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Sports
Monday, September 7,1992 The Battalion Page 7
Victory places
Aggies atop
SWC pedestal
B aton
rouge.
La. - Let
the record be
known that here
in Death Valley,
where men are
men and Mom
and Dad are cousins, the Aggies took
their biggest step in the journey to the
promised land of January.
Texas A&M did three things in Sat
urday's 31-22 win over Louisiana State
that made this win so monumental.
First, the Aggies broke the dreaded
Curse of Death Valley, a feat that the
men in maroon have not accomplished
since 1975.
And winning in Tiger Stadium is no
small task. For a team consisting pri
marily of freshmen and sophomores to
play amidst 69,313 unfriendly voices
and still win proves that this team can
win in Columbia, Mo. and in Austin.
If you can win in Death Valley, you
can win anywhere.
Second, the Aggies have an offense
now. In fact, the offense won the game
Saturday. Imagine that.
The same team who looked all over
southern California looking for some
one to move the ball against Stanford
put up 31 points in enemy territory.
Quarterback Jeff Granger showed dra
matic improvement, completing 13 of
26 for 196yards.
The defense that looked so stellar in
the Aggies' opener had a couple of
lapses, including a tremendous 76-yard
run by Robert Davis. It was close to a
mirror image of the Pigskin Classic.
However, it was the defense which
made the play of the game. Derrick
Frazier's interception of Chad Loup set
up Rodney Thomas' 22-yard touch
down, which gave A&M a ten-point
lead. But more than that, it switched
the momentum of the game.
LSU was only down three points,
and the crowd had been a dominating
presence up to then. Frazier's intercep
tion and the subsequent touchdown
gave the offeijse scpapapMfidence and
broughtchetfis to tfi#*Aggie faithful
camped on the endtot Tiger Stadium.
Finally, A&M positioned itself at the
forefront of the Southwest Conference
Saturday - by default.
Every team in the SWC took a beat
ing this weekend, save the Aggies. Tu-
lane beat SMU. Louisiana Tech beat
Baylor. Mississippi State beat Texas.
Oklahoma beat Texas Tech on national
television.
Another banner week for the league.
If A&M had lost on national televi
sion to a team that finished 5-6 last
year, not only would the SWC have
had a winless weekend, but what little
respect the nation had for it would dis
appear.
And the talk about a possible A&M
national title comes one more step clos
er to reality. The toughest part of the
Aggies' schedule is over, and they are
still 2-0.
There will be no problem getting in
spired against Tulsa next week. With
70,000 fans welcoming the Aggies in
their home opener and revenge on the
players' minds after last year's 35-34
See Whitley/Page 9
Chris
Whitley
Sports Editor
Aggies survive Death Valley
Fourth-quarter spark leads
A&M to 31-22 win at LSU
By J. DOUGLAS FOSTER
Sports Editor of THE BATTALION
BATON ROUGE, La. - In Texas
A&M's season opener against Stanford,
the Aggie defense had the job of carrying
the offense until it was finally able to put
points on the board.
Saturday against Louisiana State Uni
versity, the two units switched roles as
the A&M offense piled up 457 yards to
lead the Aggies to a 31-22 win over the
Tigers.
The seventh-ranked Aggies improved
their record to 2-0 with the win while the
Tigers fell in their season opener.
Defensively, the famed A&M "Wreck
ing Crew" gave up 20 points for only the
third time in the last 14 games, and LSU
was the first opponent to score 20 against
the Aggies since A&M's 38-21 win over
Rice on Nov. 2,1991.
After edging out to a 17-14 lead after
three quarters, the Aggies pulled away
from the Tigers in the final stanza, scor
ing two touchdowns while wearing down
the LSU defense and securing A&M's
first win in Baton Rouge since 1975.
The winning touchdown was set up as
the blitzing Aggie defense caused LSU
quarterback Chad Loup to force a pass to
wide receiver Scott Ray. A&M corner-
back Derrick Frazier stepped in front of
Ray and intercepted the ball, giving the
Aggies possession at the LSU 22 with
14:53 left to play in the fourth.
On the next play, A&M running back
Rodney Thomas shot through the middle
of the line and broke a tackle from the
LSU safety on his way to a 22-yard touch
down run.
Frazier said although the Tigers were
able to move the ball better than most
teams do against the Aggies, he felt the
blitzing defense wore LSU down and
helped him grab the interception.
"I know when we blitz, he (Loup) did
a lot of running-around and getting
sacked," Frazier said. "I was just happy
to be able to contribute to the win."
A&M sealed the win nearly nine min
utes later with an 80-yard scoring drive
that was capped off by a 12-yard touch
down run by sophomore Cliff Groce.
A&M center Chris Dausin said he felt
the Aggie offense was able to wear down
the LSU defense, and said in the final
quarter the fatigue started to show.
"I thought by the third quarter we
were starting to wear them down,"
Dausin said. "We were pretty tired too,
but we just told ourselves to keep push
ing, and we would be able to tire them
out."
LSU tried to make a final comeback,
scoring on a 19-yard touchdown pass
from freshman Jesse Daigle to Brett Bech
and successfully completing the two-
point conversion.
A&M head coach R.C. Slocum said he
saw quite a bit of improvement from his
squad from the season-opening victory
against Stanford.
"I thought it was an outstanding ball-
game," Slocum said. "I have to congratu
late (LSU head coach) Curley Hallman
and his team, because they played a great
game.
"I thought we did some good things
offensively today, because we knew com
ing here we were going to have a tough
time playing here."
The Aggies set the tone for the game
on the opening drive by starting at their
own 35 and immediately driving 65 yards
on eight plays, using only 3:42 of the
clock and punching the ball in the end
zone on a one-yard pass from quarter
back Jeff Granger to fullback Doug
Carter.
See Aggies/Page 9
KARL STOLLEIS/ The Battalion
Linebacker Marcus Buckley lays a hit on backup Louisiana State quarterback
Ryan Huffman in Texas A&M’s 31-22 victory Saturday in Tiger Stadium.
KARL STOLLEIS/The Battalion
Fullback Doug Carter barrels through the LSU defensive line in A&M’s victory.
After a rough opener against Stanford, Carter picked up 98 total yards Saturday.
Thomas, Hill give A&M
offense reversal of fortune
By J. DOUGLAS FOSTER
Sports Editor of THE BATTALION
BATON ROUGE, La. - When former
Texas A&M running back Darren Lewis
played his final game in College Station,
R.C. Slocum was faced with a problem he
had not yet had as A&M's head coach -
deciding which tailback to play.
Slocum opened the 1991 season with
redshirt freshman Greg Hill waiting to
take Lewis' place in the lineup, and high
school sensation Rodney Thomas coming
to town to try and earn the spot for him
self.
A year later in Tiger Stadium, Slocum
solved the problem of finding time for
both by unveiling a new offense which
involves using both backs at the same
time. The formation, which was labled
the "Lion Offense" by offensive coordina
tor Bob Toledo, yielded the results
Slocum was looking for, as the two backs
combined for 40 carries and 201 yards
against Louisiana State on Saturday.
"We called it the Lion Offense," Tole
do said. "Because the lion is the biggest,
baddest animal in the jungle, and we tell
them both to get in there together and go
after them."
In '91, it was Hill who grabbed all the
headlines, opening the season against
LSU with 212 yards on 30 carries, and fin
ishing the year with 1,216 yards.
Thomas, however, was used mainly as
a reserve last season, but managed to
gain 81 yards himself against the Tigers
on 12 carries.
Despite Hill's exceptional freshman
year, Toledo said he knew he needed to
get some playing time for Thomas, who
accumulated 8,441 yards and scored 111
touchdowns during an exceptional career
at Groveton High School.
See Offense/Page 9
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1993
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For more information call the
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