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THE BATTALION
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efense only bright
in 12-0 loss
By True Brown
THE BATTALION
BBOCK — As has been
ase this season, it was the
A&M defense that saved
ggies from what could
ive been a disastrous final
The Wrecking Crew
led to be the silver lining of
12-0 loss to Texas
, holding the Red Raiders
|o field goals and a touch-
on four trips inside the
20-yard line.
JlexasTech also missed a field
on a drive that advanced
into A&M territory.
^Ve have a lot of confidence
;red zone,” said A&M jun-
omerback Sammy Davis,
knew that if they got 1 inside
:0-yard line), they weren’t
|g to score. We knew they
going to have to settle for a
Ip goal, or we were going to
it. We had to get it done on
|nse and make the plays.”
o play was bigger than
■or linebacker Jesse
pnicut’s first-quarter stop on
1 running back Ricky
iams at the A&M 1-yard
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drive. Tech took 11 plays to
reach the A&M 5-yard line.
After a four-yard completion
from Red Raiders’ quarterback
Kliff Kingsbury to receiver
Anton Paige on third down was
stopped at the 1-yard line,
Hunnicut stuffed Williams for
no gain on the next play, and
A&M took over on downs.
“I thought our defense did a
great job,” said A&M football
head coach R.C. Slocum. “They
played hard the whole ballgame.”
The Aggies’ defensive job is
even more impressive, consider
ing the Red Raiders owned
A&M in the ball-control game,
holding the ball over 10 minutes
more than A&M.
“We were out there for a
whole lot of plays,” Slocum
said. “We didn’t give [our
defense] much to play with.”
Tech’s second and third trips
inside the A&M 20 resulted in
field goals of 25 and 37 yards by
Texas Tech kicker Robert Treece.
Midway through the fourth
quarter, it was the Wrecking Crew
that kept A&M’s hopes alive.
Leading 6-0, Kingsbury guid
ed the Red Raiders to the A&M
21-yard line before the Aggies
forced Treece to attempt a 40-
yard field goal. Treece’s attempt
GUY ROGERS • THE BATTALION
Tech quarterback Kliff Kingsbury is brought down by senior defensive tackle Rocky Bernard in the third quarter of the Aggies 12-0 loss to the Red
Raiders. The Wrecking Crew tallied seven sacks against Tech and held one of the Big 12’s best offenses to six points for most of the game.
was marred by a bad snap and
the kick was wide right, giving
the Aggies their last real shot to
put points on the board.
“That is when we step it up,”
said senior defensive back Wes
Bautovich. “We let them drive
all the way down the field and
then were able to put the brakes
on them. We knew we had our
backs up against the wall, but
we made some plays.”
Dominance of the red zone has
been a trademark of A&M this
season, as the Aggies have given
up just 12 touchdowns to their
opponents on a combined 28 trips
inside their own 20-yard line.
ggie offense. Tech fans unacceptable
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GUY ROGERS • THE BATTALION
senior free safety Wes Bautovich is tackled by Tech free safety
liin Curtis on a fake field goal attempt Saturday.
WHERE THERE'S HURT
THERE'S HOPE
B efore
getting
to the
reason why
Texas A&M
lost on
Saturday (the
ineptness of
the Aggie
offense), something more needs
to be said of the extra-curricu
lar activities at Jones SBC
Stadium.
The actions of the Texas
Tech fans after their team’s 12-
0 victory over the Aggies on
Saturday in Lubbock were
unacceptable, and not because
they were unexpected.
In fact, the Aggies almost
always seem to have trouble
with Tech fans when they
travel to Lubbock (football
team in 1999, men’s basket
ball team in 2000).
The trouble with the class
less fans in Lubbock is so bad,
people up there should not be
allowed to have the Texas
license plates on their cars.
Dr. Mike McKinney, father
of former A&M offensive line
man Steve and current offen
sive lineman Seth — regard
less of who he was struck by
— was put in a compromising
situation because of the Tech
fans’ “courtesy,” would more
than likely agree with the pre
vious statement.
“I’ve been to every game
Texas A&M has played for the
last eight years,” said the elder
McKinney. “Every single one
of them. First thing that means
is that I’ve never seen them win
in Lubbock. Second thing that
means is, of every place we
have ever been, I hate to say is
that the worst fans and the
worst place to ever play is
within our state.
“I hate that. I’m proud of
Texas from the Panhandle
down to Brownsville, but what
they did today, and it’s not
because of what they did to me,
it’s just that’s not the way peo
ple in Texas act.”
No, the unacceptable fact is
that Tech deserved to win the
game. It was not a momentous
upset that rocked the college
football world. In fact, the Red
Raiders were five-point
favorites to win the game.
So instead of tearing down
the goal posts and trying to
use the A&M section as a
shish kabob, the Tech fans
should have been happy to
win a game they actually were
slated to win.
The Tech cause was helped
out by an A&M offense that
racked up the yards but could
not put points up on the board.
In fact, the Aggies finally got
burned in the game of statisti
cal roulette they had been play
ing the last few weeks.
Kansas State and Iowa State
held huge offensive statistical
advantages, but A&M managed
to find ways to eke out victo
ries. Saturday, A&M was the
offense that racked up the
yards, but Tech was the team
that found ways to put points
on the board.
See Unacceptable on page 4A
“We’ve played with a lot of
character on defense all year,” said
A&M junior linebacker Brian
Gamble. “We were able to play
our type of game in there and keep
them outside of the end zone.”
SPORTS IN BRIEF f
No. 14 Ags tally
sixth-straight win
The No. 14 Texas A&M volley
ball team remained unbeaten
on the road as it swept the
Baylor Bears Saturday in Waco.
Senior outside hitters Brandi
Mount and Michelle Cole lead
the Aggies with 13 kills each.
With the victory over the
Bears, the Aggies’ record
moved to 18-3 overall, and 11-2
in Big 12 action. A&M is 12-0 on
the road this season.
Basketball squad
opens up season
The Texas A&M women's bas
ketball team will open up its
season with an exhibition game
against Abyhoj of Denmark at 7
p.m. at Reed Arena.
The Aggies look to be led by
sophomore point guard Toccara
Williams, who was a starter for
A&M as a freshman last season.
The game will be the first of
two exhibition match ups the
Aggies will take part in before
opening up the 2001 season.
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