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The Battalion
Page I B • Monday, January 27, 2003
ucs oeat Raiders in Super Bowl, 48-21
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luccaneer safety Dexter Jackson returns an interception in the first half on Sunday.
By Dave Goldberg
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN DIEGO —Just defense, baby!
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers didn’t
need much more — for most of the
game, anyway.
Coach Jon Gruden and his Bucs won
the Super Bowl on Sunday, routing the
Oakland Raiders 48-21 in the first
matchup of the NFL’s best offense
against its best defense.
The Tampa Bay defense won by a
mile, shutting down the Raiders for
three quarters and holding on as they
made a belated comeback attempt.
Super Bowl MVP Dexter Jackson
had two interceptions, as did Dwight
Smith, who returned both of his picks
for touchdowns, including a 50-yarder
to finish off the scoring with 2 seconds
left in the game. Derrick Brooks also
returned an interception for a touch
down.
Simeon Rice had two of the Bugs’
five sacks as Tampa romped to a 20-3
halftime lead then scored two quick
third-quarter touchdowns.
That rendered futile a late comeback
by the Raiders that included a touch
down on a blocked punt and 48-yard
TD pass from league MVP Rich
Gannon to Jerry Rice.
The Tampa Bay offense did its part,
too, led by Michael Pittman, who ran
for 124 yards on 29 carries.
Mike Alston had a 2-yard TD run
and Brad Johnson added two TD passes
to Keenan McCardell, the second an 11-
yarder after an 89-yard drive that ate up
almost eight minutes of the third quar
ter.
Just 43 seconds later. Smith grabbed
the ball away from Jerry Rice and took
it to the end zone to make it 34-3.
Oakland owner A1 Davis’ slogan
“Just win, baby!’’ wasn’t going to work
this time.
How good was the Tampa Bay
defense?
Oakland had just 62 total yards in
the first half, second-lowest total in
Super Bowl history. And the five inter
ceptions of Gannon were the most he
had in any game this season. He fin
ished 24-of-44 for 272 yards and two
touchdowns.
Credit the win also to the 39-year-
old Gruden, who left Oakland a year
ago for Tampa Bay in what seemed at
the time far too much in draft picks and
cash — $8 million to be exact.
But Gruden’s knowledge of his old
team worked out perfectly.
“Every play they’ve run, we’ve run
in practice,’’ Tampa Bay safety John
Lynch said.
To be fair, the Raiders might have
entered this game a bit distracted.
Their All-Pro center, Barret Robbins,
was sent home before the game for
missing team functions on Saturday.
The Bucs took advantage, with Warren
Sapp, Lynch and the interior defense
pushing up the middle constantly
against backup center Adam Treu to put
pressure on Gannon and shut down the
run.
This was a victory for one of the
NFL’s longtime sad sacks.
ggies silence KSU with home-win
By Dallas Shipp
THE BATTALION
Following comments from Wildcat sen-
ir forward Matt Siebrandt in newspapers
Her this week, senior guard Bernard
ing and the Aggies finally had their
ance Saturday night to show Kansas State
at they might not be Kansas, but they are
new team this year.”
The Aggies used Siebrandt’s words as
lotivafion going into Saturday night’s
|ame against Kansas State, and apparently,
worked as the Aggies (10-5, 2-2 Big 12)
at the Wildcats (11-7, 2-3 Big 12) 79-66
|t Reed Arena.
Siebrandt said the game against A&M
'is a must-win for us (KSU). It’s not like we
Ire playing KU again or some top team in
|ieconference...but it’s also a game we can
H)se if we aren't ready to play.”
King and freshman guard Antoine
I bright took exception to his comments and
Hecided to post them around the locker
|>om this week.
The duo brought the quote to the post-
| ame press conference, enlarged on an 8-
by-10 piece of paper, except this time,
Siebrandt’s name had been crossed out and
replaced with King’s, as if King said it.
“Let them take that back to Kansas,”
Wright said. “We’re a new team this year.”
Following the game, Siebrandt still
refused to give A&M credit for the win.
“We killed ourselves tonight,” Siebrandt
said. “We shot ourselves in the foot. We just
have to deal with that.”
After learning of Siebrandt’s post-game
comments King had a reply of his own.
“It doesn't matter how (Siebrandt) wants
to put it,” King said. “We saw who won.”
The game was close for the first 26 min
utes before A&M went on a 20-5 run and
never looked back. King and Wright both
posted double-doubles and led the way for
the Aggies.
“If they try to take my game away I just
pass it to Antoine,” King said. “There are
no two players on any team who can stop
both of us.”
Wright had a game-high 24 points
and 1 1 rebounds versus the Wildcats.
Wright fell just one point short of his
career-high of 25, achieved earlier in the
year against Miami.
King entered the game needing 28
points to become the all-time scoring leader
in A&M school history in what was likely
his only chance to break the record at home.
Although he did not break the record.
King did match his career high of 11 assists
and scored 18 points, giving him his third
double-double of the season.
“We got the win and that’s all I care
about,” King said. “We want to be at the top
of the Big 12 and we want to play in the
NCAA tournament; that’s our goal.”
The loss was the 11 th straight confer
ence defeat on the road for the Wildcats.
KSU Head Coach Jim Wooldridge said he
could not explain his team’s road struggles.
“We’re faced with the same challenge,”
Wooldridge said. “We haven’t learned how
to (win on the road). We can make a lot of
excuses, but the bottom line is (A&M)
played better than we did today. The hustle
stats show that.”
A&M out-rebounded Kansas State
40-37, which is impressive since the
Wildcats are one of the better rebound
ing teams in the country.
The Aggies’ next game will be on the
road against No. 7 Oklahoma Tuesday night
in Norman, Okla.
JP BEATO III • THE BATTALION
Antoine Wright shoots over a Kansas State defender in Saturday's game. The
Aggies defeated the Wildcats to gain a second conference victory.
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