The Battalion
Wednesday
November 22, 1995
At a
Glance
Sports Briefs
Swimming teams both
in Top 25 polls
For the fist time in the 1995-96
season, both Texas A&M Swimming
and Diving Teams are ranked among
the nation's best in the lastest Speedo
American Top 25 Poll.
Despite an impressive 152-68
win over then-No.16 LSU on Friday,
the A&M women, who own a 3-1
mark in dual competition this sea
son, slid one spot to No. 19.
Boasting a 4-1 record so far in
dual meet action, the A&M men
broke into the poll at No.25 after
consecutive dual meet 1 upsets
against then No.15 LSU and former
No.24 Nebraska. The A&M men
were absent from the 1995 season
survey after apearing in four of the
seven polls produced last season.
Tyson to fight Mathis
Dec. 16 on Fox
NLW YORK (AP) — Mike Tyson
will fight Buster Mathis Dec. 16 at
Atlantic City, N.J., with the bout car
ried live on free TV, a source told
the Associated Press today.
The live site promoter will be
Donald Trump and the match will
be televised by Fox, according to
the source with close ties to promot
er Don King.
Lewis expecting big
things at Olympic Trials
MILAN, Italy (AP) — Carl Lewis,
saying he has regained his love of
sprinting and long jumping, has big
expectations for the 1996 U.S.
Olympics trials and the Atlanta
Games.
“I have high hopes for the tri
als,” Lewis, 34, said Tuesday at a
news conference. "I feel in top
form, my best condition in recent
years, following four months of hard
| training."
Mattingly tells Yankees
to look for replacement
NEW YORK (AP) — Don Mat
tingly made it official Tuesday,
saying the Yankees should find an
other first baseman while he con
templates retirement.
A vague statement from Mat
tingly spokesman Ray Shulte said:
"Mattingly was unable to commit
at this time to playing major league
baseball next year."
Mattingly's statement signaled
the probable end of an era. FHe
came up to the Yankees for good
in 1983, was an All-Star from
1984-89 and has been the team's
captain since the middle on the
1989 season.
Upcoming Events
A&M Football
The Aggies travel to Fort Worth
Saturday for their final SWC
matchup against Texas Christian
University at 2:00 p.m. at Amon
Carter Stadium.
Men's Golf
The Men's Golf Team will com
pete in the UNLV Rebel Golf Classic
in Las Vegas beginning Monday,
Nov. 28 and lasting through
Wednesday.
Men's Swimming
The men's swimming team will
compete in the UNC Invitational in
Raleigh, N.C. on Thursday, Nov. 30
Hackradt centers on improvement
□ The sophomore has
started every game this
season at center.
By Kristina Buffin
The Battalion
He began his career at A&M as
an offensive guard. But before last
year’s SMU game, sophomore Koby
Hackradt was moved to center,
and junior Calvin Collins was
moved to guard.
“We thought he was more suited
to play center because of the de
fenses we were playing,” A&M Of
fensive Line Coach Mike Sherman
said. “With
the defens
es that we
were see
ing, they
were
putting
their big
guys over
the guard
position,
and Calvin was just bigger.”
As a freshman last season,
Hackradt gained experience
through his action as a backup and
helped the Aggies average over 360
yards in total offense per game.
Hackradt had never played cen
ter before coming to A&M but said
he was up to the challenge of learn
ing how to play a different position.
“I played tackle in high school,
and when they (A&M) recruited
me, they wanted me as a guard,”
Hackradt said. “This is more of a
challenge and something for me to
work towards. It is a lot tougher to
snap the ball, and then have to
block and it will take a lot of repe
titions to get more experience.”
Through nine games Hackradt
has exhibited steady improvement
and has impressed the A&M coach
ing staff with the adjustment he
has made to his new position.
“He has a lot thrown at him,”
Sherman said. “He could have red-
shirted this season. This is his first
full year, and he had never really
played center before. He had expe
rience playing this season and is
almost always on the frontside of
the play.”
Although Hackradt has played
well this season, he said that he is
still looking to have “his big game.”
“I’m having a good season, al
though I have never really played
this position before, but I have not
had my best game yet,” Hackradt
said. “I have not excelled as much
simply because of
experience.”
Hackradt has
the same goal as
much of the team:
to win a national
championship but
he also has indi
vidual goals for
the next two years
of his career.
“I want to help the team im
prove so that we can win a na
tional championship,” Hackradt
said. “I want to play the best I
can and work in the offseason to
get bigger.”
Although he is only a sopho
more, Hackradt does have aspira
tions of playing in the National
Football League.
“Everyone thinks about it,”
Hackradt said. “I’m going to get my
education first, but I just want to
get the chance to work towards it
(the NFL). Right now I’m focusing
on the season and next year.
Maybe down the road, I’ll think
about it, but right now I’m just a
team player.”
"I want to help the team im
prove so we can win a na
tional championship"
— Koby Hackradt
Texas A&M Center
Texas A&M center Koby Hackradt lines up over the ball during the Aggies' 56-14 win over Middle
Tennessee State Saturday at Kyle Field.
Final SWC game has Frogs
looking toward a WACky future
□ The Fiorned Frogs and Ag
gies square off for the last
time as SWC members.
By Lisa Nance
The Battalion
When the Horned Frogs of Texas
Christian University take the field
against the Aggies on Saturday, it will be
the last time the two teams meet as con
ference foes.
Saturday’s game marks TCU’s finale
in the SWC as the conference comes to a
close and the Horned Frogs head to the
Western Athletic Conference.
TCU Head Football Coach Pat Sulli
van, said that the move to the WAC will
be a positive move for the Frogs, but
right now there is only one thing on their
mind — the Aggies.
“The only thing on my mind right now
is A&M.” Sullivan said. “They have a
great football program so my thoughts
and the players thoughts for now should
only be on A&M now.
“The WAC will be tremendous for
TCU. It will give us more national expo
sure. We’ll be playing across four to five
time zones in places like California, Col
orado, Hawaii, and Las Vegas. We’re re
ally excited about it.”
The game will be the 91st meeting for
the Frogs and the Aggies, in a series that
dates back to 1897 with the Aggies lead
ing 54-29-7.
The Frogs are coming off of a dissa-
pointing loss last weekend against the
Texas Longhorns. TCU lost to the 10th-
ranked Longhorns in Austin despite
showing their best effort this season.
The return of Andre Davis to the
Frogs’ line-up sparked the offehse as the
team’s star tailback rushed for 141 yards
and picked up 51 more yards receiving.
He had a career-high 35 carries after be
ing suspended for four games for improp
er contact with an agent.
The Horned Frogs are excited about
meeting the Aggies at home for their fi
nal game, but are not expecting an easy
upset away from Kyle Field.
Defense Ags
□ With last week's effort, the
"Wrecking Crew" became the
top-ranked NCAA defense.
By Nick Georgandis
The Batt alion
Noseguard Eddie Jasper introduced a
new hand signal to the media at Tues
day’s football press conference. It involves
using one’s little finger and thumb to form
See TCU, Page 8
Evan Zimmerman, The Battalion
Texas A&M junior noseguard Eddie Jasper introduces Middle Tennessee State quarter
back Mark Quinn to the turf of Kyle Field Saturday during the Aggies' 56-14 win.
’ No. 1 threat
a ‘c’ while the other three comprise a ‘w’
— making the symbol for A&M’s “Wreck
ing Crew” defense.
But with two weeks remaining in the
season, the Aggie defense can also repre
sent itself by raising just one finger — for
with its excellent performance against
Middle Tennessee State last Saturday,
the Aggies have climbed into the No.l po
sition of NCAA defenses.
“It’s something we’ve taken pride in
(the ranking),” A&M Head Coach R.C.
Slocum. “Tve always said the only people
not concerned about stats are the ones
that don’t have any .”
Slocum’s top-rated defense will get a
stem test this week from the Texas Chris
tian Horned Frogs, who boast one of the
best quarterbacks in the conference, and
Andre Davis — who is in his second game
back from an NCAA suspension for deal
ing with an agent.
Davis has been a thorn in the side of
the Aggie defense each of the past two
years — gaining over 130 yards in each of
the past two games between the schools.
If the Aggies can control Davis and win
the game, they will also continue to con
trol their own destiny in terms of postsea
son play. A&M must beat TCU and the
University of Texas to win the last South
west Conference championship.
This year’s conference championship
will play in the Sugar Bowl on Dec. 31 in
New Orleans’ Superdome against the los
er of this Saturday’s game between No. 3
Florida and No.6 Florida State.
Although that potential matchup will
have few, if any, national championship
implications, tailback Leeland McElroy
said the opinions of others do not affect
the attitude of the team.
“We just try to go out there and play
well, we’ve got nothing to prove because of
what outsiders are saying,” McElroy said.
“All things that are said outside the pro
gram are taken in stride.”
THE BATTALION’S 1995 STAFF PICKS
The Match-ups
Nick
Kristina
David
Tom
Lisa
Philip
Robin
Rob
Georgandis
Buffin
Winder
Day
Nance
Leone
Greathouse
Clark
#15 Texas A&M at TCU
Texas A&M
Texas A&M
Texas A&M
Texas A&M
Texas A&M
Texas A&M
Texas A&M
Texas A&M
Texas Tech at FHouston
Texas Tech Texas Tech Texas Tech
Texas Tech
Texas Tech
Texas Tech
Texas Tech
Texas Tech
Georgia at Georgia Tech
Ga. Tech
Georgia
Georgia
Georgia
Georgia
Georgia
Ga. Tech
Georgia
Baylor at #9 Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
North Carolina at N.C. St.
N.Carolina
N.C. State
N.Carolina
N.Carolina
N.Carolina
N.Carolina
N.C. State
N.Carolina
Oklahoma at #1 Nebraska
Nebraska
Nebraska
Nebraska
Nebraska
Nebraska
Nebraska
Nebraska
Nebraska
#22 Syracuse at #25 Miami
Miami
Syracuse
Miami
Miami
Miami
Miami
Syracuse
Syracuse
#2 Ohio St. at #18 Michigan
Ohio St.
Ohio St.
Ohio St.
Ohio St.
Ohio St.
Ohio St.
Ohio St.
Ohio St.
#6 Florida St. at #2 Florida
Florida St.
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida St.
Florida
Florida St.
Florida St.
Chiefs at Cowboys
Chiefs
Cowboys
Cowboys
Cowboys
Cowboys
Cowboys
Cowboys
Cowboys
Broncos at Oilers
Oilers
Broncos
Oilers
Oilers
Oilers
Broncos
Oilers
Broncos
Raiders at Chargers
Raiders
Raiders
Raiders
Chargers
Raiders
Raiders
Raiders
Raiders
Last Week
5-7
11-1
9-3
8-4
9-3
9-3
7-5
6-6
Cumulative
80-57-4
101-36-4
103-34-4
107-30-4
99-38-4
101-36-4
90-47-4
96-41-4
Sterling
Stew
Kyle
Michael
Gretchen
Stacy
Jody
Commentary
Hayman
Milne
Littlefield
Landauer
Perrenot
Stanton
Holley
Texas A&M
Texas A&M
Texas A&M
Texas A&M
Texas A&M
Texas A&M
Texas A&M
A&M: Frogs get squished in their SWC finale.
Texas Tech
Texas Tech
Texas Tech Texas Tech
Texas Tech
Texas Tech
Texas Tech
Tech: Cougars continue fall into Conference USA..
Ga. Tech
Georgia
Georgia
Georgia
Georgia
Ga. Tech
Ga. Tech
Georgia: Oawgs still too tough for Ramblin' Wreck
Texas ,
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
UT: C'mon Baylor, help the Ags out for once.
N.C. State
N.C. State
N.Carolina
N.Carolina
N.C. State
N. Carolina
N.Carolina
UNC: Tar Heels stamp down on WolfPack
Nebraska
Nebraska
Nebraska
Nebraska
Nebraska
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Nebraska: Not even a rivalry any more.
Miami
Miami
Miami
Miami
Miami
Miami
Miami
Miami: They've still got the Orange Bowl magic.....
Ohio St.
Ohio St.
Ohio St.
Ohio St.
Ohio St.
Michigan
Michigan
OSU: Wolverines can't take bite out of Buckeyes..
Florida St.
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida St.
Florida St.
Florida
Florida: Seminoles choke in the Swamp
Cowboys
Cowboys
Cowboys
Cowboys
Cowboys
Chiefs
Cowboys
Dallas: Jeez, Chiefs barely beat the Oilers.
Broncos
Broncos
Oilers
Broncos
Broncos
Broncos
Oilers
Denver: It's Elway, it's Houston, you do the math.
Chargers
Raiders
Raiders
Raiders
Raiders
Chargers
Raiders
Raiders: Monday night means old Oakland magic '
9-3
7-5
8-4
9-3
10-2
9-3
6-6
7 7 8-62 1.657) Perrenot shines in late-season rally.
96-41-4
100-36-4
101-36-4
106-31-4
95-42-4
85-52-4
88-49-4
1454-606-60 (.700) Landauer makes it interesting.