From: dostalik@epcot.spdc.ti.com (Bill Dostalik)
Subject: Re: Texas A&M
Organization: TI Semiconductor Process and Design Center
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 14:31:51 GMT

In article <2B35F5C1.27409@news.service.uci.edu> jayakris@translab.its.uci.edu (R. Jayakrishnan) writes:
>In article <1992Dec21.154103.29418@Arco.COM> mminihan@inetg1.ARCO.COM (Mike Minihan) writes:
>>In article <1992Dec21.152010.24940@ods.com>, scott@ods.com (Scott Harper)
>>writes:
>>> MILLER, JIMMY A. (HADCRJAM@admin.uh.edu) wrote:
>>> [ stuff deleted ]
>>> 
>>> As we all know, the DMN is in business to *SELL PAPERS*.  Well, now
>>> they've
>>> made national headlines for themselves...  Doug Bedell, the writer, is 
>>> *always* involved somehow in these stories, whether it involves A&M,
>>> SMU,
>>If you notice, the person(s) who are writing this bull-crud are x-sips.
>>The Houston paper said last week that his article would be put out and
>>was fiction. They look for dirt on the Oklahoma program 4 years ago.
>
>  Aw, come on...   That is an unnecessary accusation.  If you remember,
>  DMN has had articles about UT too.  All the stuff about UT players
>  gambling before the games, and some UT guy selling `stuff' in the
>  dorm rooms appeared in the DMN. 
>
>  Funny to see your comment on the OU program. Your program hasnt exactly
>  been `clean' over the years, you know. If a reporter wanted to get a
>  story, he/she had to be dumb not to sniff around OU dorms !

Please.  An unnecessary accusation?  Perhaps you can explain to me why, a few
years ago, the dmn published an article on the *front page* of the paper a day
or two before national HS signing day about accusations made by the *friend* of
a former player who was doing jail time for stealing Switzer's vast collection
of championship rings about alleged improprieties at OU, when the story had been
published more than a month earlier in the Oklahoma papers?  Or why I've
noticed at least three times this season OU players were not included in the
weekly list of top rushers or passers for that Saturday when they included
players from other (non-SWC) school players with lesser numbers.  Granted the
latter may be an innocent oversight, (the dmn doesn't have high quality college
reporting), but the former is a good example of malicious intent simply by the
timing and placing of the article.   

When the scandal involves OU or A&M, or even SMU, the story finds its way to
the front page.  If UT is involved it seems to show up in the sports section
(as it should) if it shows up at all.  The dmn is notoriously biased for UT,
anyone he reads it regularly will tell you that.  They seem to time the
articles and place them to the detriment of their opponents whenever possible.
A&M fans have a right to be angry about this "story."  The dmn is a joke.
A bad joke.

Just wait, some negative article about OU football or another on A&M will
happen to break right before Feb. 3.

>  Jay  (hoping that the aggies will come through clean on this, 
         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
          Me, too.  I'd like for OU to play A&M  as the 
            defending Nat'l Champs next year in Norman.  No chance of this
            thanks to the Cotton Bowl committee.

Big 8 school recruiter to high school player from state of Texas:
        "You can stay in the SWC win all your games and *still* not win the
         the national championship.  Come to ______, win 10 or 11 games
         and play in the Orange Bowl for the title.  Plus you'll play on
	 national TV more than once or twice a season."

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