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ft. Novembeii Veducsday, November 1, 2000 ite been w t,” saidl! of have tors' into ■oups fai >ard to 'one wh )art of tlii five ulated mins a had a Jer Gov id it, but ips compl n forcin' lards’ former torney d a fori .and Coi Colorado tees, . criticism Sports Page 7 THE BATTALION aim for second Big 12 title A&M holds No. 2 seed in tourney Brief :use apper BERNARDO GARZA/The Battalion A&M forward Heather Ragsdale claimed first team All-Big 12 honors. ■ Football team regains “"’respect, re-enters poll S tP)- in connec' s rnhhmte—. . . ,, . ty city. O ince t ‘ ie A gg ,es l° ss to Col- , s of the'^^V orado that snapped their 22- d oftwotH^ g ame home winning streak, nk rodcf A&M foothill team has talked Chief Jjftout respect- The players said they •^Wanted it and deserved it, but they is per v i cren °t gating it. old rappf 1 We 11 ’ after it thel- : hpldnig their last dswoc:'■ ree opponents p e( j e to a total of 17 Bariir points, including | / the Kansas State 00 ms- Wildcats —the dhen in t^ountry’s third lost scoring offense — the Aggies ecorded ire starting to garner that elusive. i are tbefC word" iebut. Tiiel “ft feels great to be back in the e is fiecoiop25,” said outside linebacker Ja- l>n Glenn. “You’ve got to respect If you don’t, we’ll jump on you argeial quick. “Before each game, we see our- Ives as a pit bull on a chain. You )n’t feed him for a whole week, id when you let him off the chain, ’ll eat anything, and that’s how s label ourselves now.” Looking back on this year’s sea- m, one can see where that pit bull as finally let off the chain — Iowa Texas lb rtate. I In Waco the week before, the de- son Jan$||nse put on a stellar performance ie Oct shutting out Baylor. But, at the ed a dafline time, the offense struggled to ident D''Score points against one of the Runtry’s worst defenses, dent 8t I While opposing the favored booked'|yclones and on the road for the ;demedi»cond consecutive week, A&M j SatufC'put together an all-out team effort at carried over into its monu- ental victory over the Wildcats on Saturday. By beatiiag KSU, just two weeks removed from being the No. 2 uad in the country, the Aggies oved back into the AP and Coach- polls for the first time since the first week of the season. “It’s a really great feeling,” said offensive lineman Chris Valletta. It’s a good time to be an Aggie [right now. We’re all excited with the big win, but what we need to do | keep having a good season and not overlook Oklahoma State.” Not all the members of the A&M football family are enamored with the proposition of being back in the polls, though. Offensive coordinator Steve Kragthorpe said that, while it ig nbs >) — en chaif y planting, n the coi is nice to be noticed, he does not give much credence to the weekly offerings of the national media. “We’re going to go out and pre pare each week the same, no matter what,” Kragthorpe said. “Those polls are arbitrary numbers. There are some teams in the Top 10 that shouldn’t be there. And there are some teams that are 27, 28 or 29 that should be (in the Top 10). So who knows? There will never be a true national champion until there is a playoff system.” Even though there is an air of confidence and satisfaction sur rounding the team right now, the coaching staff is not buying into the feel-good aura. They know that last week’s win is now history and, if the Aggies get complacent, OSU will be more than happy to bring them down. According to cornerback Jay Brooks, the team will not have those problems again. “We’re hiding out right now. We’re just slowly climbing up the mountain,” Brooks said. “People are starting to recognize that we’re still A&M. We were kind of down the first couple of games, but we’re slowly making our mark now. As long as we’re in the Top 25 when it counts, that’s all that matters to us.” • OU kickoff moved The kickoff for the Texas A&M- Oklahoma game has been moved by ABC to noon on Nov. 11. The game is sold out already except for temporary folding-chair seating on the sidelines between the 30-yard line and goal line on the east and west sides. The $40 tickets are not elevated and have an obstructed view because of their height. • Halloween fun About five minutes into his weekly media luncheon, A&M coach R.C. Slocum was interrupted by a 6-foot mass wearing a long black cloak. Its face was obscured by a black net, and it lunged at Slocum. After startling Slocum, fullback Ja’Mar Toombs removed his mask to reveal the Halloween prank. Blaine Dionne is a senior journalism major. DISCOUNT BRIDAL & MORE Brand Names For Less Bridals • Bridesmaids In CS @ 1 07 Walton & Texas Ave. Call For Bridal Appt. 979-764-4044 TUBS - SAT 10 - 6 BY APPT LATE TUES & THURS By Brian Ruff T/je Battalion After their 2-0 loss to the Nebras ka Cornhuskers in Lincoln on Oct. 8, coach G. Guerrieri and the Texas A&M soccer team had one thought on their minds — redemption. With their Thursday night win over Texas, the Aggies secured sec ond place in the Big 12 conference and will get a chance to foil the ’Huskers in the fifth Big 12 soccer tournament. But the road to the Big 12 Cham pionship passes through the Col orado Buffaloes. The Aggies will face Colorado, the seventh seed in the tournament, at 5 p.m. today in San Antonio. A&M pounded the Buffs on Sept. 24 at the Aggie Soccer Com plex, 6-1. “Colorado is a team that we had a real good performance against the first time out, and we’re going to have to really work hard to match that performance,” Guerrieri said. If the Aggies repeat their perfor mance against Colorado, they will face the winner of the matchup be tween the sixth-seeded Oklahoma Sooners and the third-seeded Texas Longhorns on Thursday. “We will be preparing the way we need to win the championship, at a speed to beat Nebraska,” Guerri eri said. On the other side of the bracket, the top-seeded Nebraska team will face the eighth-seeded Kansas Jay- hawks. The Cornhuskers defeated Kansas in Lawrence earlier this sea son, 3-0. The winner of the the Corn- husker-Jayhawk matchup will face the winner of Missouri and Baylor, seeded fourth and fifth respectively. 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