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SPORTS
SWG PREVIEW
Page 3
SMU Mustangs trying to turn the corner in 1994
CONSTANCE
PARTEN
Sportswriter
S MU head football coach Tom
Rossley said A&;M’s games
should not be counted toward
the conference championship this
year since the football team is on
probation.
‘Scuse me. SMWho? Isn’t this
the team that didn’t even play
football in the late 80’s due to pro
bationary restrictions? Yep.
Some people just don’t know
where to get off. Even new Rice
coach Ken Hatfield said he didn’t
think the SWC should allow
A&M’s games to count.
Yeah, like Rice would have a
better chance at the championship
if they didn’t count A&M’s games.
The bottom line is that these
attitudes helped cause the break
up of the SWC in the first place.
The coaches of the weaker teams
want special privileges like not
counting their loss to a team on
probation.
Many SWC teams have been
riddled with NCAA violations for
several years, and unfortunately,
A&M is not an exception. But for
some reason the coaches, players
and fans for the respective teams
seem to think the other guy
should suffer greater conse
quences for their transgressions
than they do.
“It’s hard when you go three
straight years without being able
to beat somebody,” A&M head
coach RC Slocum told reporters
about some of the other SWC
teams.
So, this is a jealousy issue.
Coaches are running to SWC offi
cials with their bottom lips stuck
out like little children saying, “big
brother Aggie was bad yesterday
and your still going to let him go
outside and play today. That’s not
fair.”
Here’s a tip for all those other
QB Flanigan may lead
Ponies back from dead
It seAns like the only direction in
which the SMU football program can
move in 1994 is up.
Since returning from the death penal
ty in 1989, the Mustangs have compiled a
SEE RELATED STORY, PAGE 4
11-42-2 record. Only four of those wins
have come against Southwest Conference
opponents, however.
SMU head coach Tom Rossley said
this might be the year that the Mustangs
return from the dead.
“I see a movement into a new era for
our team,” he said. “We’re being led by a
group of younger players. I’m very opti
mistic that our young players will come
in and perform well from the beginning.”
One of those young players will be
sophomore quarterback Ram '' . m . an.
Flanigan was second om; u Tech’s
Robert Hall in total offense with a 224.5
yards per game.
Rossley said Flanigan is a superb
quarterback.
“I would not trade Ramon for anybody
else in the league,” Rossley said. “I think
we’ve got the best quarterback in the con
ference.”
Please see SMU/Page 4
SMU at a Glance
Schedule
Sept. 3
at Arkansas
Sept. 10
at UCLA
Sept. 17
New Mexico
Sept. 24
at Texas Tech
Oct. 1
North Carolina
Oct. 8
at Baylor
Oct. 15
Houston
Oct. 22
at Texas
Oct. 29
Texas A&M
(in San Antonio)
Nov. 5
at Rice
Nov. 12
TCU
Quick Facts
Coach: Tom Rossley
Nickname: Mustangs
1993 Record: 2-7-2
Home Stadium: Ownby Stadium
(23,783 cap.)
Site: Dallas
Enrollment: 5,500
Colors: Red and Blue
Last SWC title won: 1984
Players to watch
QB Ramon Flanigan:
Flanigan played in eight games
last season for the Mustangs as
a freshman, completing 111 out
of 199 passes with eight
interceptions and eight
touchdowns.
LB Chris Bordano:
Bordano registered 66 tackles,
an interception and a forced
fumble in 1993 while only
starting four games for the
Mustangs. Bordano has added
another 15 pounds to put him at
220 entering 1994.
C Brannon Kidd:
Kidd earned first-team
freshman All-America honors
during the 1993 season and
anchors the Mustangs’ line.
Key Losses
DT Byrbn Bonds, P Larry Israel,
DE Chad Patton, K John
Stewart, OG Jeremy Stout, DE
Adam Voyles
Two-deep Chart
Offense
Defense
WR
Erwin Wilburn
LE
Jason Lindbioom
Kevin Thornal
Jason Evans
IR
James Whitmore
LT
Vernon Edwards
John Biggins
Wilbert Mitchell
LT
Tony Ned
RT
Ahmad Hayes
Glenn Ivy
Randy Bowling
LG
Greg Shea
RE
Wilbert Mitchell
Dave Kiselak
Warwick Woodard
C
Brannon Kidd
LB
B.J. Stankovich
Rodney Townsend
Jackson Moore
RG
Keith Chiles
LB
Chris Bordano
Dray Wilson
Eric Tomlin
RT
Bryan Craig
LB
Cagan Moore
Jason Holz
Mark Furschik
IR
Mick Rossley
CB
Cornell Parker
Vaughn Dickerson
Steve Bancroft
WR
Kevin Thornal
SS
Ken Neill
Brian Berry
Carlyce Black
QB
Ramon Flanigan
FS
Rodney Watkins
Mark Eldred
Seth Stinton
SB
Kevin Shepard
CB
Jay Harvey
Jacques Smith
Weldon English
K
Ben Crosland
P
Anthony Scotti
Sacha Emanuel
Ben Crosland
Returning Starters: 10
Returning Starters: 5
Returning Lettermen: 18 Returning Lettermen: 13
Oilers lose opener to K.C.
Chief QB Blundin goes 11 of 1 7 for 1 56 yards
Please see Parten/Page 4
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The
Kansas City Chiefs gave thumbs-up to
the new grass field and thumbs-down
for the new radio communications to
the quarterback.
“It wasn’t too good. It really was
n’t,” quarterback Matt Blundin said
after the Chiefs rallied for a 24-17 ex
hibition victory over the Houston Oil
ers in the first game on Arrowhead
Stadium’s grass field.
“They had the radio hookup, and
there as a lot of static. I couldn’t tell
what Joe (Montana) was saying. We
ended up having to go back to hand
signals for most of the first quarter,”
he said.
Alex Van Pelt hit Lee Harris with a
25-yard touchdown pass with 18 sec
onds left to win it for the Chiefs.
The Chiefs moved 89 on eight plays,
including a 22-yard pass from Van
Pelt to wide receiver Jimmy Johnson
to the Oilers’ 25.
Kansas City tied it 17-17 with a
penalty-filled 56-yard drive in the
fourth period, climaxed by Lin Elliott’s
41-yard field goal with 5:40 left.
Cris Dishman’s 64-yard intercep
tion return gave Houston a 7-0 lead in
the first quarter.
“It was just a bad throw,” said
Blundin, who hit 11 of 17 passes for
156 yards in his first start. “All you
can do is just go on from there.”
The grass field was installed this
summer 22 years after Arrowhead
opened with artificial turf.
“I loved it,” said safety Chareles
Mincy. “It looks better, it smells better
and I don’t think my body will be so
sore tomorrow.”
Switzer’s debut a success as
Cowboys roll over
IRVING, Texas (AP)—- Barry
Switzer’s NFL preseason debut was
successful Sunday night thanks to a
player he recruited out of Henryetta,
Okla., High School in 1984.
Troy Aikman threw a touchdown
pass and the defending Super Bowl
champion Dallas Cowboys rolled to a
17-9 victory over the Minnesota
Vikings.
Switzer was hired by owner Jerry
Jones on March 30 to replace Jimmy
Johnson. Switzer won two national ti
tles in 16 years at Oklahoma and
hadn’t coached football for five years
when he got the call.
Jones gave Switzer a big hand
shake and a smile at the end of the
game. It wasn’t the display of joy that
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Jones and Johnson had after John
son’s first preseason victory. They ran
off the field together with their hands
in a victory salute.
“It was kind of neat out there,”
Switzer said. “I was disappointed
with the second half when I thought
we got a little sloppy. I was happy for
the win. You always are.”
Switzer added “I don’t feel I have
anything to prove to anybody. I was
happy for the team not for myself.”
Dallas quarterback Troy Aikman
quickly showed his old college coach
why he is more efficient in a pro-style
offense than the Wishbone T Switzer
tried to get him to play at Oklahoma,
triggering Aikman’s transfer to UCLA
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