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■>ORTS THE BATTALION 3B Thursday, September 19, 2002 September r tess (pnee g personal If item to quat ancel abers rounds out Big 12 headlines 9* 2 sMts ft* Food 4; ^5P$ V'lp ST & F0Uf( :ellanec. )T ORCYQi XO fw S36: Texas A&M Offensive HCoordinator Dino Babers Appointed to BCA Board of Directors I Texas A&M offensive coor dinator and highly-respected assistant coach Dino Babers was appointed to the presti gious Black Coaches Association Board of Directors irj 2002 along with Hampton University head football coach Jo Taylor and Georgia Tech head men’s basketball coach Foul Hewitt. I Babers, who also serves as A M quarterbacks coach, has Hen associated with five bowl tepms since 1985 as an assis- Hit football coach at Arizona Slate, Eastern Illinois, UNLV. Horthern Arizona. Purdue, San Hego State and Arizona prior to coming to Aggieland in 2( >1. Leading Lads ■ Texas Tech QB Kliff Hngsbury passed Texas' Major Applewhite (1998-01) as the Bg 12’s career total offense llader with 8,331 yards and now bids to become the first st jdent-athlete ever from a Big 1.1 member to reach 9,000. I Texas Tech’s Robert Hall is the leader among all quarter backs ever from schools in this Hague with 8.489 yards from e James Brown 93) with 8,028 Cordell Stewart 1991-94) with dso gained sole MUSIC 1V90-93 whil (Texas, 1990- inesFromTue yards and 1 ate Sex -Thate (Colorado. PETS 7|77() yards ar with Big 12 grounds. ; *55 www.st SV Kingsbury dki has b Qtorf possession of tipie passing ; 820*0599 Of 81392 after a AL ESTA' noon in a ^ 0 4t)drn\ 4tf ) Call 817*3£ X Southeastern after- Conference Western Division emtender Ole Miss. Two of tie more interesting seniors on the “climbing the list” ciarts are ISU’s Wallace and Okahoma’s Nate Hybl, who have tombined for 6,032 net yards pssing in less than 1 1/2 season in their current roles. UT’s Shims also climbed into 10th place in career passing after hirling for 298 yards at North Qrolina. Sooners Ad vane Big 12 Shutout Strok Oklahoma notchd the Big 12’s fourth shutout \in in four weekends with a 68-i win over Texas-El Paso in Nirman last week and joined Kasas State and Texas in the “zro” cate gories to opponens. Coach Bob Stoops’s crew registered its second shutout in three 2002 clashes. Coach Bill Snyer’s KSU Wildcats, which peted three victories while holcng Akron (44-0), Northern llliois (44-0) and Missouri (30-0 scoreless in 1995, now have 2 shutouts in their last eigl seasons for a high amog league squads. Since Big 2 football activity started in ’f), K-State has a conferenceaest nine blankings. A pair of shtouts (by Oklahoma and Texs on Aug. 31, 2002) in season peners for Big 12 teams earlu occurred for the first time site Sept. 5, 1998, when Katas State downed Indiana Sta: 66-0 and Missouri decisione Bowling Green 37-0. The Big 12 has imaged 46 shutouts since Ag., 1996, while the circuit went five years from Northwaern’s 24- 0 win over Oklabma until New Mexico’s 2J) shutout over Baylor on Sep 14, 2002, without being zilcld by non conference oppotnts. The conference high fs been 1 I shutouts in 1999 uen Kansas State (3), Oklahoa (2) and Nebraska (2) cobined for seven of the defence gems. Nebraska, Tias Have Current HomeVinning Streak Nebraska and Teas are now the Buskers, Miami and Texas all took to the road while Washington had an open date. JOHN C. LIVAS • THE BATTALION Texas A&M sophomore wide receiver Terrence Murphy struggles to make a catch over Pittsburgh defensive back Shawntae Spencer. 1-4 nationally in home winning streaks after early 2002 con tests. Oklahoma saw the nation's second-longest current home winning streak end at 19 games on Nov. 24, 2001, after a 16-13 loss to Oklahoma State in Norman. The 1999-2001 Sooners seniors ended their careers 17-1 at Memorial Stadium. Texas, with its longest string of wins (13) at Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium since the 1982-84 seasons, has climbed into third place with its current streak. OU had the best current l-A active football winning streak ended at 20 by the Buskers. It was the 51st- longest (tied with 10 other teams) overall winning streak in Division I-A history. The Sooners still have the NCAA D-IA all-time winning streak mark with 47 before falling to Notre Dame 7-0. Last week. Nebraska-Penn State Draws 8th 100,000-Plus Crowd for Big 12 Schools: Largest in History Nebraska’s game last Saturday night against Penn State at University Park, Pa., was the largest ever to see a Big 12 school play in any ath letics' event. A “split-national” telecast with an ABC audience brought the total viewership to millions and also marked the second game involving a Big 12 team (along with the 100,037 on hand for the Texas Tech-Ohio State matchup) in 2002 to reach six figures. Oklahoma (75,564 versus Alabama) and the Buskers (78.176 versus Utah State) ear lier set on-campus attendance records this season. &M vs. Va. Tech nit the only big game this week OMMATE5 By Dallas Shipp THE BATTALION I Although the matchup in College Station bi tween No. 7 Virginia Tech and No. 19 Texas A&M may be the biggest game in the B g 12 this weekend, there are some other big matchups within the conference. I Manhattan, Kan. will be the site of another marquee matchup as No. 25 Kansas Slate hosts No. 11 USC. I Kansas State has become the front run- tjcr in the Big 12 North after pre-season favorite Colorado dropped its first two games and Nebraska was throttled by Penn Slate last week. I USC will look to knock off another Big 12 Noh title contender in consecutive weeks ter beating Colorado in Boulder last week, D-3. The Wildcats beat the Trojans last ye; 10-6 at USC. Theluffaloes began the season in the top 10 antwere considered by many to be a favoritin the national championship hunt. Howe’r, after their showing against No. 1 1 USC l;t week in Boulder, many have began to doit that they will even contend for the Big UNorth title. Corado’s schedule does not get any easieithis week as they travel to No. 20 UCLAn the Rose Bowl. Tats Tech will face off against No. 17 NortlCarolina State at 11:30 a.m. on the Fox Sorts Network. The Red Raiders are looking to continue the success they had against Mississippi last week, while the Wolfpack is looking to improve to 5-0 on the season. North Carolina State edged out Texas Tech in their last meeting in 1993, 36-34. The University of Texas will host the University of Houston this weekend in what will be another sellout crowd at Daryl K. Royal Memorial Stadium in Austin. 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