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The Battalion
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covered
burritos and
tuna fish
cookies.
No other
explanation
is possible.
The content
is so fright
ening and
so controversial that no one
under the age of 18 is allowed
to continue reading.
Here, then, is Billy Joe Ro-
bidoux's "A Nightmare on
Old College Road: The Case
of the Vanishing Football
Team."
WeTl pick things up as Bil
ly Joe is driving back from the
Wal-Mart superstore.
He turns on the radio just
in time to hear Dave South's
shocking announcement:
"The NCAA has announced
that the Texas A&M football
program has been suspended
for the next five years, after
which time the team will be
on probation for fifteen years
following reinstatement.
"In light of this tragedy, we
will observe one minute of si
lence, followed by the playing
of 'Taps.'"
It got so quiet in the car
you could hear Billy Joe's chin
hit the floorboard.
"This just can't be!" he ex
claimed. "This is worse than
the time when someone found
a bird's nest in Ann Richards'
hair."
His anger soon evolved
into a full-blown panic attack.
"Golldurnit, we ain't gonna
have any footbalT games this
fallf What are we going to do
to entertain ourselves?
"Shoot grackles? Does this
mean that Bonfire is can
celled? What about yell prac
tice?"
By this time Billy Joe is
near hysterics. Life as he
knows it is over.
Just as Billy Joe is about to
jump off the top of the O&M
See Billy/ Page 6
Lady Aggies shock Texas Tech
A&M women's basketball
seize conference lead with win
over Lady Red Raiders, 67-64
By Nick Georgandis
The Battalion
The Texas A&M women's basketball team took a huge
stride forward in the Southwest conference race on Saturday
night, knocking off fourth-ranked Texas Tech, 67-64, in a
game that head basketball coach Lynn Hickey called the
biggest win during her tenure at A&M.
The Lady Ag
gies led the game
from the start, but
the Lady Red
Raiders stormed
back to take a 60-
59 lead with four
minutes to go in
the game.
Down 64-61
with just 2:30 left
in the contest,
A&M scored the
last six points of
the game to pull
off the upset victo
ry over the defend
ing national cham
pions.
Sophomore cen
ter Kelly Cerny,
who had three re-
bounds(two offen
sive) and an assist
in the last two and
a half minutes,
said that after
falling behind late
by three, the team
made up its mind
not to lose the
Kyle Burnett/ The Battalion
Bambi Ferguson, top, defends Noel
Johnson on Saturday.
game.
"Tech never let
down," Cerny
said. "But we just told each other, we've come too far.
"We refused to let (the game) slip away in those last two
minutes."
Cerny finished the night with 13 points, five assists and a
game-high eight rebounds.
She was joined in double figure scoring by sophomores
Lisa Branch and Martha McClelland,
who finished the game with 19 and 16
points respectively.
Playing before a season-high crowd
of 3,102, A&M used its own adrenaline
rush coupled with the fervent crowd at
mosphere, to jump out to a quick start in
the first half.
The Lady Aggies led by as many as
12 points in the first half before the Lady
Red Raiders rallied to make it a 35-29
A&M lead at halftime.
Although her team turned up on the
losing end of Saturday's game, Texas
Tech head coach Marsha Sharp was
quick to complement the Lady Aggie
players and their fans.
"It was a great atmosphere tonight
for A&M's program, and one that is
well-deserved and long overdue, "
Sharp said.
"We're always thrilled to be involved
in a game like this, but don't get me
wrong, it's never my idea of a fun night
to come to Aggieland, and have to face
that crowd."
The Lady Aggies shot a season-high
52.8 percent from the field against a p
Texas Tech team that came into the eII
game ranked first in the SWC in oppo
nent's shooting percentage.
Texas Tech stayed close however, by
shooting 52.0 percent in the second half.
The Lady Red Raiders were led by ju
nior guard Noel Johnson, who scored 19
points, and whose barrage of three-
pointers reduced A&M's lead late in the
game.
With the win, the Lady Aggies fin
ished the first half of the season unde
feated in conference play for the first
time ever.
A&M's schedule doesn't get any easi
er though as A&M next travels to Austin
Wednesday night for a rematch with the
Lady Longhorns.
Branch said she believes that al
though the win over Tech was impor
tant, now is not the time for the team to
rest.
"I think (the win) is very special, but
we still can improve, and we will
Kyle Burnett/The Battalion
Kelly Cerny, right, battles for a rebound against Texas Tech's Michi Atkins
See Lead/ Page 6 late in the second half of the Lady Aggies' win on Saturday.
Tech AD apologizes for brawl after Aggies' win in Lubbock
The Associated Press
LUBBOCK, Texas — A brawl broke out
at the end of the Texas A&M-Texas Tech
basketball game Saturday, when at least
four fans interfered with Aggie coach Tony
Barone and his players when they headed
for the dressing room after their last-second
89-88 victory over Tech.
At least one fan took a swing in the di
rection of Barone and his son, Tony Jr., a se
nior guard for the Aggies, although he
didn't connect, witnesses said.
The Aggies remained unbeaten in
Southwest Conference play with the victo
ry, achieved on Chuck Henderson's two
free throws with one second left. Hender
son also hit two 3-pointers in the final two
minutes, including one that gave A&M an
87-86 lead with six seconds to play.
Several A&M players, including junior
Joe Wilbert, came to the rescue of their
coach and exchanged punches with fans as
the brawl continued up the ramp and into
the coliseum mezzanine. It took Texas Tech
police about three minutes to restore order.
"We had a bunch of (expletive) attack
our players," a furious Barone said. "We
had no way to get to our locker room after
the game except through their students.
"This has nothing to do with James
Dickey and his team. It has everything to
do with a lack of police and a lack of ad
ministration in running a basketball game
when 7,000 fans are in attendance."
No injuries were reported and no arrests
were made. Tech police escorted one of the
participants outside, but he apparently left
the scene when police were called back into
the coliseum as the fight spread to the mez-
See Fight/ Page 6
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