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The Battalion
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By WILLIAM HARRISON
The Battalion
G AAAAHHHHK! "That was
the sound of the Houston
Oilers yesterday."
Two morning disc jockeys were
taking turns laughing it up over the
Oilers' record loss to the Bills the fol
lowing day, and it was at once obvi
ous how the Bills' torching of the Oil
ers and the reporters' roasting of the
team was about to bum away the Oil
ers' fan base.
The news of the Oiler's record de
bacle was everywhere, and it was im
possible for any fan to escape the
laughter as every hack comedian or
sportscaster took their turn trashing
the biggest underachievers ever in the
NFL.
The best of David Letterman's Top
10 Houston Oilers Excuses included
"You try tackling those guys — some
of them are huge," "Bills QB kept
looking one way then throwing the
other" and the number one excuse
was "Didn't want to go to Disney
World."
Even the blubberous Rush Lim-
baugh propped up his ego by leaning
on the Oilers, playing the team's fight
song "Houston Oilers Number One"
while showing clips of the game.
How 'bout some clips of you on the
line going one-on-one against Ray
Childress, Rush?
Fuming and lost in despair, fans
are no doubt checking to see if they
can abandon the option years on their
contracts binding them to the Hous
ton Oilers.
Such options might include:
l.Quit Watching Football.
Suddenly listening to the critics
who label football as the product of a
senselessly violent society, fans may
choose to become above it all and
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Half-court miss at
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A&M's 58-57 victory
~ By MICHAEL PLUMER
The Battalion
Texas A&M forward Beth Burket
posted the first double-double game of
her career in last night's 58-57 victory
over Louisiana State University, but
she saved her best effort for last.
Burket put back A&M guard Lisa
Branch's miss with 24 seconds left in
the game to give the Lady Aggies a two
point lead which they preserved after
LSU's Roberta Lacaze missed the front
end of a two shot foul opportunity and
a half-court prayer at the buzzer went
unanswered.
The victory by the Lady Aggies
pushed their overall record to 8-5 and
sent the Tigers back to Baton Rouge
with a 5-7 mark. The loss was LSU's
fifth in a row.
Burket was understandably happy
with her game-winning shot.
"We knew she (Branch) was going
to shoot it so I had to put myself into
position to get the rebound," said Bur
ket, who finished the contest with 14
points and 10 rebounds.
"I was more in shock. I knew it
wouldn't hit the rim,
"I went up early for the rebound
and I think the LSU players thought it
was going to hit the rim or something,"
she said.
Burket added that the shot was very
gratifying for her personally.
"I would have to say it was the
biggest shot of my career/' Burket said.
"We seemed to have the advantage
tonight."
But A&M almost saw its advantage
slip away in the final seconds. After
Lacaze hit her second free throw, A&M
tried a long throw down court off the
in-bounds play.
A&M guard Donya Canada commit
ted a foul and LSU was awarded the
See Lady Aggies/Page 8
Kyle Rumett/The Battalion
Beth Burket shoots the winning basket against LSU in the Aggies 58-57 triumph.
Future for Lady
Aggie tennis team
looks bright with
UTSA rankings
FROM STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS
The spring season for the Texas A&M
women's tennis team is starting out as a
bright one, as freshman Wilson Pate and
doubles partner Angela Nelson of the Uni
versity of California-Berkeley enter the
year ranked first in the United States Ten
nis Association Girls' 18 poll.
Pate, who is ranked 43rd in the UTSA
singles poll, finished the fall season 6-3 in
doubles competition and 5-2 in singles
play for A&M. The Amarillo Tascosa
graduate also owns a 1992 Class AAAAA
state doubles championship, and made it
to the finals in last summer's National
Claycourts and National Hardcourts tour
naments.
"Wilson is a rare talent, and this high of
a ranking isn't that much of a surprise,"
A&M head coach Bobby Kleinecke said.
"Her doubles skills are very advanced.
She probably has the best doubles instincts
of any freshman I've ever had. There's no
doubt in my mind that she will make a big
impact in both singles and doubles this
spring."
Kleinecke got an additional boost for
the new season, as recruits Nancy Ding
wall and Julie Beahm both earned UTSA
rankings.
Dingwall is currently ranked eighth in
the doubles poll and 34th in singles. She is
currently seeking her first singles state title
at Houston Stratford after two straight ap
pearances at the state tourney in Austin.
Beahm is ranked 67th in the UTSA sin
gles poll for The Wellington School in
Dublin, Ohio. The Central Ohio Player of
the Year, Beahm owns three national ju
nior championships.
"I was very pleased with Nancy and
Julie's ranking," Kleinecke said. "I think
both will be able to come in as freshmen
and make an immediate impact on the
team. They are two of the top prospects in
the nation and have unlimited potential.
They will help us get back on track and en
able us to compete for the Southwest Con
ference title."
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The Texas A&M University Interfraternity Council
And Its 26 Member Fraternities
Invite You to Participate in
Spring Rush
It All Begins With Fraternity Life Seminar...
Thursday, January 21
7:00 p.m.
601 Rudder
All 26 fraternities will be on hand to answer your questions about
fraternity life at Texas A&M!
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