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Aggies’ win over OU puts the ‘Homs
back in the hunt for a national title
AUSTIN (AP) — Welcome
back to first place, Texas. Well,
sort of.
Saturday’s 41-0 win over
Baylor combined with
Oklahoma’s 30-26 loss at Texas
A&M put the Longhorns (9-1,5-
1) back on top of the standings
in the Big 12 South Division.
That’s because they have one
more conference win than the
Sooners (8-1, 4-1).
The teams share the No. 4
spot in this week’s AP Top 25.
But while the Longhorns lit
erally hold first place in the divi
sion, Oklahoma still controls the
inside track to the Big 12 title
game on Dec. 7.
If both teams win out and
finish with only one league
loss, Oklahoma holds the head-
to-head tiebreaker due to its
35-24 win over the ’Horns
back on Oct. 12.
Texas has two games left: a
visit to always-dangerous Texas
Tech next Saturday and a Nov.
29 home date with the rejuvenat
ed A&M Aggies.
While those are must-win
games, the ’Horns will be keep
ing a close watch on the
Sooners, who still have to play
Baylor, Texas Tech and archri
val Oklahoma State.
Texas was in a similar posi
tion last year and got the help
it needed when Oklahoma
State beat the Sooners in the
season finale.
Texas won the division and
played in the conference title
game but lost, sending the
’Horns tumbling out a berth in
the Bowl Championship Series.
Texas’ four-game winning
streak also has the ’Horns back
in the national championship
picture. Exactly where remains
to be seen.
The next BCS standings will
be released Monday. While
Oklahoma will drop,
Washington State’s move up to
the No. 3 spot in the AP rank
ings won’t help the Longhorns.
For now, Texas is concentrat
ing on its own schedule and let
ting the rest take care of itself.
On Saturday, the Longhorns
raced to a 31-0 halftime lead
over the hapless Bears. The final
score could have been worse but
coach Mack Brown didn’t want
to run up the score against
Baylor coach Kevin Steele, his
friend who was fired earlier in
the week. Steele is staying on to
finish the season.
“I really handicapped us
some today,” Brown said of his
decision to keep running the ball
in the second half instead of
throwing for the end zone.
“I thought it was important
for us to win the game but also
be respectful of Kevin Steele
and his team.”
The first half was anything
goes.
Quarterback Chris Simms
tossed three touchdown passes,
including a 73-yarder to Roy
Williams on the second play of
the game.
Simms was 15-of-17 passing
in the first half and finished with
254 yards and one interception
on the Baylor goal line.
“I just tried to treat it like
every other game,” said Simms,
who left the game after the third
quarter. “I was trying to stay in a
good rhythm and keep the
offense in a positive state of
mind.”
That’s easy to do with
Williams healthy. The 6-foot-4
junior with soft hands and
breakaway speed has been bril
liant the last two weeks with 21
catches for 333 yards and three
TDs.
Hampered by a hamstring
injury for much of the season,
Williams has shown lately the
explosive ability Texas needs to
open up defenses.
“We’ve got a little streak
going,” Williams said. “We had
a tough four or five game stretch
that we went through but we’re
ready for Texas Tech.
“I’m sure they will be ready
for us,” he said.
Titans hold off Texans in first match-up
between the new and old Houston teams
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The
Texans may have lost their first meeting
with Houston’s old team in Tennessee 17-10
on Sunday, but they showed the Titans that
an interesting rivalry could be brewing.
“We were in a dogfight,” Texans quarter
back David Carr said. “All day things were
going uphill for us.”
Former Houston Oilers
Steve McNair threw for
two touchdowns and 109
yards, and Eddie George
ran for another 86 to help
Tennessee defeat the team
that succeeded them. The
Oilers moved to Nashville
in 1997 and became the
Titans before the 1999
season.
“It’6 always difficult when you play an
extremely mobile quarterback,’ said comer-
back Marcus Coleman, whose interception
near the end of the third quarter was his first as
a Texan. “He’s big, he’s fast, and he can do all
those things that most quarterbacks can’t do.”
The Texans (2-7) got within a touchdown
when Carr threw a 10-yard scoring pass to
Jarrod Baxter with 3:05 left. Houston got the
ball back, and the Titans (5-4) didn’t seal the
victory until Lance Schullers intercepted
Carr’s pass at the Tennessee 46 with 1:11 left.
It was the fourth straight victory for the
Titans, who stayed atop the AFC South
almost in spite of themselves.
But the Texans earned Tennessee’s
respect. Tennessee coach Jeff Fisher said his
staff knew the Texans were better than
they’d appeared on film.
“We felt like when this game was over
we were fortunate to win and we feel like
our opponent is going to win a number of
games this year,” Fisher said.
“Their defense is very difficult to attack
and they are big, strong, fast and they can
get the football,” he said.
Tennessee had trouble moving the ball
against the Texans, who intercepted two of
McNair’s passes, including one in the end
zone. Tennessee had only 251 total yards but
held the ball for more than 33 minutes.
The Titans helped keep the NFL’s worst
offense in check as they sacked Carr four
times and forced three turnovers. Houston
gained just 233 total yards.
Fisher wasn’t happy with his offense,
which got only a field goal off turnovers, but
he isn’t being choosy.
“Four consecutive wins is good for this
team,” he said.
After Houston’s touchdown, the Titans
couldn’t run out the clock and had to punt
the ball, but they blitzed Carr hard and bat
ted down his first pass. He fumbled on the
second play, and after Schullers’ intercep
tion, Tennessee ran out the clock.
Houston coach Dom Capers was happy
his Texans had a chance late.
“I have no questions about the intentions
of our team. We have to become more disci
plined and more efficient in our execution
and move forward,” he said.
The Titans held Houston to 18 total
yards in the first quarter, sacked Carr twice
during the first two series, and Samari
Rolle intercepted Carr’s pass to end the
Texans’ third possession.
McNair looked very sharp early, going 5-
for-7 for 57 yards on a 13-play, 93-yard
drive. One incompletion was a drop and
another was tipped away by Texans line
backer Jamie Sharper. McNair put
Tennessee up 7-0 with a 13-yard TD pass to
Derrick Mason.
Then the Titans started looking like the
team that lost four straight games in
September and led only 10-3 at halftime.
They managed only a 24-yard field goal
by Joe Nedney off two turnovers in Houston
territory, and they had just 27 total yards in
the second quarter.
Houston finally got on the board just
before halftime on Kris Brown’s 51-yard
field goal.
CARR
Rockets retire Hakeem’s No. 34
HOUSTON (AP) — Hakeem Olajuwon relived a
moment from his past, hearing the Houston Rockets’
fans chanting “MVP, MVP,’’ just as they did when
he won the honor in 1994.
Then, Olajuwon departed to
begin his new life away from bas
ketball. And he promised not to
look back.
Olajuwon announced his
retirement before an adoring
audience Saturday night, during a
ceremony at halftime of the
Rockets’ game against the
Golden State Warriors. The olajuwon
home team retired his No. 34 jer
sey and hoisted it to the rafters of Compaq Center,
where Olajuwon played 17 of his 18 seasons and led
Houston to consecutive NBA titles in 1994 and ’95.
“It’s a wonderful feeling, just to see that you’re
still so welcome and still so well-received,”
Olajuwon said. “That was something that was per
sonally satisfying, and I’m very grateful for that.”
Olajuwon was an All-Star 12 times, holds the all-
time record for career blocked shots and was named
one of the NBA’s 50 greatest players when the league
celebrated its first half-century in business in 1996.
“I don’t look at this as the end; it is the beginning
of the next phase of my life,” Olajuwon said. “You
know what you accomplished over the years, and
now it is time to sit and watch.”
Olajuwon appeared most moved when owner Les
Alexander told the fans that a life-sized statue of
Olajuwon would be placed at the Rockets’ new
downtown arena, which opens next season.
“My image at the new stadium — I think that is
the ultimate,” Olajuwon said. “That is something
you can’t express your appreciation for, and your
gratitude.”
The Rockets won their first NBA title in
Alexander’s first season as Rockets owner.
“I had the greatest player in the universe on my
team;” Alexander said. “Without Hakeem, that (title)
would have been impossible. Without him, there
would be no Clutch City.”
Houston was denigrated as “Choke City” when
they fell behind Phoenix in the Western Conference
semifinals in 1994. They made a dramatic rally to
win that series, and went on to beat the New York
Knicks in a seven-game Finals.
“He’s the greatest player in Houston history,”
Alexander said. “If you had Hakeem on your team,
you knew that you were going to win.”
SPORTS IN BRIEF
Aggies face Ukraine
in exhibition tonight
at Reed Arena
The Texas A&M men’s basketball
team opens its two-game exhibition
schedule against the Ukraine’s MBC
Nicolaev on Monday at 7 p.m. at
Reed Arena.
The Aggies are led by senior,
Bernard King to is a three-time All-
Big 12 guard and is chasing the A&M
and Big 12 records for career points.
The game will also mark the unof
ficial debut of the Aggies’ newcom
ers led by forward Antoine Wright,
the consensus preseason pick for
Big 12 Freshman of the Year.
“We’re excited about playing
someone besides ourselves,” said
A&M head coach Melvin Watkins.
“Our kids are anxious to get the sea
son started.”
The Aggies begin the regular sea
son on Nov. 24 against Texas
Southern.
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