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3AL \RE ON 'OOD EGER’S 1C cnTng BURY HE BATTALION Thursday, September 24, 1970 College Station, Texas Page 7 Ami, McDermand express views... Aggies, Raiders undefeated, test national powers IN1NG LOAF 1AUCE r e bles One thing about Texas A&M dONS Ind Texas—nobody can fault the uality of their opposition. The iggies and the Red Raiders are ndefeated, both having won two ames, and now they take on the to teams that are waging a hot attle for the No. 1 position in land—the Aggies going to Mumbus to meet Ohio State and he Raiders entertaining defend- ng national champion Texas. Ind, strangely enough, it’s noth- ag new for these two schools to playing the number one and to teams in the nation. Last knksgiving day A&M enter- lined No. 1 Texas and Tech was »Little Rock to play No. 2 Ar ansas. Two young men whose lay will go a long way toward etermining the outcome of these to national headliners Saturday re linebacker Mike Loi-d of Tex- A&M and defensive tackle fayne McDermand of Texas 'ech. They’ll be looking at awe- ome offenses headed by Rex [em and Larry Zelina and John Irockington in Columbus and Iteve Worster, Eddie Phillips, and im Bertelsen in Lubbock. Here hey discuss the challenge of leeting the nation’s best teams. j—What are your impressions of his team you’ll be playing Sat- irday ? McDermand—Texas is probab- 1 the strongest team in the leuthwest Conference. They’re lot exceptionally big, but their «cks are strong. They’re an aw- hlly quick team; that’s a trade- oark of the Southwest Confer ee. Lord—Ohio State is big and LIGHT ftrong; they run well and they ass well. They’re real quick on iefense, they’ve got great pur- nit and they hit well. That ioesn’t leave much room for teaknesses, does it? STEAK RAVY )les ETTI ; Sauce :se ilad essing ad I Q—Can you compare them to any team you’ve played? McDermand—When we played them last year, it was a real shocker (Texas won, 49-7). Field position really hurt us in that one. Their defense always gives them the ball where they need it. Lord—I don’t know if I could compare them to LSU. They’ll be big and LSU was fairly large. Q—As a defensive player, what do you expect them to try? McDermand—That triple option —it’s a great formation. It makes you commit that one mistake that hurts you. It puts great pressure on the individual; even the backs can be in trouble if they pursue at the wrong angle. If your backs pursue wrong, they can cut back and go all the way. Lord—They can run the options well, but they’re a power team, too. They’re really probably a lit tle easier to scout than a team that’s not winning—remember, I said easier to scout; not easier to play. They have everything they need but because of their success, they can be more selective. What they do, they do well and they don’t have to limit themselves. Q—So what will you have to do to beat them ? McDermand—Everybody knows Texas, that’s all we’ve heard. Last year we might have been afraid of them—not physically, but we did know how they could hurt us if we overreacted to some parts of their offense. We were so afraid of doing something wrong that we tried too hard. Lord—We’ll have to cut a lot of errors and mental mistakes. We’re young and it’s early in the year—that’s a combination that would lead you to making a lot of mistakes. We’ve got to truly convince ourselves that we’re go ing up there to win. Q—Is there a different feeling on the squad when you go against a team rated No. 1 in the nation? McDermand—My feeling is that we have to win the third game to win them all—and there’s no sense being out there if you don’t believe you can win them all. We’re just getting ready for Tex as. Lord—Our enthusiasm is prob ably a little greater than if we were older. You know, we’ve been hearing about playing these three tough ones in a row—LSU, Ohio State and Michigan. Everybody’s written about it and the team has talked about it some — they’ve been in the back of our minds. But when you think of college football, you think about the big teams with the big names. It’s a definite challenge, something to look forward to, not something to dread. Q—It’s been a great season for you so far. How do you view it? McDermand—Our new defense (installed by first-year coach Jim Carlen) is designed to bend, but not break. We’ll let them move between the 20’s, but we don’t want to give them the long gain er. Against Kansas, our offense really did a great job. We kept play mis- the ball and we made them our game—and they made takes. Lord — We still don’t really know how good we are and what we can do. Our front four is real good, quick, but not tremendously large. We have a lot of confidence in our sophomores and we want to work out the mistakes before the conference race ... I don’t know if I even need to say this, but we’re not looking past Ohio State and Michigan. McElroy, the quiet guy who brought cheers Intramural sports season underway Reds slug Astros CINCINNATI UP) — Pitcher tony Cloninger slugged a homer ind single and drove in two runs, eading the Cincinnati Reds to 6-2 triumph over Houston Wednesday night. UNG By MIKE STEPHENS Battalion Sports Writer The first week of intramurals has ended with the 1970-71 season getting off to a good start in several sports. Class A&C football is continu ing until October 15. A few games were rained out the first week, but each team has been able to play one game. Squadrons 11 and 13 have each won two games to lead in the win column. D-2 beat K-2, 36-0, in the season’s most lopsided score so far. Basketball continues in Class B and Class D with each team play ing two games the first week. In Class B, D-2 and 1-1 have won both games with 1-1 beating H-2 58-9 in the highest scoring game. Class D has Walton, Law and Moore halls each having won two games. Law beat Hart 62-25 in one high scoring game. Other sports being played are Bowling and Handball in Classes A&C. Also, Classes B & D are playing Ping Pong and Horse shoes. Intramural managers are still needed, announced Intramural director Ray Fletcher. Anyone interested is invited to inquire at the Intramural Office said Fletcher. Also, any intramural official or manager who hasn’t signed up for the steak fry Sept. 30, must do so before the end of the week, he said. It was generally agreed around Texas A&M during fall football practice that split end Hugh Mc- Elroy would be an exciting foot ball player. No one dreamed, however, just how exciting the little (5-7, 159) Black split end would be. He put an over-capacity crowd of 67,590 at LSU’s Tiger Stadium in a state of bedlam last Satur day night when he nabbed a Lex James pass for a 79-yard Aggie touchdown 13 seconds before the final gun, thus giving the Aggies a 20-18 victory. McElroy wasn’t even recruited for football at Aggieland. He came from Houston Worthing on an academic scholarship, worked some track and then decided to give football a try. He won a scholarship and now he’s a key man in the A&M attack. In two games this year he has grabbed 9 passes for 247 yards. He’s the only Black player on the squad and after the LSU game, the squad voted him the game ball. He was one proud young man. “I think LSU was looking for the deep pattern and they gave me lots of room. Lex threw a good pass. I was tired but no one was gonna catch me on that play,” McElroy beamed. Hugh is majoring in engineer ing technology and wants to be a technical writer after he earns his degree. On campus one would not pick him out as a football player. He is quiet and reserved, wears glasses and doesn’t attract atten tion. But, on the football field he is one man to watch. He has large hands, quick feet and he’s tough. He had to be tough to stick it out in football drills while trying to earn a scholarship. In the 41-14 win over Wichita State he caught three passes for 67 yards and once ran the end- around for 25 yards. Against LSU he caught 6 passes for 180 yards, including that 79-yarder that sent Aggie fans into orbit. McElroy is no prima donna. “I’ve got a lot of work to do to improve. I’ve got to learn to concentrate on catching the foot ball more.” As a junior he has the time in front of him to make the improvements, too. He’s the kind of exciting player that the Texas Aggies have been needing, a real game breaker. No doubt, the most prized possession of his life right now is the game ball from last Satur day’s LSU contest. Strong and Durable COMBAT BOOTS $15.95 pr. 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