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The Battalion
Page 7 • Friday, October 25, 2002
Aggies host struggling Nebraska Saturday
NU will try to contain hot A&M offense
By Dallas Shipp
THE BATTALION
The Texas A&M football team is hoping to
keep the offensive magic it has shown in its pre
vious four games going strong against Nebraska
this weekend at Kyle Field.
Nebraska will be coming to College Station
looking for their first win on the road this season.
The Huskers have lost at Penn State, Iowa State
and Oklahoma State this season.
“The game will be a
major challenge in a
lot of ways,” said
Nebraska head coach
Frank Solich. “The
bottom line is, whether
you are playing at
home or on the road
you have to play four
quarters of good foot
ball.”
Senior safety Terrence Kiel said the Huskers
are a dangerous team that has a lot to play for
coming into Kyle Field.
“Their pride is hurt,” Kiel said. “We can’t be
concerned with what they’ve done in the past.
They are going to come in here and play hard.”
The Huskers w ill have to figure out a way to
stop the new-found aerial attack of the Aggie
offense.
“A month ago, everyone was asking me why
we were so bad,” said senior offensive lineman
Taylor Whitley. “Now everyone is asking why
we are so good.”
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About a month ago, A&M head coach R.C.
Slocum relieved offensive coordinator Dino
Babers of his playcalling duties and handed
them over to assistant head coach Kevin Sumlin
following A&M’s loss to Virginia Tech on on
Sept. 21.
“Anytime you change offensive coordinators
it’s a big deal,” Slocum said. “It helped score
more points and get more yards.”
1 he offensive attack has been led by sopho
more quarterback Dustin Long, who has broken
at least one school record
in each of his last three
starts. Against Texas
Tech, Long broke the Big
12 record with seven
touchdown passes in a
single game. The follow
ing week. Long reached
the 1000-yard mark
against Baylor in his
sixth game behind center for the Aggies, the
fastest in A&M history.
Last week against Kansas, Long passed for a
school-record 399 yards.
Freshman quarterback Reggie McNeal added
29 passing yards to set a new school record with
428 yards of passing yards.
One player that has benefited from Long’s
success is junior wide reciever Jamaar Taylor.
Taylor has hauled in 20 receptions for 425 yards
and three touchdowns in his last four starts for
A&M.
“Jamaar (Taylor) is a real good receiver,”
Kiel said. “He’s always hyped up and enthusias
tic about practice and games. I don’t like having
to hold him in one-on-one coverage.”
On defense the Aggies have rebounded since
giving up over 500 yards of offense to Texas-
Tech three weeks ago.
Since that nightmarish performance, the Aggies
have given up less than 200 yards per game.
The Wrecking Crew has appeared strong
against the run which should be extremely
important against Nebraska which is the No. 1
rushing team in the Big 12, averaging 266.4
JOHN C. LIVAS • THE BATTALION
Texas A&M junior wide receiver Jamaar Taylor is hit by Kansas defensive back Donnie Amadi after mak
ing a reception from sophomore Dustin Long in the Aggies’ 47-22 victory last week. Taylor will lead the
Aggies in Saturday’s matchup against Nebraska.
rushing yards per game.
Meanwhile, the Aggies haven’t allowed a
100-yard rusher in 20 regular season games, dat
ing back to the 2000 season.
Nebraska is the first team the Aggies have
faced this season with a respectable defense.
This weekend’s game will be a test for A&M
and should give some indication of where the
Aggies are going.
“We have to stay focused,” Taylor said. “We
have to stay hungry and I think we are right now.
This A&M team hasn’t even scratched the sur
face. I think with better competition we’ll see
more people step up.”
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Volleyball team prepares for tough road trip to Nebraska
By True Brown
THE BATTALION
The Texas A&M volleyball team will face its toughest match of the
season Saturday when it travels to Lincoln, Neb., to play the red-hot
Nebraska Comhuskers.
No. 4 Nebraska has compiled a 17-1 overall record and is perfect in
% 12 play. Its lone loss this season came on Sept. 2 at the hands of
now-No. 1 USC.
Since that loss, Nebraska has been on fire.
The Huskers have dominated, running off 15 straight wins. Thirteen
of those wins have been sweeps. A&M is the only conference team
'hat has not been swept, falling 3-1 in College Station on Oct.'6.
The Aggies (13-6, 5-5) are coming off a sweep of their own after
throttling Baylor Wednesday.
In the match, A&M posted a .284 attack percentage, its highest in
league games this season. The Aggies had 76 digs in one of their bet
ter defensive performances in Big 12 play.
A&M head coach Laurie Corbelli said she was impressed by her
team’s performance and said the team’s defense will be important for
the rest of the season.
“That’s something that we are going to continue to work on,”
Corbelli said. “It fits this team better. On past teams, we’ve had small
er players and maybe a little different style of play and we were able
to dig a little faster. Now, 1 think we are going to make a tempo change
with that.”
A changed tempo may not be enough to help the Aggies
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Senior middle blocker Amber Holmquist leads the league with a
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Laura Jones and Melissa Munsch lead A&M’s offensive attacks,
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