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lay's home-opener against Tulsa, 62-
31 the Texas A&M Football Team (2-
l)|hould face its first real challenge
if the season Saturday at Kyle Field
tgainst the Southern Mississippi
JoMen Eagles. The game is set to be-
;in at 2:30 p.m. and will be televised
Bonally by ABC.
Junior Jason Glenn, an outside line-
oacker from Houston and the brother
af former A&M standout Aaron Glenn,
has 14 tackles this season, putting him
two behind team co-leaders Jason
Webster and Brian Gamble.
It is the kind of tackles he has,
though, that have turned the heads of
teammates, coaches and fans. Glenn,
who has the unenviable task of taking
over the spot left by All-Big 12 pick
Warrick Holdman, leads the team in
tackles for loss with five, three of
which were sacks.
The only other Aggies who have
recorded a sack are Roylin Bradley, Jay
Brooks and Evan Perroni, each of
whom has one.
Kyle Dominance Continues
After Saturday’s victory over TUlsa,
the Aggies’ winning streak.at Kyle Field
has reached 14 games. The last time
A&M lost at home was Oct. 26, 1996,
against Texas Tech.
The only teams with longer active
home winning streaks are Florida State
(26) and Kansas State (17). The Aggies’
home record in the ’90s is 50-4-1.
As Advertised
Through its first two games, at least,
the Aggies’ offense has lived up to the
offseason hype over its newfound pass
ing attack.
A&M has amassed 641 passing
yards, a 320.5 yards-per-game average
good enough for third in the Big 12.
The Aggies have balanced their air as
sault with 436 rushing yards, giving
them a national second-best 538.5 total
yards-per-game average.
Just how much of an improvement
is A&M’s 1,077 yard total through two
games this season? Last year, the Ag
gies had 1,085 yards — through four
games.
Don’t Steal My Sunshine
Not to be outdone by the Aggies’
prolific offense, the Wrecking Crew has
posted impressive numbers of its own
through two games this season.
A&M is ranked No. 1 in the nation
in rushing defense, allowing a paltry 25
yards per game. The Crew has also
picked off six passes and recovered
three fumbles.
Al Lazarus is a senior
journalism major.
FILE PHOTO/The Battalion
Junior linebacker Jason Glenn records one of his team-high three sacks Saturday night against
Tulsa University. Glenn also leads the team in tackles for loss with five.
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After a weekend of blowouts, close
calls and stunning defeats, the teams of
the Big 12 Conference return to action un-
dei the spotlight. Five of the seven games
'involving Big 12 teams will be televised,
.with Oklahoma-Louisville and Nebraska-
pissouri being shown nationally.
w Tfouble in West Texas
® A1-2 start that includes a shocking 21-14
vo- - ! loss to North Texas in Lubbock has head
xoach Spike Dykes on the hot seat. Not
id’ - i - i'jtfroin the administration or alumni, but from
i ; ■ ii the local media. Don Williams, a sports
is. .columnist for the Lubbock Avalanche Jour-
clo nal, wrote after the loss to UNT that Dykes
th» Should step down at the end of the season,
f coS; i 'iiTed) entered the game as 31-point fa-
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vorites against a North Texas team that
had been outscored 78-3 in two losses
before the game.
It was the Red Raiders’ third loss to
North Texas in Lubbock since 1987, and
the seventh loss in the last nine overall.
As the Cornhusker TUrns
A week after their lowest offensive
output since 1993 and needing two de
fensive touchdowns to defeat Southern
Mississippi, things in Lincoln got even
worse for the Cornhuskers.
Departed tailback DeAngelo Evans
spoke out for the first time Monday since
he quit the team last week. Evans said
head coach Frank Solich and his former
teammates made it clear to him that he
was not wanted back.
While trying to rejoin the team last
week, Evans said Solich was not respon
sive and made it very obvious his ser
vices were not wanted anymore.
Evans has withdrawn from classes and
plans to transfer to a Division TAA school
The Golden Boy Returns
Former University of Colorado and
current University of Washington coach
Rick Neuheisel renews old acquaintance
this weekend as the Buffaloes travel to
Seattle to take on the Huskies.
Colorado players and fans are still in
censed at Neuheisel for his jumping ship
to the Huskies at the end of last season.
After expressing his desire to stay with
Colorado, Neuheisel jumped at Washing
ton’s offer of a five-year contract for close
to $1 million a year to coach the Huskies.
Odds and Ends
Colorado walk-on kicker Katie Hnida
became the first woman to dress out out
Hot
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for a Big 12 contest last weekend against
the Kansas Jayhawks...Missouri kicker
Brad Hammerich has three field goals in
the Tigers’ first two games. Missouri
kickers produced three field goals all last
season.
Senior wide receiver Jarrail Jackson
became the first Sooner to ever pass the
century mark in career punt returns. He
had four returns against Baylor for a ca
reer total of 102...Texas running back
Hodges Mitchell’s 188 yards against Rice
was the most by a running back not
named Ricky Williams since Eric Metcalf
ran for 206 yards against TCU in 1987.
Doug Shilling is a junior
agricultural journalism major.
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