easor 02 can. and the FH ; halls will be dates to pass; potential voi: open fororii staggered tta Michael E the Residence a senior medic jor, said cane.: rules to notfe paigningms "Candidate: are caught t dence hall or times," Haugv also get fine, posters on rr Ixtards with;, from the Nor; Sports Page 7 • Monday, September 21, 1998 EST OFFENSE IS A GOOD DEFENSE shines brightly r SM game BY JEFF WEBB i" The Battalion 1SBURG, Miss. — Last week, Texas )all trainers moving goal posts from ce facility to another hit some elec- “ 1 ‘‘’ 'S, causing a power outage on one '"S'" 111 ** npus . ' s it was a precursor to the fact the q 1 Football Team is experiencing an of- DONFIRE wer outage. , e another poor offensive showing, ( ontmmfe cruised to a 24-6 victory over the The W of Southern Mississippi in a sloppy tot ; ‘d affair. men! at & Igie offense suffered most from the Tracie.V: n t° r running back D’Andre “Tiki” .Alcohol Av T suspended by Coach R.C. Slocum a junioraccc ? tri P to Hattiesburg, oommittee - { have anything to say,” Slocum said deman’s suspension. “It’s an indefi- . 1 don’t know how long it will be. “This is his forte, on a wet field like that. I think he proved it last week. He would have gotten a lot of carries in that situation.” Without Hardeman, A&M gained positive yardage on only five of their 13 offensive plays in the first quarter. Bad footing on the soggy field and, more importantly, v able to them Mississippi defense limited the omedrunk:: hing attack. expectable: 1 running back Sirr Parker tallied urds on 11 carries for the day; and 1B|-— ^ire Burnest Rhodes gained 18 yards r\ ries - t y Effective running game is one of the rea- L # JNggies were ranked 102nd in the nation 7 i/i:ense with a 241.1 yards-per-game aver- ? the game with Southern Mississippi, rushed Parker exclusively in the g^jggggnter and used only Bernard in the first 20-SeDter: ?s t ^ e second quarter. Aggies turned to injured junior back 11 for an answer to their inability to iage on the ground. p arl hi ir third offensive series of the second ,.Hall, who missed a few days of prac- lueScpi-er i n ^0 we ek because of a strained -pm-fyu: i his knee, entered the game with 5:19 nr ie second quarter and gained seven drinking on E: “VWegivea Bonfire promc: and we go ic about responr: after Bonfire,’ Miller of alcohol-reLr “List year ests of MIP> ind Pis (pub; ;aid. “Bonfire ■ Jake Schrickling/The Battalion Texas A&M senior tight end Daniel Campbell throws a great block to spring sophomore running back Burnest Rhodes through the Southern Mississippi defensive line in A&M’s 24-6 win over the Eagles Saturday. Total team effort by ‘Wrecking Crew’ cooks up recipe for 5 Eagle turnovers 9|)m-l his first carry. see Hall on Page 10. BY DOUG SHILLING The Battalion HATTIESBURG, Miss. — On Satur day afternoon, Texas A&M’s “Wreck ing Crew” defense was led by a Butkus Award (given to the country’s best linebacker) candidate who had seven tackles, two for losses, a batted down pass and a sack. Instead of preseason Big 12 Defen sive Player of the Year Dat tNguyen, it was Warrick Holdman who paced the Aggies’ defense as they defeated Southern Mississippi 24-6. On a day where the offense strug gled to perform consistently, the de fense provided enough spark to lead the team to a win. “I feel that you can always have consistency on defense,” A&M Foot ball coach R.C. Slocum said. “If you have a good defense you should be able to line up and perform week in and week out. If I look up and see that we are going to be able to play defense against them, I always feel good.” The Aggies limited Southern Miss to 176 total yards on the day, 73 of which came on a touchdown drive in the fiilaLminutes of the game. “We"went out there trying to pitch a shutout,” senior safety Rich Coady said. “To hold that team to six points the way we did with all the turnovers, I’m really excited about that.” Every player on defense con tributed to the win, holding the high- IS Ill i’C Ill HKCAP Texas A&M Southern Miss. 24 6 Texas A&M 3 Southern Miss. 0 11 0 3 — 6 — 24 6 powered Southern Miss passing game to 142 yards. Cornerbacks Jason Webster, Bran don Jennings and Sedrick Curry each came up with an interception while Ronald Flemons and Cornelius Antho ny each recorded fumbles. Slocum said he was pleased with the defense’s performance. “I thought the whole defense played well today,” he said. “The team was motivated and the defense was revved up. They got off to a very good start. Once they show they can get back to a guy, everyone tries to get back to him.” The Wrecking Crew provided am ple opportunities for the sputtering offense to get going. see Defense on Page 10. First Quarter TAM—FG Bynum 31, 7:54 Second Quarter TAM—FG Bynum, 41, 9:46 TAM—Hall 44 run (Parker run), 4:14 Third Quarter TAM—Hall 16 run (Bynum kick), 4:29 Fourth Quarter TAM—FG Bynum 27, 9:13 USM—Gideon 7 pass from Roberts (pass failed), :53 A—33,233. SOUNDBITES “Lots of teams, teams like this put their whole season into a game like this and beating a team like A&M.” — A&M senior safety Rich Coady “If they don’t score, they’re not going to win the game.” — A&M senior linebacker Dat Nguyen “After you bust a big run like that, you for get all about it [the pain].” — A&M junior running back Dante Hall “We knew they were scheming and that they would get us sometimes, but we knew that we would get them on some plays too.” — A&M junior running back Dante Hall Yep. 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