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World Leader in Test Prep and Admissions KAPLAN 1-800-KAP-TEST kaptest.com Texas A&M UHii/ersitry? SPORTS THE BATTALION Monday, January 2(,; Super Bowl teams arrive in Houston By Barry Wilner THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HOUSTON — The New England Patriots’ latest business trip started late. The AFC champions arrived about one hour late in Houston on Sunday, although nobody was quite sure why. Coach Bill Belichick wasn’t even aware the team was not on time. “1 understand you’ve been waiting for a while,” Belichick said to reporters at Super Bowl week’s first news conference. “How late are we, a minute, five minutes?” When told it was 60 min utes, Belichick simply shrugged and said he couldn’t explain what happened. “I didn’t really realize it,” he admitted. NFL coaches are not enam ored of anything that disrupts their schedules, which usually are planned down to the sec ond. But Sunday was not reserved for anything except travel from the frigid Northeast to balmy Houston, where safety Rodney Harrison said “it’s great to see the sun shine and no snow on the ground.” Several hundred fans were at Logan Airport to wish the Patriots well, something quarterback Tom Brady found “amazing.” “I couldn’t wait to get out of there. It was freezing,” Brady said. “It’s been cold up there for five weeks. “The fans were amazing. They all came out there with paint on their faces.” New England’s opponent for next Sunday’s title game, the Carolina Panthers, left Charlotte in a sleet storm and were scheduled to meet with the media later in the evening. Before taking off from home, they took a 15-block detour on their way to the airport through the heart of Charlotte. About 10,000 fans braved the inclement weather to attend the sendoff. It took 25 minutes for the five-bus convoy to crawl down the main street as music played, fans waved signs and one overzealous supporter jogged alongside the buses — bare-chested — with a Panthers flag. As the players arrived at the stadium, about 300 fans stood outside the gate applauding every arrival. Ace Davis, aka “Captain Panther” at home games, showed up decked out in a game jersey, a top hat, cape and tail, ignoring the steady stream of wet snow gathering around him. But the Panthers weren’t getting carried away by the festivities. “I think our guys understand that this is a business trip,” coach John Fox said before boarding the flight to Houston. “We are going there for one pur pose. You don’t want to cele brate the Super Bowl at the Super Bowl. You want to cele brate it after.” The Patriots did precisely that two years ago, upsetting the St. Louis Rams. This time, they are seven-point favorites and riding a 14-game winning streak equaled only by the 1972 Miami Dolphins. Do they carry any sort of a swagger with such a strong resume? Not this bunch. Mention the winning streak and they have the same reaction: So what? “Winning 14 in a row or whatever, it’s tremendous,” Harrison said. “But it don’t matter how many games you win, ultimately it’s about the Super Bowl.” Which means past achieve ments and outside influences must be ignored. It’s something the Patriots did well in 2002, and something they immediate ly recognize is the key to suc cess in 2004. “1 told them Super Bowl hype is great, the parties are great, going out to the restau rants and clubs is fun, but there are 51 other weeks to do that,” said Brady, dressed nattily in a business suit, as were Ty Law, Bobby Hamilton, Christian Fauria and Belichick. “As soon as we landed, you can see all of the things that can be a distraction,” added Law. “But we’re here to do a job. We can go hang with the ‘in’ crowd when we’re done playing.” SPORTS IN BRIEF Men's tennis earns split on road trip The Texas A&M men’s tennis team had a weekend of mixed emotions on their midwest road trip as they defeated No. 49 Notre Dame on Friday, and then lost a heated match to No. 1 Illinois on Saturday. The No. 9 Aggies started the weekend on a high note with their 5-2 victory over the Irish. A&M was led by juniors Lester Cook and Ante Matijevic, the nation’s top-ranked doubles team. The duo beat the No. 18- ranked doubles team of Luis Haddock and Ryan Keckley, 8- 6. Each then went on to win their respective singles match es in straight sets. Senior transfer Mohamed Dakki clinched the overall match by defeating Notre Dame’s Brent D’Amico, 7-5, 6-4. A&M then suffered its first loss of the season, falling to top-ranked Illinois, 4-3. The lllini were able to secure the doubles point as Cook and Matijevic were the only Aggies to win a doubles match. Then all Illinois needed was a split in the singles matches to gain its 34th straight victory. Despite the loss, A&M coach Tim Cass was still pleased with his team’s performance. “Overall, I’m proud of the effort," Cass said. “Illinois is an extremely deep team, and we like to think we are deep, too. They just got us.” The Aggies will try to rebound this Saturday as they travel to Durham, N.C., to take on No. 8 Duke. Aggies sweep Louisiana road trip with two wins “The battle in the bayou" weekend proved to be not much of a battle at all for the Texas A&M men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams. Both squads pulled off easy road victories against Louisiana State University and Louisiana-Monroe. The LSU (2-6) men present ed what seemed to be the biggest challenge of the week end, winning the events of the meet. The !t| Aggies (7-1) soon disi; themselves, winning remaining events but one to be outdone, the No Aggie women (8-1) drq only five events in the mee| Louisiana-Monroe provided not much of a challenge, with both sq winning. The Aggie fared well in the meet, ning 11 of 16 events, ii ing sweeping both the stroke and breasts! events. On the men’s senior Alfredo Jat extended his win strea. seven-straight breastsij events, a career best. The Aggie men take pool this Saturday in a against Southern Mel University in Dallas while Aggie women have then end off. A&M track and field finishes fourth, seventh ie ha tli TOSS t!' lien le; ctator rces to ie wor ound a though ie heart rer. co ion and I )rm his lussein This Biould i have a s | ce for Jjbvert The Texas A&M trad; | ima n | field team competeol Presii Houston Saturday and (as said home three gold medakMtermir the field events. The ill ;posed men finished in fourth J it to tal overall, while the womenlive the i shed seventh. tea pub All of A&M’s gold r ladersh came from the men’s se l.wcon the weight throw, shotpdl’provet pole vault. I deed g A&M senior Ronny Jirrj rtermir finished first in the shotl sddani with a distance of SO-cl But 11 while junior Jamie Rj ; lecemb came out with silver thro»l’ ainst £ 53-8.25 List two A&M senior Josh RaJ mat - received gold in the wB ate I* 1 throw with a 53-0.25 while junior Justin S cleared 16-6.75 in the vault, giving him the Freshman Dusty Will placed second with 16-0J:B" j\ lv A&M senior Jon Peschti® us s ished eighth in the 60-n hurdles, and sophon Michael Thompson finis seventh in the 60-meterd2 The Aggies will be in a again next weekend as travel to the Bayou Invitational in Baton Rouge 3 This is B:e, the Last Muslim; Itys of I Jt a tw l.'mnnd death. T Council le elect ere isn rthan Sadd; lent ext c tinprisi )n, dur c >uld al.< Kurds w Ithe 1? 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