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Page 7 • Friday, November 8, 2002
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THE BATTALION
In the wake of exchanging press
[releases with A&M President Dr.
■obert M. Gates about his job security,
&M head coach R.C. Slocum will
turn his attention to preparing his
for its toughest test of the season
hen the No. 1 University of
klahoma Sooners invade Kyle Field
Saturday at 2:30 p.m.
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over top-15 ranked teams and
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45 - 28 Oklahoma
Offense attempts to couer for Ulrecking
Crew, but game gets out of hand!"
Dallas Shipp
34-10 Oklahoma
" Wrecking Crew can’t stop Griffin! Slocum has one
foot out the door!"
35 - 24 Oklahoma
" Ouermatched Aggies can’t hang with the
Sooners!"
champion Miami earlier this week.
“We know we’re playing a great
team, said A&M head football coach
R.C. Slocum. “I have huge respect for
them. I think they’re a better team than
they were two years ago.”
The Aggies (5-4, 2-3) are entering
the game on a two-game slide with
losses coming at home against
Nebraska Oct. 26 and to Oklahoma
State in Stillwater last week, 28-23.
In last week’s game, the Wrecking
Crew allowed their third 100-yard rush
er of the season after allowing two in
the same game against Nebraska a
week earlier.
OSU managed 351 total yards on
the game, with 143 coming from run
ning back Tatum
Bell.
The defense
will need to get
back on track to
contain OU.
“From a moti
vation stand
point, it really
shouldn’t be that
hard,” Slocum
said. “If you like
to play and you
like challenges,
this should be an
easy one to get up for.'
Oklahoma will be led by running
back Quentin Griffin, who has made a
recent run for contention in the
Heisman Trophy race by amassing 487
yards in the last three games.
“I think Quentin has as good of a
chance as anybody (of winning the
Heisman),” said OU offensive coordi
nator Chuck Long.
The Aggies will look to sophomore
quarterback Dustin Long to lead the
offense against a Sooner defense
which has allowed only three passing
touchdowns this season, the second
fewest in the nation.
The Aggie offense has relied on the
passing attack for its past six games,
including last week when Long
passed for 332 yards of the Aggies
total of 403 yards.
Long is now tied with Mark Farris
for all-time A&M leader in 300-yard
passing games with three.
While many expect Oklahoma to
cruise through their remaining sched
ule, of which the combined record of
their opponents is 18-18, OU lineman
Jammal Brown is showing caution.
“We are still going to take it one
game at a time,” Brown said. “Our
main goal is to get to (the Big 12
Championship in) Houston and to go
ALISSA HOLLIMON • THE BATTALION
A&M defensive back Byron Jones tackles OSU’s wide receiver Rashaun Woods last week.
from there. We’ve got A&M next and
that’s always a tough place to play.”
When the teams last met in College
Station during the 2000 season, the
Sooners rallied for the final 14 points of
the game including a 41-yard intercep
tion return thrown by Mark Farris,
allowing the Sooners to escape with a
35-31 win.
“You can look at that game and say
no one really gave us a chance in that
ballgame,” Slocum said. “We did and
came very close to beating them.”
While Oklahoma leads the all-time
series 11-9, they are only 2-8 when
playing at Kyle Field.
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By True Brown
THE BATTALION
The Texas A&M volleyball
team has found itself in
mcharted waters.
A win over Baylor on
Wednesday pushed the Aggies’
season-high conference winning
streak to three matches, as well as
landing them two games over
FA/ ) in league play. Neither had
happened before Wednesday
nightand now A&M has a chance
to chalk up another first.
A&M (16-7, 8-6) has yet to
defeat a ranked team this season
but will get a chance tonight
against No. 20 Missouri.
“1 think we are at a good place
emotionally,” said A&M head
coach Laurie Corbelli. “If we get
a win, it would be huge for the
confidence of the team, and that
has been somewhat shaky
throughout the season.”
But if Thursday’s practice was
any indication, the Aggies may be
on their way to getting back the
momentum they lost when Big
12 play started. Players and
coaches alike said the practice
was exactly what A&M needed.
“Everyone was really working
on their own self-discipline,” said
A&M outside hitter Melissa
Munsch. “The coaches weren’t
having to get on us about hitting
the floor for a ball. We had all-out
effort, and nobody stopped or
gave up on a ball. We were get
ting balls up that we haven’t got
ten up all year.”
Munsch leads A&M with 313
kills and is one of three players to
start all 23 games this season. She
said Missouri would bring in a
tough game, and the Aggies will
have to be ready to counter.
“We have to be on top of our
game,” Munsch said. “A lot of
what we need to do is focus on
our game and worry about our
side. We know some of the things
Missouri does, and we have pre
pared for those. They have great
players, but it helps us knowing
what they are going to do.”
A&M has run off consecutive
wins against Oklahoma,
Colorado and Baylor, and has
been almost flawless at home.
The Aggies own a 12-1 record
inside G. Rollie White Coliseum
with the lone loss going to con
ference-leading Nebraska.
Including Missouri, the
Aggies have three remaining
home matches, and all are against
teams in front of A&M in the Big
12 standings.
Beating the Tigers would put
the Aggies one step closer to
climbing up the league standings.
“I think maybe we have start
ed to turn a corner,” Corbelli said.
“I see the team starting to show
more teamness every day, and I
think that may be our secret —
understanding what it means to
play for the team. It’s going to be
a tremendous challenge for us.”
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