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day • December 12, 1997 The Battalion PORTS Aggies set to battle BYU in Sweet 16 r. Hiv Travis V. Dabney I Staff writer |f The lexasA&M Volleyball Team attempt to go where no Aggie |l)i leyball squad has gone before ight — they will take on the blanked Brigham Young Uni- sity Cougars in east region lifinal action. 'Wc are really lose and excited, 1 otr adrenaline is pumping, “ 1H:oach Laurie Corbelli said but!the match with BYU. "We to get on the court, and |are ready to be challenged.” The Aggies battled the Cougars r —™ jMBiiMJUiu ear ^ er this sea- ' || son in tourna- jS ment action, M and the Cougars | handled the Ag- IM gies quite easily sweeping them in tlm'e straight sets. lli “ We a re thinking re venge,” senior outside hitter ml : : SSI: m. ■m m M Smedsrud stife Smedsrud said. “We just did t nlay well the first time we yep them. They (BYU) have not :n |vhat we are capable of, and I nk that they know that.” The Aggies do not seem to be ttmg too much stock in their i'j loss Vo BYU. “I clon’t really think the previ- s loss will effect us at all,” .fi«tedsrud said. If |he Aggies were to beat the -ugRrs tonight, their competi- n would not get any easier as 3y would face the victor in the itch between 25th ranked Ohio itepnd 2nd ranked Penn State. The Aggies have been on the reshold many times of making it y© Michigan’s Lloyd Carr gets honor HOUSTON (AP) — Michigan coach Lloyd Carr, whose No. 1 Wolverines are 11-0 and poised for a national championship, was named Thursday as winner of the 1997 Paul “Bear” Bryant Coach of the Year Award. Under Carr, Michigan won the Big Ten title and can win the na tional title with a Rose Bowl victo ry over Pac-10 champ Washing ton State on New Year’s Day. The Wolverines have beaten six Top 25 teams this season. Their schedule was considered among the nation’s toughest. Carr is the first Michigan coach to win the award since Bo Schem- bechler in 1969. The coaching award has been given out annually since 1957. It was named after the leg endary Texas A&M and Alaba ma coach in 1986. Other finalists this year were Joe Tiller of Purdue, Jim Donnan of Georgia, Tom Osborne of Nebras ka, Joe Paterno of Penn State and Mack Brown of North Carolina. Manning tops in football awards ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Ten nessee quarterback Peyton Man ning, one of the favorites for the Heis- man Trophy, swept three other college football awards Thursday night. Manning beat out Michigan de fensive back Charles Woodson for the Maxwell Award, which goes to the best all-around player, and also took the Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award, and the Schol ar-Athlete Award. In the Maxwell balloting, Man ning edged Woodson by 55 votes out of a total of 2,500 cast by the Football Writers Association. Wash ington State quarterback Ryan Leaf was third. Leaf and Cade McNown of UCLA trailed Manning for the O’Brien award. Manning set career records for passing yardage (10,669) and touchdowns (84) at Tennessee and had the most 300-yard passing games in SEC history with 17. Woodson, who had seven inter ceptions to push his career total to 17, won the Chuck Bednarik Award as the defensive player of the year, IPiifllfe Williams beating out Dre’ Bly of North Caroli na and Andy Katzenmoyer of Ohio State. He also captured the Jim Thorpe award, topping Bly and Fred Weary of Flori da as the top defensive back. The coach of the year award went to Mike Price of Washington State, who led his team to the Rose Bowl for the first time in 67 years. Ricky Williams of Texas, who leads the nation with 1,893 rushing yards, won the Doak Walker Award as the top running back, beating Curtis Enis of Penn State and All- man Green of Nebraska. The Bilet- nikoff Award for outstanding re ceiver went to Randy Moss of Marshall, who bhad 83 catches for 1,477 yards. He beat out Troy Ed wards of Louisiana Tech and Jacquez Green of Florida. Once-lowly Buccaneers place league-high 7 on Pro Bowl roster RYAN ROGERS/The Battalion Sophomore middle blocker Amber Woolsey serves against Michigan. Woolsey and the Aggies are looking to avenge an early season loss to BYU. to regional final action but have to get there. This will be the Aggies fifth ap pearance in regional semifinal action with the last action coming in 1995 with a loss to Florida in three games. Another mountain for the Ag gies to climb will be to end a very unsuccessful run against the Cougars. The Aggies last beat BYU in ’95 in a five game marathon, but previous to that victory, the Aggies had never beaten the Cougars. Another change for the Aggies will be the fact they will not be the favorite when they get to State Col- NEWYORK (AP) —The once-low ly Tampa Bay Buccaneers placed an NFL-high seven players in the Pro Bowl, including rookie Warrick Dunn. The Bucs, in the midst of their first winning season since 1982 and on the brink of qualifying for the playoffs, also placed linebackers Hardy Nicker son, Derrick Brooks, defensive end Warren Sapp, quarterback Trent Dil- fer, center Tony Mayberry, fullback Mike Alstott, and Dunn on the NFC squad, the league announced today. Nickerson is the only starter among the Bucs, although Alstott is the only fullback selected. The Super Bowl champion Green Bay Packers had six players selected, including starters Brett Favre at quarterback, Dorsey Lev- ens at running back, Reggie White at defensive end and LeRoy Butler at strong safety. The other Packers who made the NFC team for the Feb. 1 game at Honolulu were tight end Mark Chmura and special teams player Travis Jervey. White was selected for a record 12th Pro Bowl appearance, breaking a tie with Jerry Rice, who was in jured this season, and former Cincinnati tackle Anthony Munoz. White has played in 10 Pro Bowls. Joining Favre, Levens, Dunn and Alstott in the backfield are Detroit running back Barry Sanders. The other NFC quarterback is Steve Young of San Francisco, which had five players named to the team. jo Have you updated your local A address?? Ags the two easiest ways are: • go to your favorite computer lab access BONFIRE & update on the address change screen • go to either Heaton Hall, the Pavilion, or the Student Health Ctr. 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