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Baylor prepares for final trip to Arkansas
WACO, Texas (AP) — After
two straight losses dropped the
Baylor Bears from the Cotton
Bow! picture, coach Grant Teaff
threw out the fancy mid-season
schemes and had his players
work on the fundamentals.
It worked. The No. 21 Bears
beat Texas Christian 26-9, im
proving their record to 6-2 and
keeping their bowl hopes alive.
"The TCU game was a very
important one tor us/' Teaff said
Monday. "It was a must-win
game for us. We were in a situa
tion where we felt like we had to
find a way to win.
"Now if we had lost, I would
have really been questioned
about going back to the basics in
the middle of the year with a lot
of senior kids. But part of that
was confidence. Trying to restore
what had been lost and we did
that”
The victory gets the Bears
back on track for one final trip to
Arkansas.
The Bears (T-2 in the SWC)
travel to Little Rock, Ark, on Sat
urday for the last time to face the
resurgent Arkansas Razorbacks,
ranked 24th with a 5-2 mark, in
cluding 4-0 in the SWC.
It will be the last SWC game
ever played at Razorback Stadi
um. ...
Arkansas joins the Southeast
ern Conference in 1992.
The Razorbacks are perfect in
league play despite ranking dead
last in total offense.
O'Brien
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sure, he fought to the end.
Second, as Florida State head
coach Bobby Bowden says, a team
can only get up for two or three
games a year, and for the Aggies
this was not one of them. A&M
won with superior talent on Satur
day and will have to do the same
against Rice and TCU.
Arkansas and Texas are the
only games where A&M fans can
expect an all-out, full-tilt effort.
Finally, UH head coach John
Jenkins and his team took a gut
check and decided to start playing
football again. If they can keep it
up the rest of the season, the
Cougars can beat Texas. The
Longhorns already have one con
ference loss, so a Houston victory
would knock the Texas out of the
race.
If the Aggies keep playing like
they did on Saturday, they won't
have to worry about what the oth
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FORT WORTH, Texas (All
TCU running back CurtisS
kins, a small guy forma?
town, looked tiny in then;
room that first dayatfres:;
orientation in 1989.,
"He looked like a pea:
TCU coach Jim Wackersai:
don't think he'd lifted a wei;
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pounds and more than ]
yards.
He has a tattoo on hislelij
some serious musclesandi
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sprained
thumb.
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play, ' Modkins said. "IwiI
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cause I had to. I knewl'dhi
home if I didn't."
Such desire has been the:
ing force behind Modkins'sit
He refused to change pos:
when college recruiters offe
him scholarships to play defa
back.
Only TCU and Houstoi
fered him a spot on offense.
"When 1 came out I was:
about 160 pounds, with twoi
irations," Modkins said,
Conti n
of the 1
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buildir
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of the big schools said 'deter
back.' I said, 'No way.' (TCU):
to make me a receiver. It
wasn't me. My head wasn't!
Running back was all I'dll
played.'
By refusing to change,!
kins placed pressure on hiE
He began his first season, 13f
the starting slotback—bee
Tony Darthard and CedricJadi
were firmly established at the:
ning back.
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gave up.
His chance soon came*:
Darthard and Jackson wen
jured two games into the seas:
Modkins never lookedk
He rushed for 522 yards and:
touchdowns, averaging4,4yat:
carry, as a freshman. Last ye:
gained 893 yards on scored!'
touchdowns.
And through seven gamer
season, Modkins has rushed
493 yards and three touchdo
including 245 yards the past:
f ames for the Frogs (2-2 if
outhwest Conference, 5-2o:
all), who average 406.7 yardse
fense a game.
But Modkins' rise was d§
He worked hard this sun®
the weight room, pumpine:
and gaining 12 pounds toll ‘
awoke each morning at 5:1:
run, and his time in the40f
dash improved from the uf)
4.5-second range into theli 1
4.4s and once as low as 4.36
"I could set my watch by!
tis," strength coach Kevin W y
said. "We had a lot of guys*
paid the price, but nobody'
more dedicated to ouroff-sts
program than Curtis. Hed!
miss a workout."
Not only did Modi
strength improve, the rests:
game did, too.
Perhaps Modkins felthe'
something to prove.
Having been considered
small to play running back,
kins never wavered fromhi>H
lief, despite sustaining a vane
injuries in his three years at”
Modkins played Saturdayde>
a hip pointer and the spr»
thumb.
"You always feel like you*
something to prove," Mod 1
said. "I just knew I'd playnif
back somewhere. Once I goto:
offensive side of the ball, I
I'd make it
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you are. Once you get in)'
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