From: boisseau@chpc.utexas.edu (John R. Boisseau (Jay))
Subject: SWC Preview for 11/14 (and 11/12!)
Organization: The University of Texas System CHPC
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 92 04:16:07 GMT


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SWC Preview For Games the Week of 11/14
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Gary 'Goober' Smith and Jay Boisseau.

                Conference      Overall
                  W  L  T       W  L  T
Texas A&M:        5  0  0       9  0  0
Texas:            3  1  0       5  3  0
Baylor:           3  2  0       5  4  0
Rice:             3  2  0       4  4  0
Texas Tech:       2  3  0       3  6  0
SMU:              2  4  0       4  5  0
Houston:          1  3  0       3  5  0
TCU:              1  4  0       2  6  1



TEXAS A&M at HOUSTON (Thursday, Nov. 12)
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A&M will most likely stay with Corey Pullig at QB as he had a good game 
against Louisville.  Houston's defense has been porous lately, so A&M will 
probably be able to move the ball fairly well, even if they have to rely on 
the ground game.  In the other direction, Houston has an explosive offense, 
but they have been turning the ball over way too much. A&M has had 
good success in shutting down Houston's offense over the past few years.
If Houston continues the sloppy play look for that trend to continue.

Predictions: Goober  A&M 35, Houston 17
             Jay     A&M 38, Houston 21


SMU at TEXAS
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Well, before last weekend, this looked like a blowout. Then, TCU upset Texas,
with the Texas offense never showing up for the game), and SMU upset (and
_spanked_) Houston. In each case, however, the underdog has an incredible
amount of motivation: a 95-21 whipping from Houston 3 years ago for SMU,
and 24 straight years of losses to Texas for the Horned Frogs. Can Texas
pick itself back up? Can SMU keep itself flying high? Look for Peter Gardere
to be lacking some of the confidence he showed all season because of last
week, but for the offensive and defensive lines to be fired and and control
the gam for the 'Horns. Thus, the 'Horns will dominate _physically_, but
they won't _outscore_ SMU by that much.

Predictions: Goober  Texas 27, SMU 14
             Jay     Texas 30, SMU 20


TEXAS TECH at TCU
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Once again, this game looked very different two weeks ago than it does now.
Two weeks ago, this might have been a fairly easy win for Texas Tech. That
was before Tech suffered a loss to Texas and a big loss to Rice. It was also 
before TCU's upset of Texas.

TCU has reeked all season on offense. Even in their win over Texas,
the TCU offense only had one scoring _drive_ (the other points came
after a UT fumble on its own 20, a INT return, and a safety). For them
to win the game, they must have a great defensive day again. Their
only consistent bright spot has been run defense but Texas Tech is a
passing team and they have done poorly against the pass except last
week, but that looked more like Texas misfiring than TCU's defense
playing the pass well.

Texas Tech has a good passing game but they were shut down by Rice, mainly
due to turnovers. Texas Tech should win the game if they reduce the 
turnovers, and if their passing game has no trouble adjusting to the
grass at TCU's stadium. If not, it will be a long day for them.

Predictions: Goober  Texas Tech 24, TCU 17 
             Jay     Texas Tech 21, TCU 20


BAYLOR at RICE
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This could be a great game. Rice is coming off of a big win over Texas
Tech, while Baylor is an greatly improved team. Baylor will pound it
out on the ground with a power running game. Rice will use the
quickness of Emmanuel and Cobb to run the ball. Baylor has the added
benefit of the extremely potent J.J. Joe to Melvin Bonner play action
pass. Boh teams have plenty of motivation: Baylor is still slightly in
the bowl picture, and would like to give Teaff a post-season present,
while Rice is looking for its first winning season since, well, a long
time ago.

Predictions: Goober  Baylor 35, Rice 27
             Jay     Rice 28, Baylor 24

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