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University Daily Kansan
Wednesday, August 20, 1986
Sports
Southwest Conference play is not a joking matter
The Associated Press
DALLAS — The Southwest Conference is the but of probation jokes off the football field. On it, the league could produce some of 1986's most potent teams.
Southern Methodist University and Texas Christian University are on NCAA probation and the penalties include no bowls and no SWC championship. They've already dubbed their Sept. 27 meeting in the Cotton Bowl — to celebrate the Texas Sequencentennial — the "Probation Bowl."
Other SWC schools are too nervous to laugh
Texas, Texas Tech, Houston and Texas A&M are either conducting in-
checked by the NCAA for possible rules violations.
Only Arkansas, Baylor and Rice are free of suspicion, although Baylor was recently placed on basketball probation by the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
The Aggies, meanwhile — fifth in the final Top 20 poll after a Cotton Bowl victory over Auburn — are favored to repeat as conference champions.
Jackie Sherrill's Aggies are well armed, returning 20 of the 22 players who started in the last four games, including quarterback Kevin Murray.
The Aggies are 16-3-1 in games started by Murray, who passed for a
record 292 yards in the Cotton Bowl. The defense is anchored by All America linebacker Johnny Holland, who had 150 tackles in 1965.
Baylor, the only SWC team to beat A&M in 1985, will be loaded again.
Baylor has 41 lettermen returning, including 16 regulars from a Liberty Bowl队 that dumped LSU 21-7. Carlson, the liberty Bowl MVP, has an excellent receiver in reliable split end Matt Clark.
Baylor's defense will be led by AllAmerica defensive back Thomas Everett and backlineback Ray Berry.
Arkansas, which defeated Arizona State in the Holiday Bowl, is certainly a Top 10 contender.
The Razorbacks, who were 10-2,
must replace seven starters from a
defense which did not allow a rushing touchdown in its last nine games. All-SWC noseguard Tony Cherico serves as a strong building block.
Arkansas needs to improve its field goal kicking.
The Texas Longhorns are being low-rated by some, but they return 15 starters and placekicker Jeff Ward, who has accounted for 30 percent of Horn victories the last three years.
Junior quarterback Bret Stafford can hand off to talented running backs like Charles Hunter, Edwin Simmons, Eric Metcalf and Darron Norris. Tight end William Harris is among the nation's best.
Texas Tech, Houston, SMU and TCU will rank in the spoiler category
Tech has a new coach, David McWilliams, and a rugged pass defence which was second in the country in 1985. The Red Raiders have scrapped the wishbone in favor of a multiple offensive attack
Houston could be a surprise with elusive quarterback Gerald Landry, who has 13 Cougain passing and total offensive records. He set the SWC's single-game total offense standard of 434 yards last year against Arkansas.
SMU, which had no scholarships to give in 1985, is thin and rebuilding. Junior Bobby Watters should bring
more passing to a run-oriented defense led by Jeff Atkins.
TCU is rebounding from the shock of NCAA probation. Four senior starters will redshift, and the Horned
Frog defense could be weak. Coach Jim Wacker is heartened by the return of quarterback Scott Ankrom, who missed most of the 1985 season
with a broken ankle
New Rice Coach Jerry Berndt inhers 17 starters, including three talented quarterbacks. The defense is headed by free safety Steve Kidd, who led the nation in punting with a 45.9 average.
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