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By JOHN CURYLO
Battalion Sports Writer
Southwest Conference Press
Day at Kyle Field Saturday found
the 1970 Aggies complimentary
of each other, optimistic about
the upcoming season and unawed
by the ratings of the teams they
will face in the next month.
The area of question seems to
be the capability of the sopho
mores to compete with foes like
LSU, Ohio State and Michigan.
The doubt, however, was almost
non-existent among the juniors
and seniors on the squad as they
talked with reporters making the
annual tour of SWC schools.
“It didn’t seem that we (the
current seniors) fit in very well
as sophomores,” said Jim Parker,
the only senior in the offensive
line, “but there isn’t any problem
with this group. Maybe it is more
us (the seniors) fitting in with
them than them fitting in with
us.”
“I’m not worried about the
sophomores,” added Marc Black,
a junior fullback. “Lex James
(sophomore quarterback) has a
lot of confidence, and Brad Dusek
(sophomore running back) is an
excellent football player. It’s
great to be on a team with
them.”
On defense, confidence was ex
pressed about the youthful line
by linebacker Steve Luebbehusen
and guard Van Odom, both
juniors.
“That young front four is really
‘gung-ho’, and that’s what we
need,” Luebbehusen said. “It’s
not like last year. We’ll miss
those guys, but this year’s sopho
mores are fine football players.”
“After one or two games,
they’ll have all the experience
they need,” Odom said. “Desire’s
the most important thing, just
like Coach Stallings says. After
four games, we’ll be ready for
conference.”
James and Dusek are the key
to sophomore success this year,
and the upperclassmen on the
team know it.
“If you can believe in the quar
terback on third down, you can
believe in the team, because on
third down, it’s all quarterback,”
noted junior Andy Philley, an
offensive tackle. “You bet I be
lieve in Lex James. The kid’s got
confidence written all over him.”
“Brad’s not real shifty, but he’s
a bull,” according to Ed Ebrom,
a junior cornerback. “He punishes
cornerbacks on the sweeps. It
makes me wish I was playing
safety.”
“Brad’s a hard runner,” Odom
said in agreement. “He has a sec
ond effort, and a third. He’s
always trying to get out. He’ll
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time.”
Dave Elmendorf, who will see
action both ways this fall, drew
a lot of attention from the visit
ing press. The fact that he turned
down a baseball contract in excess
of $50,000 to play football this
year was a question asked fre
quently about the senior safety
who is listed as the team’s best
player both offensively and de
fensively by Coach Stallings.
“I just felt like I owed it to
myself to play my senior season
of football and then see what
happens,” Elmendorf said. “We
don’t know how good we are,”
he added. “This is a better team
than last year because of more
talent and depth.”
The schedule these players face
is formidable, but the reaction to
such competition is favorable,
considering the talent and repu
tation of the opposition.
“I’m looking forward to play
ing those guys,” James said.
“It’ll help us more than hurt us.
It’s advantageous to the team to
play people like Ohio State. I
consider it an honor to play them.
They’re one of the greatest teams
ever.”
“I like the idea of playing Ohio
State with two games under our
belts,” Black said. “They’ll be
cocky, expecting to run over us,
and I hope we can surprise them.”
“Last year, Texas was fantas
tic,” he added, “but things change
from year to year. If they didn’t
we woudn’t have seasons. I’d like
for us to be the ones to knock
them off.”
“The only thing that’ll dis
courage us against this schedule
is injuries,” Elmendorf said. “I
got an example of that my soph
omore year.”
Elmendorf and Dusek are both
sons of former A&M students.
Dusek’s father played football on
the same team as Barney Welch,
now assistant coach for the Ag
gies. Were they influenced by
their fathers’ background to come
to A&M.
“Dad didn’t pressure me, but
he’s an Aggie, and he loves
A&M,” Elmendorf said. “I knew
all the songs early. I came here
a lot before I was recruited.”
“At first I was open-minded
about where to go to college,”
Dusek said, “but I narrowed it
down to A&M. Dad was great
about it. He wanted me to go
where I’d get the best education.”
Ebrom and James picked A&M
without it being in their respec
tive families, hut they are just
as firm in their convictions.
“Ever since I was a little boy,
I wanted to be an Aggie,” Ebrom
said. “I was recruited by a couple
of other schools, hut A&M was
the only place for me. I like the
way Coach Stallings conducts his
workouts.”
“I don’t know where I’d have
gone if I hadn’t come here,”
James said. “I wanted to major
in engineering and play football
for Coach Stallings.”
This year, A&M plays eleven
games. The addition is Wichita
State. The game is the season
opener for the Aggies, and it
will be played at home this Satur
day.
“I like opening at home,” Black
said. “Last year we played three
out of ten here, but this year,
it’ll be five out of 11. That’s a
good advantage.”
“Any time we play away, it’s
rough,” Ebrom said. “I’d rather
play at home, because the fans
at home are really great. It’s
better to look up and see every
body standing and hear all the
Aggies yelling for you than to
be playing elsewhere.”
The AstroTurf, a recent addi
tion to Kyle Field, drew com
ments from Black and Ebrom.
The surface has been installed on
the practice field and in the
weight training room.
“The AstroTurf is great to
have here,” Ebrom said. “It’s
good to play on. Everybody’s real
pleased with it.”
“Under perfect conditions, I’d
rather play on a natural sur
face,” Black commented. “How
ever, should conditions be less
than perfect, I’d favor the Astro
Turf. I feel that in the long run,
the AstroTurf will be better.”
Nine sophomores will start for
the Aggies this year, four on
offense and five on defense. The
hopes of the Aggies to field a
winner are based on their per
formances. Their attitude was re
ported by James.
“We try to think that we have
the ability to make the transition
from high school football to col
lege,” he said, “and I feel that
our schedule will be an advantage
to us when we get into confer
ence.”
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