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londay • January 26, 1998 The Battalion pm iiif^ wmm ||■ |P H Ji ||H| | ^ Xggie iPORTS 5RIEFS rdo.'; from staff and wire reports klahoma State ps Texas A&M ;le Aggie fortunes had seemed to L mge the Texas A&M Men’s rk sketball Team stormed to a 13-3 | 3ning leed Snturday in Stillwater, la., but the same old story | ierged as the Oklahoma State A/boy s demolished the Aggies for ! second time this season, 94- . The game marked OSU coach - jie Sutton’s 600th career victory well as A&M’s sixth consecutive fit tference loss. The Cowboys outscored the Ag- s 2&7 at the end of the first half push the score to 44-27 at the .■ak. Junior forward Shanne Jones I shed with 14 points and sopho- | ire Aaron Jack was the only other 5ie in double figures with 10 points. The Aggies’ next game is a home Test with the Colorado Buffaloes Wednesday night. F ggie Women i >se to Colorado The Texas A&M Women’s Bas- tball Team lost to the University Colorado 64-72 Saturday in front . 2,750 fans at the Coors Events |E sntet in Boulder. Texas A&M sophomore Amy • tes, hit seven of 12 from behind 3 three-point line to lead the team scoring with 21 points. The 5- ot-9-inch forward is currently in a cond-place tie at Texas A&M with ina Tucker for career three-point- u s made at 102. Colorado improved their record j ; 8-8 overall and 2-4 in conference | ( ay while Texas A&M falls to 5-11 id 1-5 in conference. Texas A&M ays at Kansas (12-4,4-3) Tuesday. iwimming and living Teams fall The Texas A&M Men’s and jprnen’s Swimming and Diving ams went into Lincoln, Neb., this i/eekend looking for victories er nationally ranked Minnesota id Nebraska but fell short in their als. The Aggie men, ranked 20th |Avfthe nation, fell to 16th-ranked Ne- la and 13th-ranked Minnesota. The 25th-ranked Aggie women 'ced No. 7 Nebraska and 10th- |d Minnesota. A&M lost to the )rnhuskers 134-236 and to the )lden Gophers 145-245. lansion plans leeway again Texas A&M University System of fals were authorized Thursday to igin contract negotiations for the pansion of Kyle Field. Last year, e same efforts were put on hold j all bids for the project came in 0f er budget. , Expansion plans were changed ter all bids were rejected lastyeac he construction contract is now ex ited to total about $33 million, rding to university officials. [U SYNCHRONIZED SWIM CLUB 1st Meeting Tues. Jan. 27 p.m. in Rec Sports Rm 272 No experience required Questions?? Call Virginia at 361-0149 >nt OMPUTER EYES INOLTA TDimacjc Scan TDuaL )t ans Scans mm Film Advanced jig Photo System* tr. mm ya :des can 35mm film, color or black & white, strips mounted slides, and APS film with optional .-id film holder • Max resolution 2438 ppi ' 36 x 3504 pixels) • Single pass 10-bit/color CSI-II interlace • PC and Mac compatible RD-1 75 igital SLR Camera DP 1 'IIN©LTAo Elway, Davis lead Denver to victory, 31 -24 Broncos running back rushes for 157 yards, scores three touchdowns to win Super Bowl MVP award SAN DIEGO (AP) — The old dude finally did it. John Elway and the Denver Broncos won a Super Bowl for themselves and the AFC by beating the Green Bay Packers 31-24 Sunday in one of the most exciting games ever. It gave the 37-year-old Elway his first win in four tries and the AFC its first in 14. Sure, he had help. He got it from MVP Terrell Davis, who gained 157 yards in 30 carries and scored on three 1 -yard runs, including the winner with 1:45 left in the game. He did it despite a mi graine that caused him to miss most of the second quarter. For Elway, carried off the field by his team mates, this was vindication in perhaps his last shot at a title. He rode off as the oldest quar terback ever to win a Super Bowl. “For all the Broncos fans who never had this feeling, we finally got it done,” Elway said. “You wonder if you’re going to win or if you’re going to run out of years.” The victory kept Denver from becoming the first team ever to lose five — it lost one in 1978, before Elway arrived. The win meant vindication for the AFC, which had not won since the Raiders, then in Los Angeles, beat Washington 38-9 in 1984, Elway’s first season. And finally, it was the first win for the quar terback class of 1983 that included Elway, Jim Kelly and Dan Marino. The final chance for the defending cham pion Packers ended when John Mobley knocked down Brett Favre’s pass from the Denver 31 with 28 seconds left. That made the two-touchdown underdog Broncos the sec ond wild-card team to win the Super Bowl. “They disrespected us all week," Denver tight end Shannon Sharpe said. “Everybody direspected us. They never faced a running game like ours. They never faced a quarter back like ours. They never faced a coach who puts in a game plan like Mike Shanahan.” The Packers hurt themselves with three critical penalties late in the game. They in cluded a holding call and a false start on rook ie left tackle Ross Verba that bottled Green Bay deep, and a face mask on Darius Holland that gave the Broncos 15 key yards on their game winning 49-yard drive. But nonetheless, it was Elway’s game. “In kind of a strange way — John Elway, I’ve always enjoyed him,” Packers coach Mike Holmgren said. “I just wished he hadn’t done it against me.” Elway scrambled 8 yards to set up a touch down, and scored on a 1 -yard run — a lot like the young Elway. He finished 12-of-22 for 122 yards and threw one end-zone interception. If this was not the best Super Bowl ever, it was close to it, despite a lot of sloppiness — 15 penalties and five turnovers by the two teams. Elway’s mistake came at the Green Bay 22 when the Broncos had a chance to go ahead by more than a touchdown late in the third quarter. But otherwise, it was two heavyweights go ing punch for punch — Favre threw for three TDs, two to Antonio Freeman, and Davis ran for three. Each team scored a touchdown on its first possession, the first time that’s ever hap pened in a Super Bowl. Then Denver jumped to a 17-7 lead before a 17-play, 95-yard drive by the Packers, sec ond longest in Super Bowl history. That cut it to 17 -14 at halftime and Green Bay seemed to have momentum. But Elway engineered a 92-yard drive of his own to give the Broncos a 24-17 lead. Then, after Elway threw the interception, the Pack ers went 85 yards in just four plays to tie it. The third quarter did not start well for Denver. Davis fumbled on his first carry of the second half, and Brian Williams recovered at the Denver 26. That led to Ryan Longwell’s 27-yard field goal that tied it at 17. An offside penalty on a successful 39-yard kick had given the Packers a second chance at a TD, but they could not take advantage. Late in the third quarter, the Broncos drove 92 yards on 13 plays for a touchdown on Davis’ 1-yard run. Elway combined with Ed McCaffrey on a 36-yard play and helped set up the score with an 8-yard scramble that ended when he was sandwiched by tacklers and spun around in the air at the Green Bay 4. Then came a bizarre sequence. Freeman fumbled the kickoff and Denver’s Tim McKyer recovered at the Green Bay 22. But on the next play, Elway’s pass into the end zone was intercepted by Eugene Robinson and returned to his own 15. The Packers then tied it two minutes later on Favre’s 13-yard pass to Freeman at the end of another long drive — 85 yards on four plays, helped by a 25-yard pass interference call on Gordon. Denver joined the Oakland Raiders, who won the 1981 Super Bowl, as the only wild cards to win the title. Defense, offense both to blame for Aggies’ troubles Welcome to the first addition of the Texas A&M Men’s Basketball Notebook. Since no one bothers to attend the games, it is my job to pro vide a Cliffs Notes version of Aggie Basketball. Davis out Indefinitely Junior forward Calvin Davis has a herni ated disc that kept him out of the lineup against Baylor, Iowa State and Oklahoma State. The injury first occurred while Davis tried to catch an errant pass in the Okla homa State game on Jan. 3. The injury was diagnosed on Monday, Jan. 19, during an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging). Davis may be able to come back for the Oklahoma game on Jan. 31. Sutton Reaches Milestone With Oklahoma State’s 94-62 win over the Aggies Saturday, Cowboys Coach Eddie Sut ton became the 20th coach in NCAA Divi sion I history to win 600 games. He is just the seventh to reach the plateau in 28 years or less, joining Denny Crum, Bob Knight, Adolph Rupp, Dean Smith, Jerry Tarkanian and John Wooden. His career record now stands at 600-237 (71.7 percent). Where’s the Defense? For some reason the Aggie defense goes into exile against Oklahoma State. In their first meeting, the Cowboys shot 68.6 percent from the field. In the second meeting, the Aggies “held” OSU to only 62.7 percent. Oklahoma State won both games by 30-plus points. Where’s the Offense? Why are the Aggies winless in Big 12 con ference play? A look at the numbers tells why. The Aggies are only shooting 37 per cent from two-point range and 24 percent from three-point range. Compare that to their opponents who are shooting 50 per cent and 42 percent, respectively. The Ag gies’ free throw shooting has also been woe ful, only 49 percent, compared to 68 percent shooting by opponents. Reeves to the Rescue There could be more than meets the eye to the Aggies struggles. In games in which junior forward John Reeves has played in, " the Aggies are 4-0. lack-in-the-Box Since becoming eligible before the Arizona State game, Penn State transfer Aaron Jack ’ has been a pleasant surprise. Jack is the team’s second-leading scorer and rebounder in conference play with eight points and six rebounds a game. 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