doesn’t foresee that happen
ing, and he fully expects his team to
be up for the challange of playing
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The A&M defense could dominate Saturday’s game against TCU like last year.
the Horned Frogs.
“I think TCU’s good enough to
command the respect of our play
ers,” Slocum said. “I don’t think
(looking ahead to next week’s Texas
game or worrying about this week’s
UT-Baylor game) is even a consider
ation with the way TCU has played.
They won’t worry a lot about Tex
as.”
A share in the SWC championship
is still possible, but Slocum said the
team will concentrate its efforts on
winning the last three games to fin
ish 10-2-1.
“Anyone who would not see 10-2-
1 as a great season is living in a
dream world,” he said. “If we were
12-0, there’d still be people saying
we don’t throw enough, or we didn’t
score enough points.
“Without a doubt, I know more
about football, coaching offense and
defense, than any fan out there. And
if I don’t, then we’re in bad trouble.”
The Aggies could still share in the
conference championship if both
they and Baylor defeat Texas. Bay
lor would get the trip to the Cotton
Bowl based on the second tie
breaker — the team that has the
least-recent appearance (A&M 1988
and Baylor 1981).
A&M would win the conference
and return to the Cotton Bowl, if
Baylor and Texas tie and if the Ag
gies beat the Longhorns. A&M and
Texas would each finish with one
loss and one tie, but the Aggies
would go, based on head-to-head
competition.
While this season has had its frus
trating moments, Slocum said this is
still a good year for the Aggies and
he takes offense to those who would
say otherwise.
“This team is 7-2-1 and going to a
bowl game,” Slocum said. “I don’t
want to hear this has been a miser
able year. It may turn out that we’ll
be short of the championship, but
it’s still been a successful season.”
Slocum went on to attack his crit
ics and use Longhorn head coach
David McWilliams as an example to
prove a point.
“You’re talking about a staff here
that’s spent about 20-odd years per
man behind a projector,” he said.
“It’s not like it was 20 years ago when
a few of the fans out there played ju
nior high football, when there were
only four plays to run and one kind
of defense. It’s like me walking into
an operating room and trying to tell
the surgeon how to do his job.”
Even with Darren Lewis’ subpar
performance last week against Ar
kansas (89 yards on 24 carries), he’s
still on track to become the fifth
NCAA running back to eclipse 5,000
career yards. Lewis, with 4,749
yards, has already been named to
one All-American team and he
should make the list in a few other
lists. With two games left, he also has
a chance to pass Oklahoma State’s
Gerald Hudson (who’s already com
pleted the season) for the NCAA
rushing title.
Also looking for post-season hon
ors is the anchor of the offensive line
that has netted Lewis much of his
success, center Mike Arthur. Arthur
is one of 11 lineman in the nation
nominated for the Outland Trophy,
given each year to the top collegiate
lineman. He should be in the run
ning for All-American honors as
well as conference honors.
Others looking to top All-SWC
lists will be, fullback Robert Wilson
(633 yards, sixth in the conference),
linebacker William Thomas (13
sacks), Kevin Smith (one of the lead
ing pass thieves in the nation) and
safety Larry Horton might also be
considered.
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NEW YORK (AP) — The crowd
in Ballroom D at the Grand Hyatt
Hotel was suddenly silent, and fight
promoter Bob Arum stopped in
midsentence.
A single voice rang out: “Room
service for George Foreman.” A
little, old man pushed a cart into the
big room. “Room service for George
Foreman.”
It was a whole turkey, a tray of
cheeseburgers and a silver chafing
dish full of some unidentifiable por
ridge.
“I can eat this whole thing, too,”
Foreman said, a broad grin creasing
his face like a crack in a bowling ball.
He went for the cheeseburgers.
This was how promoters Arum
and Dan Duva and host Donald
Trump officially announced the
April 19 fight at Trump Plaza and
Casino in Atlantic City, N.J., be
tween undisputed heavyweight
champion Evander Holyfield and
former champion, 42-year-old
George Foreman.
It’s billed as “The Fight of the
Ages.”
“It promises to be one of the
greatest events of all time,” Duva
said ... if only it can live up to the
news conference that introduced it.
Foreman, who began a comeback
in 1987 after 10 years’ retirement,
entered the room as loudspeakers
blared out the tune to “Happy Days
Are Here Again.” He was accompa
nied by a group of geriatrics carry
ing signs that read: “Eat ’Em Up,
George,” “Life Begins At 40,” and
“Respect Your Elders.”
“It’s dangerous for kids to walk
the streets now,” Foreman pro
nounced above the hubbub. “The se
nior citizens are taking over.”
Moments later, the same loud
speakers began to crackle with rock
’n’ roll music, unrecognizable to
most people Foreman’s age. Holy-
field came into the room with 20-30
children wearing T-shirts that read:
“Evander’s Army.”
“They said I was too small to be a
heavyweight,” Holyfield said. “So
I’m dedicating my heavyweight
championship to disadvantage kids
everywhere.”
Holyfield culminated a seven-year
pro career by knocking out Buster
Douglas in the second round on Oct.
25 in Las Vegas, winning the undis
puted title that Douglas had taken
from Mike Tyson eight months ear
lier in Tokyo.
“I’m honored to give rriy first de
fense to George Foreman,” said the
27-year-old Holyfield. “I respect
him for what he’s done, and because
he believes in Christ.”
Then, to Foreman, he said: “But
if my brother climbed into the ring,
I’d take him out just as well as you.”
Foreman grinned again.
“Don’t get smart or I’ll put you be
tween two slices of bread and eat
you,” Foreman said.
Holyfield will weigh 210 or less
against Foreman, who will tip, then
capsize the scales at over 250.
“I’ll get down real low,” Foreman
said, trying not to eat the tongue in
his cheek. “I mean low — real low —
real low.”
Foreman, whose promoter now is
Arum, won the heavyweight
championship on Jan. 22, 1973 —
when Holyfield was 10 — by stop
ping Joe Frazier in the second round
in Kingston, Jamaica.
A&M’s Arthur
semifinalist
for Outland
By NADJA SABAWALA
Of The Battalion Staff
Mike Arthur
When people say “Texas A&M
offense,” they think of senior tail
back Darren Lewis. Few think of
the offensive
line that
opened the way
for Lewis’ 1,428
yards this sea
son and even
fewer consider
the line’s trophy
candidates.
But A&M
center Mike Arthur was listed
Tuesday among the 11 semifinal
candidates for the coveted Out-
to the na-
lineman.
“I was shocked,” Arthur said.
“I didn’t even know they were
looking at me for it at all, it was a
pleasant surprise.
“I thought my coach was kid
ding around when he told me at
first but I found out it was true.
It’s a great honor to be men
tioned for the trophy.”
At 6-5, 261 pounds, Arthur be
came the new man added to the
Outland list. He, and Syracuse se
nior John Flannery, are the only
center candidates.
Arthur is the only member of
the Southwest Conference
named.
A&M takes on Texas Christian
Saturday and, asd a senior, it’s
Arthur’s last game at Kyle Field.
“I always give 100 percent ef
fort at a game and I hope it’s
enough,” Arthur said. "It’s always
a tough game, always.”
The candidates consist of 10
seniors and one junior. Auburn
offensive guard Ed King.
Others named are:
• Antone Davis, offensive tackle,
Tennessee
• Mitch Donahue, defensive end,
Wyoming
• Moe Gardner, nose tackle, Illi
nois
• Joe Garten, offensive guard,
Colorado
• Stacy Long, offensive tackle,
Clemson
• Russell Maryland, defensive
tackle, Miami
• Kenny Walker, defensive
tackle, Nebraska
• Chris Zorich, nose tackle,
Notre Dame.
The finalists will be announced
next week.
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