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Freshman defensive back Derrick Tucker had a pick-six against Ole Miss to give A&M the lead in Oxford. Cassie Stricker — THE BATTALION

Tucker leads superb second half in the 31-24 road win By Alex Miller @AlexMill20 OXFORD, Miss. — Former Texas A&M head coach Bear Bryant once said that defense wins championships. And while the Aggies were not contending for any sort of title Saturday night at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, a championship defensive effort in the second half aided A&M (7-4, 4-3 SEC) in a tight 31-24 victory over Ole Miss (5-6, 2-5 SEC).

In the final 30 minutes, the Aggie defense yielded a shutout, and limited the Rebels to a mere 66 total yards, four first downs and forced six punts on eight drives. “Credit to our staff, we made some adjustments at halftime, we tried to contain the quarterback,” A&M head coach Kevin Sumlin said. “I thought that defense did a nice job in the second half of really creating more negative yardage plays, sacks. The issue was with the quarterback and that translated into them not putting points on the board in the second half and giving us a chance to win.” Adjustments were in dire need

after the Rebels ran wild on offense in the first half, recording 325 total yards while taking a 24-21 lead at the break. “We were more of a coverage team in the first half,” Sumlin said. “[Ole Miss QB Jordan Ta’amu] got loose and converted some third downs on his own.” Freshman safety Derrick Tucker’s 19-yard pick-six with 8:04 in the third quarter may have been the most pivotal play of the night, which gave A&M its first lead of the game, one the Aggies would not relinquish. Despite his youthfulness, Tucker stepped up mightily and played

beyond his years, recording a gamehigh 14 tackles. “Derrick Tucker had a great game, especially with him being such a young guy — he’s the future,” sophomore running back Trayveon Williams said. “That pick-six really helped us out and gave us a little spark.” Tucker was also responsible for forcing the Rebels’ only other turnover, stripping Dawson Knox of the ball after a catch just before he hit the ground. The forced fumble was critical inside the Aggie 35-yard line. “They shut us out in the second half when they had a pick-six and

ultimately the turnovers were the difference,” Ole Miss head coach Matt Luke said. “You can’t turn the ball over and win.” Ole Miss quarterback Jordan Ta’amu was held to 189 passing yards on 19-of-34 attempts. The junior came into the contest averaging 389.3 yards per game since becoming the Rebels starter three games ago. In the second half, Ta’amu was only 7-of-19 for 51 yards passing. The Aggies were prone to surrender large passing plays in previous weeks, but only allowed two passes of 20-plus yards this game, both of FOOTBALL ON PG. 4

Songfest winners receive $8,000 to donate Each performance is elaborately and carefully planned, from props and costumes to music and choreography.

Tri Delta, Beta Upsilon Chi win annual philanthropy event By Ryan Brown @ryanpbrown03 Music and dancing took center stage at the annual Chi Omega Songfest, which unites organizations around campus for some healthy competition in the name of charity. This past weekend, Songfest was held in Rudder Auditorium, where 28 student organizations competed to win money for the philanthropies they chose to represent. Songfest is held annually in the fall semester and remains the largest

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Renewing a tradition Corps of Cadets brings back daylight saving uniforms By Deborah Anderaos @deborahanderaos An organization rich in history, the Corps of Cadets has brought back a tradition not seen on campus in years — wearing their Winter Bravo uniforms. Worn after daylight saving time ends, the uniform includes a darker, thicker pair of pants along with the option to wear a long sleeve or short sleeve bravo top. This option is more convenient for the constant weather changes that occur in College Station. Many within the Corps are skeptical of the change, but the chance to bring back an old uniform is exciting, according to Rebekah James, recreational parks and tourism sciences senior and Corps of Cadets public relations officer. James said the change in weather is what spurred the decision for the uniform change. Their business casual is the Bravo class uniform which includes a jacket for colder weath-

er. The Winter Bravo uniform was worn before the 1950s, making it a piece of history, James said. “The Corps is evolving so much because of our campus growing and we have to maintain relevance,” James said. “Going back to old uniforms that were worn is a great chance to preserve a piece of history.” According to Rhonda Kogut, director of the Military Property Warehouse, various changes are currently in the works. Not only are they implementing this uniform change, but renovations are being made to the Military Property Warehouse for the first time since the building was erected in 1969. “This is the first major renovation that the building has ever had,” Kogut said. “The building has had miniature renovations but nothing like the renovation today where the whole inside of the building is getting a makeover.” Kogut said the changes in the Winter Bravo uniform and Military Property Warehouse are really about the corps evolving as a whole. “Anytime Texas A&M changes

Greek philanthropy event on Texas A&M’s campus. Songfest was originally created by the sorority Chi Omega and is still organized by them today. Agricultural communications and journalism junior and member of Chi Omega Megan Smith serves as the philanthropy chair for Songfest. “This is the 39th year of Songfest, which was created to raise money for local and national philanthropies,” Smith said. “It started out very small and has grown into this insane event and Chi Omega is so grateful for the organizations that put so much time and effort into their acts.” On Friday night, a service social was held in the Rudder Exhibit

Hall where patrons were able to see the service side of Songfest. “There are six purposes in Chi Omega and one of them is selfless service, just like at Texas A&M,” Smith said. “It’s important, first and foremost, to give our time, money and effort to support organizations in our community as well as our nation.” For many participants it was their first time performing at Songfest. Communication sophomore Rebecca Davis is a member of the Delta Gamma sorority, which was representing Service for Sight, a philanthropy that supports schools for the visually impaired and various organizations promoting sight SONGFEST ON PG. 2

Sophomore Grant Lee, junior Matthew Hill and sophomore Jared Holbrook are pictured in their Winter Bravos. The uniform features thicker, darker pants and a short or long sleeved top.

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