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Page 9 • Wednesday, October 27, 1999
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VI sophomore running back Ja’Mar Toombs is tackled by University of Oklahoma defenders Saturday night
ingthe Sooners’ 51-6 victory over the Aggies in Norman, Okla.
The Texas A&M
Football Team (5-
2, 2-2 Big 12) will
take on Oklahoma
State (3-3, 1-2 Big
12) Saturday at
Kyle Field. The
game is set to
kick-off at 2:30
p.m. and will not
be televised.
The Road to San Antonio
After Saturday’s 51-6 loss to Oklahoma, the Ag
gies will need a lot of help to get to San Antonio and
their third straight Big 12 Championship game. If
A&M were to win the four remaining games on its
schedule, it would need Oklahoma and Texas Tech
to each lose two more times.
The toughest games remaining for the Sooners
figure to be road contests against Colorado and
Tech, while Tech still has to play on the road against
Texas. The Aggies, of course, have a road contest
against Nebraska looming on Nov. 6.
Defensive Woes
Among their many problems on Display in being
manhandled by Oklahoma was the Aggies’ repeated
defensive breakdowns. A&M looked unprepared for
the Sooners’ double-triangle spread formation, and
the Aggies had trouble tackling throughout the
game.
“It’s embarrassing,” A&M defensive coordinator
Mike Hankwitz said. “But it happened, and it’s how
you deal with it and what you do about it.”
Hankwitz attributed the Aggies’ breakdown to a
variety of things, but said a lack of effort was not the
problem.
“We took bad angles at times and other times we
were out of control,” he said. “But I didn’t see any
body throwing in the towel and not giving the effort.”
A&M/OSU Facts
OSU is coming off a disappointing loss to Kansas
State last Saturday in Stillwater, Okla. The Cowboys
jumped out to a 21-0 lead, only to see the Wildcats
reel off 44 unanswered points to win, 44-21.
The Aggies lead their all-time series with OSU,
10-4. They have not lost to the Cowboys in the
teams’ three meetings as Big 12 Conference mem
bers. At Kyle Field in 1997, the Aggies came back
from a 15-point fourth-quarter deficit to beat the
Cowboys, 28-25.
see Aggies on Page 10.
Jig 12 Championship race shaping up for interesting finish
NOTEBOOK
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Who’s heading to San Antone?
After a “Shakedown” Saturday,
the race to see who will meet
from the North and South divi
sions for the Big 12 Champions is
still very much up in the air.
Eight teams still have some
what realistic dreams of ending
up in San Antonio on Dec. 4.
In the North division, Kansas
State sits in the driver's seat after
its 44-21 win over Oklahoma State
Saturday. With a 4-0 conference
record, the Wildcats only need to
win their remaining games to
head to the championship game
for the second year in a row.
With records of 3-1 in the con
ference, both Nebraska and Col
orado still have a shot to take the
North title. Once again, if either
team wins out, it will go to San
Antonio. With all three teams
playing one another in the next
month, things should get very in
teresting in the North.
The South division is much more
up for grabs. Texas, Texas Tech and
Oklahoma all have one conference
loss, with Oklahoma State and
Texas A&M both having two.
Texas and Tech each control
their own destiny. If either one
wins out, it will go to San Anto
nio. They meet on Nov. 13 in a
game that could determine the
South title.
Oklahoma will be champion if
it wins out and gets help in the
form of a loss by Texas.
With their loss to the Sooners,
the Aggies’ prospects of defend
ing their Big 12 title are slim.
The intriguing team is Okla
homa State. Although their record
is 1-2, the Cowboys losses came
against teams in the North divi
sion. If it wins its remaining
games, Oklahoma State will rep
resent the South division.
Bowl Championship Fever
The first Bowl Championship
Series rankings came out Monday
and, as expected, Florida State
and Penn State occupy the top
spots. Three Big 12 teams made
their way into the Top 10.
Kansas State leads the way,
coming in at No. 5. The Big 12’s
only undefeated team is ranked
sixth in both polls and is as high
as No. 2 and as low as No. 7 in
the computer rankings.
Despite its loss to Texas, Ne
braska comes in two spots behind
at No. 7. The Cornhuskers are
tied for eighth in the AP poll and
are ninth in the coaches poll.
They are as high as No. 5 and as
low as No. 9 in the computers.
The Longhorns round out the
top 10 after their third straight
win over Nebraska.
The top two teams in the BCS
rankings at the end of the season
will play for the National Champi
onship Jan. 4 in the Sugar Bowl.
Odds and Ends
Colorado started a different of
fensive lineup for the 20th
straight game in Saturday’s win
over Iowa State...The Iowa State
defense held an opponent score
less for an entire half for the fifth
time this season...Before shutting
out Missouri Saturday, the last
time Kansas shut out an oppo
nent was the first game of the
see Big 12 on Page 10.
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