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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
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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
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stroke and breasts!
events. On the men’s
senior Alfredo Jat
extended his win strea.
seven-straight breastsij
events, a career best.
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pool this Saturday in a
against Southern Mel
University in Dallas while
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end off.
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