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By Brian Ruff
THE BATTALION
Two schools with cultures of tradi-
10ns will do battle at Kyle Field
aturday, both looking for answers and a
ecisive victory in a conquest for nation-
respect.
Texas A&M will host the Notre Dame
ighting Irish at 2:30 p.m., marking the
rsttime the Irish have visited Kyle Field
the team’s 114 years of football.
“It will be a real challenge for us,"
aid A&M football head coach R.C.
locum. “We will have to play much bet-
r in all the areas than we have played
tisyear to win this ball game.”
If the Aggies come away with the vic-
ry, another first will occur on Saturday.
Vith the Irish losing their first two con-
:ststoopen the season, another loss will
nark the first time in Notre Dame histo-
that the team has gone 0-3.
“Things haven’t gone their way these
irst couple of ball games," Slocum said.
.■I see enough ability there that they are
■ot going to be a bad team."
Notre Dame travels to College Station
ftera27-10 loss to Nebraska and a 17-
0 loss to Michigan State Saturday. After
named AIL ^ ' oss t0 Spartans, the Irish dropped
Christir )ut of the Associated Press top 25.
“We are still going to have to go out
ind play well,” said junior quarterback
at Mark Farris. “They are still going to
ie by far the best team we have played
his year. It is going to take our best
ffortto win the game.”
The Aggies come into the game with a
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A&M opened the 2000 season at Notre
Dame, but came up short, losing 24-10 to
the Irish.
"We played Notre Dame last year
and we know what they are capable of,"
said junior linebacker Brian Gamble.
"We have a bad taste in our mouth from
last year.”
Junior quarterback Mark Farris will
look to get back on track against the Irish
this week, after passing for an uncharac
teristic 92 yards against Oklahoma State.
Farris posted a career-high 341 passing
yards against Wyoming, and tallied 254
against McNeese State.
Against Wyoming, the Aggie
defense struggled, but rebounded with
a solid performance against Oklahoma
State to make up for a slow day by the
Aggie offense.
"We have to get together and have that
perfect game,” Gamble said. "With the
way that things have been going the past
few weeks, we are on our way to do that.”
“They are a great team,” said senior
linebacker Christian Rodriguez. “It does
kind of upset me that they are 0-2, but
they are Notre Dame and they are the
best 0-2 team. I am excited to see what
they will bring to the table.”
The Irish could use all the luck they
can muster this weekend, with a sopho
more quarterback making his first start
and a record-breaking crowd at Kyle
Field looking to rattle the young signal
caller and give Notre Dame their first
experience at Kyle Field.
Carlyle Holiday will make the start
for the Irish at quarterback, replacing
GUY ROGERS • THE BATTALION
Junior noseguard Ty Warren tackles Oklahoma State running back Tatum Bell. Warren
and the rest of the Aggies will look to improve to 4-0 against Notre Dame Saturday.
sophomore Matt LoVecchio, who has
been in charge of the struggling Notre
Dame offense. Holiday was heavily
recruited by the Aggies coming out of
San Antonio Roosevelt High School.
"Carlyle is a very talented athlete,”
Slocum said. "I thought that coming out
of high school, he was the best quarte-
back in Texas.”
The Irish have mounted just two
scoring drives this season, one amass
ing four yards and another racking up
six — unimpressive scoring drives to
say the least.
“I don't want that message conveyed
that that is just a simple solution of
changing quarterbacks,” said Notre
Dame football head coach Bob Davie.
"The reality is that we are not scoring
enough points.”
SPORTS IN BRIEF 1
Aggies continue
Big 12 play at
Iowa State
The 16th-ranked Texas A&M vol
leyball team continues Big 12
action this weekend as it travels to
Ames, Iowa to face the Iowa State
Cyclones on Sunday at 2 p.m.
The Aggies (9-1, 2-0 in Big 12)
are coming off a sweep of
Baylor on Wednesday at G.
Rollie White Coliseum, 30-19,
30-25, 30-23.
The Aggies were led by senior
outside hitter Michelle Cole and
freshman middle blocker
Melissa Munsch who had 11
kills apiece. Munsch hit .438 on
the night with five blocks, while
Cole hit .429 with eight digs.
Iowa State (3-5, 0-3) is com
ing off a sweep at the hands of
No. 1 Nebraska in Lincoln,
Neb., 30-21, 30-14, 30-19.
The Aggies return home on
Wednesday to face the
Colorado Buffaloes at G. Rollie
White.
Sosa rounds bases
with American flag
CHICAGO (AP) — Sammy
Sosa hit his 59th homer
Thursday night and then round
ed the bases waving a small
American flag as the Chicago
Cubs played their first home
game since the Sept. 11 terror
ist attacks.
Sosa hit a high fly-ball
homer to right field off
Houston's Shane Reynolds in
the first inning. Sosa stopped
as he crossed the first-base
bag and took the flag from
coach Billy Williams.
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