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e are
the
Ag
gies, the Aggies
are we.
That point is
evident in the
way that the Ags
have been play
ing the last cou
ple of weeks.
Most good
Ags will do any-
aoMHgiing possible to see an Aggie game
'hether live or even re-broadcast
10 Rufejeeks later. So what’s a good Ag to
stin,&h;o il they’re out in the boonies with-
outh Iss.sut a t.v. and they want to check up
n flae Wrecking Crew?They would
eo: “Steatlirally tune into the Texas Aggie
BestR at iio Network,
p.m. in®vell, they would if the network
ipuE). ras complete and the stations that
Dr. Esp rghhose to broadcast had enough
a £ e L ower to send a signal from Cain Hall
lariaAlb f2yle Field.
■he Sports Information Office and
(ie r , ieAthletic Department have done a
c F ootl job covering most of the state
Q4 rith stations to carry football and
asketball games but the problem is
ia| these stations are so small that
teii coverage area is about a big as
he Keircfepew grass practice fields pro-
m. inlBosed and approved last week.
As a group of friends were leaving
a 3-to-fxas Stadium after the North Texas
3. Rollie amc: they were not even able to get
come. he|post game comments once hav-
ig gotten about five miles away in
asColinas.
i Gamir ; j n p ast j h^g been able to
>C Tunne
narles fei
ind Notre Dame, Rice, LSU and oth-
tschools that are not even in Texas
ut often times there are no Aggies
er , o be found.
^CangjAhis problem is important for sev-
ces(0 ^ ral reasons. Sometimes alumni and
ans cannot be in attendance at
;ames but they love to listen and sup-
ation: TheW* the Ags any way that they.can.
. in 501 addition to fans being able to
Nilda Ca^pport the team the radio network
eeds to be reworked so that recruits
Rig in obscure and remote parts of
testate have the ability to listen and
sarn more about Texas A&M.
II bechoif If we have taken the time to get
.andwclome radio stations to carry our
ild at 2CJph es why couldn’t we get stations
apable of covering more ground? It
Joesn’t really do any good to just
'attaini aV e twenty mile wide dots covering
Stude he state for games,
ities, '1/Vhat are we to do? Drive to a pre-
0 lateiletermined dot with a picnic and
f the tillur friends in town to listen to the
eadfcgs whip a little tail,
id will WVTiat if atmospheric conditions
, Ifyoite be the dot to move during the
all thep e? Then trying to listen to an Aggie
iotball game becomes a lot like the
tovie Twister where fans are watching
phisticated imaging equipment try -
ig to determine when the next dot
ppop up and hoping that the an-
ouncer will mention the score during
*t| |f*pe brief interval.
*IUI Whis season’s basketball games
11 also be broadcast on this net-
TAf i ror k an d currently it does not grant
IUI TOugh exposure.
|The Athletic Department has
; Bn looking forward to a little
Ipwth in the basketball program
H Reed Arena is sure to help,
e changes should be made in
(network to allow more powerful
tions to carry the games.
&M athletics as a whole are on
r way to new levels of success
d notoriety and some of these
lianges have to be made in order
)rA&M to remain competitive in
ie recruiting market.
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Len Callaway is a junior
journalism major
Tornado Warning
No. 13 Aggies not looking past Cyclones
By Jeff Webb
Staff writer
The Texas A&M Football Team
is on a one-way trip to “Letdown
City” Saturday, unless it makes in
tensity the focus of this week’s ef
forts. Iowa State enters the game
0-5 on the season, but much is
concealed by the Cyclones’ win
less record.
Iowa State boasts a potent run
ning game led by featured tailback
Darren Davis. Davis has shed the
number “2” he wore last year in fa
vor of the familiar “28” once worn
by his brother Troy, who now plays
for the New Orleans Saints. Davis
has missed two games and part of
another this season, but he re
turned with a vengeance last week,
putting up 130 yards on 18 carries
versus Missouri last week.
Sophomore running back Dante
Hall, a vital part of the A&M running
team he and teammates have
dubbed the “Rushing Crew,” said
there will be no letdown this week
end against the Cyclones.
“ [There’s] no way we’ll overlook
them,” Hall said. “They’re a danger
ous team. Any team in the Big 12 is
dangerous. We’re not looking past
them at all.”
Coach R.C. Slocum said Iowa
State’s threat lies not only in its
running attack, but in its offense in
“Our motto at the begin
ning of the year was ‘Take
one game at a time/ We’re
going to focus on Iowa
RICH COADY
JUNIOR SAFETY
general. ISU boasts two of the top
receivers in the Big 12 in Tyrone
Watley and Ed Williams, and quar
terback Todd Bandhauer fills in for
the departed Todd Doxzon, leading
an offense more pass-happy than
last year’s team.
“I think they’re a dangerous team
just because of who they are, the
players they have,” Slocum said. “I
think it’s an added danger because
they have an 0-5 record and we’re
coming off a big emotional win. It
makes us even more susceptible to
it. They have great speed and I like
their quarterback. We had to strug
gle to win that ball game up there
last year, so they’re going to come in
here with some confidence.”
In last year’s game, the Cyclones
found themselves down 17 points in
the first quarter but managed to cut
it to 24-21 before the clock ran out.
The Wrecking Crew put a clamp on
the ISU running game, allowing
only 149 yards on 50 carries.
Junior safety Rich Coady said
the Aggies will have no problem fo
cusing on this weekend’s game.
“Our motto at the beginning of
the year was ‘Take one game at a
time,”’ Coady said. “We’re going to
focus on Iowa State. With each
game you win in the season, the
next game becomes bigger.”
As a young squad, the Aggies
will face a tough test this weekend
even though their opponent is
winless. If the Aggies can take care
of business against Iowa State, they
will have a chance to show the
mentality of a team that could very
well win the Big 12 South.
DAVE HOUSE/The Battalion
Freshman linebacker Jason Glenn and the A&M defense will look to
shut down Iowa State’s high powered running attack.
The ‘other’Davis comes to the forefront
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Courtesy Iowa State Sports Information
Darren Davis is taking over for his brother Troy.
By Jeff Schmidt
Staff writer
lormer Iowa State running back Troy
Davis was the first player in Miami
high school football history to rush for
2000 yards in a single season. His younger
brother Darren was the second. Troy was
the first player in NCAA history to rush for
consecutive 2000 yard seasons. Will Darren
Davis be the second?
Current Miami Southridge head coach
Mark Guandolo believes so. He coached
both Davises and current Michigan State
star Sedrick Irvin.
“They have a new offensive line, but if he
gets some holes, watch out,” Guandolo said.
“They’re very competitive with each oth
er. They try to outdo each other.”
Troy Davis agrees with Coach Guandqlo’s
assessment.
“Darren’s always been following right
behind me, and when I’ve done some
thing, he has always come back and usu
ally topped it,” Troy said in an interview
with The Sporting News.
In 1993, when the two brothers played
together in high school, Troy returned a
kickoff 97 yards in the Florida state cham
pionship game. Later in the game Darren
returned one 99 yards.
However, it’s not all about getting better
numbers than Troy. Coach Guandolo feels
that Darren is the ultimate team player.
“He’s a team player, he just wants to win,”
Guandolo said.
Early in his senior season Darren broke
his leg in a game. Instead of worrying about
his leg, Darren thought about the team.
“That’s the kind of kid he is—lying there
with his leg broken and thinking he’s let
ting the team down,” Guandolo told The
Sporting News.
A bond exists between the two brothers
that goes beyond competition.
“You can’t separate them, it’s special. They
never fight, they never argue,” Guandolo said.
Iowa State Head Football Coach Dan Mc-
Carney agrees.
“They have the closest relationship of any
two brothers I’ve ever seen,” McCarney said.
However, McCarney is not so sure about
Darren’s chances for a 2000 yard season.
“There’s no way to predict that right now.
He’s a capable player but it’s hard to prove
anything from the sidelines,” McCarney said.
McCarney is alluding to hamstring in
juries that have kept Darren out of the line
up. Due to last week’s performance against
Missouri, Darren may be back on track.
Davis rushed for 130 yards on 18 carries and
scored a single touchdown. Davis only had
17 carries and 65 yards before this game.
It was Darren’s second NCAA touchdown.
His first came at the expense of the Wrecking
Crew. Davis made a diving catch that the
Iowa State media guide describes as “one of
the great catches in Cyclone history.”
“He’s got excellent hands, better than
Troy,” McCarney said.
Darren recently changed jersey numbers
from 2 to Troy’s old 28.
Hopefully, it’ll be deja vu all over again for
the Wrecking Crew. The Crew held Troy to a
season low 130 yards last year. The Aggie
defense hopes to do the same to the new
number 28, but they are very complimen
tary of Darren’s talent.
“Watching films he looks just like Troy,”
junior safety Rich Coady said. “He runs in
the same style.”
Soccer resumes Lone Star tour
with Big 12 foes Baylor, Texas Tech
By Stephen Boudreau
Staff writer
The Texas A&M Soccer Team
continues their tour of Texas this
weekend when they travel to Waco
and Lubbock to face Big 12 Confer
ence foes Baylor (8-3, 5-2) and
Texas Tech (5-8, 4-4).
“We have to win these two games
to win the conference,” senior mid
fielder Bryn Blalack said. “They are
both really good teams that we re- X
spect. We have to come out, play -
our game and try to come out
with the win.”
The last time the Aggies
faced the Bears was in last
year’s Big 12 championship.
It took the Aggies overtime
to overcome the powerful
leg of Baylor forward Court
ney Saunders and the rest of
the Bear offense. In that game
Saunders scored three
goals in the losing effort.
Saunders, whose
seven goals and v;
three assists rank
her fourth in the
Big 12, poses the
largest threat to
the A&M defense.
A&M’s play has
been solid this season, outscoring
opponents 33-8 and recording six
shutouts in 12 games. The Aggies will
have to continue that trend in order
to come out ofWaco with yet anoth
er victory.
On the road,
|k the Aggies
have be
come a
& much more
cohesive unit
on and off the
field and will hope
to improve their 4-1
record away from
the Aggie Soccer
complex.
“It’s a lot easi
er to play here
with our fans and
the crowd support.
Being on the road has really helped,”
Blalack said. “I think as far as team
bonding and stuff like that, you do a
lot of that on the road and that has
been good for the whole team.”
Last season A&M routed the
Red Raiders 8-2 at the Aggie Soc
cer Complex. In that game the Ag
gies scored within the first 40 sec
onds of the game and led
7-0 at the half.
The Red Raiders are led
by sophomore forward Kristi
Frantz who has 12 goals and five as
sists this season. The game will mark
the last home game for Texas Tech.
A&M leads the career series 3-0
and has outscored Tech 16-3 in
those meetings.
The Aggies will be led by
Blalack and Alison Peters who
have both had the hot foot lately.
Blalack leads the Aggies with 11
goals, followed by Peters with 6.
The two have combined for 13 out
of the last 16 Aggie goals.
“The team seems really cohesive.
I’ve been on a lot of teams and this is
definitely one of the most fun,” Pe
ters said. “We are all really together,
especially lately. Being on the road
has really been a good experience.
We just do our best and try our best
to come out on top.”
Golfers head to
Dallas for annual
Red River Classic
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By Jason Whitcomb
Staff writer
The No.24-ranked Texas
A&M Golf Team will travel to
Brookhaven Country Club in
Dallas to compete in the annu
al Red River Classic, on Mon
day. This tournament is in
conjunction with the Texas-
OU weekend ceremonies in
the Dallas area.
The Aggies will enter this
tournament with some added
momentum. They are coming
off a third place finish in the
Missouri Bluffs Intercollegiate
Tournament two weeks ago.
Against a highly ranked field,
junior Ty Cox finished fourth
and senior Miguel del Angel
tied for sixth.
“I was pleased in the most
part with how we played,”
said Head Coach Bob Ellis in
a press release. “We had two
players finish in the Top 10. It
was a real solid tournament
for them. We wanted to win
but I’m not totally disap
pointed. We are moving in the
right direction.”
In Dallas, the Ags will once
again face a nationally tough
field. Some of the favorites in
clude fifth-ranked Wake Forest,
seventh-ranked Arizona, ninth-
ranked Texas and No. 11-ranked
Houston. The Ags may also
have to face an even tougher op
ponent, mother nature. Rain
and wind is a definite possibili
ty, but the Ags feel that practic
ing in those kind of weather
conditions all week long has
prepared them for anything.
“Even though its been
raining and gloomy, that is the
kind of stuff that our guys
like,” said Assistant Coach
John Knauer. “They like to get
out and practice in the slop. If
del Angel
the weather conditions are
bad, then we have been prac
ticing in it all week. If the con
ditions are sunny, well, then
we already know how to play
in that.”
The course at Brookhaven is
one that is expected to dish out
low scores.
The winner
last year
shot 30 un
der par and
the Aggies
finished
eight de
spite finish
ing 12 un
der par.
The
lineup for
the Ags will
definitely consist of del Angel,
Cox, and junior Ryan Palmer.
The other two positions will
be decided between junior
Matt Welch, sophomores
Casey Cronin and Lee Reed
and freshmen Clay Fullick.
The week of rain has delayed
the lineup selection, but any
one of those players are per
fectly capable of having a
great tournament.
“We are just really excited
about playing such a strong
field,” said Knauer. “The guys
are really fired up. At the be
ginning of the year, they talked
a lot of hype about how they
want to do this and they want
to do that. Well, now they are
starting to realize those a litde
bit. We got a couple of tourna
ments behind us to where we
are ready to roll. Things are
real confident.”
With the Texas football
team struggling and the Aggie
golfers rolling, the weekend in
Dallas could be a most enjoy
able one for the A&M faithful.