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Page 7 • Wednesday, September 29, 1999
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Aggies set for league play
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She Texas A&M Football Team (3-0)
nlllopen its conference schedule Satur-
Kn Lubbock against Texas Tech. The
Tggjes have won six of their last 10
gainst the Red Raiders but have not won
a Lubbock since 1993. Saturday’s game
s set for 6 p.m. and will be televised na-
iorjally by Fox Sports Net.
Kitchens Impresses
itmakea;» lter booting three field goals against
ioutliern Miss, junior place-kicker Ter
ence Kitchens is now leading the nation
with a 2.67 field goals-per-game average.
His 62-yarder against USM was the
longest in A&M history and second
longest in NCAA history without the use
of a tee. The NCAA disallowed the use of
tees on field-goal attempts in 1988.
Kitchens, who was put on scholarship
Thursday, is one of five kickers currently
being tracked by ESPN.com as candi
dates for the Lou Groza Award, given an
nually to the nation’s top place-kicker.
Missed Opportunities
A&M finished with 299 total yards
against the Golden Eagles, a respectable
number considering Nebraska could
manage only 185 in its game against
USM. But like the Cornhuskers, the Ag
gies scored no offensive touchdowns
against Southern Miss. Credit this partly
to USM’s defense, which appeared to be
as good as billed, but also to several
missed opportunities by A&M.
In the second quarter of Saturday’s
game, Randy McCown found junior tight
end RoDerrick Broughton wide open in
the back of the end zone, but Broughton
dropped the pass.
On the next play, McCown rolled left
and inexplicably missed seeing a wide-
open Chris Taylor for what looked to be a
sure touchdown. Instead, the ball slipped
from McCown’s grasp and went out-of-
bounds, forcing the Aggies to settle for a
field goal.
Webster Honored
Senior cornerback Jason Webster’s in
terception and 10 tackles against USM
earned him Big 12 Defensive Player of
the Week honors. Webster leads the Ag
gies in tackles (25) and interceptions (3).
Webster pointed to the Aggies’ stellar
receiving corps when asked to explain
his early-season success and that of the
secondary as a whole.
“We credit a lot of our early success to
our receivers,” he said, “because we go
up against them everyday in practice.”
see Ags on Page 8.
GUY ROGERS/The Battalion
Junior linebacker Jason Glenn sacks University of Southern Mississippi quarterback
Cable Davis during Saturday’s game at Kyle Field.
ten teams highlight top level of Big 12 Conference
s the Big 12 heads into the
Vlekend before conference play
I (■ks off league wide, once again,
11 1 llvi of the seven games involving
^ • iiijig 12 schools this week will be
ilevised either regionally or na-
ryOUtS Jnally.
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Conference of the Unbeatens
•9 Coming into this weekend’s
games, the Big 12 boasts four
schools — Nebraska (4-0), Texas
A&M (3-0), Kansas State (3-0) and
the Oklahoma (4-0) ; — that are
still unbeaten, second only to the
Big 10 Conference, which has five.
Two other schools, Missouri
and Iowa State, fell from the ranks
of the unbeaten last week at the
hands of Nebraska and Kansas
State, respectively.
Overall, Big 12 schools have
finished unbeaten over an entire
season 22 times since 1908.
Comeback Kids
That Kansas State is still an un
beaten team is truly a miracle. The
Wildcats were down 28-7 at half
time against Iowa State. The de
fense had given up 332 yards and.
the offense was struggling behind
quarterback Jonathan Beasley.
But keyed by a quarterback
change and a 94-yard punt return
for a touchdown by running back
David Allen, the Wildcats erased
the deficit and came back to win,
35-28. It was the biggest come
back in head coach Bill Snyder’s
tenure at Kansas State.
Trying to Return to Glory Days
When the Oklahoma Sooners
head to South Bend, Ind., this
weekend to take on the Notre Dame
Fighting Irish, it will be a matchup
of the two teams that have won the
most national championships.
Since the Associated Press be
gan choosing a national champion
in 1936, OU and Notre Dame have
combined to win 14, eight by the
Irish and six by the Sooners.
It has been a while for the two
schools in the championship de
partment, however, as neither one
has been crowned champion since
1988, when the Irish under then-
coach Lou Holtz captured the top
spot. The Sooners’ last title came
in 1985, when Barry Switzer led
the Sooners to the championship.
Offensive Defenses
For Texas A&M and Colorado
last weekend, the best offense
was a good defense. Colorado
used a pair of touchdowns from
defensive back Ben Kelly to stay
close in its 31-24 loss to the Uni
versity of Washington Huskies.
Kelly took a fumble and went 38
yards for the score and later
added a 98-yard kickoff return for
a touchdown.
The Aggies used four intercep
tions to help control the Southern
Mississippi in a 23-6 win. Corner-
back Jay Brooks picked off a pass
and ran it back 41 yards in the third
quarter to make the lead 16-0.
After Southern Miss cut the
lead to 16-6, A&M safety Michael
Jameson sealed the deal as he re
turned an interception 26 yards
for a touchdown to put the Gold
en Eagles away.
Odds and Ends
Texas handed Baylor its third-
worst loss in school history. The
Longhorns’ 62 points were the
most scored by a Baylor opponent
since 1994, when Texas defeated
Baylor 63-35.
For the fifth straight game, Iowa
State outrushed its opponent. The
Cyclones have outrushed their op
ponents J,317-486 this season.
K-State has won 47 games in a
row against unranked teams in
the regular season.
Kansas has forced two or more
turnovers in 17 of 26 games since
head coach Terry Allen took over...
David Allen’s 94-yard punt re
turn against Iowa State was the
sixth of his career. He needs one
more to tie Nebraska’s Jonny
Rodgers and Oklahoma’s Jack
Mitchell for the NCAA record of
seven.
Doug Shilling is a junior
agricultural journalism major.
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