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THE BATTALION
Tuesday, January 22, 2002
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THE BATTALION
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been the biggest of the season.
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■ only A&M’s first in nearly a
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;| fit you look at the last two or three
-u! up ^■es, Keith has been playing pretty “We challenged [Jackson | before gave the Aggies their first lead when
th„ io..mo«o»i, fc*d, Watkins said. ‘We need to keep the game to come out and be aggres- he hit a 3-pointer six minutes into the
-jim going. We’ve talked to him about sive,” Watkins said. “He did an second half, and the Aggies never
aggressive and being ready, excellent job of being very conscious trailed again.
s starl ' n £ to l' sten an d good things of where [Lucas] was and making Roberts, Baylor’s biggest inside
Hire starting to happen for him.” sure that if he got something, he had threat, was hampered by foul trouble
■ M » ASS* es h e *d Lawrence to work for it.” throughout the game and fouled out
l/VL ® erts and John Lucas * Baylor’s Baylor started the game hot, tak- with 8:46 remaining. Roberts’limited
5 two leading scorers, to a combined ing an early 20-10 lead. A&M found pi a y allowed the Aggies to dominate
I llpoints. Junior guard Bradley its shooting touch in the closing min- the Bears in the painL out rebounding
Jackson played 33 minutes, blanket- utes of the first half and trailed by six
,ng Lucas and holding him to his points at the break, 34-28.
| J|est point output since Dec. 21. Sophomore guard Dylan Leal Sec Bean on page 6B
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Offenses come up big
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Bill
Cowher’s forte as a player was special
teams. His area of expertise as an
assistant coach was defense.
So what did the Pittsburgh coach
want to talk about Monday? The
Steelers’ offense.
“We’ve always been a team that
says, ’We’re going to run the foot
ball.’ There was never any question
we could do that,” Cowher said as he
began preparation for Sunday’s AFC
title game against New England.
“But if we have to throw the football,
there’s a confidence about that now.
The confidence that’s always been
there on defense is there on offense
right now.”
That was one of the anomalies about
this weekend’s games to determine the
conference finalists: The Steelers and
Rams, the heavy favorites to be playing
in the Super Bowl a week from Sunday,
both won thanks to top production from
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their perceived weaknesses.
The offensive-minded Rams play
much better defense than they’re
given credit for. Similarly, the defen
sive-minded Steelers are good on
offense, too.
St. Louis, playing in its dome, was
an early 11 1/2-point favorite over
Philadelphia, which it beat in overtime
on the road on opening day. The
Steelers were 7 1/2-point favorites
over New England.
Both seem to be peaking at the
right time.
The Rams beat Green Bay 45-17
Sunday, but the .surprise wasn’t so
much the 45 points as the way they
came: 28 off six interceptions on a day
when the offense had its worst game
statistically this season, with just 292
yards from scrimmage.
“It’s a great luxury when you don’t
always have to make big plays,” said
Kurt Warner, who usually makes a
bundle of them.
The Steelers held Baltimore to just
150 yards — under 100 in the first
three quarters — in their 27-10 victo
ry, which eliminated the defending
champions. t
That kind of defense is standard
from these Steelers.
But Pittsburgh also made big plays
on offense — particularly early, help
ing it open a 20-0 lead. Amos
Zereoue, pressed into service when a
shot to relieve the pain in Jerome
Bettis’ injured groin hit the wrong
nerve, ran for 12 yards on the first
play from scrimmage. That set the
tone for a game in which the Steelers
moved the ball well.
“A lot of people don’t understand
what we can do with the offense,”
said Hines Ward, whose 94 receptions
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