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THE BATTALION
gs await UT in ‘second season’
By True Brown
THE BATTALION
fter seeing its chance at a
12 championship disappear
the Memorial Stadium turf
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er spores were f(|tball team enters phase two
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x passed thnx; jooners. “It’s a totally different
aid Tuesday, tpry. We need to get ready, get
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loth the Aggies and No. 5
ghorns have this weekend
to prepare for the upcom-
ig showdown. UT will enter
contest 9-1, while the
|gies are 7-3 after dropping
ir last two games.
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kend to try to heal some of
injuries that have plagued
team.
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Farmer, A&M’s leading
her, suffered a hyperextended
e last week and had only
ited practice time the week
ore the OU game because of
ijprior injury.
iTk Aggies have also been
without the services of two of
their most dependable wide
receivers this season in senior
Bethel Johnson and junior
Greg Porter.
In addition, A&M lost junior
Michael de la Torre and senior
Lonnie Madison who were the
No. 1 and 2 tight ends coming
into the season.
The injuries also have affect
ed the Aggie offense as it has
managed just one field goal in
its last two games.
“Their confidence can’t be too
high right now,” said football
head coach R.C. Slocum of the
offense. “They have scored a
total of three points in two ball-
games. They are struggling in the
terms of the identity they have.”
A win over Texas and a win in
a bowl game would salvage what
is left of the season for the Aggies.
“This season isn’t a disaster,”
said junior linebacker Brian
Gamble. “It’s our role now to
play the spoiler and try to set our
selves up for a good bowl game.”
A win over UT would help
the Aggies move up to the
Insight.com Bowl in Phoenix or
the Alamo Bowl in San Antonio.
For A&M’s crop of seniors, a
bowl game victory would be
especially sweet because none
of the present players have been
part of a team that has won a
bowl game.
“I want to play for these sen
iors,” Gamble said. “They’ve
done a great job all year with
their leadership and I want them
to go out with a bang and win
over Texas.”
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FILE PHOTO • THE BATTALION
Junior corner back Sammy Davis and the Texas A&M Aggies are out of the Big 12 South race, but are look
ing for a win over Texas to move up in the Big 12 ranks to close out the season.
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National Hunger and Homelessness Week
When: November 15th - Noon-6:30 pm
Where: The Grove
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I SPORTS IN BRIEF
Aggies to close
exhibition schedule
against EA All-Stars
The Texas A&M men’s basket
ball team will close out its exhibi
tion schedule tonight 2 when it
takes on the Electronic Arts
Sports Midwest All-Stars at 7:30
p.m. at Reed Arena.
The Aggies are coming off a 96-
78 victory over Australia’s Team
Ezybonds last Thursday night.
Junior guard Bernard King
scored 17 points to lead a
group of six Aggies who
scored in double figures
against the Ezybonds team.
Sophomore forward Nick
Anderson added 14 points,
and senior guard Andy
Leatherman chipped in with a
12-point performance.
The All-Stars are composed
of 10 former college players,
and are currently 0-9 on third
preseason tour.
Desperados to be
Dallas’ newest
professional team
DALLAS (AP) - Dallas
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones
and his family launched anoth
er team Tuesday — the Dallas
Desperados of the Arena
Football League.
Jerry Jones Jr. is president
and general manager and
Cowboys’ special teams coach
Joe Avezzano is head coach.
The Desperados, the 20th AFL
team, are scheduled to begin
play in April.
A contest was used to adopt
the team name.
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*Feed the Hell Outta t.u. is an annual food drive
competition between Texas A&M and t.u.
*lf every student on campus were to bring one can
to The Grove, we could present the Brazos Valley
Food Bank with over 44,000 canned goods!
Sponsored by: Volunteer Services Center, Alpha Gamma Rho,
TSEA, Delta Xi Nu
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