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Friday, September 4,1992
Texas A&M SPORTS The Battalion
Page 9
Sooners pummel Red Raiders, 34-9
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LUBBOCK — Forget the run.
Cale Gundy has 15th-ranked Ok
lahoma's offense looking more
like the run-and-shoot.
Hiding behind an offensive line
comprised of four huge under
classmen, Gundy threw for a
school-record 341 yards and two
touchdowns and also ran for a
score as Oklahoma defeated Texas
Tech 34-9 Thursday night.
Gundy completed 22 of 28
passes on the way to breaking the
school yardage mark of 329 he set
in a 48-14 victory over Virginia in
last year's Gator Bowl.
"The numbers don't affect me
at all," Gundy said. "I care about
winning 12 games this season and
winning a national championship.
I don't care what else happens."
Oklahoma coach Gary Gibbs
promised before the season that
Gundy and the pass would be the
focus of his team's offense, replac
ing the Sooners' traditional
ground attack. Gundy didn't let
him down Thursday night.
"Cale played an outstanding
game and did a heck of a good job
changing things up when he need
ed to," Gibbs said.
Gibbs also lauded his offensive
line which starts two freshmen
and two sophomores who average
more than 280 pounds.
"I thought our offensive line
did a good job of adjusting. ...
They just got stronger as the game
progressed," Gibbs said.
"Cale Gundy is a great quarter
back," Texas Tech coach Spike
Dykes said. "He made a lot of big
plays tonight."
Tech safety Tracy Saul said Ok
lahoma's mix of long and short
passes frustrated the Red Raiders.
"They threw a bunch of quick
stuff and we didn't give our line a
chance to get to him (Gundy),"
Saul said. "I don't care who you
are, it's just hard to stop that kind
of passing game."
Gundy's 1-yard keeper early in
the fourth quarter put the Sooners
in charge at 27-9 in the teams' sea
son opener.
Kenyon Rasheed made sure
Oklahoma's once-proud ground
attack wasn't forgotten, rushing
11 times for 73 yards. But in keep
ing with the tone of the game, his
touchdown came on a pass from
Gundy.
Oklahoma's defense struggled
with Texas Tech's wide-open of
fense for much of the first half.
The Sooners grabbed the mo
mentum with 1:40 left in the half
when Aubrey Beavers broke up a
pitch from Tech's Robert Hall to
Byron Morris, and Reggie Barnes
recovered at the Raiders 48. Four
plays later. Gundy threw a 13-
yard touchdown pass to Earnest
Williams through tight coverage
for a 20-9 halftime lead.
Medrano
Continued from Page 7
serious. But in Death Valley,
well, let me say dis, dad, I don't
think your boys can handle it."
"Oh you think so, huh?" I
said. Man, was I getting him
back or what?
"In Baton Rouge, day play
football like it should be
played...on grass. Not that pretty
LSU
Continued from Page 7
After one game, quarterback
Jeff Granger leads the team in to
tal offense with 158 yards and
ranks as the Aggies' leading rush
er with 26 yards on four carries.
Tight end Greg Schorp leads
A&M in receiving with four catch
es for 68 yards and one touch
down.
The Tigers are coming off a dis
appointing 1991 season in which
they finished 5-6 overall and 3-4
in the Southeast Conference.
"They improved last year, and
they got better every week that
they played," Slocum said.
Second-year head coach Curley
Hallman^ a Class of '70 graduate
of Texas A&Mijg reA'enge
on his oTd aima mater. His first
loss as coach tame arffte hands of
the Aggies, who embarrassed a
young Tiger team, 45-7, at Kyle
; ield.
"It will be tough," Slocum said.
"They had their share of athletes
last year. The team that we beat
last year was the same team that
beat us down there the year be
fore."
AstroTurf like you all got in dat
little stadium of yuhs."
"Little?" Just call me the
comeback kid.
"Yeah, little," he said with a
little grin which let me know I
was about to get more on behalf
of my beloved school. "I even
heard A&M went over budget
when day installed dat turf be
cause day installed a state of deh
art sprinklah system."
Cue the Clint Eastwood mu
sic.
"Well the only reason you all
have natural grass is so your
cheerleaders will have a place to
graze." Buh-dum-bum.
"Now I believe you ain't evah
been to 'Death Valley' or you
wouldn't say something like
dat," He said turning away so I
wouldn't notice his grin.
"But seriously, when dat
Tiguh band stahts playin' 'Hold
Dat Tiguh' and the crowd starts
roaring, it gives ya goose bumps,
daddy."
"Kind of like the Aggie War
Hymn," I said with my nose in
the air just daring him to com
pare school songs, or even bands
for that matter.
Being the great friend, I even
shot a few lines of the song at
him.
"I heard about dat song and
dat's what I don't unduhstand
about you guys, daddy. Why
have a song about a school you
don't care too much for? What
about everyone else?"
"Phil, you don't ask questions
like that, you just accept it."
If Phil wasn't such a good
friend of mine, I never would've
went toe to toe with him. He ac
tually knows quite a bit about
football. But LSU by 20? A
sprinkler system on Kyle Field
would be smarter than that.
Battalion file photo
The Texas A&M defense swarms around Louisiana State fullback Odell Beckham in last year's 45-7
Aggie romp at Kyle Field. Beckham, now a senior, will start against the Aggies Saturday.
Death Valley
Continued from Page 7
evenings in Baton Rouge were still
less than pleasant.
"Growing up in Alabama, I fol
lowed the Southeastern Confer
ence and was always hearing
about Tiger Stadium," he said. "I
was excited to play there. It was
something I looked forward to. I
was not in awe of it.
"But, it was still an eye-open
ing experience."
The eyes of the Aggies are open
now as they try to break a Tiger
Stadium losing streak that dates
back to 1975. And although they
drubbed LSU, 45-7, in College Sta
tion a year ago, that game is an
cient history in a stadium where
the fan reaction to a last-minute
winning touchdown over Auburn
in 1988 registered on a campus
Richter scale.
"It's one of the most imposing
places around," A&M head coach
R.C. Slocum said. "It's a fun place
to play in, and it's great for the
fans. The stadium doesn't have a
track, so the fans are real close to
the field."
The fun that Slocum described
might be waning for the Aggies,
however, as the rivalry between
the two schools grows. During
that 1975 season, the Aggies
earned a share of the Southwest
Conference championship under
head coach Emory Bellard, while
LSU boss Charlie McClendon en
dured his only losing season in 18
years in Baton Rouge.
That year marked the end of
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In the current series, A&M has
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