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Davie also said the key to
opening the game up was getting
to halrtii
me with the lead and
making the proper defensive ad
justments.
"I think our football team did a
great job of getting through the
second quarter," Davie said. "I
felt like if we made it to halftime
without any more letdowns, we'd
be OK after making adjustments
in the second half.
"My hat goes off to Rice. I nev
er expected them to throw the
football and be that wide open
with their offense. They really
took us by surprise with their
gameplan.
The 26-point victory over the
Owls marked the largest margin
of victory for the Aggies this sea
son, and was also A&M's highest
point total.
A&M free safety Patrick Bates,
who grabbed his second intercep
tion of the season in the third
quarter by picking off a floater
from Emanuel, said the A&M of
fense also did a good job of ad
justing at the half, rolling for near
ly 300 yards in the final two quar
ters.
"At the half we said the offense
had given us the 14-9 lead, and we
said Rice wasn't going to score
again," Bates said. "1 have to give
our offense a lot of credit, because
they came back and put some
points on the board in the second
half and opened the game up."
Emanuel, who was Bates'
roommate when the two attended
UCLA, was constantly battered by
A&M's blitzing linebackers, and
Bates said his old friend wasn't as
effective against the blitz as they
thought he might be.
smith said that was sometliii
that helped the Owls with tim?
against the blitzing A&M defe^
"We get about six-tenthof
second more when you'rebi;
there in the shotgun, and youtl.
viously need all the timeyoiio:
against a team like Texas
Goldsmith said. "I thoii]
Emanuel did a heckofaj
They're a great blitz team, and!
caused us some problems up (ns
but he hung in there and
some big plays."
The Aggies tried a little mos
diversity themselves ontheoffe
sive side of the ball, working!
true freshman Corey Pullign
quarterback and scoring on a
back pass from Rodney Thomast
Tony Harrison in the final quarta
Slocum said the pass Iron
Thomas was something ll
would help take the pressure
A&M's running game by keep
defenses from cheating up on
'People will get reckless abet
dopping the run and willslad
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A&M’s Clif Groce takes the ball down the field against Rice. The
Aggies had less rushing yards than Rice on Saturday, 130-125
"He really didn't handle the
blitz that well," Bates said. "He
never really got settled with the
Goldsmith implemented into the
offensive gameplan, saying he can
elv
way we were mixing up our cov
erage, and Marcus (Buckley) and
the rest of the linebackers were
able to get to him most of the day.
"Our linebackers did a good
job of containing him. I was wor
ried about it early in the week be
cause he's really fast, but Marcus
and Jason (Atkinson) did a good
job of keeping him in check."
A&M head coach R.C. Slocum
said he was surprised with the di
versity Rice head coach Fred
usually rely on Goldsmith to play
more conservative.
"They've got some big-time
players in Trevor Cobb and Bert
Emanuel, and 1 thought we did a
good job of containing them,"
Slocum said. "They did some
things offensively that we didn't
expect. I really didn't think Rice
would come out and spread the
field like they did today, but luck
ily we were able to adjust."
Rice also used Emanuel in the
shotgun formation, and Gold-
s
the fine," Slocum said. "Foi
while we looked out of sync,ami
that is a play that will keep the 4
fensive backs from coming uptj
meet the run every timeiftbet
know they have to worry ata
our back passing the ball."
Despite the fact that the Aggie
were able to blow the gameopei
in the second half, there was life
doubt amongst all involvedtbi!
Rice was a team on the rise.
"The games they have losttbis
year have all been close,”HI
said. "They only lost toTexasi
few weeks ago by two points,so
that tells you how much better!
team they have than they did last
season."
"We got beat worse this year
on the scoreboard, but in noway
was the score indicative of ho*
physical we played," Goldsmill
said.
Linebackers
shotgun formation.
"He was about as fast as any
player I've ever played against,"
Atkinson said
Continued from Page 5
the game) that we haven't had all
season."
A&M head coach R.C. Slocum
minced no words in his assess
ment of his linebackers' ability to
stop Cobb.
"When you have the threat of
Emanuel, and you hold Cobb to
less than 100 yards, you've done a
good job," Slocum said.
Atkinson, in particular, rose to
the occasion against the Owls at
his inside position. The junior
from Spring spent almost as much
time blitzing as he did back in
coverage against Emanuel's one-
man spectacle, throwing a wrench
into Rice's new offensive machine.
The biggest play for Atkinson,
and possibly the entire A&M de
fense, came late in the third quar
ter as Rice was driving toward
midfield. Atkinson blitzed on
third and four on the Rice 40-yard
line, sacking Emanuel for an
eight-yard loss despite the Owls'
Atkinson
about Emanuel.
"I just watched
a lot of films.
In two weeks,
you get a
chance to
watch a lot."
Atkinson's
sack typified
the importance
of Davie's re
liance on the
blitz Saturday
to stop Emanuel, who is the
fastest quarterback in Division I
and can get rid of the ball to backs
and slot receivers almost as quick-
iy-
"I knew we could blitz," Davie
said. "The problem was the crack
screens. We felt great with the
blitz. It's just getting the right
people back to cover."
With all of their blitzing, the
A&M linebackers occasionally got
burned by the scramble-happy
Emanuel and his sub-4.40 speed.
But, as Buckley said, that comes
with the territory.
"With the type of defense we
run, everyone pushes," Buckley
said. "The main thing to do is to
have fun and fly around.
"I was getting back fast, but
they would sprint out. They tried
to throw us off. We tried to get off
the ball, but sometimes we beat
ourselves."
Davie also voiced the frustra
tion of trying to stop Emanuel,
who ended up accounting for 189
yards of total offense.
The A&M assistant coach had
outside linebackers Buckley and
Solari blitzing from both sides
throughout the game. However,
Davie was still dismayed about
the defense's inability to keep
Emanuel contained on a consis
tent basis.
If Davie was a tad critical about
the occasional letdown in contain
ment, A&M free safety Patrick
Bates was more complimentary
about the ability of the players in
front of him to deflect pressiifi
away from the secondary.
"I really don't think ht
(Emanuel) handled the blitz that
well," Bates said of hisformet
UCLA roommate. "I was happy
they were coming up, becaust
they were containing. Jason and
Marcus and those guys did a good
job.
"I think it works hand inhand.
They know we've got great cover
guys back there. Together, 1 think
we make for a great defense."
After Saturday's outcome,Rice!
head coach Fred Goldsmith is os’
of the many that would ags
with Bates' U*st statement.
"They're a great blitz team,ani
it caused us some problemsap
front," Goldsmith said.
"Not too many people have the
firepower to bring at you defen
sively like they do. That's a heel
of an assignment for a young of
fensive line."
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Cobb, but the Aggies did as
good a job of stopping him as
anyone.
Much of the time the intense
blitzes from A&M's "Wrecking
Crew’" defense kept Cobb from
even getting the ball. Line
backer Marcus Buckley was in
the face of Rice quarterback Bert
Emanuel the whole game.
On the other end of the rush
ing spectrum, the "Lion Of
fense" had an off day. Greg Hill
and Rodney Thomas combined
for 113 yards Saturday. Each of
them had more yards on the
ground against Texas Tech.
A&M had 125 total rushing
yards on the day. Rice had 130
rushing yards and the Aggies
still won. Not only that, but the
Aggies also had 285 yards in the
air. Does this look like they are
getting some semblance of a
pro-style offense?
Yet it was Rodney Thomas
who gets credit for 50 of those
passing yards. In fact. Granger
might worry about his job.
^Rodney threw the ball better
than I did/' Granger said joking-
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Slocum added, "I'd say Rod
ney's per-play average is a heck
of a lot better than Granger's."
But seriously, if anyone is go
ing to take Granger's job, it will
be Pullig. Pullig showed latein
the game why he was so highly
touted coming out of high
school. He completed four of
five for 99 yards and one well-
thrown touchdown pass to Tony
Harrison.
Slocum took Granger out of
the game after two possessions
and put in Pullig, who did not
get a chance to show very much.
When he came into the game
later, he showed that should
something happen to Granger,
Slocum will have someone to go
to.
It was good for the Aggies to
win convincingly over some
team, even if it was Rice. They
have had experience all season
long on how to win close games.
Now, maybe they'll get some
experience in blowouts.
The AP writers will thank
them for it.
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