Sports
Thursday, December 12,1991
The Battalion
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Sports writer
A few things
Santa Claus
can bring . . .
N ow that the Christmas season
is upon us, it is time to do all
the traditional holiday things.
It is time to decorate the tree, buy
presents for your friends and make
up the Christmas list.
The Christmas list is an intricate
part of the holidays. And this year,
instead of asking for a lot of things
for myself. I've decided to ask Santa
for those things that should benefit all
of mankind. So here goes.
•The elves need to work extra
hard and assure the Dallas Cowboys
a spot in the playoffs. I've asked San
ta Claus to please give two losses to
the Philadelphia Eagles, New Orleans
Saints, Atlanta Falcons ans San Fran
cisco 49ers in their last two games of
the season. That way the Cowboys
would be given a place in the play
offs. And they can't win the Super
Bowl if they don't make it to the play
offs, so this wish goes high on the list.
•Please let the Aggies beat Florida
State University in the Cotton Bowl.
This is another high priority wish. If
the Aggies beat FSU and a couple of
other teams lose, A&M could end up
in the top five in the final football
polls. That would be a nice gift to
find under the tree.
•Santa, don't give us another split
national championship in football.
See Andro/ Page 6
Quiet before the storm
No hurricanes
allowed in 1991
Cotton Bowl
By Steve O'Brien
The Battal^
Texas A&M linebacker Jason Atkinson
has been watching two hours of film ev
ery day for the past two weeks, trying to
figure out the Florida State football team.
He wants to be ready for the Seminoles
when Jan. 1 comes.
The Aggies and Florida State square
off in the 1992 Cotton Bowl.
"The Cotton Bowl is not like any other
game I've played in," Atkinson said.
"This will be the most important game
I've ever played in my life. I've been
watching film for almost two weeks, and
once we play them I will have watched
films for a month.
"I will have seen every game they've
played all season two or three times."
And Atkinson hopes his studies pay
off. The Seminoles run a screen play that
Atkinson said he has been paying close
attention to during film sessions.
The play is called a crack screen. FSU
quarterback Casey Weldon takes a short
drop and then throws the ball to a wide
receiver on the weak side of the field.
Atkinson's job is to get past the block of
an offensive lineman and hit the receiver
as soon as he gets the ball.
Atkinson isn't the only defensive
player with a dream.
Sophomore defensive end Lance Te-
ichelman wants more than just a tackle.
"I'd like to sack the quarterback and
strip the ball and run it in for a touch
down," Teichelman said. "That's every
defensive lineman's dream."
Whether or not Teichelman gets his
wish, he said he does have some words of
advice for the fifth-ranked Seminoles.
"They do have a lot of big-time play
ers, but I think we match up well with
them," Teichelman said. "We've got
good players. From what I've been hear-
JAY JANNER/ The Battalion
A&M linebacker Jason Atkinson hopes the Aggies’ defense will continue to
pound at Florida State's offense in the 1992 Mobil Cotton Bowl.
ing, they think we're going to go in there
and lay down for them.
"But it isn't going to happen. We're
going to come in fighting. We want to
win this one more than anything."
Teichelman said it doesn't matter that
the Seminoles don't regard the Aggies as
highly as other teams in the country.
"There won't be any relaxation on our
part," he said. "I know to them, we're
only 'Texas A&M' and they've never
heard of us. That's fine. I love all that."
See A&M defense/ Page 6
Two Lady Aggies
named to SWC
second team
The Battalion News Services
Edmiston
Texas A&M volleyball players
Elizabeth Edmiston and Alysia Mc-
Math were named
to the All-South
west Conference
second team
Wednesday.
Edmiston, a 5-
foot-10 outside at
tacker, played in
32 of 34 matches
in the 1991 season
and led the A&M
team in kills, kill
average, digs, dig
average, and ace
average in SWC
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Edmiston, a
junior from King-
wood, registered
17 kills in the up
set win over then-
seventh-ranked
Texas. She was se
lected to the all
tournament teams
in the Southwest McMath
Texas State Bobcat
Classic and in the Holiday Inn Invi
tational.
McMath, a 5~foot~9 outside at
tacker from Comanche, Iowa, started
33 of 34 matches during her senior
year. She set a SWC record for most
kill attempts (81) in the Aggies' win
over UTEP and also set an A&M
record for most kills in a match (34)
in the same contest. The mark was
also the second most in SWC history.
She was named SWC Player of
the Week for Sept. 24.McMath was
second on the team with 316 digs
and third in hitting percentage with
a .227 average.
McMath led the A&M team with
465 kills and a 3.8 kill average and
was second in the SWC.
A&M finished fourth in the SWC
standings this season.
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MARTIN AYONG AYIM
Mr. Ayim is a second year Ph.D. student in the Department
of Health and Kinesiology at Texas A&M. His career goals are
to teach in an institution of higher learning and conduct health
education related research, and also to work in any Interna
tional Health Organization's Regional office for Africa - for
example. World Health Organization. Mr. Ayim is a graduate
Teaching Assistant in the Health and Kinesiology Department,
is a current member of the Graduate Student Advisory Council
of the College of Education, and has devoted ten years of
Community Health Service with the Ministry of Public Health,
Cameroon Government.
BRUCE E. DENNINGS
Mr. Dennings is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Educa
tional Psycholgy at Texas A&M. Mr. Dennings' objectives are to
obtain the competency and flexibility provided by a Ph.D. in
psychology in order to pursue a multi-faceted career as a teacher,
researcher and therapist, associated with a medium to a large
university.
SAM GRAY
Mr. Gray is a fifth year graduate student at TAMU pursuing
a Ph.D. in Management with a concentration in Strategic
Management. He holds a B.S. degree in economics, sumnia
cum laude, from the University of Houston as well as an
M.B.A. from TAMU. Sam is a member of four scholastic
honor societies. His research interests focus on strategy imple
mentation and innovation.
Prior to becoming a student at TAMU he was employed by
Southern Pacific Transportation company in Houston and
San Francisco. He has more than fifteen years business expe
rience which included assignments in operations, MIS, man
agement, accounting, and marketing.
JOE KIELY
Mr. Kicly has an undergraduate degree from the University of
Tampa where he majored in Management and Mathematics. He
received his MBA degree in 1987 from the University of South
Florida. He is currently in his fourth year at Texas A&M and
plans to graduate in August 1992 with a Ph.D in Finance, College
of Business.
The two things that he finds most enjoyable about the students
at Texas A&M are their work ethic ami enthusiasm. The students
here have a unique thirst for knowledge which makes teaching an
enjoyable experience. The most satisfying experience for him as
a teacher is seeing all of his students grow both personally ami
intellectually inside and outside of his classroom.
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