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The Pittsburgh Pirates, the team
that was part or some of the greatest
and most exciting World Series victo
ries ever during the '60s and '70s,
can't even seem to make it to one dur
ing the '90s.
For the third straight season, the
Pirates pulled their Denver Broncos
impersonation and gave the big one
away.
And last night, the Pirates not only
let one slip away, they let the Braves
take one that they had done every
thing humanly possible to win in the
first place.
Four games into the National
League Championship Series, how
many people seriously believed that
the Pirates would even be in Game 7
of the Series, much less hold a 2-0 lead
going into the bottom of the ninth? It
was a big enough feat just not to lie
down and concede defeat after falling
behind 3-1 when Atlanta took Game 4
in Pittsburgh.
Maybe they should have been be
hind in Game 7. Maybe the Pirates
didn't know how to react because
they found themselves in an unfamil
iar position going into the bottom of
J. DOUGLAS
FOSTER
Sports Editor
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See Foster/ Page 8
Looking for a Few Breaks
Rice coach Goldsmith hopes
to surprise A&M defense
Rice head coach Fred Goldsmith is carried off the field by his team after a 6-3
win over Baylor in 1989. Goldsmith is hoping to counter A&M’s defense
Saturday with the speed of tailback Trevor Cobb.
By DON NORWOOD
Sports Writer of THE BATTALION
Rice head football coach Fred Gold
smith knows a good defense when he
sees one. And as his team prepares for
Saturday's game in College Station
against Texas A&M, that defensive
knowledge might be causing more than a
little trepidation on his part.
Goldsmith has constructed a high-
powered offense, led by preseason Heis-
man candidate Trevor Cobb at running
back. Quarterback Bert Emanuel, a trans
fer from UCLA, has stepped in for previ
ous starter Josh LaRocca and led the Ow .s
to a 2-1 record.
And Rice enjoys as much receiver
depth as any team in the Southwest Con
ference with a group led by Louis Balady
and Herschel Crowe.
But the A&M defense has Goldsmith
sweating. Just ask him.
"I haven't been able to find any weak
nesses in that defense," Goldsmith said
Wednesday. "The biggest difference (in
the A&M defense) is those great defen
sive linemen from last year are still great.
Most of them are sophomores or juniors,
but they've got a year of starting experi
ence under their belts."
Aside from A&M's front three. Gold
smith singled out new cornerback Aaron
Glenn, a player he compared to the man
Glenn replaced, former A&M defensive
back Kevin Smith.
"Glenn has come in from Navarro (Ju
nior College) and done a great job," Gold
smith said. "He's even more impressive
on film than Smith was."
A&M's defensive athletes resemble the
type Goldsmith coached for five years as
defensive coordinator at Arkansas. Den
ver Broncos safety Steve Atwater and
New Orleans Saints defensive lineman
Wayne Martin are the two most well-
known Arkansas products to have
learned their trade under Goldsmith,
whose Razorback defenses carried the
team to five straight bowl berths from
1984 to'88.
Things have not been so rosy for Gold
smith since taking over for Jerry Berndt at
Rice in 1989. He has had to struggle with
the Owls' reputation as a collection of
players tops in the classroom but flops on
the field, leading Rice to a 11-21-1 record
over the last three years.
The prospects are brighter this year,
despite the Owls' 2-3 record. Rice has de
feated both much-improved Southern
Methodist and Division I-AA Sam Hous
ton State, and has suffered narrow losses
to Texas, Duke and Air Force.
But last week's win over SMU re
vealed holes in the Rice pass defense, as
quarterback Dan Freiburger burned the
Owls for 393 yards through the air, the
best single-game passing performance by
any SWC quarterback this season.
Goldsmith said that for success against
A&M, the type of defensive performance
Rice put in a week ago will have to be a
thing of the past.
"They (A&M's offense) are a lot more
crisp and solid," Goldsmith said. "The
statistics may not bear it out, but this is a
team that throws to the one and two-
backs very well. There are some things
that (quarterback Jeff) Granger is just
starting to click on.
"We have to play better pass defense
to have any hope of getting out of there
alive with a win."
Goldsmith saw little on the A&M-
Texas Tech game film to provide any en
couragement for this week.
"They didn't have success that much
of the time," Goldsmith said of Tech's
performance during a 19-17 loss to A&M.
"I was hoping to see a lot more, to be
honest."
The Owls have seen more than they
have wanted to of the Aggies in the past
few years. Rice has been the one team
A&M has been able to consistently domi
nate in the recent past, including last
year's 38-21 loss to the Aggies iii Hous
ton.
Goldsmith said that the key to
A&M's mastery of the Owls lies in two
areas - the Aggies' defense and ability to
wear opponents down.
"We've done well (against A&M) in
the first quarter," he said. "We've got to
find a way to play four quarters against
them.
"They've got guys on defense that can
catch you. Two years ago, one of our
guys pulled out to block Marcus Buckley.
(Donald) Hollas pulled up to throw the
ball, and Buckley was already up and in
his face."
If Goldsmith ever got really desperate
to find a way to finally top the Aggies, he
would have the perfect opportunity to get
an inside look at R.C. Slocum's game plan
this week. Former Rice offensive lineman
Trey Teichelman, the older brother of
A&M defensive tackle Lance, is now a
graduate assistant strength coach for the
Aggies.
One might think Goldsmith would be
tempted to let the elder Teichelman exer
cise his note-taking skills in practice for
See Goldsmith/Page 8
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