From: boisseau@chpc.utexas.edu (John R. Boisseau (Jay))
Subject: SWC Preview for 11/21
Organization: The University of Texas System CHPC
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 04:47:09 GMT


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SWC Preview For Games the Week of 11/21
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Gary 'Goober' Smith and Jay Boisseau.

                Conference      Overall
                  W  L  T       W  L  T
Texas A&M:        5  0  0      10  0  0
Texas:            4  1  0       6  3  0
Rice:             4  2  0       5  4  0
Baylor:           3  3  0       5  5  0
Texas Tech:       3  3  0       4  6  0
SMU:              2  5  0       4  6  0
Houston:          1  4  0       3  6  0
TCU:              1  5  0       2  7  1


TEXAS at BAYLOR
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Predictions: Goober  Texas 34, Baylor 31     (kinda hope i'm wrong)
             Jay     Texas 35, Baylor 28     (kinda hope we're right!)


This one is _very_ tough to call. Texas probably has a little more 
talent, and a slightly better team. BUT, the Bears 
will be riding a huge emotional wave. Both teams have motivation: it is 
Baylor's last game, is at home, and is for a winning record (which would 
partially salvage a disapponting year); Texas is playing for a certain 
bowl bid, a _possible_ Cotton Bowl bid, and perhaps revenge for last
year's defeat in Austin. However, the Bears have one extra-large dose of 
emotion: this is Gran Teaff's las game as head coach of the Bears after 
21 years (he has been around far longer than any other current SW 
coaches). The Bears have failed to give him a Cotton Bowl, or any bowl. 
They failed to beat A&M. They lost games they probably should have won,
based on talent anyway (Rice, La. Tech). How they respond to this one 
last challenge is anybody's guess. We're going with the 'Horns. 


HOUSTON at TEXAS TECH
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Could be a long game as both teams like to put the ball in the air.  Houston
is having a disappointing year but probably got a boost from playing A&M 
close last Thursday.  Texas Tech has been down since the loss to Texas but 
are coming off of a big emotional win against TCU.  There are no bowl hopes
for either, and neither team can even salvage a winning record. This is
just a game for pride. Goober like sthe Coogs, based on their recent 
strong performance vs. his Aggies no doubt, but Jay likes the Red 
Raiders: Robert Hall will probably be back (or so he heard), and the 
blustery November winds in Lubbock could hinder Houston's high tech 
passing game.

Predictions: Goober  Houston 40, Texas Tech 31
             Jay     Texas Tech 35, Houston 34


NAVY at RICE
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Navy has just one win this year.  Rice is getting better and have played 
started playing well.  The Owls still has bowl hopes and will not take
this game for granted. They should be _very_ pumped at the opportunity to 
have their first winning season (with this game) in a long time. We don't
expect a letdown (after the big Baylor win).

Predictions: Goober  Rice 28, Navy 14
             Jay     Rice 35, Navy 14


SMU at ARKANSAS
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A cloud is gone from the SMU program.  An internal committee has suggested
that the Ponies stay in Division I, rather than drop to a lower division.
That should provide some emotional boost to the experience Ponies.  Arkansas,
however, may be too much for them.  The Razorbacks are having a bad year,
but they did have enough to beat Tennessee and have played many of their 
games close, even if they did not win.  The Longhorns showed that SMU can 
be hadnled easily if the lines can domniate--look for Arkansas' lines to
try to control the game, but not quite as successfully as the Horns did.
The vocal Arkansas crowd could easily be the difference in a game between 
two very different, but roughly evenly matched, teams.

Predictions: Goober  Arkansas 24, SMU 21
             Jay     Arkansas 21, SMU 20

TCU at TEXAS A&M
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"A&M will have a touch enough time beating TCU, much less Florida State." 
                                                    - Lee Corso

The Aggies are mad while TCU has turned in to a pretty good team.  Will
the Aggies take their frustrations out on the Frogs?  Will the memories of
last season's nationally televised bone crushing (literally) defeat spark 
the resurgent Frogs to the upset?  Find out Saturday on ABC.

Predictions: Goober  A&M 35, TCU 17

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  John R. Boisseau ("Jay")       
  Department of Astronomy