Sports
Tuesday, September 24, 1991 The Battalion Page 3
Aggies must
focus on
positive aspects
of Tulsa loss
T exas A&M has lost its unbeaten
status for three days now, and
the pill is still bitter to swallow.
It's hard to think of the Aggies
with a loss. It's as if there should be
an asterisk beside it, because it was a
fluke.
But it wasn't. Whether it was by
one point or one hundred doesn't
matter. Hello, loss column.
After the Aggies' 45-7 dismantling
of Louisiana State University last
weekend at Kyle Field, beating up on
lowly Tulsa seemed inevitable. The
experts in Vegas picked A&M by 18
points. But then again, they also
picked the Longhorns over Auburn.
Still, the men in maroon looked
solid until intermission. Granger's
passing attack, which was a stark
contrast from the option offense of
Bucky Richardson, was right on the
money. The play fake that scored a
61-yard touchdown in the first quar
ter was executed to textbook perfec
tion.
Greg Hill was well on his way to
100 yards - again.
The defense looked a little sluggish
in Tulsa's touchdown drive early in
the second quarter, but with a 28-10
lead, there was no room for com
plaints.
In the second half, there was noth-
See Whitley/ Page 5
Aggies drop out of Top 25
Loss to Tulsa
hurts A&M's
national ranking
l-'rom £taff and Wire Reports
Texas A&M slipped completely out
of the Associated Press Top 25 poll Mon
day following the Aggies 35-34 loss to
the Tulsa Golden Hurricane last Satur
day.
A&M, 1-1, faces the University of
Southwestern Louisiana this Saturday at
Kyle Field at 6 p.m. The Aggies defeated
the Ragin' Cajuns 63-14 last year.
A&M, previously ranked No. 15 in
the nation by the poll, joined the Univer
sity of Houston, ranked No. 21 last
week, as two of the Southwest Confer
ence's three teams to drop from the poll.
Baylor remains the only SWC team
SWC Standings
Conf.
Q^erall
Arkansas
1
0
2
1
Baylor
0
0
3
0
TCU
0
0
3
0
Rice
0
0
2
0
A&M
0
0
1
1
Houston
0
0
1
2
Tech
0
0
1
2
Texas
0
0
0
2
SMU
0
1
0
2
in the AP Top 25. The Bears, 3-0, are
ranked No. 12 in the country following
their 47-21 victory over Missouri Satur
day.
Houston, 0-2, continued its slide after
a 51-10 scalding by Illinois and 40-10
pounding by the University of Miami on
Sept. 12.
The Cougars will be idle this week
end and begin SWC play against Baylor
on October 5. The Bears open confer
ence play this Saturday against SMU.
The Aggies open their conference
season Oct. 5 in Lubbock against Texas
Tech.
Battalion file photo
Texas A&M cornerback Kevin Smith breaks dropped out of the Associated Press Top 25
up pass during last year's 63-14 victory over this week, play the Cajuns this Saturday at
Southwestern Louisiana. The Aggies, who Kyle Field at 6 p.m.
As Smith
goes, so go
the Cowboys
IRVING (AP) — The Dallas Cow
boys have become Emmitt Smith's team.
If he does well, the Cowboys win. If
he doesn't have a big game, they lose.
Even quarterback Troy Aikman ad
mits: "Our success is based on Emmitt
running the ball."
Smith, the NFL's 1990 rookie of the
year, carried 23 times for 182 yards and
scored touchdowns on runs of 60 and 12
yards in the Cowboys 17-9 victory over
Phoenix Sunday night.
It was the third highest rushing total
for a single game in Dallas history. Tony
Dorsett had days of 183 and 206 yards
during his career with the Cowboys.
Smith also had long runs of 13 and 37
yards and caught three passes for 19
yards as Dallas
evened its record
at 2-2.
It was the
sixth time that
Smith had rushed
for more than 100
yards in his ca
reer and the
Cowboys have
won on five of
those occasions. The only game they lost
was 33-31 to Washington two weeks ago
when Smith gained 112 yards.
"Give that little man just a crease and
he's something special," said offensive
tackle Nate Newton. "He can stop on a
dime and give you nine and one-half
cents change."
Phoenix safety Tim McDonald said
tackling Smith looks easy until you try to
wrap him up.
"He's not fast but he's quick and he's
stronger than he looks," McDonald said.
Smith, who carried 32 times in the
Cowboys opener against Cleveland, was
in the hot tub at Valley Ranch on Mon
day soothing his nicks and bruises.
"I felt much worse after the Cleve
land game," Smith said. "But I'll bounce
back for next week. Twenty-three carries
is more like it. It gets tough when you get
over 30 carries."
Smith said he knew he would become
See Smith/ Page 5
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