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College Station, Texas
Tuesday, September 1, 1970
THE BATTALION
Aggie grid schedule will be tougher than tough
The University of Texas at
Austin was the nation’s number
one college football team. They
won eleven games. They didn’t
lose. The University of Arkan
sas was runner-up to the Long
horns in the Southwest Confer
ence race, while posting a 9-2
season. The Ohio State University
Buckeyes were the number one
team until they were upset by
Michigan in the final game of the
season. The University of Michi
gan, with its upset of the Buck
eyes, won the Big Ten title on the
way to a 8-3 season. The Louisi
ana State University Tigers won
90 percent of their games last
year and still didn’t get an invi
tation to play in a post season
bowl game.
These five schools combined
last season for a 46-7 record.
They all return formidable foot
ball teams for the coming season.
Between the dates of Sept. 19
and Nov. 26, Texas A&M will play
10 football games, five of them
wil be against the teams listed
above.
Schedules don’t come any
tougher than this.
Listed below will be a short
resume on the football opponents
for the coming season.
WICHITA STATE
The Wichita State University
Shockers are a young and grow
ing bunch. Although they haven’t
been winners in the past, they
have made progress since Coach
Ben Wilson took command at the
start of the 1969 season.
“We have plenty of room to
improve,” Wilson said, “and
we’re going to do it,” while re-
fering to the patchup job when
he took over. His first year pro
duced only a 2-8 record for the
Missouri Valley Conference
school, but things are looking up
with 21 letterman back.
In his first year with the
Shocker, they played good defense
but couldn’t muster enough of
fense. That seems odd because
three of the four backs return and
five of the seven lineman.
Speedy Randy Jackson, an All-
MVC pick, returns at fullback
with 469 yards on a six-yard
average. In the spring game,
Jackson really turned it on when
he ran for 240 yards and scored
three times.
Wingback Tom Owens and
quarterback Bob Renner also re
turn. Renner who does the punt
ing chores for the Shockers is
both an able runner and passer.
The tackle spot was the biggest
line loss. The Shockers must re
place two starters, including All-
MVC choice Lynn Duncan.
If they fail to find a couple of
top-notch replacements, opposing
backs will still find linebackers
John Hoheisel and Steve Moore
waiting. Hoheisel was credited
with 116 tackles last year and
Moore had 84, plus two intercep
tions and a blocked kick.
LSU
The Bayou Bengals will be
foaming at the mouth for the
1970 season. Following a 1969
campaign which saw the Louisi
ana State University Tigers post
a 9-1 record and lead the nation
in rushing defense, the bowl se
lectors passed them by. That
shouldn’t help LSU’s 1970 op
ponents.
The perennial powerhouse
Tigers have that look again.
Leading the returnees is the
nation’s number one, 1969 sopho
more, versatile Tommy Casanova.
Casanova plays in the defensive
secondary and the offensive
backfield and also returns punts
and kickoffs.
All-SEC linebacker Mike An
derson and guard Mike Demarie
the the top veterans, along with
defensive tackle Mike Wright.
There are some holes, though.
Quarterback Mike Hillman and
fullback-punter Eddie Ray are
gone. But the Tigers used three
quarterbacks in defeating the
Aggies last year. Two of those—
Butch Buhe and Buddy Lee—are
back.
Ray won’t be missed, with Art
Cantrelle, Allen Shorey and Casa
nova in the backfield.
The big loss in defense was
All-America linebacker George
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STANDARD
Seven. Lineman Buddy Millican,
Art Davis, Buddy Joe King and
Joe Sage make a solid front wall.
Louis Cascio, Lloyd Frye, and
Richard Piceu, all juniors, will
be battling for linebacker spots.
The defensive backfield returns
intact. Casanova and James
Earley are at the cornerback
posts. Don Addison and Bill
Norsworthey will man the safety
spots. That pair intercepted 18
passes between them last year.
Mike Lumpkin returns as place
kicker, where he has been suc
cessful enough to be the LSU
pace setter among place kickers.
OHIO STATE
Touted by some observers as
possibly the best team in the
history of college football, the
Ohio State University Buckeyes
have reached the moment of
truth. The sophomores who car
ried Ohio State to the national
championship in 1968 and narrow
ly missed it in 1969 are now
seniors.
Rex Kern, Jack Tatum, Larry
Zelina, Jan White and Jim Still-
wagon are two-year lettermen
from teams that won 18 of 19
games. There are 15 starters,
eight on offense and seven on
defense, who are back to see that
last year’s near miss doesn’t hap
pen again.
Tight end White, an All-Ameri
can selection, keys an offensive
line that returns Dave Cheney,
center Brian Donovan and split
end Bruce Jankowksi. The back-
field of quarterback Kern and
ace receiver Ron Macjeiowski,
halfbacks Leo Hayden and Zelina
and fullback John Brockington
saw most of the action last year.
Tatum, who has been called by
some as the best player in Ameri
ca, was nominated for the Heis-
man Trophy as a junior. He heads
up a defensive secondary which
boasts Mike Sensibaugh and Tim
Anderson, who were All-Big Ten
selections.
Back in the linebacker slots
will be regulars Dough Adams
and Phil Strickland. Stillwagon
anchors the defensive line.
MICHIGAN
No one’s going to take the
Michigan Wolverines for granted
anymore. Their stunning upset
of Ohio State last year threw
them into the national spotlight
and a Rose Bowl appearance.
Thirteen starters are returning
from an 8-2 season, six on of
fense and seven on defense. Loss
es included All-American tight
end Jim Mandich, top fullback
Gravie Craw and defensive backs
Tom Curtis and Barry Pierson.
But the Wolverines won’t be
lacking talent. Bill Taylor, All-
Big Ten halfback, and Glenn
Doughty combined for 1,540
yards last season. Doughty aver
aged 4.19 yards per carry and
Taylor averaged 6.6. They were
the heart of a rushing attack
which averaged nearly 300 yards
per game.
That’s not all Michigan knows
how to do. They can throw, too.
Quarterback Don Moorhead
threw for 1,281 yards on 103
completions in 210 attempts.
All the linemen and lineback
ers are back and the defense
should be tough. Defensive end
Phil Seymour and linebacker
Marty Huff earned All-Big Ten
honors.
Michigan runs from the Option
T on offense and uses a 5-3-3
alignment on defense. The Wol
verines and Ohio State are strong
co-favorites to repeat as Big Ten
Champions.
TEXAS TECH
The enthusiasm is running red
in the camp of the Texas Tech
Red Raiders this fall as they
prepare for their first season un
der their new coach, Jim Carlen.
Carlen comes to Lubbock from
the University of West Virginia,
where, in four years he built
them from a 3-5-2 in 1966 to 10-1
in 1969.
The hopes are at Tech that
Carlen will lead the Raiders out
of the wilderness like he did the
the Mountaineers.
The Red Raiders had a 5-5
standing in 1969 and return 31
lettermen, including nine offen
sive and six defensive starters.
The Raiders will probably be
strong in their ground attack.
The new mentor has a reputation
for building strong rushing of
fenses.
Veteran Danny Hardaway, the
team’s leading rusher last year,
returns, along with another top
performer Miles Langehenning.
Top sophomores include Doug
McClutchen and Don Crocker
who was red shirted last fall.
Charles Napper returns to give
the Red Raiders a veteran signal
caller. His 901 yards passing
shows the way for the Tech pass
ing game.
Johnny Odom, who caught 23
passes to lead the team last year
as a flanker, has been moved to
tight end this year. He and split
end Ronnie Ross will give Nap
per a couple of seasoned targets.
The Red Raiders kicking game
will be completely new, with the
graduation of Jerry Don Sanders
leaving the Tech men without a
punter or place kicker. Odom is
slated to do the punting, judging
from spring practice, and sopho
more Dicky Ingram will do the
place kicking.
Defensively the Raiders are
sound in fx-ont and in back but
will be a little thin in the middle.
Three experienced defensive
backs and four defensive lineman
return to the Texas Tech fold,
but only starter Larry Molninare
is back at linebacker.
Mike Watkins returns with a
little experience at the position.
Carlen shifted running back Rea-
gon Young to linebacker in the
spring to help the situation.
Judging from the success of
Carlen in the past, he will build
a winner at Tech. As to whether
he will be able to make this
year’s group a winner is yet to
be seen, but after he’s had some
time to get his program going,
watch out.
TCU
The Texas Christian University
Horned Frogs face the new foot
ball season with a lot of optimism
for its sophomore but also realize
they must fill the shoes of a lot
of seniors from last year to be
successful.
The TCU superlatives start
with Steve Judy, a sensational
sophomore last year, who is al
ready rated as one of the best
quarterbacks around.
Judy had over 2,000 yards total
offense last year as he established
himself as a passer and runner.
Three veteran running backs
graduated off the Frog roster, in
cluding the number one draft
choice of the Baltimore Colts,
Norman Buliach. But TCU has
hopes for sophomores Lee Hands,
Bobby Hickey, Steve Sanford,
James Hodges and Lane Bowen.
The Frogs lost All-SWC re
ceivers Linzy Cole and Jerry 1
ler but hope to fill at least pin
of the gap with sophomore serai
tion Raymond Rhodes. Tight enj
John Beilue is rated highly ail
veteran Larry Speake is a testei
receiver at flanker.
The offensive line is anchors!
by three veterans, two of whor.
have started all 20 varsity game
they've played.
Center John Ruthstrom a®
tackle Gerald Kirby haveiil
missed a game and guard J. R
Eubanks has one letter.
The TCU front wall will h
one of the largest to come
with five of the top candidate
weighing in at 230 or bigger.
That group includes four sopho
mores.
After that the TCU defens
is almost void of experience,^
they must replace all three line
backer posts and return onlj
safety Greg Webb in the back-
field.
Top candidates, based on per
formances in the spring, incWi
junior Doug McKinnon and sopho
more James Helwig.
Danny Joe Colbert and Enii
Garnett are rated highly as sopho
more prospects for the varsitj
in the defensive backfield.
The kicking positions are also
void, with three-year vet Wayai
Merritt gone. Senior Busty Un
derwood is expected to do tht
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NOTICE
Laundry service at A&M University Laundry is available to all dorm
students, day students, faculty & staff and all departments.
All are encouraged to use the laundry service. Cost of service is
approximately one-third of the amount charged at a commercial laundry.
Information for turn in and charge list posted at each location.
Main Laundry
Sub-Station No. 4
Sub-Station No. 3
Sub-Station No. 2
(office)
(hospital basement)
(leggett hall)
(dorm services bldg.)
We are always happy to take any one, or a group, thru the laundry
and show and explain the operation of the laundry.
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