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Texas A&MSPORTSThe Battalion
Thursday, October S
Aggies, Ponies, to play at Cotton Bowl
Rossley wants real wins, not moral victorie
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By DON NORWOOD
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Do not try to tell Southern Methodist head
football coach Tom Rossley about moral victo
ries. That is the last thing he wants to think
about.
The second-year SMU boss saw his team
nearly pull off the biggest upset at the school
since the Mustangs returned from the NCAA
"death penalty" in 1989 last weekend in Lub
bock against Texas Tech. SMU held a 25-20
lead late in the third quarter in that contest be
fore Tech put on a late comeback, defeating
SMU 39-25.
The positives for SMU in the game were
many. Quarterback Dan Freiburger had his
fifth game this season with more than 200
yards passing. The SMU defense grabbed four
turnovers in the first half, in-
with their young quarterbacks."
Rossley has a pretty impressive young
quarterback himself in the form of Freiburger,
who has led the Mustangs' run-and-shoot of
fense this year with a .585 completion percent
age and 1,639 yards passing. Those are not
bad numbers, especially since Freiburger had
virtually no experience in the sport when he
entered SMU.
"This is Dan Freiburger's first year to play a
lot of football," Rossley said about his quarter
back, who suffered from mononucleosis and
hepatitis before entering SMU. "He didn't
play at all in high school.
"I think he's improved a lot each week. I
think he's got confidence in himself, and as a
result, the other players are confident in his
ability."
Freiburger is not the only area of confidence
eluding strong safety Richie
Butler's 62-yard interception
return for a touchdown. And
receiver Jason Wolf edged his
way up the Southwest Confer
ence all-time leaders list to
third behind ex-Houston
Cougars Jason Phillips and
Manny Hazard.
But Rossley is more con
cerned with the Final score,
which will always be the most
important statistic in any sport.
"That (turnovers) is going to be a
key for us. A&M's offense has got
ten better each week with their
young quarterbacks."
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T think our players played hard for the first
three quarters," Rossley said Wednesday.
"But it's hard to find a lot of good in a loss."
Rossley did find a few rays of hope with his
defense, whose swarming style is reminiscent
of the style utilized by Atlanta Falcons head
coach and Rossley's former boss, Jerry
Glanville.
"They played hard on defense," he said. "It
(Butler's touchdown) was the first time we've
had a defensive touchdown since coming back
from the death penalty.
"That (turnovers) is going to be a key for us.
A&M's offense has gotten better each week
for the Mustangs, whose 3-4 start has already
guaranteed them of their best record since
1986.
Rossley said that while his players are not
on par with Texas A&M yet, the future might
hold better things for the Mustangs, and they
are starting to believe it.
"I think they do think they can win," Ross
ley said. "They know they're going to have to
play their best and that tney're going to have
to have the ball bounce their way.
"We're getting closer to the level they're
playing at."
A&M head coach R.C. Slocum is well aware
of the ever-rising Mustangs. SMU'sSfn
laden team owns more overall experientf;
any other team in the SWC Andoppc-j
are starting to take note.
"The experience they have on theirte :
showing up," Slocum said. "They'reg;
some confidence."
The Mustangs might have an added-
sure of confidence Saturday as they mow;
tiny Ownby Stadium on the SMUcamp
the Cotton Bowl to face A&M.
That switch from a 23,783-seatstadit
an expected Cotton Bowl crowdofan
50,000 might make for an intimidatings:
tion, especially since more than half of tlr
peeled crowd will probably be A&M sum
ers.
But Rossley is fired up about fheme.;
fresh switch tnat he would liketoseeb
more often.
"I'm glad that it's mi
be at the Cotton BowUf
great crowd and a
phere," he said. "
mosphere in the Cottonfo
Our stadium is a
for us. But there's certain
at ions, like against AM
Texas, when it would lie
to play in theCottonBow
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greatest upsets in Division
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to the SWC a year ago with a 65-6massa
College Station. But call him shrewd,in
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rule an upset out.
'It would do great things for our props
he said. "It would probably be kind of tar
on the conference, though.
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Miami game.
But the thing was, with a team
that was no better than the
Cougars were, people in the me
dia were actually talking like
Houston was a national champi
onship contender. No matter
how average this team was, those
brilliant media-types said Hous
ton could actually end the season
near the No. 1 spot.
But, of course, the Coogs went
down the drain, ending the sea
son with a dismal 4-7 record, go
ing 3-5 in Southwest Conference
P la y-
Simple. Jenkins knows how
to run it up on the patsies. The
boys from Louisiana took it, 73-3.
SMU has taken it from the
Cougars by a total margin of 188-
58 since the Ponies returned from
the NCAA "death penalty" in
1989, the worst of those being a
95-21 trouncing in that '89 sea
son.
ing 25 of them for six touch
downs and 517 yards in the '89
massacre. I'm sure Houston
needed that sixth touchdown
pass for insurance.
And Tech got to see David
Klingler, Houston's starter last
season, stay in the game until he
had thrown nine touchdown
passes. NINE TDs. Klingler fi
nally left with the Cougars barely
in the lead by a score of 70-0.
top five. * * C
So, if the Aggies want to to- P‘ u de ce
press AP voters and getbadin B Whil
the hunt for the number Ihrceoiiflashes
four position, which would ml to most
a shot at the top teamintheMolcates tb
bil Cotton Bowl Classic,ifstalfog use ;i
to pretend we're at UH. [ (.u p .
Of course, if the 12thMan ^
wants to act like Cougar fans, no
one will show up for the game
Saturdey.
Why was a team that was this
And those wins weren't so big
because Houston scored a lot ear
ly and then let their second and
third teams play as those squads
happened to score a few them
selves. No, sir! This is a team
that left Heisman Trophy winner
Andre Ware in long enough for
him to throw 41 passes, complet-
The point is the 7-0 Aggies are
10 times better than Houston was
last season, but ESPN is not talk
ing about A&M as a possible na
tional champion. As a matter of
fact, during the last few weeks,
the fifth-ranked Aggies have
been inching down the polls in
points as Florida State has moved
closer to replacing A&M in the
Roll, R.C., roll. Forty,50,ew
60 points would be nice. ItsSf
to show that the Aggies car®
barrass people much worsela
the lowly Cougars. Not only
that, they could use the media it
tention this weekend.
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