From: boisseau@chpc.utexas.edu (John R. Boisseau (Jay))
Subject: SWC Preview for 10/17
Organization: The University of Texas System CHPC
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 92 02:41:43 GMT


Note: There are only three games involving conference teams this week.

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SWC Preview For Games the Week of 10/17
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Gary 'Goober' Smith and Jay Boisseau.

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


RICE at TEXAS A&M
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Rice is starting to come together a little after their bad start.
They demolished Sam Houston State University, were able to play Texas
close two weeks ago, and beat SMU last week.  RB Trever Cobb and QB
Bert Emmanuel provide the Owls with a good rushing offense, but A&M
has a powerful defense, and should hold the Owls in check unless
Emmanuel can loosen things up with good passing (something he is not
noted for).

For A&M, the question mark is still the offense, especially the
passing game.  Slocum has said this before, but he sounded confident
in saying yesterday that Granger has improved dramatically this week.
On the other hand, he has also stated that true freshman Corey Pullig
_will_ see action, regardless of the score.  If the passing game
doesn't develop, A&M will resort to running.  A&M was able to run
against Texas Tech, even though Tech was stacked the defensive line.
The extra week of work and the home field crowd are advantages for
A&M.  Look for a relatively easy A&M win (Goober thinks blowout; Jay
thinks A&M can't blow _anyone_ out, but they shouldn't have to scrape
out the win against Rice, either).

Predictions: Goober A&M 31, Rice 14
             Jay    A&M 28, Rice 17


HOUSTON at BAYLOR
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This has the potential to be a close game.  For Baylor to win, they
will need to stop the Houston pass.  This could be a problem for them
as Baylor's secondary has had problems all season (they have sucked).
On the other side, Houston will have to stop the Baylor run and the
occasional long bomb.  If the Houston defense of the beginning of the
season shows up, this will be no problem.  Goober thinks Houston
probably has a slightly better overall team; Jay thinks that Baylor
probably has more raw talent, at least (their recruiting has been
pretty good), but agrees that Houston is probably a better _team_.
Baylor has the home field, but neither of us think it will be enough.

Predictions: Goober Houston 35, Baylor 27
             Jay    Houston 31, Baylor 30


TCU at MIAMI
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The Froggies will be froghandled in this game.  They seemed to have 
improved from their terrible start, but they are no match for Miami, 
especially in the Orange Bowl.  Look for the Frogs to generate some
offense... but only after Miami has rung up a _lot_ of points.

Predictions: Goober Miami 42, TCU 10
             Jay    Miami 45, TCU 17
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  John R. Boisseau ("Jay")       
  Department of Astronomy        
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