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Thursday, October 1,1992
The Battalion
Page 7
Cowboys going
back to familiar
winning ways
T hat's
right. Na
tional
Football
League. Your
worst night
mare has come
true.
The Dallas
Cowboys are
back, and the
best start in
many years for
the 'boys' has
all fans realiz
ing that
"America's
Team" will
soon be just that once again.
3-0. That's right, 3-0. And just
when you thought the ghosts of
Roger 'the Dodger,' the 'Doomsday'
defense, Tony Dorsett and Drew Pear
son had finally died, along comes
Troy Aikman and the new Dallas
Cavalry.
That new regime is supported by a
tough young defense, running back
Emmit Smith and receiver Michael
Irvin, who is probably the best pass-
catcher in the game simply because he
doesn't run a 4.2 in the 40, and he still
makes all the catches.
That defense is led by a surplus of
talented tackles and linebackers, in
cluding rookie Robert Jones, who has
the potential to be a great linebacker
cut in the mold of former Cowboy su
perstar Lee Roy Jordan.
3-0. And doesn't everyone hate it.
Why? Simple: Jealousy.
Everyone else in the NFL hated
Dallas during the Staubach years be
cause whenever playoff time came
around, the Cowboys were sure to be
somewhere in the hunt. Not only
that, Dallas won cleanly, with players
you couldn't help but like.
Unless, of course, you weren't a
Cowboys fan.
Another reason many people hate
to see the comeback is because the
only teams that werd'able to steal any
of the Cowboys' glory during their
heyday, the Pittsburgh Steelers and
the San Francisco 49ers, are both on
their way down and have both paid
the Cowboys back with gifts that will
help carry Dallas to greatness in the
NFL.
The Niners, who used one lucky
play to keep the Cowboys from going
on to an unprecedented sixth Super
Bowl appearance, had their glory
days through the late '80s and seem
now to be a solid team, but not a seri
ous playoff threat.
That could be because the Niners
transferred Charles Haley's services
to Dallas, giving the Cowboys the
See Foster/ Page 8
J. DOUGLAS
FOSTER
Sports Editor
All Work and No Play. ..
STACY FEDUCIA/The Battalion
A&M linebacker Jason Atkinson (43) chases Missouri quarterback Phil
Johnson during the Aggies 26-13 win over the Tigers on Sept. 19. A&M took
advantage of an off-week last weekend to prepare for the the Southwest
Conference race.
A&M uses open week for rest,
preparation for conference race
By J. DOUGLAS FOSTER
Sports Editor of THE BATTALION
Despite a perfect 4-0 record and a fifth
ranking in the Associated Press poll,
Texas A&M head coach R.C. Slocum saw
some room for improvement in his squad
after the first phase of the season.
Slocum and his troops got the chance
to work on those improvements over the
last two weeks as the Aggies took last Sat
urday off, and Slocum and offensive coor
dinator Bob Toledo took time during
practice to work out the kinks.
Toledo said his offensive unit has had
trouble maintaining consistency because
of the inability to successfully execute the
passing attack. He also said that he had
worked with quarterback Jeff Granger to
try and iron out some of the inconsisten
cies.
"Jeff's been pretty sporadic over the
first few games," Toledo said. "That may
be the big reason we're struggling is be
cause he's not throwing the ball well. He
knows that as well as I do, so he's worked
extremely hard this last week to try and
get rid of the flaws."
Toledo said the problems Granger has
been having have been associated with
the delivery he uses as a pitcher for the
A&M baseball team.
"We've had a camera that has been just
on Jeff every play, and we have found
two major flaws in his delivery that we've
tried to get rid of during the last week,"
Toledo said. "Jeff's elbow was way too
high in delivery, and his left foot was
crossing over his right in his follow-
through like a pitcher."
Toledo said he had noticed some of the
flaws during the first four games, but that
having last weekend off gave Granger
more of a chance to work them out and
perfect his form.
"We really concentrated on the prob
lems during this bye week," Toledo said.
"I think Jeff kept zooming in on the prob
lem during the break, and he saw himself
throw over and over. Then he started
correcting it. By mid-week last week we
could tell he realized what the problem
was and was making a concentrated ef
fort to improve.
"He's looked pretty good the last cou
ple of days."
Toledo said he felt Granger would find
his way out of these tough days, because
he has the ingredient that would not al
low him to accept less-than-perfect play.
"The thing that separates Jeff from oth
er people is that he's a competitor," Tole
do said. "When people get in his face, he
fights back and competes, and I think
that's why we've seen an improvement in
his play this year during the fourth quar
ter."
Another positive aspect of the week off
for the Aggies is the extra time it allowed
for some of the injured players to recover
from their wounds without having to
miss another game. Slocum said offen
sive lineman John Ellisor and wide receiv
er Brian Mitchell should both be back at
some point during the Tech game, but
that he expected fullback Doug Carter to
be out for at least one more game.
Having these players back, Slocum
said, will be a big boost to the Aggies en
tering conference play.
"When you lose guys like Ellisor,
Mitchell and Carter, you lose quality
players who have a lot of experience, and
that is invaluable," Slocum said. "When
Ellisor and Carter went down, those were
two seniors who are leaders on the team.
You would like to have all the seniors you
can on your offensive unit.
"Losing Mitchell was a big blow as
See Aggies/Page 8
A&M returns home Friday
for first time in two weeks
FROM STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS
HOUSTON— Texas A&M's Elizabeth Edmiston re
turned from her injury-related hiatus with a vengeance
Wednesday, as she logged 19 kills on only 31 attempts in
the Lady Aggies' first Southwest Conference over Rice in
Autry Court.
Edmiston, A&M's leading scorer, missed practice this
week due to an injured hitting shoulder. But her team-
high .484 hitting percentage, plus 10 digs, three service
aces and three blocks, turned out to be major factors in
the Lady Aggies' 15-4,15-2,10-15,15-4 victory.
Edmiston got offensive help from middle blocker Kim
A NAS BEN-MUSA / The Battalion
Mitchell, another Lady Aggie who was rested in practice
this week due to a mild virus, who finished with nine
kills.
Blocker Amy Kisling and outside attacker Karen
Richards ended the night with Seven kills each.
Setter Genny Wood set the pace defensively once
again for A&M, leading the team in assists with 24 and
digs with 13. Fellow setter Suzy Wente notched 18 as
sists and five digs.
The A&M defense, which has improved greatly de
spite three straight road losses entering the Rice contest,
was on display again against the Lady Owls. Rice could
manage only a meager .072 team hitting percentage com
pared to A&M's .312.
The Owls also logged only 36 kills to A&M's 52, and
were forced into 27 errors.
The victory over Rice improves the Lady Aggies'
record to 9-5 for the season, 1-1 in the SWC. A&M re
turns home from a four-game road trip Friday night,
when the Lady Aggies host Northwestern (La.) State at 7
p.m. in G. Rollie White Coliseum.
The Lady Aggies will then host rival University of
Texas next Wednesday, Oct. 7 p.m. at G. Rollie White in
the third conference match of the season.
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