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Paft January 2, 1972 But NMSU Not A Good Student Haskins Wants To Re-Instruct Aggie Team Agges al- able game predicters around those tilts knows just about periencc a gainst the Aggie front board I 6 1 in ha of Roland Grant TM "moUrne is 7:30 p.m. and Sun-News Sports Editor At the beginning of the season, most people thought the Aggie basketball team didn't know how to lose. It dropped three of its first four games. Now, some Aggie fans are figuring the Aggies forgot how to line lo crack iiilo Ihe 20th spot on the college basketball rating polls. Monday, Head Coach Don Haskins and his U.T.

El Paso Miners plan to re-instruct the Aggies on the art of losing ball games. Haskins' main instructional lool will be a halfcourt good teacher, but not a popular one. Haskins has always.been a great instructor in Ihe art of Miners took a 66-52 win in El Paso. Earlier, the most passed the tenth lest in the Pan American Center and de- lose. They've won seven games zone press that eight out of Ihe in a row and arc 8-3 on the sea- season's nine opponents have son and, according lo informed been unable to crack.

Oppo- sourccs, are the third team in nents all agree Haskins is a corr close to losing, but will not One team is eo'ine to take making other teams lose, but he feated the Miners, 63-61. But as throw enough balls away and about a seven point lead then thinks thu Aggies are the poor- close as the effort was, Haskins take more balls off the back- lose it to the esl of his students--little brats would not give the team a pass- board than the smaller Miners comeback a that won't lislen and never inggrade. It just wouldn't buck- The Aggies will win by five will be tied for a while and seem to lose lo his Miners. Ic, under lo Ihe Miner defense, points and Don Haskins will be In five years, the Aggh learn Monday, when the Iwo teams extremely mad. meet again, Ihe odds are the The Aggie-Miner games since Aggies will fail another test by a 1966 have all had Truman Ward and Bill Ford, from has passed only one oul of 11 Haskins tesls.

That came late in the season last year when the SPOR TS JOEMUENCH: EDITOR it gets down to the final minutes, both coaches will be starting to pick up technical fouls the same There will be drops of blood visibleatsometimein the game and the fans will get in their fair share of cheering and booing. The two officials will have decided early in the game that these two teams just don't like each other very much. For the Mi veteran Scott 8 ft 8 Neal Returns To Ags; Was Henson Decision Prof. Haskins--Wants to Instruct Aggies New Mexico State Head Basketball Coach Lou Henson said Saturday that senior two- year lelterman Roy Neal has been reinstated with the Aggie basketball team. Neal had walked off the practice floor Dec.

24. Explaining Neal's return, Henson said "Koy Neal has been reinstated and, as most people know, he quit the team becaurc he felt he sould be given mure playing time. Wants Degree "Since departing from the team, he realizes his education is very important. And second, he wants to help the team in any capacity he can for the remainder of the year." Henson said that Neal's return was a decision of the coaching staff. "It was our decision to bring him back," he pointed out.

"We discussed it with our players and they felt it was our decision." Henson said that the primary reason for letting Neal return was that "he has been on our squad for three and a half years and during that time he had one of the best attitudes of any rebounds a game and 6.5 points squadman." a contest. "He'll Help" Henson added: "We are aware of the fact that he (Neal) will have the ability to help our team the rest of the way and he will also be able to get his Roadrunner Neal missed both Aggie games in the Roadrunner Tournament last week, but rejoined the team Friday after a discussion with Henson and assistant coaches Rob Evans degree." and John Burgess. Before Henson also added that the 6- quitting, Neal had averaged 190 pound senior would be available for the El Paso game Monday. He did almost minutes of playing time in each of the Aggies' first nine games of the season. His statistics included a .840 percentage, 5.9 not indicate how much playing time Neal would see.

Neal's return moves the Aggies rooster number up to 10 players. Nittany Lions Set New Record: No Texas TDs Bieats Tqxas In Cotton Bowl DALLAS (UPD--Penn State football coach Joe Paterno emerged dripping wet from his post-game shower New Year's Day, began taking off his clothes and listed the reasons why the Nittany Lions became the first team in 80 games to prevent Texas from scoring a touchdown. "There's a lot of reasons why we did it," Paterno said and bent back the index finger on his right hand. DALLAS (UPD--Pcnn Slate 22. und got a 37-yarder in Ihe converted three fumble recov- third quarter after Gregg mcs into IS points and stunned Ducallc fell on a Texas fumble Texas wilh a 65-yard scoring pass from John Hufnagel lo Skarzynski Saturday lo Scolt score a 300 Colton Bowl viclory ever Ihe Longhorns and wipe out (lie bad lastc of what mighl have been two years ago.

The Nitlany Lions, shutting down Hie I.onghorns' Wishbono- altack, killed Texas by playing almost errorless ball which came mid- niid capitalizing on Longhorn way through the Ihird period mistakes. It was the firsl lime and left the I-qnghorns 11 points in more than seven years the at the Longhorn 41. Another Texas fumble in the Ihird period, which came when quarterback Eddie Phillips made a poor pitchoul, quickly led lo a one-yard plunge by Lydell Mitchell for another score. Hut tiic big blow was the 65- yard bomb from llufnagcl lo That second field goal gave the Longhorns a 6-3 lead, but the second half mistakes gave Texas no chance of making the lead stand up. The victory by Penn State helped ease the bad feelings penl up in Ihe Nittany Lion squad since it was criticized for not coming lo the Cotton Bowl two years ago.

Such a game would have wound up to be a a between the top two teams in (he nation, but Penn feeling at the time it had no shot al Ihe national title-- Ihe thumping. It was the Longhorns' sixth bowl loss against I I wins and Iwo ties. DALLAS (UF 1 The slaMslics ol 1he Prnn stale Texas Collwi Bowl fooibatl (fame. Firsl downs Rushes Yards Pdssino Rclurn yardane F'asses PIKIIS fumbles losl Pearl Slalc Texis 18 IS 5673? 53 159 5 1J 0 5 33 0 bled." The Longhorns were plagued by the same fumbles that killed them exactly one year ago and Penn Slate won the 1972 Colton Bowl Classic 306. The Penn Slate victory came about 72 hours after Paterno said he hoped to contain Ihe Texas wishbone-T.

"We just kept guessing," Palerno said with a smile. "I don't want to make us seem smarter than we are. We just guessed right." The Penn Staters celebrated their Cotton Bowl victory by not only tossing Palernq into Ihe dressing room shower but giving Ihe same treatment to former Gov. Raymond Shaeffer of Pennsylvania. The only throw that rivaled it was a 65-yard touchdown pass from John Hufnagel to Scott Skarzynski which sealed Texas' fate.

"The coach called the play," Hufnagel said. "We caught their two-deep defense'rotating to our tight end every play. We threw thai pass once in Ihe first half bul Scotl gol lurned inside. "The nexl time Ihe (Texas) safely just committed himself I guess," Hufnagel said. "When I threw Ihe ball I thought it was going lo be close.

But when he caught it, I knew it was a touchdown." In the Texas dressing room coach Darrell Royal said Skarzynski was wide open because defensive back Mike Bayer was dazed. had nol scored a louchdown. Il wns also a repeal performance' of last year's Cotton Howl game when Texas fumbled five limes lo have its 30- Kamc i i streak en- linKiiishotl by Noire Dame. Penn Slalc field goal kicker Alberto Vitiello kicked a 21- yarder in Ihe second quarter aflcr Chuck recovered a behind and reeling. Vitiello weiil instead lo the Orange chipped in a meaningless 22- Itmvl.

yard field goal in the fourth .11 was the sixth bowl victory quarter, and Hufnagel added another touchdown in the final minutes. Texas' only points came on Iwo field goals by Steve Valek, kicking off a special wood and sandpaper tee, who gol one from 2fl yards out on the Longhorns' firsl drive and another of yards wilh three Texas fumble al the l-onghorn seconds left in the first half. for the Nittany Lions compared to two losses and two ties. It also extended Penn State's undefealed bowl streak to four games. Pcnn State would up (he season with a 11-1 record, losing only lo Tennessee in the last regular season game.

Texas, hampered by injuries all year, was healthy for this affair and had no excuses for Sooners Blast Auburn With Wishbone Attack 88 NEW ORLEANS (UPD- Oklahoma quarterback Jack Mildren, proving the supremacy of the Wishbone offense over Auburn's touted passing atlack, ran for Ihree louchdowns in a viclory Saturday in the Sugar Bowl. Third-ranked Oklahoma also scored touchdowns on a 3-yard run by I.eon Crosswhite, a 2- yard run by Greg Pmitl and a 53-yard field goal by John Carroll. Fifth-rated Auburn, which never really established ils passing altack, did score on two 1-ynrd runs by Harry linger and a 12-yard pass from Hcismnn Trophy winner Pal Sullivan to Sandy Cannon, bul the last Iwo came late in the game. Three of Oklahoma's five touchdowns in Ihe first half, a Sugar Bowl record, resulted from Auburn turnovers --a fumble by fullback Tommy Lowcry and pass inlerceplions from Terry Beasley and Sullivan. Raymond Hamilton Recovered Ihe IxJwcry fumble for Oklaho- ma on Auburn's 41 with lefl in Ihe first quarter to scl up a Sooner drive tlial wenl 41 yards in eiglil plays, and was capped by a 5-yard louchdown run by Mildren.

Mildren, who gained 151 yards rushing 1H of il in Ihe firsl lialf, was named Ihe bowl's most valuable player. With 0:28 left in Ihe second quarler Sullivan's pass to Hcaslcy was intercepted by Geoffrey Nordgren on the Auburn 35. From Ihcrc, the Wishbone look over and Mildren scored on a 4-yard run. In Ihe next series, Beasley attempted a pass, but Mark Driscoll intercepted il on (he Auburn 41 with 2:13 lefl before Ihe half. Seven plays later Mildren ran 7 yards for another louchdown wilh :47 remaining in the half.

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