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AP TOP 25
Record
FVs
1.011(62)
7-0
1
2. Miami (3)
7-0
2
3. Virginia Tech
60
3
4. Georgia
6-1
4
5. Southern Cai
6-1
5
6. Florida St.
6-1
7
6. Washington St 6-1
6
8. Ohio St
6-1
8
9.LSU
6-1
10
10. Purdue
6-1
13
11. Michigan St.
7-1
15
12. N. Illinois
70
12
13. Michigan
6-2
17
14. Nebraska
6-1
18
15.TCU
70
16
16.lcwa
5-2
9
17. Auburn
5-2
19
18. Okla. State
6-1
23
19,Texas
5-2
20
20. Wisconsin
6-2
14
21.Ari<ansas
4-2
11
22.Tennessee
4-2
21
23. Bowling Gm
6-1
—
24. Utah
6-1
—
25. Florida
5-3
—
Fist place votes in panentheses)
ESPN COACHES POLL
Record
FVs
1.0U(57)
70
1
2 Miami (6)
70
2
3. Virginia Tech
60
3
4 USC
6-1
4
5. Georgia
6-1
5
6. Washington St 6-1
6
7. Florida State
6-1
7
8. Ohio State
6-1
8
9.LSU
6-1
10
10. Purdue
6-1
15
H.Nebraska
6-1
14
12. Mich. State
7-1
18
13.TCU
70
13
14 N. Illinois
70
16
15. Michigan
6-2
17
16.lcwa
5-2
9
17.Wisconsin
6-2
12
18.Texas
5-2
20
19. OWa. State
6-1
24
20.Arkansas
4-2
11
21.Aubum
5-2
25
22.Temessee
4-2
22
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6-1
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6-2
19
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coaches.)
QUOTABLE
“Italmost felt like we were
playing with a wet ball out
there."
- A&M coach Dennis
Franchione
It might have been our most
complete game in terms of
what we were able to get done
offensively, defensively and on
special teams.”
- Nebraska coach
Frank Solich
“(The offensive linemen) got
their blocks and I was able to
make a couple of cuts and it
was daylight.”
- Nebraska quarter
back Jammal Lord
‘The fact is we didn’t come
sutand play. We don’t play
Insistent enough to win
enough football games. I’m not
loingto say (the team’s youth)
isan excuse by any means.”
- A&M free safety
Jaxson Appel
Crazy
Nebraska cashes in on eight
A&M turnovers in 48-12 win
By Dallas Shipp
THE BATTALION
LINCOLN, Neb. — It was like
Christmas in Nebraska Saturday.
Everyone was wearing red and the gifts
just kept on coming for the Cornhuskers,
who capitalized on eight Texas A&M
turnovers on their way to a 48-12 win at
Memorial Stadium.
No. 18 Nebraska scored 35 points off
Aggie turnovers, including 14 points in
the first quarter that seemed to take the
life out of an A&M offense that was oth
erwise off to a good start.
“We turned the ball over too many
times today,” said A&M coach Dennis
Franchione. “It’s not like this offense to
turn the ball over as many times as we did.
It was like a snowball effect out there.”
A&M quarterback Reggie McNeal
had the worst game of his career, leading
the turnover parade with three intercep
tions — one returned for a touchdown by
Nebraska linebacker Barrett Ruud — and
two fumbles for the Aggies.
“We just didn’t execute today,”
McNeal said. “That’s just part of the
game, nothing major. It just happens.”
Prior to Saturday, McNeal had never
thrown more than one interception in a
game. But he wasn’t the only Aggie play
ing Santa Claus Saturday.
Junior quarterback Dustin Long threw
two interceptions, one of which was
returned for a touchdown, and A&M run
ning back Derek Farmer coughed up a
fumble as well.
Two of the Aggies’ eight turnovers
came inside the red zone, killing two
potential scoring opportunities for the
Aggies.
McNeal fumbled on the Nebraska 21-
yard line in the second quarter after a
’five-play, 76-yard drive to tlie Nebraska
Ll-yArd line for the Aggies.”7 r <|
Farmer fumbled on the Cornhusker
10-yard line late in the third quarter to
kill a three-play 40-yard drive.
“Everything you can’t do to win a
game, we did today,” said A&M senior
offensive lineman Alan Reuber.
“Offensively we didn’t give our team a
chance to win the game.”
The turnovers were deadly for an
Aggie offense that started the game with
an eight-play, 55-yard drive. A&M
looked poised to continue the offensive
assault that started against Baylor a
week ago.
But as the turnovers began to pile up,
so did the Nebraska side of the score-
board. The Huskers didn’t waste any extra
opportunities provided by the Aggies.
Nebraska quarterback Jammal Lord led
the Huskers with 109 yards on the ground
and two touchdowns. It was Lord’s third
100-yard rushing performance this season
and the eighth of his career.
“Jammal has been through a lot in his
career and it was great to see him really
get some things done in a manner that I
think is extremely good,” said Nebraska
coach Frank Solich.
The Huskers racked up 333 yards on
the ground, just four yards shy of their
season high 337 yards against Penn
State. With the win, Nebraska is 194-7
in the last 30 years when rushing for
300 yards or more in a game, and 13-2
under Solich.
Nebraska safety Josh Bullocks picked
off his seventh pass of the season
Saturday, tying a school record. His
seven interceptions is the best in the
nation, averaging one pick per game so
far this season.
The lone bright spot for the Aggie
offense was the play of A-back Jason
Carter, who was predicted to be a key
contributor for the Aggies this year.
Until Saturday, Carter had not lived up
to his expectations and was removed
from punt returner after key fumbles ear
lier this season.
But as the fourth quarter game was
winding down. Carter returned a kickoff
89 yards for a touchdown. It was the first
kickoff returned for a touchdown by the
Aggies since<,~T997T ’Vfiefl Sjtf" Parker
scored on a 78-yarder agaihst lowa State.
The Aggie defense held up well
against the Huskers despite giving up
more than 300 yards rushing.
Nebraska scored six of its seven touch
downs on drives that began in Aggie terri
tory. The other touchdown came on a drive
Eights
John C. Livas • THE BATTALION
Texas A&M quarterback Reggie McNeal juggles the ball during Nebraska's 48-12 win
Saturday. McNeal accounted fdrfive of A&M's turnovers: three interidptidns and two fumbles.
that started on their own 49-yard line.
A&M safety Jaxson Appel refused to
make that an excuse for the 48 Husker
points.
“It doesn’t matter how far they have to
go, the result is the same,” Appel said.
“They did what we thought we had to
stop. We felt prepared coming in, we just
didn’t execute well enough.”
Appel finished the game with a team-
high nine tackles.
The Aggies will look to regroup
Saturday against No. 18 Oklahoma State
at Kyle Field at 2:30 p.m.
Aggies still haven't broken through in must-have situations on road
John C. Livas • THE BATTALION
Nebraska quarterback Jammal Lord races past A&M safety Jaxson Appel on
one of his two rushing touchdowns Saturday. Lord finished with 109 yards.
L incoln, Neb.
- If saying the
road has been
unfriendly to the
Texas A&M football
team is an understate
ment, then saying the
Aggies have given
themselves a fair
chance to win any of
their three road games
is an overstatement.
It has been early in games
on the road, a place where start
ing out strong to quiet an
unfriendly crowd comes at a
premium, that A&M has shown
some of its worst qualities.
Now 0-3 away from Kyle Field,
A&M has started each game by
doing exactly what a team can’t
do if it expects to win.
TRUE BROWN
Its latest misery
came in the form of
spotting the University
of Nebraska 14 first-
quarter points off of
two Reggie McNeal
interceptions. The two
touchdowns provided
the Cornhuskers with a
20-3 cushion that
proved far too deep for
the Aggies to over
come. The interceptions, which
came within 3:02 of each other,
both happened inside A&M’s
35-yard line and provided the
Huskers exactly what they
needed to whip the crowd of
77,604 into a frenzy.
So far this season, A&M
has been outscored 142-59 on
the road.
A&M offensive tackle Alan
Reuber said after the game he
didn’t think being on the road
played an active part in A&M’s
problems.
“I don’t think it’s a road sit
uation because the noise didn’t
really affect us today,” Reuber
said. “We communicated well.
That had affected us in earlier
ballgames at Virginia Tech, but
we learned from that game and
played well through the noise.
This is just an internal thing
that we need to fix.”
The stats, however, sing a
different tune. A&M has not
been able to respond in early
must-have situations on the
road.
See Road on page 9
Aggies collapse in second half, Tigers win
By Troy Miller
THE BATTALION
After a good second half performance in its 2-0
'ictory over Iowa State, it was the second half that
'roved to be the demise of the Texas A&M
‘''omen’s soccer team on Sunday. The Aggies suf-
cred their first loss in 23 Big 12 regular season
lames by falling at Missouri 5-4 in overtime.
After taking a 4-1 lead into halftime, the No. 4
\ggies gave up three goals in the second half and
'oe in overtime as the Tigers (7-8-1, 1-4-1 Big
12) won their first Big 12 contest this season.
Missouri junior forward Melissa Peabody
Cored the game winner 4:26 into overtime.
} eabody scored three goals in the match, and the
iveTiger goals matched the previous season total
Jfgoals allowed by the Aggies (11 -2-2, 4-1 -2).
The scoring began in the ninth minute as
Aggie junior defender Amanda Burke made good
to a penalty kick after junior forward Emma
Smith was dragged down inside the penalty area.
Just 24 seconds later, Tiger freshman midfield
er Elyse Nikonchuck scored the equalizer and
erased the Aggies’ chances for a fourth straight
shutout.
Smith answered in the 21st minute as she
Blocked in a header off a serve from freshman
^fender Annie Burnett. Freshman forward Kat
Krambeer then scored two consecutive goals in
the 28th and 41st minutes of the match.
The second half quickly became the Melissa
Peabody show as the Missouri junior scored just
six minutes into the second half. Peabody’s goal
marked the first time the Aggies have given up
more than one goal in a match all season.
Nikonchuck added her second goal of the
match with just 12 minutes remaining to pull the
Tigers within a goal, and Peabody tied the score
at four.
The loss comes on the heels of an impressive 2-0
victory over Iowa State at the Aggie Soccer Complex
in which the Aggies kept possession in the Cyclone
defensive zone for almost the entire match.
“I thought our first 20 minutes (against Iowa
State) were some of the best that I’ve seen all
year,” said A&M coach G. Guerrieri. “It’s awful
hard for them to score when they’re constantly
pinned back against their goal line.”
The loss leaves the Aggies in third place as
they head into a weekend where they face No. 16
Nebraska and No. 12 Colorado, the two teams
ahead of them in the Big 12 standings, at the
Aggie Soccer Complex.
To successfully defend their Big 12
Championship, the Aggies must beat not only
both Nebraska and Colorado, but also arch-rival
Texas in Austin in the last match of the regular
season.
Sharon Aeschbach • THE BATTALION
Texas A&M's Laura Probst dribbles past Iowa State
University's Kelly Burke during the Aggies 2-0 win Friday.
SPORTS IN BRIEF
Glenn's three TDs helps
Cowboys upend Lions
DETROIT (AP) — Terry Glenn did more
than enough by himself to beat the Detroit
Lions.
Glenn caught three first-half touchdowns,
the first two in spectacular fashion, as the
Dallas Cowboys beat Detroit 38-7 and
matched their win total from each of the pre
vious three seasons.
Under new coach Bill Parcells, the
Cowboys (5-1) have won five straight games
for the first time since 1994 and are off to
their best start since winning eight of nine in
1995. Dallas has won three road games this
season, one more than the two previous
years combined.
The Cowboys, the only team to lose twice
to Detroit the past two-plus seasons, beat
the Lions for the first time since 1992.
The Lions (1-5), under first-year coach
Steve Mariucci, are not faring much better
than they did the past two years with Marty
Mornhinweg, who was fired with a 5-27
record. Last year, the Lions won two of the
first six games before finishing 3-13.
Two decisions Parcells has made in his
first season with the Cowboys — acquiring
Glenn and naming Quincy Carter his starter
— paid off again Sunday.