OWLOO-OWLOOK OurKOur Offense Their Field Goals I J ByDy STUART GLASSGLASS- ing inability to stop tthee wide runs and passespasses- ThresherThresber SponSports EditorEdito-Editor- Consequently the Raiders managed to pile up 2020- InrIn what was one of the most futile offensiveoffensive- first downs to the Owls six Tech used the samesame- displays of the year Rice was tied by TexasTexas- type play that LSU used successfully againstagainst- Tech 66 and was probably booted out of anyany- Rice and which Arkansas uses better than eithereither- chance to play In the Cotton Bowl January 11- Malcolm Walker Dan Hunt and companycompany- Again was the field goal which led to RicesRices- it werewere excellent again under the circumstancescircumstances- downfall Five of them have completely wreckedwrecked- but their efforts were not sufficient to hold thethe- the Owls recordrec rd without them a slateslate- 231 Raiders deep in their own territory or give RiceRice- becomes 411- 41l41141l- good field position And even when the defensedefense- And again it was poor blocking which boggedbogged- forced a break notably two pass interceptions andand- down the offense to the extent that after thethe- a fumble recovery Rice was not able to convertconvert- first play of the game Rice managed only about them into scoresscores- 125 yards total offense Admittedly blocking waswas- a question mark at the first of the year but rere-¬ Feet And Knees Cause ConcernConcern- cently question changed an- the mark has to an Another cause for concern is Larry Rices failfail- ¬ exclamation point with the word rotten prepre-¬ ure to convert on five consecutive kicks datingdating- ceding itit- back to two long field goal tries against TexasTexas- Why the blocking which was so superb againstagainst- One field goal attempt against Tech was partiallypartially- Texas collapsed so miserably against the RaidRaid- ¬ blocked and the other went awry because of aa- ers is a complete mystery Only onene decent holehole-hol03hol0- bad snap It was an extra point conversion howhow- ¬ was3was opened in the Tech line and that sprungsprung- ever which only has to travel 20 yards thatthat- Gene Fleming 81 yards for Rices only touchtouch- ¬ eventually cost the game For a kicking specialspecial- ¬ down From then on the offense was ineffectualineffectual- ist extra points should be automatic And nownow- since Larry Rice has reinjured his knee the OwlsOwls- Of course the loss of starting quarterbackquarterback- are without a kicking specialist at allall- Walter McReynolds for the game because of aa- badly sprained ankle and fullback Gene WalkerWalker- All these factors make it difficult for anyoneanyone- because of a bruised knee might be an excuseexcuse- to be foolish enough to predict an upset over unun- ¬ for the weak offensive showing But it is aa- defeateddefeatEd Arkansas in the Ozarks this SaturdaySaturday- meagre one Mickey Holder is a capable quarterquarter- ¬ The Pigs have one of the swiftest and mostmost- back despite his inexperience and has probablyprobably- versatile offenses in the SWC led by quarterquarter- ¬ the strongest arm of any Rice passer And PaulPaul- back Freddy Marshall backs Jacky BrasuellDrasuell andand- Piper is at worst an able substitute for WalkerWalker- Ken HatfieldHatfiejd and ends Jim Lindsey and JerryJerry- returning to the fullback post where he startedstarted- Lamb Whats worse placekicker Tom McKnelly1IcKnellyMcKnelly-1IcKnelly- last yearyear- is the second leading scorer in the conferenceconference- Their defense is second best in the conferenceconference- What Keeps The Holes Closed UpUp- behind Texas allowing a total of 1988 yards perper- So its distressingly apparent that the blockersblockers- game Linebacker Ronnie Caveness is consideredconsidered- wont bother to open up holes in the defense unun- ¬ by some to be nearly as good as Malcolm WalkerWalker- less they are inspired by a top ranked opponoppon- ¬ and the projected battle of linebackers may bebe- ent We are amazed and annoyed by such a glarglar- ¬ the most interesting aspect of the gamegame- ingly fundamental lack in the Rice attackattack- A strong effort could conceivably beat ArkanArkan- ¬ On the other side of the ledger is the defensedefense- sas just as it nearly whipped Texas AnotherAnother- Before the Tech game it was nearly impregnableimpregnable- game like that against Texas Tech could be emem- ¬ on the ground but Saturday it showed a disturb¬ barrassing.