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Page 7
THE BATTALION
Big 12 title unclear
NOTEBOOK
T he nation’s undefeated
teams have dwindled
down to just three.
But do not expect a repeat of
last year’s national champi
onship game between the
country’s two untouchables
with perfect records.
About the only team with
a safe and comfortable fin
ish is No. 9 TCU. Why can a
school from the WAC do
what some of the best teams
in college football history
cannot? Because it does not
play anyone good.
The strength of schedule
makes teams in power con
ferences, such as the Big 12,
television-worthy each
week.
On Saturday, the No. 3
Sooners overran the
’Huskers with their high-
powered attack, marking the
second time this season they
have defeated a Top-Five
team with national champi
onship hopes.
Both K-State and Ne
braska will be squaring off
in a couple of weeks, with
the winner looking for re
venge against the Sooners in
the Big 12 Championship
game.
But Oklahoma still has to
win the South. No. 24 Texas
A&M is probably the only
team with a chance to keep
them from doing just that.
A&M has already beaten
two Top 15 offenses this
season. Add to that the fact
the Aggies are undefeated
against Top 10 opponents at
Kyle Field the last three
years, and the Sooners’ Nov.
11 trip to College Station
looks to be a bit dicier than
most Sooner fans would
like.
The creation of power
conferences has been the
perfect evolution of college
football. It creates intense ri
valries and adds regular sea
son excitement to the na
tional title hunt.
There was no finer exam
ple of a power conference
than the Big 12 last week,
when two undefeated teams
met and changed the scope
of the national title race.
As exciting as last week
end was, there is still a
month left in the season.
As for the national title
race, the only sure bet is
that TCU will not be there.
No. 2 Virginia Tech, the
only other undefeated team
qualified for the Orange
Bowl, will have to get
through a Miami team that
already has a victory over
Florida State. Now the
’Canes are in good position
to add the Hokies to their
win column.
Meanwhile, one-loss
teams like Florida and Flori
da State have yet to meet
with a winner in good stand
ing for a trip to the nearby
Orange Bowl.
Why wait for the bowl
games? Enjoy the bowl
worthy showdowns now.
Jason Lincoln is a junior
journalism major.
FILE PHOTO/The Battalion
The road to Miami now runs through Norman, Okla. The Oklahoma Sooners jumped to
No. 1 in the BCS rankings Monday to take the driver's seat in the national title hunt.
Equine team takes 2nd, 4th at West Texas
FILE PHOTO/Tm: Battalion
The Texas A&M Equestrian Team continued
their season at West Texas A&M last weekend.
STAFF AND WIRE
The Texas A&M equestrian team rode to sec
ond and fourth place finishes in two Western
shows held at West Texas A&M on Saturday.
West Texas A&M continued its dominance
of the Western discipline at home, winning its
fourth and fifth straight shows by defeating
Kansas State 29-20 in the morning and Texas
A&M and KSU 24-21 in the evening. Nation
al champion Oklahoma State was third in the
morning show with 18 points, while the Aggies
were fourth with 14.
“Several of our riders looked a lot better than
they did a few weeks ago,” said head coach
Tana Rawson. “I’m very pleased at the direc
tion in which we’re heading.”
Though the Western team has had its strug
gles in finding the form that earned it fifth place
at nationals last year, individually Quincy
Cahill regained her magic touch in the reining
class this weekend. The Madisonville junior
won her reining class in both shows on Satur
day, upping her yearly point total to 25. Cahill
needs only one fourth-place finish to qualify for
regionals and earn the right to defend her na
tional championship.
The Aggies did walk out of Canyon with
both high point rider trophies in their posses
sion. Jaime Bodiford earned the award in the
morning show with a first-place finish in open
horsemanship and a runner-up finish in reining,
while Catrina Neslage swept both reining and
open classes in the evening.
Aggies winning morning classes included
Cahill, reining; Bodiford, open horsemanship;
and Amber Ratliff, intermediate II.
Those bringing home first place ribbons in
the evening show included Cahill, reining;
Neslage, reining and open; and Angie Mahar,
advanced I.
Texas A&M will close out the fall portion of
its schedule on Dec. 2 and 3 when it plays host
to two English and two Western shows at N.W.
Dick Freeman Arena in College Station.
RUBEN DELUNA/The Battalion
Skube, Hubbel take ITA
Regional Doubles Title
Texas A&M’s Cody Hubbell and Jarin Skube
teamed Monday to win the doubles portion of
the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Re
gional at the Bayard Friedman Tennis Center
on the Texas Christian campus in Fort Worth.
The duo put together two wins over tandems
from the University of Texas to win the title.
In the semifinals, No. 10-seeded Hubbell and
Sports in Brief
Skube defeated Texas’ No. 11-seeded Ron Klop-
pert and Jean Simon, 6-3,7-6. Then in the finals,
the Aggie duo defeated Texas’ No. 6-seeded
Jorge Haro and Jose Zarhi, 4-6, 6-3, 64.
Meanwhile, Skube’s run in the singles
bracket ended in the quarters when he was
defeated by Baylor’s Sean O’Connor in a pros
et, 9-7.
The event concludes the Aggies’ fall slate.
They will return to action in January with an in
dividual tournament at Rice University.
Thompson named Big
12 Defensive P.O.W.
Esther Thompson was named the Big 12
Women’s Soccer Defensive Player of the
Week Monday for leading the Aggies to wins
over Texas and Texas Christian.
In the Texas game, Thompson played all
103 minutes of the overtime thriller and tal
lied seven saves in the 2-1 A&M victory.
Thompson did not allow a goal in the
match against TCU, running her shutout to
tal to 5.5 on the season.
“Esther has really turned it up this
month,” said Texas A&M head coach G. Guer-
rieri. “She, and the rest of our defense, is
peaking at the right time of the season.”
With the win over Texas, the ninth-ranked
Aggies will be the second seed in this week’s
Big 12 Tournament at the Blossom Athletic
Complex in San Antonio. A&M opens tour
nament play with a match against Colorado.
Kickoff is scheduled for 5 p.m.
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