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exciting self and the "Wrecking
Crew” stuffed just about everything
that the LSU offense tried. But
what made the biggest impact on
Saturday’s game was the absence of
television timeouts.
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out has only served to ruin the flow
of sporting events. Momentum and
rhythm are totally destroyed when
for no apparent reason, the televi
sion audience has to see numerous
beer commercials in a row.
“We’ll see if the Florida Gators
can score a touchdown with three
seconds left in the game for the na
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these television-imposed ads.”
Those fans in attendance get
their own form of entertainment,
they actually get to watch a man
stand on the field. There’s nothing
quite like 80,000 people in 95 de
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a red hat to get off the field so the
game can continue.
“Heat stroke seems to be taking
its toll on the Hurricane faithful to
day. We’ll tell you more about it
right after these messages.”
It seems the networks have for
gotten why people are even watch
ing the game. The reason is to see
all the great plays, weird happen
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team. The big-shot executives are
under the assumption that we care
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back from our commercials."
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By Nick Georgandis
The Battalion
With seven starters gone from last
year’s defense, one of the main ques
tions revolving around Texas A&M’s
opener with Louisiana State Saturday
was: Would this
year’s squad be able
to continue the leg
endary “Wrecking
Crew” tradition?
Three hours, eight
sacks and a single
touchdown allowed
later, the 1994 edi
tion of the Aggie de
fense had proven it
self worthy of that
moniker.
“The ‘Wrecking
Crew’ is still alive, “ said head coach R.
C. Slocum. “Some of those guys came in
here green as they can be, into an at
mosphere like this, they put forth a
heck of an effort.”
Leading the charge was sophomore
Armstrong
left end Brandon Mitchell, who played
in all the Aggies’ games last season but
only totaled seven tackles. Saturday,
Mitchell recorded eight tackles includ
ing three sacks of LSU quarterback
Jamie Howard, who was on the run for
most of the night. The game was espe
cially important to Mitchell because he
was returning to play in his home state
for the first time since high school.
“(The game) meant a lot to me, every
one I knew was there, “ Mitchell said.
“Everyone had questions about the
defensive line, but we came out playing
physical and hard, and we came off the
ball very well.”
Senior linebacker Antonio Armstrong
opened his final season at A&M with a
performance that shows why he has
been nominated for the Butkus Award.
Armstrong totaled seven tackles and
three sacks, including two in a truly
dominating fourth quarter that saw the
Aggies hold the Tigers scoreless, while
coming from behind to win the game.
Perhaps the biggest play aside from
Leeland McElroy’s game-winning touch
down was made by yet another new
contributor, sophomore cornerback
Donovan Greer.
With the Aggies clinging to a 9-7 lead
in the second quarter, Greer stifled a po
tentially huge play with an interception
in the end zone. The turnover came just
one play after LSU had electrified its
crowd with a 51-yard pass completion
down to the A&M 21-yard line. Greer
made the play despite incurring a slight
hamstring injury earlier in the game.
Greer’s performance was just one of
several by the young defense that had
Slocum beaming after the game.
“It’s fun to see the guys playing hard
out there, “ Slocum said. “I’m really
pleased with (the defense), I think they
passed the test.”
Armstrong, one of the leaders of the
defense, said although the unit started
slowly on Saturday, it soon took on a fa
miliar shape.
“It took some time for the guys to get
going at full speed, “ Armstrong said.
“When we started blitzing and getting
hungry, it was like, new faces, new
names, but still the ‘Wrecking Crew’.”
Defense comes through in Aggie victory
Please see Winder/Page 6
McElroy scores game-winning touchdown
By Jose de Jesus Ortiz
The Battalion
Carrie Thompson/THE Battalion
McElroy sprints away from the defense
Antonio Armstrong continued
where he left off at the 1994 Cotton
Bowl as he and the “Wrecking Crew”
held the Louisana State offense to 25
rushing yards in the Aggies 18-13 win
Saturday night.
Armstrong and Brandon Mitchell
both had three sacks as the Aggie de
fense kept LSU quarterback Jamie
Howard on the run, sacking him a total
of eight times.
“It was like he (Howard) hit the panic
button," Armstrong said. "He would start
calling out all these signals. We just
want to intimidate opposing offenses.
Head coach R.C. Slocum never wor
ried about his defense, it was his
young offensive line that made him
apprehensive.
“One thing that concerned us coming
in was that we’ve got a brand new of
fensive line," R.C. Slocum said. “We
were concerned about them coming in
blitzing and doing some stunting, and
that was really good coaching on their
part to try to take advantage of our
young line.”
The offensive line, as expected, was
n’t as dominant early on. A&M, forced
to replace five of last season’s starters
on the line, struggled running the ball
on the first possession as Rodney
Thomas and McElroy were stuffed for
minus six yards rushing on four carries.
The pass protection was a little better
for Pullig, who made up for the run
stoppage with four completions for 54
yards to set up freshman Kyle Bryant’s
50-yard field goal. The field goal put
A&M ahead, 3-0, before the Wrecking
Crew got on the field for the first time.
The Aggies, helped by a 13-yard run
by McElroy and a 12-yard pass by Pul
lig to Ryan Mathews, went ahead 9-0 in
the second quarter when McElroy went
around the left side for a 32-yard touch
down. Bryant’s extra point was blocked.
Please see Aggies/Page 6
Nebraska replaces
Florida as No.l
(AP)- Florida won its opener by
49 points, but it wasn’t enough to
keep the Gators on top of The As
sociated Press college football poll
Sunday.
Nebraska, which had the week
end off after beating West Virginia
31-0 in the Kickoff Classic on Aug.
28, replaced Florida as the No. 1
team even though the Gators beat
New Mexico State 70-21 Saturday.
The Cornhuskers, who were No.
4 in the preseason poll before mov
ing up to No. 2 last week, edged the
Gators by three points in the na
tionwide media poll. They received
23 first-place votes and 1,465
points, while Florida got 15 first-
place votes and 1,462 points.
It’s the first No. 1 AP ranking for
the Cornhuskers since 1987, when
they occupied the spot for one week
in November.
Nebraska also replaced Florida
as No. 1 in the USA Today-CNN
coaches’ poll. The Gators were sec
ond and Florida State third.
Notre Dame was third in the AP
poll after beating Northwestern
42-15 on the first full weekend of
the season. Florida State stayed
No. 4 following its 41-17 victory
over Virginia. Miami moved up one
spot to No. 5 after routing Division
I-AA Georgia Southern 56-0, and
Michigan dropped one notch to No.
6 after struggling to beatBoston
College 34-26.
Rounding out the Top 10 are
Colorado, Penn State, Arizona &
Wisconsin.
Please see AP Poll/Page 6
This day in Aggie
football...
September 5, 1987: The
Aggies, ranked tT5 host #6
LSU at Kyle Field in the
season opener before a
national television audience
and suffer a 1 7-3 loss.
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