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L-/University of Texas Longhorns host
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luplicate that success in a game that
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Kyle Davoust
Texas enters this game with the quarter-
tad collaboration of Chance Mock and
Vincent Young. UT coach Mack Brown is
flick to point out that this time around
tliere is no controversy in Austin.
“We like the fact that both quarterbacks
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lypress conference. ’'Right now. we like
leone-two punch they bring us.”
This one-two punch is making game
planning harder for opposing defenses.
While the Longhorns are working on
fiecollaboration of two quarterbacks,
Kansas State is just happy to have starting
quarterback Ell Roberson back. After miss-
iogtwo and a half games, Roberson will be
radyto suit up Saturday.
Roberson's return can only mean trou-
Me for the Longhorns.
“He can beat you with the quarterback
draw, the quarterback counter, with the
option and scrambling." Brown said. “Then
liecanbeat you with his arm. He’s a guy
that will give us as big a challenge as we
will have the rest of the year."
Kickoff is set for 2:37 p.m. on ABC
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Snakebit Cyclones
There is not a more lopsided match-up
historically in the Big 12 than that of No. 1
Oklahoma and unranked Iowa State. The
j Soorashold a 64-5-2 overall record
s against the Cyclones, who have only one
mmuhiit to show for their last 37
meetings!against Oklahoma. None of Iowa
Slate’s wins have come since the inception
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Things aren't looking any better for
IheCyclones this time around. The team
has 15 players who have been lost for the
season or have missed games. The latest
Willis are running back Hiawatha
Rutland, out for the rest of the year, and
defensive lineman Jordan Carstens, side
lined indefinitely.
“It’s one of the very few things I dislike
File Photo • THE BATTALION
University of Texas wide receiver Roy Williams, shown here during last season's win against Texas A&M,
will probably catch passes from two different quarterbacks during Saturday's game with Kansas State.
about coaching football,” Iowa State coach
Dan McCarney said of the in juries while
talking to The Associated Press Monday.
“You still love them, you still support them
and help them in any way we can. But
obviously it’s one of the toughest things we
deal with in this position.”
With such a history of dominance and a
banged-up team in front of them, many
would assume the Sooners would be look
ing ahead to next week’s Red River
Shootout aeainst Texas. OU coach Bob
Stoops denies this claim.
Stoops refused to answer questions
about the Texas game and even grew angry
when asked about the upcoming rivalry
game.
After letups against marginal teams
have squashed Oklahoma’s national title
hopes in each of the past two seasons.
Stoops has stressed realizing the impor
tance of each game.
Kickoff is scheduled for 6 p.m. and will
be televised on TBS Superstation.
Buffs wary of singing Baylor blues
After losing back-to-back games against
Washington State and Florida State, the
Colorado Buffaloes are eager to start con
ference play.
“It is a two season type of arrangement
for us," said Colorado coach Gary Barnett
during his Tuesday press conference.
“Coming off of two losses, you sort of
want that part of the season to be gone.
There is no question that this starts a sec
ond season, and its what you gauge all of
your goals around in the conference.”
Baylor is looking for its fifth conference
win since joining the Big 12, and its first
victory over Colorado since beating the
then-No. 12 ranked Buffaloes 16-14 in
1991.
The Bears hope that an improved run
ning game featuring senior Rashad
Armstrong will help them finally compete
against the big boys in the conference.
Kickoff is set for 11:30 a.m. and will be
televised live on FOX Sports Southwest.
Aggies melt down
in Austin, lose in 5
Staff & Wire
THE BATTALION
The Texas A&M volleyball
team wasted a 2-0 lead
Wednesday night on the road
against the University of Texas,
dropping a 29-31, 24-30, 30-21,
31-29, 18-16 decision to the
Longhorns.
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the second
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The loss
drops the
Aggies’ record
to 10-4 and 2-
2 in the Big
12. UT improves to 8-5 and 3-1
in the league.
A&M’s defense couldn’t stop
UT’s double-edged attack of
Mira Topic and Bethany
Howden. The two combined for
42 kills, and Topic had a .306
hitting percentage.
After falling behind 10-8 in
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the fifth game, A&M went on a
run to take the lead.
The Aggies had match point
twice, at 14-13 and 15-14, but two
kills by Topic put the Longhorns
ahead. Topic served UT’s final
point, which came on a hitting
error by A&M’s Beth Skypala.
After dropping games one
and two, the Longhorns got on a
roll in the third game, posting a
.406 hitting percentage. The
Aggies got as close as 21 -18, but
UT attackers, aided by two
A&M miscues, pushed Texas to
a 9-3 run to close the game.
The Aggies trailed by as
many as five in the fourth game
before rallying to tie the score at
29. But back-to-back kills by
UT’s Kathy Hann and Jenny
Andrews forced the fifth game.
Middle blocker Melissa
Munsch led the Aggies with 18
kills and hit .209 for the match.
Four other Aggies reached double
figures in kills: Carol Price (17),
Laura Jones (15), Kendra Felder
(13), and Skypala (12).
Smith’s return could
be interesting affair
By Jaime Aron
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
IRVING — After years of
only tapping Emmitt Smith in
practice, some Dallas Cowboys
defenders are ready to take him
down for real.
And if there’s a little extra
oomph on their hits, well, Smith
will only have himself to blame.
The feelings surrounding
Smith’s return to Texas Stadium
on Sunday turned from nostalgic
to nasty after he told Sports
Illustrated that during his last
season in Dallas he “felt like a
diamond surrounded by trash.”
Most players sullied by that
statement held their tongues at
first. Now that Smith and his
new team, the Arizona Cardinals,
are coming to town, the
Cowboys are using the line to get
them fired up.
“Whatever I need to use to
motivate me to have a good game,
I’m going to use — and I’m defi
nitely going to use that,” said
defensive end Ebenezer Ekuban.
Ekuban is among those who
initially ignored the comment,
saying, “I just blew it off as
Emmitt being Emmitt.” Even
safety Roy Williams, a rookie
last season during Smith’s 13th
and final year in Dallas, knew
enough not to be offended by the
now-infamous line.
“Man, Emmitt pops off all the
time,” Williams said.
/ Linebacker Dexter Coakley
called the statement “very
painful” but added that Smith
was just frustrated with how far
the team had fallen — from three
Super Bowls in four years during
the mid-1990s to three straight
five-win seasons.
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