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played against her (when I
ying for the Aggies and on
teams,” Elias said. “It’s
makes me play my best.”
Sators have 10 starters re-
from their 1997 SEC
Championship
team. Of those,
eight were also
on the team
when they won
in 1996.
Fotopolous, an
All-American and
USA National
Team member, sat
out last season
nee injury.
soccer coach G. Guerrieri
1 Florida lineup provides
and speed matches that
tough for the Aggies to
h.
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Danielle Fotopoulos, who
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lus, they have incredible
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mntry.”
Gators also added defender
art, who transferred from
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Heather Weibe (No. 5, front) and Anne Tamporello (No. 13, behind) double up on North
Texas. The Texas A&M Soccer Team jumps right into a tough matchup with Florida.
She started 22 of 23 matches for
the Wolverines, and was a member
of the All-Big 10 team title. Gilhart
joins eight freshman.
After defeating UNT 5-1 on
Tuesday, Guerrieri said the Aggies
look ready to take on one of their
toughest opponents this season.
“It’ll be a real challenge for us,”
he said. “They are the No. 4 team
in the country and we’re No. 9 in
the country, so the pressure is on
them. We’ll come out hoping to
protect our turf at home.”
After scoring two goals against
North Texas, Michelle Remington
expects to have a challenging game
versus the Gators.
“It’s going to be a lot different
[from UNT],” she said. “Florida is
big, they’re fast, they’re a little
more skillful than North Texas is.
It’s going to be a good game.”
A special halftime student com
petition will feature five students
trying to win free textbooks for the
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TENN.
Top college teams fill
opening football slate
spring semester.
The contest is sponsored by the
Sterling C. Evans Library Textbook
Scholarship which is funded by the
R.C. Slocum Aggie Kickoff Camp.
The Aggies are 2-0 against Flori
da in their last two meetings.
The two champions go head to
head tonight at the Aggie Soccer
Complex when No. 9 Aggies, Big
12 champions, face SEC Champi
ons, No.4 Florida Gators at the Ag
gie Soccer Complex at 7 p.m.
(AP) — As far as opening days
go in college football, Saturday
should be terrific.
“I don’t think there’s any big
ger game around the country
than Michigan-Notre Dame,”
Wolverines coach Lloyd Carr
said. “I understand the national
scrutiny and understand what it
means to both teams.”
The other four games matching
Top 25 teams are not high on Carr’s
priority list.
Neither is the fact that the re
sults of those games will give fans
a starting point on the Road to
Tempe, where the Fiesta Bowl Jan.
4 could be for the national title.
At South Bend, a pair of new
quarterbacks — Tom Brady for No.
5 Michigan and Jarious Jackson for
No. 22 Notre Dame — have visions
of directing their team to victory in
what could turn out to be a season
defining game.
Ohio State takes its first presea
son No. 1 ranking in 18 years to
Morgantown, W.Va., where the
Buckeyes — and hopefully line
backer Andy Katzenmoyer — face
No. 11 West Virginia, led by Heis-
man hopeful Amos Zereoue.
At the Carrier Dome, the orange-
clad fans singing ‘‘Rocky Top” will
be pulling for visiting No. 10 Ten
nessee and new quarterback Tee
Martin to beat No. 17 Syracuse,
which will have even more orange-
clad fans rooting for Donovan Mc-
Nabb and teammates.
Arizona State, ranked No. 8,
might not even have to leave home
for the postseason if it can beat No.
18 Washington at Sun Devil Stadi
um, home of the Fiesta Bowl, and
Joe Paterno goes for win No. 299
when No. 13 Penn State entertains
No. 21 Southern Mississippi.
In other Top 25 games Saturday,
it’s The Citadel at No. 3 Florida, Al-
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abama-Birmingham at No. 4 Ne
braska, Indiana State at No. 6
Kansas State, Miami, Ohio at No.
12 North Carolina, No. 15 Colorado
State vs. Colorado at Denver, Kent
at No. 19 Georgia, No. 20 Wiscon
sin at San Diego State, and No. 23
Michigan State at Oregon.
Irish coach Bob Davie is -just
happy his team finally is opening
the season after a summer of law
suits and NCAA investigations.
‘‘We feel good about some
things,” Davie said. ‘‘We feel we are
a little better
than last year.
But you only
find out when
you go take that
test, and the first
test we have is a
big test because
it’s Michigan.”
Only seven
times in 108
seasons has Ohio State opened on
the road — the last in 1975.
Which explains why coach
John Cooper longs for the patsy
teams like No. 3 Florida, No. 4
Nebraska and No. 6 Kansas State
meet Saturday.
‘T’d play an easy non-confer
ence game at home, like Nebraska
has been doing for years and years
and years,” Cooper said. ‘‘They
come back this week (after a 56-27
victory over Louisiana Tech) with
another tough one: Alabama-Birm-
ingham. And how about Florida?
They’ve got The Citadel.”
Zereoue, meanwhile, says the
Buckeyes better be ready.
‘To me, Ohio State seems like a
cocky and confident team,” Zere
oue said. ‘‘Last year, they had a
tough time against Wyoming and
we’re not Wyoming. If they don’t
play like the No. 1 team, there
could be a surprise. ...”
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