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Page 10 The J-TAC November 9,1978
Indians could stifle
TSU playoff hopes
Lubbock Christian College]
Ito join TIAA next year
TSU has clinched its second
consecutive TIAA football
crown, but don't expect that to
deter the rampaging McMurry
College Indians from doing all
they can to massacre the Texan's
national playoff hopes this
Saturday.
TSU, ranked No. 6 in
Division II of the NAIA after
tying Trinity University in San
Antonio Saturday, 6-6, still has a
go.od shot at making the playoff
field, but they must whip the "
resurgent Indians here in the
regular season finale to do it.
• "MclVlurry has come on like
gangbusters the last few weeks,"
warned Coach Buddy Fornes.
"They've been scoring a lot of.,
points and have looked better
than they have all year. The
main reason is that
(quarterback) Brett Lang'finally
decided to start playing."
Lang, the Indians' 5-11,
ISOipound junior signal-caller,
has indeed been the catalyst that
has suddenly transformed
MclVlurry into the TIAA's best
offensive team. The only
returning quarterback in the
league, he was supposed to be
the best in the conference all'
year long.
But he wasn't, at least not in
the first five games of the year
when he averaged only 29 yards
of offense and McMurry went
3-2,
Then, against Trinity, Lang
found the groove, accumulating
131 yards as the Indians
drummed the Tigers, 13-7. He
followed with 216 yards and
■•hree touchdown passes against
Colorado College (41-3 win) and
then accounted for 179 against
Austin College in a 9-3 Indian
victory.
Saturday Lang was at his best
against Sul Ross. He Completed
10 of II passes for 107 yards, ran
for 43 more, had a TD throw
and led his team to a 37-9 rout.
McMurry has won four iri a! r6w
and all they want now is another
shot at TSU, who won the first
meeting between the teams, 2!l-6.
The Texans, on the other
hand, had their winning streak
snapped against Trinity, buft still
are undefeated at 7-0-1 and have
the satisfaction of knowing that
even if the Indians win, they
own the conference title. TSU is
6-0-1 in TIAA play while
MclVlurry is 5-2; *
"However, we want more,"
Fornes says, "It's been our goal
all along to make the national
playoffs, and right now
McMurry is all that's keeping us
from it. h don't think we ha^e to
worry at all about having the
incentive to beat them," f
The contest will .feature
McMurry's explosive offense
against the Texans' No,I
nationally-ranked defense. In the
latest NAIA statistical rankings,
TSU leads the country in scoring
defense (4.3 a game), total
defense (107.5 yards a game) and
rushing defense (28.2), while
holding down the 10th spot in
passing defense (79.2). 'y
The Indians Iead the
conference in scoring (18.0),
total offense (259,7), passing1
(110.2) and are second to TSU in,
rushing (156.1 to 149.4).
Volleybollers end season, 12-22
The TSU volleyball team,
which yvon . its first TIAA
championship this season, split
four games in the TAIAW state
tournament in Georgetown
Thursday and Friday to finished
third in its pool.
The Texans wound up with a
12-22 season record and finished
the tourney with a 15-6, 7-15,
15-8 victory - over Midwestern.
Earlier they had beaten
Incarnate Wor$, 15-12, 15-8 but
had lost matches against host
Southwestern, 0-15, 8-15, and
Abilene Christian, 3-15,10-15.
"We didn't play quite as well
as we had the week before when
we won the Conference title in
Sherman," TexArtn Coach
Penny Wright, "The girls seemed
a little tired. I guess they were
about ready for the season to be
over."
TSU won the TIAA crown by
outlasting the other four
conference schools,Oct. 26-27 in
a round-robin faceoff. TSU beat
Trinity in the finals, 11-15, 15-5',
15-7,15-3.
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Although they managed only 154
yards the last time they play,ed
TSU,, in recent weeks McMurry
has been unstoppable. ' - ,
And the Indian defense is no.
bunch of squaws. They rank
second to TSU in the conference
in rushing defense (123.3) and
scoring (7,3) and are third in
total defense (205.5). , :
Besides Lang, the top Ipdian
scoring threat is wide receiver
Steve Mays. A 9.4 sprinter. Mays
lead,s the league in receiving 123
catches for 440 yards) arid has
averaged 19.1 yards a catch. His
teammate, Keith Gipson, is o,nly
a step or two behind in speed
and he has a 26.'3 reception
average.'
Leading the runners is
165-pound junior ■ Charles
Johnson, third in the TIAA With
a 54.3 average.
Defensively, the Indians rave
about the two safeties,: Dale
Doby (6-0, 170) and i Jack
Armstrong (5-11, 180). Doby has
five interceptions and Armstrong
three. __
Lubbock Christian College
will be admitted into the Texas
Intercollegiate Athletic
Association (TIAA) next year.
Dr. W.O. Trogdon, TSU
president, said Tuesday.
"I feel we are lucky to have
them join because it will help us
;i n. pur schedule," said Dr.
Trogdorj, "They (LCC) will be
the first school to join the
conference since the original five
joined."
Dr. Trogdon said the LCC
will compete in basketball,
volleyball and football but will
not compete in baseball because
the school offers scholarships in
that sort. Dr. Trogdon added
that LCC has a student body of
around 1200.
Coach Buddy Fornes says
that LCC will field its first
football team ever after entry
into the Conference.
"We feel that they will be
competitive due to good
recruiting, since there are some ■
large AAAA schools in
Lubbock," he said, "Besides,
West Texas people are fanatics ■
about football." ■ .
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The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 9, 1978, newspaper, November 9, 1978; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth141412/m1/10/: accessed June 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Tarleton State University.