IE battah .kUlt Sports 3111 Moose stress The Battalion Page 7 • Monday, October 7, 2002 usPect in the sp. md with him. Executive Do: 'dents to coni' ' information t' ? that about 4| Tech shocks No. 23 Aggies in OT, 48-47 X) leads, ar-old Washii By Troy Miller pass to senior tight end Greg Porter who was stripped by •is found Sati THE BATTALION Tech senior Joselio Hanson on the goal line. The ball popped out and senior fullback Stacey Jones recovered the attem of the Aggie sophomore quarterback Dustin Long set a Big 12 ty Police ball in the air while diving into the end zone for the touch­ record by throwing seven touchdowns in a 48-47 overtime down to give the Aggies back the lead at 41-38. loss to the Texas Tech Red Raiders. No. 23 Texas A&M The kicking game then began its troubling day as walk- gunshot, probajj came into the game boasting the No. 3 defense in the ie declined to on junior John Pierson missed the first of two extra points nation, but Tech senior quarterback Kliff Kingsbury threw in the game. 49-59 for 474 yards and five touchdowns to lead Tech. » learn more Tech senior Robert Treece hit a 42-yard field goal as The Aggies (3-2) claimed the lead on their first play time expired to send the game into overtime knotted at 41. tie geographic pe. from scrimmage. Long completed a pass over the middle “I thought our offense played well,” Slocum said. “We e, a spokesw® to senior Bethel Johnson who broke one tackle and sprint­ just came up one short, had we kicked the extra point it ity police said ed 78 yards for the touchdown. profiles, which would have been a totally different game. They would “I knew how important it was to come out and get our have had to score a touchdown. Missing that extra point eographic profit offense on a roll early,” said Johnson. “Coach is always allowed them to kick the field goal with two seconds left termine where i telling us that we have to set the pace, I just did what the and send it to overtime.” raveling and coaches asked us to do.” iS. In overtime, the Aggies got on the board first when The Aggies held the lead until Tech senior Wes Welker Long completed his seventh touchdown pass of the game ic profile foes returned a Cody Scates punt 88 yards for a touchdown to sophomore Terrence Thomas. Pierson then missed the rcent or less of 3 with 2:48 left in the game to put the Red Raiders (4-2) up extra point. sideration, accon 38-35. Tech had scored 21 unanswered points to come “It’s nobody’s fault but mine,” said Pierson. “I’m going back from a 35-17 fourth quarter deficit. to work hard in practice this week and I guarantee it won’t “You know it’s going to be a barnburner,” said A&M happen again.” head coach R.C. Slocum.'Tve been in enough of these Kingsbury then led a six-play drive that ended on a ten- ALISSA HOLLIMON • THE BATTALION (games) to know that it’s going to come down to the wire ” yard wide receiver screen to sophomore Nehemiah Glover A&M sophomore quarterback Dustin Long attempts a pass in the second quarter of Saturday’s Long then led the Aggies on a 75-yard drive that ended game against Texas Tech. Long completed seven touchdown passes in the game, a Big 12 record. with a bizarre touchdown. Long completed an eight-yard See Tech on page 9 Wrecking Crew got wrecked by Texas Tech of Pediatrics i vaccinations in e’s evenanattai more like an exclamation point. “There was no doubt in our minds that able vaccines to; Meanwhile, the Wrecking Crew, which our offense would come back and score and r risk for bad rat Iaiking entered Saturday’s game ranked No. 3 in it would be up to the defense to stop them,” used Monday. the nation, was missing in action. said senior linebacker Brian Gamble. “We Dallas The A&M defense struggled throughout just didn’t stop them. Shipp the game, giving up 544 yards of total “This is definitely the best I’ve seen offense to the Red Raiders. 're talking (Tech's offense) play. Kliff (Kingsbury) More than 86,(KK) fans showed up. The But after three quarters of play, it looked played one of his best games ever. You have disease that offense was there. But apparently the like none of that would matter. The offense to hand it to them for coming into a hostile :isted in the Wrecking Crew didn’t get its invitation to supplied the Wrecking Crew with a 35-17 environment and getting the job done.” Saturday’s game at Kyle Field against lead heading into the fourth quarter. But as Maybe so, but it should not have ended ESPN’s Lee Corso would say, “Not so fast that way. The Aggies squandered one of since the Texas Tech. In four short weeks, the Texas my friend!” their best offensive performances in id a vaccine A&M football team has done a complete The Wrecking Crew imploded in the school history. 180 degree turn. • know can fourth quarter, allowing Tech’s quarterback Long completed 21-of-37 attempts for Coming into the season and through the Kliff Kingsbury to move the Raiders up and 367 yards and a new Big 12 record seven death. first three games of the year, the Aggie down the field at his discretion. touchdown passes. The Aggies had scored offense was a huge question mark. But on Even after their failure to stop the only one touchdown pass in their previous ALISSA HOLLIMON • THE BATTALION Saturday, sophomore quarterback Dustin r. Julia McMillan Raider offense, the Aggies drove 75 yards Texas A&M senior defensive back Sammy Davis tries to gather his compo­ Long and the Aggie offense looked a lot \ohn Hopkins : in 2:48 to reclaim the lead. See Wrecked on page 9 sure after Texas Tech defeated A&M in overtime on Saturday. 100I of Medicine diatrics Professor Solve Your Parking Problems TM Billiard. 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