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SECTION iiesday, December 4, 2001 THE BATTALION Page IB Nails (‘ Best!! gs headed for Houston ,&M awaits Conference USA opponent in Astrodome Staff and Wire After three consecutive losses ending the gular season, the Texas A&M football jim will travel to Houston to play in the Blleryfurniture.com Bowl Dec. 28. The Aggies will take on a Conference BA representative, either Texas [ ristian or Southern Mississippi. The o teams square off Friday in ittiesburg, Miss., with the winner facing |e Aggies at the Astrodome. I The game will be televised nationally by |PN and kickoff is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. A&M finished the regular season with a |4 record, with losses to Big 12 Champion fclorado and ending the season with losses iTexasTech, Oklahoma and Texas I The trip to the Galleryfurniture.com Bowl ill be the Aggies’ 11th trip to a bowl game 113 seasons under head coach R.C. Slocum. I The Colorado Buffaloes (10-2) and the Nebraska Cornhuskers will play in Bowl Championship Series bowls. Colorado, No. 4 in the BCS poll, was granted a berth by defeating Texas in the Big 12 Championship game. Texas (10-2) will go head-to-head with RAC-10 foe Washington in the Culligan Holiday Bowl Dec. 28. The Oklahoma Sooners (10-2) will head to Dallas to play in the SBC Cotton Bowl on Jan. 1. It is the first time the Sooners have played in the Cotton Bowl and will take on a Southeastern Conference opponent. Texas Tech (7-4) will f[ace Iowa in the Sylvania Alamo Bowl in San Antonio on Dec. 29. The Iowa State Cyclones will head to Shreveport, La., to take on a Southeastern Conference team on Dec. 27 in the Independence Bowl. Kansas State and and Syracuse will replay the 1998 Fiesta Bowl, when the two teams battle in the Insight.com Bowl in Phoenix, Ariz. The Big 12 will have a record eight teams participating in bowl games to conclude the 2001 football season. The previous high was seven in 1998. Baylor, Oklahoma State, Kansas and Missouri failed to qualify for a bowl game. GUY ROGERS • THE BATTALION Sophomore running back Keith Joseph and the Texas A&M football team will play in the Galleryfurniture.com Bowl in Houston on Dec. 28. SPORTS IN BRIEF Art. nber 31,2001 mi nr EE YOOH CAB DRAIN 8 FILL 1095 tier Expires 1/lcKinney named pimington finalist Texas A&M football center Seth ilcKinney was named one of five inalists for the Dave Rimington ppby by the Boomer Esiason foundation Monday. I The award is given to the iiation's premier college football lenter annually. I The Austin native has started |very game of his career. IlcKinney will start his 50th lame in the Galleryfurniture.com Bowl on Dec. 28th. The winner will be awarded in Lincoln, Neb., on Dec. 15. Equestrian team takes third at OSU The Texas A&M Equestrian team placed third at the second of two English shows at the Animal Science Arena on the Oklahoma State campus last weekend. Kansas State and Oklahoma State tied for first with 28 points, while the Aggies finished with 27. A&M’s Leslie Bailey finished in a four-way tie for high point rider with a win in intermediate flat and a fourth place finish in inter mediate fences. Which teams represent the region will be decided in February. BCS nothing but trouble to NCAA T he Bowl Championship Series was intro duced to college football in 1998 as the NCAA’s solution to problems surround ing the national championship. The NCAA’s problem-solver will turn into a joke this season if Louisiana State upsets No. 2 Tennessee in the Southeastern Conference’s Championship g^rne Saturday. The NCAA should scrap the entire BCS sys- tern immediately, and solve the debacle with a championship play off system. If LSU upsets the Volunteers, the No. 3 Nebraska Cornhuskers will slide into the No. 2 spot, and play for the national championship in the Rose Bowl against No. 1 Miami. BCS officials will have plenty to explain if Tennessee falls in the SEC championship BCS officials will have plenty to explain if Tennessee falls in the SEC championship game. game, because Nebraska, a team that was not the best team in its conference, will be named national champions with a win against Miami. Division II and Division III football championships are decided in a playoff sys tem, leaving no doubt who is the best team in each respective division. Division 1 schedules are full of holes, with most teams playing 12 games between late August and late November. Teams also usually have two to three off weeks during the season, which easily could be done away with to free up weekends for playoff action. The playoff system would crown a cham pion in just five rounds if 16 teams are allowed in the championship tournament, and with a shortened schedule, champions would still be crowned around New Year’s Day. See BCS on page 4B. 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