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Tuesday • August 29, 1995
Sports
Page 11 • The Battalion
To Deion or not to Deion? A Dallas fan’s dilemma
Philip
leone
Sports writer II
I
don’t like Deion Sanders.
I’ve never met him, he may be
a sweetheart, but I don’t like
him. I think he symbolizes
everything that is wrong with
contemporary professional
sports. “Prime Time” wears the
dew-rag, he dances and prances,
and in recent years, he has tak
en up selling himself like some
kind of high-dollar athletic male
whore who offers his services to
the football team with the high
est bid.
That said, I believe I may soil
myself from sheer joy if he signs
on with the Cowboys this season
as a free agent.
Presently, Sanders is up in
San Francisco playing baseball
with the Giants, but he still has
time to flirt with NFL owners
Texas to start freshman
at running back
AUSTIN (AP) — For the first time
since Heisman Trophy winner Earl
Campbell took the field in 1974, Texas
will start the season with a true fresh
man at running back.
Coach John Mackovic said Monday
that Ricky Williams, a 6-foot, 215-
pound fullback from San Diego, Calif.,
will be in the starting lineup when the
18th-ranked Longhorns open the sea
son Saturday night at Hawaii.
While other true freshman running
backs have started games for UT, none
have started the season since Camp
bell, who is the school's all-time lead
ing rusher.
like a head cheerleader the week
before the homecoming dance.
Only Super Bowl contenders
need apply, and Dallas, Miami
and San Francisco are the only
teams with a legitimate shot.
However, the Cowboys have a
slight edge for a few reasons.
First, the Cowboys have an
extra wad of cash from a block
buster deal with Pepsi a
few weeks ago that made
that soft drink the offi
cial beverage of Texas
Stadium. The deal was
made in the face of Coca-
Cola, the NFL’s long
time official soda.
Jones does not care
the rest of the league be
cause the deal gives him
a pocketful of gold coins
to throw at Sanders’ feet.
Even quarterback Troy
Aikman has opened his
heart and offered to re
structure his contract to
make room for Sanders under
the salary cap. God bless you,
Troy.
The Cowboys also have an ad
vantage due to the fact that they
are the most popular and most
Coaches say Williams, a solid
blocker with good speed and hands,
has fully grasped the offense and may
help Texas ignite a potent running at
tack lacking in recent years. The Long
horns ranked 76th in rushing offense in
1994.
Seles wins at U.S Open
NEW YORK (AP) — Breathing hard,
gasping for air at times, yet still superior
in every aspect of the game, two-time
U.S: Open champion Monica Seles ex
tended her stunning comeback Mon
day with another lopsided victory.
Seles, grunting as always, slugged
serves at up to 105 mph, drove ground-
strokes with the pace of old into the
corners and displayed a deft touch on
drop shots as she beat a plucky but
overpowered Ruxandra Dragomir 6-3,
6-1.
"I think the whole match I was very
nervous," Seles said. "My heart was so
fast. I had so much energy and she just
slowed down everything."
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Sanders
marketable franchise in the uni
verse. Becoming a Cowboy would
make Sanders even more overex
posed than he is. Two hours in
Dallas, and Sanders will have
boot and beer endorsements, his
own television show and his own
Holy Church of the Blessed St.
Neon.
Most importantly, San Fran
cisco is old news.
Sanders has
been there and
done that. It’s
time to move on
to Dallas so he
can prove, once
and for all, that
he is the man
who makes the
difference. Think
of what it would
do to Sanders’
ego if he came to
Dallas, and the
Cowboys went
on to beat the
49ers and win the Super Bowl.
He could brag that the confi
dence and swagger he brings to
a team are the essential ele
ments for ultimate success.
Everything points to Dallas
Seles, who sometimes had more
trouble with her hair blowing in the
breeze than she did with Dragomir,
said she kept thinking about the match
all day, not making plans on how to
play, but just about the moment.
Seles didn't have an easy time in
this match, despite the score.
Dragomir, a Romanian ranked No. 44,
played well and made her run. Seles is
n't yet in the best shape, even after
winning the Canadian Open just over a
week ago, and there were moments
when she bent over gasping for air fol
lowing long rallies.
Tagliabue meets with
Oilers' brass
NEW YORK (AP) — NFL commis
sioner Paul Tagliabue met with
Houston Oilers executives Monday
regarding the cancellation of an exhi
bition game Aug. 19 against San
Diego.
More than 25,000 fans were al-
winning the Deion derby. So
does Sanders really deserve all
of this attention? Should Jones
sell his soul to the devil to sign
Mr. “Prime Time”? Yes, indeed.
Sanders is the best corner-
back in the league. He can cover
any receiver for a full 60 min
utes and is just about the only
guy who can hang around in the
same area with Jerry Rice —
something current Cowboy cor
ner Larry Brown proven that he
cannot do.
Teams can also stick Sanders
back deep on punt returns and
kickoffs, use him as a third re
ceiver, and make him the swing-
man on reverses. Hell, you can
even let him sing the national
anthem.
All of this hype over Sanders
and his exploits just proves the
fact that America, as a sports-
crazed society, can put up with a
good athlete, no matter how big
of a jerk he might be. If he can
help the Cowboys win, bring him
in. Of course, maybe I’m just
jealous. I can’t even get call
backs as a free-agent, multi-pur
pose water boy.
ready in the Astrodome when offi
cials decided the game would not be
played because of complaints from
both teams of dangerous soft spots in
the artificial turf.
In the 2 1/2-hour hearing that in
cluded Oilers general manager Floyd
Reese and executive vice president
Mike McClure, Tagliabue reviewed
video tapes of the field and the week
end's chronology of events that in
cluded the conversion of the field
from baseball to football.
"We expect that the Astrodome's
field will be properly installed and
ready in all respects for the Oilers'
home opener on Sept. 10" against
Pittsburgh, the league said in a state
ment.
The investigation comes while
Oilers owner Bud Adams is attempt
ing to move the team to Nashville,
Tenn. Adams is unhappy in Houston
because the city is unwilling to build
him a new stadium.
The dome is owned by Harris
County.
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