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By Matt Mitchell
The Battalion
There is nothing like a good,
old-fashioned blowout to put a
team in a positive frame of mind.
The Texas A&M Football Team
resumed practice this week in
high spirits after its brutally easy
63-13 demolition of Louisiana
Tech at Kyle Field Saturday.
“I think we’ve definitely picked
up a lot of momentum with this
win,” junior quarterback Bran-
ndon Stewart said. “I think going
out and actually seeing it happen
and realizing that if we play close
to error-free like we did in the
game and not have turnovers, then
good things will happen for us.”
Error-free is precisely how the
Aggies played, committing no
turnovers for the first time this year
and forcing four Tech giveaways.
The other positive for the Ag
gies was the re-emergence of
their running attack. Only a week
after attempting a school-record
Rony Angkriwan, The Battalion
Running back Michael Williams and offensive guard Semisi Heimuli
provide an escort for tailback D'Andre Hardeman against La. Tech.
64 passes against Colorado, the
Aggies returned to their ground
game and ran roughshod over the
Tech defense. The Aggies ground
out 432 yards on 54 rushing at
tempts and scored seven touch
downs, while gaining nearly eight
yards per carry.
Three Aggies exceeded 90 yards
rushing against the Bulldogs, with
freshman Dante Hall leading the
assault with 101 yards on 14 carries.
After being forced to pass
against Colorado and relying pri
marily on the run last week, Head
Coach R.C. Slocum said he would
prefer a healthy combination of the
two in the Aggies’ offensive attack.
“What I’d like to do is be a bal
anced team that has the ability of
running and throwing,” Slocum
said. “The success we’ve had has
been because we were able to run
the football and the successful
teams around the country all
have that [ability].”
When the Aggies travel to Iowa
State Saturday, they will not be
the only team emphasizing the
run. The Cyclones boast the na
tion’s top rusher in running back
Troy Davis, who averages 229.3
yards per game.
A&M defensive line coach Bill
Johnson said the Wrecking Crew is
happy to receive a break from play
ing teams with pass-happy offenses.
“I think [the defense is] excited
for a change of pace as far as what
they’re seeing offensively,” Johnson
said. “We started out against some
throwing offenses. I think we’re go
ing to see teams chal
lenge us with the run
to see who can con
trol the line of scrim
mage. I think we
match up well with
these types of teams.”
Defensive end
Brandon Mitchell
said the Aggie front
line is ready to play.
“I just want to
play a running
team,” Mitchell said.
“This way we can
test our front seven.”
Although the
A&M front seven are considered
the strength of the Wrecking
Crew, they will face a difficult task
in containing the elusive Davis.
Slocum is confident the Aggies
are up to the task.
“We match up better against a
team that runs the ball more than
the one that’s an all-out passing
attack,” Slocum said. “Tve said all
along, I really think if the season
had not started out with the kind
of teams that can put so much
emphasis on your secondary and
passing game early, it might have
“We match up
better against a
team that runs
the ball more
than the one
that’s an all-out
passing attack.”
R.C. Slocum
A&M Head Coach
been a whole different season.”
Indeed, a whole different season
commences for the Aggies as they
embark on the first road game on
their Big 12 Conference schedule.
“I think it’s a
game where we’re
at a point where
we feel good about
ourselves, but at
some point, we’ve
got to add to that,”
Slocum said. “This
team has never re
ally gotten un
tracked. Now we’re
back on the up
swing, so at some
point, we need to
get this thing off
the ground and
add to where we
are now.
Outside linebacker Keith
Mitchell said the Aggies need a
Big 12 momentum builder.
“We’re going into the Big 12,”
Mitchell said. “We need to get some
momentum going. We’ve got a loss
in the loss column, we need to get
some wins in the win column.”
The Aggies should be relatively
injury-free for the Cyclones, with
only Aaron Oliver (urology surgery)
and Marc Broyles (knee scoped)
listed as questionable. Both have
resumed practice this week.
Women’s Golf finishes second
Staff and Wire Reports
The Texas A&M Women’s Golf
Team caught a glance of its future
conference competition on Mon
day and Tuesday at the inaugural
Big 12 Preview at Pebble Creek
Country Club.
The host-team Aggies (314-
308-305=927) finished in second
place behind the University of
Nebraska (300-296-313=909) at
the two-day event.
Despite shooting the lowest
team score of the day on Tuesday,
the Aggies were unable to over
come the Cornhuskers, who shot
a course-record 296 on Monday
in building a 23-stroke advantage
heading into the final 18 holes.
A&M junior Jamie Hullett’s in
dividual runner-up effort along
with junior Isabelle Rosberg and
junior Aurora Kirchner’s top 18
finishes vaulted the Aggies past
Missouri (310-309-319) into sec
ond place.
Although the appearance of
country club member and singer
Clay Walker added to the excite
ment of the day, it did not over-
shawdow the action on the course.
Hullett (73-77-73=223) tied
Baylor’s Mary Coleman over 54
holes and the two engaged in a
suspenseful playoff on No. 18.
Coleman claimed top individ
ual honors when she chipped
in a 20-foot shot from the rough
for a birdie to win the playoff.
Rosberg finished tied for 13th
with rounds of 82-73-77=232
while Kirchner finished three
strokes back in a tie for 18th with
a 79-81-75=235 showing.
Freshmen Anna Becker (80-78-
80=238) and Amanda Rayford
(83-80-84=247) tied for 25th and
49th, respectively.
A&M Head Coach Jeanne
Sutherland was pleased with her
team’s showing.
“I was very proud of the way
we played today,” Sutherland
said. “We had the low round of
the day, and I think we will im
prove on that score the more
we play.
“I was very pleased with
Jamie’s play. The whole team
played well, and I was especially
proud of the way everybody sup
ported each other.”
Senior Wendi Wight (77-83-
79=239) tied for 27th to lead
A&M’s individual players. Sopho-
Rachel Redington, The Battalion
junior Jamie Hullet putts at Peb
ble Creek Country Club Tuesday.
more Jennifer Emmons finished
in a tie for 44th after posting
rounds of 81-84-78=243, and
sophomore Christie Arlitt (89-87-
83=259) took 63rd.
The Aggies return to the course
Oct. 14-15 at the Marilynn
Smith/Sunflower Invitational at
the University of Kansas.
Aggies return home
following long road trip
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Team embarked on
its longest road trip of
the season last weekend
and ended up leaving a
little maroon and white
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State University and the Uni
versity of Oklahoma.
After shutting out all three
opponents, the Aggies not only
redeemed themselves after suf
fering their first loss of the sea
son to the University of Nebras
ka on Sept. 29, but also gained
some momentum for the up
coming weekend.
Big 12 Finish
The only thing different
about the scenario this weekend
is that the Aggies will be in their
own territory facing two in-state
Big 12 rivals — Texas Tech Uni
versity on Friday and Baylor
Nick! Smith
Soccer Notebook
These two games
along with a make-up
game against the Uni
versity of Texas, mark
the end of the line for
the Lady Aggies in Big
12 regular season play.
With their three wins
last weekend, the Aggies
raised their record to
12-1 on the season and 6-1 in
conference play.
Productive Trip
A&M posted a season-high 35
shots and 11 corner kicks in
their matchup against the OSU
Cowgirls. They also had their
best weekend yet with three
consecutive shutouts by a com
bined score of 10-0.
A&M Head Coach G. Guerri-
eri said the Aggies’ extended
Big 12 road trip provided a
good opportunity to integrate
some younger players in the
A&M game plan.
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