From: HADCRJAM@admin.uh.edu (MILLER, JIMMY A.)
Subject: Re: Texas A&M vs. Houston
Organization: University of Houston Administrative Computing
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 21:40:16 GMT
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In <1992Nov13.142809.11885@bsu-ucs> 00mafrank@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu writes:

> I watched the Texas A&M - Houston game last night.  It was
> a good game.  For awhile I thought Houston would win until
> Texas A&M exploded in the third quarter.  Was this the same
> Houston team that Michigan killed about 62-7 earlier in the
> season _at_ Houston?  Was their first-string quarterback
> injured or something?  I'm not being sarcastic, it just
> surprises me as to why Texas A&M would have such a tough time
> at home with a team that was 3-5 going into the game.

  UH has two new QB's, Klingler, who played last night, and another guy whose
name I forget.  They have alternated, and I don't know which one played against
Michigan, but both were inexperienced at the start of the season.  And it was
not a home game for A&M -- technically, the Dome is a home game for the 
Cougars.  But there are always a LOT of Aggies at this game, being as College
Station is only 90 minutes away and lots of students and alumni call Houston
home.  So the home field bit is kind of iffy.

  Anyway, the short week hurt A&M.  The run 'n' shoot is usually hard to defend
perfectly, and Klingler (the UH QB) had the game plan going good -- fast passes
to beat the pass rush.  Lots of plays deep.  Those deep balls were killer.
You'd have them 3 and long, and suddenly they'd hit a 50+ yard pass.  Frustrat-
ing.  And the secondary was not paying attention, it seemed.  Maybe they thought
the would be more of a pass rush, which was also lacking.  The blame for the 
game being so close lies squarely with A&M's defense, and the short week.  It 
was much easier for UH to get ready for the standard semi-pro offense of A&M 
than for the Ags to get ready for the R&S.  I suspect the defensive players may
have given Houston up for dead after the loss to SMU.  Mental error, and it al-
most ruined the season.  In the end they were just good enough to stop UH when 
it counted.

  Also, the UH offense made almost NO mistakes.  Credit to Klinger, who had
the hot hand and time to throw.  Even the one INT he had was not wholly his
fault -- he got hit as he threw the ball.

  Then there was that 73 yard TD pass where the rcrvr stepped out of bounds, 
but was not ruled dead (this was obvious on the replay).  IMO, this gave 
Houston the momentum to crawl back into the game, but the bad calls went both
ways, so no excuses.

  So I'd say what happened was that A&M's defense made mistakes and the 
Cougar's offense did not.  I'm just glad our own passing game is gear now.


semper fi,

Jammer Jim Miller 
Texas A&M University '89 and '91
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