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Monday, October 26,1992
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CHRIS
WHITLEY
Sports Editor
Quarterback
situation looks
like soap opera
A nd now,
it's time
for an
other episode
of As The Quar
terback Turns.
When last
we left you, the
story revolved
around young
Corey, the vi
sion of the fu
ture who had
made offensive
coaches cry
with his explo
sive passing
potential. He
had made great
strides against the intellectual behe
moths from Rice in last week's show.
Corey looked like the successor to
the throne currently held by Jeff, the
accomplished baseball pitcher/quar
terback. Even though Jeff has had a
few problems keeping his slider off
the football field, his team somehow
found a way to win in the clutch.
Enter R.C., who is in charge of this
operation. R.C. decided to let the
young Corey play more in case some
thing happened to Jeff.
But none of the fair citizens of Col
lege Station on Saturday expected R.C.
to take Jeff out after one possession
against the big, bad Bears of Baylor
and put in Corey. Least of all, Jeff.
"1 was real upset," Jeff said. "When
I got pulled after the first series, I just
didn't understand why I got pulled. I
was mad at myself.
"I really didn't get a chance to get
into a groove. It seemed like it went
so quick that the first drive was over
and gone before I realized what was
happening."
So in went the young Corey' play
ing earlier than he had ever played be
fore. On the fifth play of the drive.
See Whitley/ Page 6
A&M escapes with 19-13 victory
Undefeated season remains intact
after second-half surge by Aggies
By J. DOUGLAS FOSTER
Sports Editor of THE BATTALION
Baylor head coach Grant Teaff wanted
to show that he was one of the few coach
es who knew how to win in Kyle Field
during his last trip to Aggieland Satur
day.
He almost pulled it off.
Teaff's last trip to Kyle ended in a 20-
20 tie and was Texas A&M's only non
win at home since 1989, brought his Bears
into College Station with a 4-3 record
overall and a 3-1 Southwest Conference
mark trying to knock off the fifth-ranked
Aggies on regional television.
After reading the box scores, one
might think Teaff and Baylor were suc
cessful. But the Aggies, now 7-0 and 3-0
in SWC play, were able to break two long
touchdown runs on the way to a 19-17
win over the Bears.
Baylor outgained A&M in total yards,
387-292, thanks to a 181-33 advantage in
passing yards. The Aggies outgained the
Bears on the ground, 259-206, thanks
mostly to an 84-yard touchdown run by
sophomore Rodney Thomas and a 40-
yard touchdown by sophomore Greg
Hill.
Teaff, who will resign as head coach
this season and take over as athletic direc
tor, said the close game was what he ex
pected when the Bears and the Aggies
locked up.
"It was the kind of game 1 thought it
would be," Teaff said. "It was hard-
fought. We did the things we set out to
do. We just didn't capitalize on all of our
opportunities."
The Bears had two fourth-and-goal op
portunities in the first half, but the Aggies
denied them each time as Baylor quarter
back J.J. Joe fumbled the snap from the
center on each occasion.
Joe said those two plays may have cost
his squad the game and a shot at the con
ference championship.
"You can't make the mistakes we
made and expect to beat a quality team
like Texas A&M," Joe said. "Both snaps
near the goal line were bobbles that I take
full blame for.
"Overall, we didn't convert when we
needed to and that was the difference in
the game."
A&M head coach R.C. Slocum, who
became only the second A&M coach to
win 11 straight SWC games with the vic
tory, said the matchup was a typical
A&M-Baylor game.
"It was about what I expected from
this game," Slocum said. "I knew we'd
get their best shot, and I knew they were
a pretty good team. They've been play
ing with a lot of confidence, and this was
a big game for them if they wanted to
BILLY MORAN The Battalion
A&M cornerback Derrick Frazier pulls down Baylor tight end Mike McKenzie as
free safety Patrick Bates comes over the top of the play during the Aggies’ 19-13
win over the Bears Saturday.
stay in the conference race and have a
chance to go to the Cotton Bowl."
Slocum said the pressure from A&M's
defensive line forced Joe to try and pull
out from center too quickly to get down
the line, forcing the two fumbles at the
goal line.
"We've got good interior linemen, and
I knew we'd get good penetration,"
See Aggies/ Page 6
Hill, Thomas provide offensive firepower on ground
By K. LEE DAVIS
Sports Writer of THE BATTALION
With Texas A&M facing third down
on its own one-yard line with a true
freshman calling signals, sophomore run
ning back Greg Hill took a handoff and
gave the Aggies breathing room with a
bruising 14-yard run.
Two snaps later, fellow sophomore
tailback Rodney Thomas burst through a
huge hole and sprinted to an 84-yard
touchdown.
The two principal members of A&M's
"Lion Offense" had struck for 98 of the
235 yards rushing that they would amass
during the course the Aggies 19-13 win
over the Baylor Bears at Kyle Field Satur
day.
"The hole was there, and 1 just ran
through it," Thomas said in his trade
mark understated style.
After coaching his last game at Kyle
Field, Baylor head coach Grant Teaff
credited Hill and Thomas with the victo
ry-
"They did a real good job," Teaff said,
"That long run at the first, I believe it was
Thomas, was just a great, great run."
With the Aggies passing for 33 yards
during the entire game, the abilities of
A&M's biggest offensive threats were
again the difference between winning
and losing a close game.
After Baylor kicked a field goal to ex
tend their lead over A&M to 13-7 in the
third quarter, the Aggie offense, dormant
for nearly half of the game, again stirred
to life.
Starting a drive at A&M's own 38-yard
line. Hill slashed for seven yards on first
down.
But after starting quarterback Jeff
Granger was forced to scramble upheld
for 15 yards and a first down, A&M head
coach R. C. Slocum again put the ball into
See Tailbacks/ Page 6
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