Sports
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Thursday, December 9,1993
The Battaeion
Page 3
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jam on SEGA!
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MATTHEW J.
RUSH
Sportswriter
to The Battm i
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gain, wheif
the secon! 1
again,
finals
are upon us
land it is almost
jwinter break.
Everyone is
feeling that
holiday spirit
and everyone
is dreading
having to
study for three
or four days
straight to get
decent grades.
However,
for some of us,
procrastination
is a household word and, unfortu
nately, so is a small, two-syllable
word. SEGA!!
The truth is, most people who
have this satanic video game system
are already addicted to it instead of
school.
Whether it be Sonic the Hedgehog,
Mortal Kombat, or more popular
games like Bill Walsh's College Foot
ball, John Madden '94 and NHL
Hockey '94, the excitement of a $60
game has more appeal than a 400-
word text about Russian socioeco
nomic trends in the 19th century.
Who wouldn't want to play a
game of Bill Walsh's College football
where the Texas A&M Aggies can
face the teams of yesteryear. Oppo
nents like the 1983 Nebraska Corn-
huskers, the 1990 University of Col
orado Buffaloes team, the t-sips of
1981 or even replay the 1993 Cotton
Bowl between the Irish of Notre
Dame and the Aggies.
Of course the effect on the scholas
tic side of this evil game is directly
proportional to the amount of time
spent with Sega, or is it?
Last semester, one of my friends,
now a current roommate, played
Sega 24 hours a day - seven days a
See Rush/Page 4
A&M shocks
UNLV, 68-62
Edwards' guarantee matched by team as
Aggies charge back from 16-point deficit
By David Winder
The Battauon
Texas A&M senior point guard David Edwards shocked everyone in October when
he guaranteed a victory over the University of Nevada at Las Vegas. But to make that
prediction ring true, he needed a little help from Joe Wilbert, Tony McGinnis and Jim
my Smith.
Down by 16 points late in the first half, the Aggies outscored the Runnin' Rebels 57-
35 the rest of the way to capture a 68-62 victory Wednesday night at G. Rollie White
Coliseum in front of 6,331.
Wilbert led all scorers with 20 followed by Damon Johnson with 14 and Tony
McGinnis with 12. Edwards dished out nine assists.
"We finally got it," Edwards said. "A lot of people doubted us, but we worked
hard in the preseason. Now it's all paying off."
What also paid off for the Aggies was their 45-30 rebounding advantage. Wilbert
had a game high 11 boards.
"I thought in the second half we did a real nice job on the offensive glass," A&M
head coach Tony Barone said. "In the first half,we only had two offensive rebounds
but by the second half we had 14."
See UNLV/Page 4
Kyle Bumett/THE Battalion
A&M junior forward Damon Johnson (left) and freshman point guard Jimmy Smith
look for the ball with UNLV junior forward Reggie Manuel in A&M's 68-62 win.
A&M's Adams, Glenn, McElroy make AP All-America
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — Three Texas A&M football players
were named to The Associated Press All-America col
lege football team on Wednesday.
Senior defensive end Sam Adams and senior corner-
back Aaron Glenn were named to the defensive squad,
and freshman running back Leeland McElroy was
named to the second team in the all-purpose position.
Glenn is also a finalist for the Jim Thorpe Award, giv
en annually to the nation's top defensive back. Adams
was bypassed last week as one of four finalists for the
Lombardi Award.
Heisman Trophy favorite Charlie Ward, Lombardi
Award winner Aaron Taylor and three-time selection
Marshall Faulk were also named to the All-America
team.
Faulk made the team for the third straight year, the
first player to do that since Georgia's Herschel Walker
from 1980-82. The San Diego State running back, who
will skip his senior season to enter the NFL draft, led the
nation with 24 touchdowns, was third in all-purpose
yards and No. 5 in rushing.
Ward directed top-ranked Elorida State's "fast-
break" offense, which led the NCAA in scoring with a
43.2-point average. The elusive quarterback was the na
tion's fourth-leading passer, completing 69 percent for
3,032 yards, 27 touchdowns and only four interceptions.
Taylor, the Lombardi winner as the nation's top line
man, and Rob Waldrop made the team for the second
consecutive year.
Taylor, an offensive tackle from Notre Dame, an
chored a line that opened holes for the country's sixth-
best rushing attack. Waldrop, a nose guard for Arizona,
spearheaded a defense that gave up an NCAA-low 30.1
yards per game on the ground.
Joining Ward and Faulk in the backfield is Northern
Illinois' LeShon Johnson, the nation's leading rusher
with a 179.6-yard average. Johnson twice gained over
300 yards in a game and finished with the fourth high
est rushing total (1,976 yards) in NCAA history.
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