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The Battalion
Heading to Stillwater, Okla., has never been as
lignificant for the Texas A&M football team as it
will be this weekend. In order to keep next week’s
nammoth meeting with the No. 1 Oklahoma
Kooners worthy of the hype, the Aggies must first
ake care of that other school from the Native State,
Pklahoma State.
According to A&M coach
IR.C. Slocum, the Aggies (6-2
pverall, 4-1 Big 12) had better
not look past the Cowboys (2-5,
13-4), or they could suffer a nasty
relapse of this season’s last
blemish against Colorado.
“You’d like not to have to
learn life’s lessons twice,”
locum said. “We’ve been
hrough that deal this year with Colorado. I’m sure
lot of people thought because they were 0-4, that
e didn’t have anything to worry about.
You’ve got the same thing, now that we’ve
been playing like we’ve been playing the last two
weeks. But that doesn’t mean you don’t have to go
to Oklahoma State and do all the right things, be
muse they’re going to get great preparation for us
this week.”
OSU is coming off a 37-21 loss to the Colorado
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Buffaloes, its fifth straight loss of the year after
starting 2-0. While the Cowboys have been strug
gling lately, they came on in the second half of last
week’s loss to pull within a touchdown before CU
took the lead for good.
The Cowboys will be starting freshman quar
terback Aso Pogi for the third straight game.
Pogi racked up 300 yards of passing offense in
each of his first two starts. He is looking to lead
his team back into the win column against the
Aggies.
Oklahoma State coach Bob Simmons said his
young quarterback is progressing as well as can be
expected.
“I think Aso would tell you himself that al
though his performance (against Colorado) was
good, the fact that we didn’t win is what he’s
about, and so am I,” Simmons said. “He’ll be a
good quarterback for this program, but the bot
tom line for this football team is really trying to
find that ‘W.’ ”
According to Simmons, finding that “W” will
be difficult against the Aggies, who are sporting a
new offense this season.
“A&M’s a different ballclub (this year),” Sim
mons said. “They’re a lot more diverse offensive
ly than they’ve been in the past. It’s been three
yards and a cloud of dust, putting it on their defense.
But with Mark Farris and Robert Ferguson, a big-
play receiver, they give you a lot more formations.”
Not only is the A&M offense clicking on all
cylinders, but the A&M defense also has found its
groove since the Colorado loss.
Over, the last three games, the Wrecking
Crew has allowed a total of 17 points to Baylor,
Iowa State and Kansas State. In that time, the
Aggies’ opponents have been shut out for 10 of
12 quarters.
A&M has also had plenty of success against the
Cowboys over the past few years. OSU has not
managed to score a touchdown on A&M since
1997, when the Aggies beat the Cowboys, 28-25,
in the first overtime game in A&M history.
Outside linebacker Jason Glenn said that fac
ing the potent K-State offense last week should
help the Aggies against a steadily improving Cow
boy offense this week.
“They have a very, very good offense,” Glenn
said. “They racked up 500 yards twice in the last
two weeks. It doesn’t matter what defense you’re
playing — when you can put up 500 yards, you're
a potent offense.”
Kickoff for the game will be 1 p.m. at Lewis
Field in Stillwater. There is no television coverage^
this week. s.
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Aggies will be set to host a Big 12 Showdown on ' Texas A&M's defense has allowed only 1 7 points in the last three games.
Nov. 11 against Oklahoma. N, Saturday, it looks to continue its success against OSU.
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Archery opens season with Aggie Invitational
BERNARDO GARZA/The Battalion
The Texas A&M archery team opens its season with the Aggie Invite.
By Dianne Xavier
The Battalion
After spending hours perfecting
its shooting skills, the Texas A&M
women’s archery squad is ready to
defend its national championship ti
tle as its season opens tonight at 5:30
at the Aggie Invitational. The meet
will last until Sunday in the Student
Recreational Center.
“Our first tournament is going to
let us see where we stand and how
we are doing against other teams,”
said coach Kathy Eissinger. “It will
also give us a chance to clean our
forms and improve our skills for the
latter part of the season.”
Individual rounds will be shot Fri
day at 5:30 p.m.. Sat. at 9 a.m. and
1:30 p.m., and Sunday at 9 a.m. The
team competition will take place at 5
p.m. Saturday.
Eissinger said she expects the
team to do well and foresees her
squad winning its sixth national col
legiate championship in a row.
“We’ve won it for the past five
years and, with the strong shooters
we have, I don’t see how we can’t re
peat,” Eissinger said.
The great depth of the women’s
team is composed of Dianne Cor
nish, Kimi Nedeau and Sharon Jones,
who were all members of last sea
son’s compound team that defeated
the University of Texas for the na
tional collegiate title.
Newcomer Mary Zorn, who is
the No. 2 female compound archer in
the nation and 25th in the world after
winning her first gold medal this
summer at the World Junior Cham
pionship, said this event will show
her what an actual collegiate tourna- -■
ment is like.
“It is important for us because it is
the first big shoot we have,” Zorn _
said. “It’s a good one to start off with, -
and we hope to perform well on our
home turf.”
Eissinger said she believes A&M
has the strongest archery program in
the nation due to the commitment of
the players.
See Archery on Page 8.
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