Message-ID: <11400512.1075853822408.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 04:39:00 -0800 (PST) From: chris.germany@enron.com To: dan.junek@enron.com, judy.townsend@enron.com, scott.goodell@enron.com, steve.gillespie@enron.com, scott.hendrickson@enron.com Subject: A&M Demands Recount Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Chris Germany X-To: Dan Junek, Judy Townsend, Scott Goodell, Steve Gillespie, Scott Hendrickson X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Chris_Germany_Dec2000\Notes Folders\'sent mail X-Origin: Germany-C X-FileName: cgerman.nsf - > Subject: OU/A&M Game > Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 09:34:46 -0800 > > College Station, TX (AP) - R.C. Slocum and the Texas A&M Aggies are > demanding a recount of the game in which Oklahoma > won 35 to 31. "The end zones were confusing," says Slocum. "I'm sure that > some of the touchdowns that went in Oklahoma's end zone were meant to go > into ours. We were scoring in those end zones also. Oklahoma would never > have scored thirty-five points. There's no way we lost this one. A&M > demands > a recount." > > Oklahoma officials are calling this "outrageous". "They agreed to the > size, > shape and locations of the end zones prior to kick-off," replies OU coach > Bob Stoops. "If they had a problem with them, they should have said so > before we started. You don't get to keep playing until you're happy with > the > outcome. Someone had to lose. We've scored over thirty-five points many > times." > > A&M has sent lawyers, farmers, and those guys in the funny boots as well > as > Reville down to Kyle Field, where the scoreboard will be tested. > "We > are confident that when the points are re-totaled, we will be the winner > of > the game," says Slocum. > > OU also points out that in many games prior to this one, the same end > zones > were used. "They didn't have a problem with the end > zones until they lost," says Stoops. > > Outside of Kyle Field, A&M student protesters have gathered bearing signs > such as, "A&M wants a fair game! > WHOOOOOOP!" Students' thoughts echoed their signs. "All we want is a fair > total of the points before we declare a winner," says student Karen Hays, > an > Aggie from Marfa. "We need to proceed cautiously and not rush to judgment > before we declare a winner." > > ABC, around 2:00pm central time, had mistakenly declared A&M the winner, > despite the slim 3 point lead the Aggies held at > that point. At about 2:30 pm, with the game still to close to call, ABC > had > to back off its prediction. > > College Football analyst Brent Musburger made the call. "We felt that with > a > number of points still not added in by Jamaar Tombs > and the Aggies, we were certain A&M would carry this game. We may have > been > premature in our prediction."