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Friday, October 23,1992
The Battalion
Page 7
RULY
MEDRANO
Sports Writer
A&M-Baylor:
An underrated
football rivalry
T he rivalry
between
Texas
A&-M and Bay
lor isn't given
enough credit.
It's called
the "Battle of
the Brazos".
Even though,
the Corps of
Cadets can take
pride in mak
ing trips up to
Waco and get
ting more at
tention from
the Baylor gals
than the Baylor
males do, I still don't think the game
stirs up as much commotion as it
should.
Granted, the game isn't as emotion
ally stimulating as the A&M-t.u.
game, but it could be the next best
thing.
These people are just 90 miles north
of College Station, and they're not too
keen on what you and I stand for.
One female Aggie, who has a
brother enrolled at Baylor, says Broth
er Bear never has anything but un
complimentary things to say about
A&M. Maybe Brother Bear is bitter
because Sister Aggie taught her niece
to run around with her index finger in
the air saying "Maggies!"
"Maggies" is a two-year old's ver
sion of "Gig 'em Aggies."
What's with the index finger you
ask? Don't blame the kid for the con
fusion. When I was two years old, I
must have thought my name was
"Hey, Get Out of the Toilet."
But the game would have more sig
nificance if it had something to make
it special. Aggies have Bonfire to look
forward to before the t.u. game. We
should start a tradition for the Baylor
See Medrano/ Page 8
TEXAS A&M VS. BAYLOR
Bears come rolling into Brazos battle
The Last Go-Round
MMAfter
Teaff comes to
RICHARD S. JAMES/ The Battalion
Baylor head coach Grant Teaff will
face Texas A&M for the last time at
Kyle Field on Saturday.
Kyle for last time
By DON NORWOOD
: SfHtrlsWrihr of THE BATTALION
As the Southwest Conference's elder
statesman, Baylor head football coach
Grant Teaff has seen trends come and
go. And in his 21 years at the Baylor
helm, he has been instrumental in "set
ting a few of those trends himself.
It almost always takes a trendsetter
to earn a record of 124-103-6 in 30 years
of being a head coach.
When the 1992 campaign started,
however, everyone knew that it would
be Teaff's last as head coach for the
Bears. And as those same people ex
pected, he is going out with a bang.
Teaff made a move straight out of
left field when he introduced the Bears
to the I-formation veer, an offense that
tnany thought had died after former
Houston coach Bill Yeoman retired.
Baylor's version of the veer appeared
See Teaff/ Page 8
By CHRIS WHITLEY
Sports Editor of THE BATTALION
The last time Grant Teaff brought his
Baylor team to College Station was the
last time a team came to Kyle Field and
left without a defeat.
But Saturday, when Teaff comes back
to Kyle Field, it will be his last time.
The Baylor head coach continues his
farewell tour around the Southwest Con
ference when his Bears (4-3, 3-1 in SWC)
take on the fifth-ranked Aggies (6-0, 2-0)
tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. in front of a region
ally televised audience.
A&M head coach R.C. Slocum has
been associated with Teaff for many years
and knows what a loss Teaff's retirement
means to the Southwest Conference.
"He has made a great contribution to
this conference," Slocum said. "He's giv
en leadership to this league during good
times and during hard times.
"His teams are always competitive. I
can't remember a time going into Baylor
where you didn't know that you were in
for a ballgame."
And Slocum believes the 89th renewal
of the "Battle of the Brazos" will be no ex
ception.
Baylor comes into Saturday's game
having won four out of its last five, in
cluding a 29-23 victory over Houston last
week. After two disappointing losses at
the beginning of their season, the Bears
now find themselves in third place in the
SWC standings and in contention for a
Cotton Bowl berth.
"This is obviously an important ball-
game for both of us," Slocum said.
"They've demonstrated that they're one
of the strong contenders. It looks like
they're improving."
In 1990, Baylor and A&M played to a
20-20 tie after Aggie placekicker Layne
Talbot missed a 46-yard field goal in the
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Time: 2:30 p.m., Saturday
Place: Kyle Field
TV/Radio: Ch. 3 & 13 (cable),
KTAM 1240-AM
Records: A&M (6-0, 2-0),
Baylor (4-3, 3-1)
Line: A&M by 14
fourth quarter. Since then, the Aggies
have won 12 straight home games.
Even though Slocum is not one to em
brace ties, he hinted that should Satur
day's game come down to it, he might
play for one.
See Baylor/ Page 8
Smith's grand slam gives Atlanta another chance
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
TORONTO — Lonnie Smith ran
around the bases just fine this time, got
even with Jack Morris and gave the At
lanta Braves another chance in the World
Series.
Smith's grand slam capped a five-run
fifth inning that finished Morris, and the
Braves beat up the Toronto Blue Jays 7-2
Thursday night to close their gap to three
games to two and send the Series back to
Atlanta.
John Smoltz outpitched Morris in a re
match of last October's Game 7 starters,
and prevented the Blue Jays from putting
up another flag at the SkyDome, the one
calling them World Series champions.
Smith's slam provided some revenge,
and some relief from the burden he has
carried around ever since the eighth in
ning of Game 7 last year. In that one.
Smith got lost when rounding the bases
and did not score, and Morris and the
Minnesota Twins went on to beat the
Braves, 1-0 in 10 innings.
That triumph earned Morris the Most
Valuable Player award and saddled
Smith, nicknamed “Skates" for his many
mishaps on the bases and in the field,
with the label of the man who lost the
World Series.
Now, after beating Morris for the sec
ond time in six days, the Braves get an
other chance to capture what got away
from them last year. Steve Avery will
start Saturday night against Toronto's
David Cone when the Series resumes in
Atlanta.
The victory was the first blowout in a
week of close games, and marked the first
time in 11 Series games that a non-dome
team had won indoors.
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