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Thursday, September 24, 1970
College Station, Texas
Page 7
Ami, McDermand express views...
Aggies, Raiders undefeated, test national powers
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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?
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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.
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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.
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