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] Aggies prepared
j to battle Sooners
| By Richard Rosenblatt
" The Associated Press
I After 23 years, Texas A&M gets
| another shot at the No. 1 team in
the nation.
J The last time, on Nov. 26, 1977,
No. 1 Texas came to College Station
and beat the Aggies 57-28 — drop
ping Texas A&M to 0-8 against top
ranked teams in the AP poll.
This time, No. 1 Oklahoma (8-0, 5
0 Big 12) visits Kyle Field on Satur
day in a game that has as much sig
nificance for the 23rd-ranked Aggies
(7-2,5-1) as it does for the Sooners.
While Oklahoma has visions of a
national championship, the Soon
ers must first beat Texas A&M, win
the Big 12 South and advance to the
league title game on Dec. 2. A loss '
puts the Aggies in position to win
the division and knock the Sooners i
out of title contention.
Texas A&M can’t wait to chal
lenge top Heisman Trophy con
tender Josh Heupel and an offense
scoring 45.9 points per game, top in 1
the nation. The Aggies also would 1
like to avenge last year’s 51-6 loss in ]
Norman, Okla. 1
“These are the fun games,” Ag- <
gies coach R.C. Slocum said. “This
I is the fun part of coaching. I hate £
the games where nobody’s excited t
and you’re supposed to win. Those 1
things are a coach’s nightmare. It’s
fun to get to these types of games r
where you can say there’s no ques
tion that the team we’re playing is a r
great team and it’s going to be a r
goodballgame.” j
Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops is t
all business. j
“This is another big game, and 5
TMM.
we’ve had a bunch of ’em,” Stoops
said. “Our preparation never
changes. ... I don’t see any pressure.
... This is what we do. We’re sup
posed to play well. We’re going to be
prepared to play well and go about
our business like we always do.”
Do they ever! The Sooners are
coming off a 56-7 win against Bay
lor. Heupel threw for 313 yards and
three touchdowns and ran for an
other before taking off the second
half. In the big games, Oklahoma
has been awesome — winning at
then-No. 2 Kansas State 41-31 be
fore coming back after a week off to
oeat then-No. 1 Nebraska 31-14.
The Aggies, with quarterback
Vlark Farris, have shown signs they
nan play with the Sooners. Farris
las thrown for 2,042 yards and
?ight TDs, and the Aggies average
learly 29 points per game.
The Wrecking Crew leads the Big
12 in scoring defense — allowing
L3.1 points per game — and is tied
vith the Sooners for the lead in in
erceptions at 16. The Aggies are al
owing just 6.8 points per game in
heir last four games, including a
!6-10 win against Kansas State.
Plus, Oklahoma has lost eight in
i row at College Station in a series
hat began with a Sooners win in
903.
The picks: No. 1 Oklahoma (mi
nis 10) at No. 23 Texas A&M
Wrecking Crew capable of dis
mantling Sooners’ perfect-season
'Ians. ... TEXAS A&M, 28-24.16
.ansas StateGolden Eagles’ defense
ounces back after allowing 7 TDs
ist week. ... SOUTHERN MISSIS
IPPI, 35-20.