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THE BATTALION
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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.
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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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