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Section Two
OoUege Station, TezaaTueoday, August 31, 1071
Ags loaded with k>eople -— now to put it together
football Tfejron Amcml
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Wiekito State
After ■»■»<*— tbo first half
wyoh oa conditioning drills, Stall-
tegs took his chargas through
two-s-day workouts la pads for a
wuok Mors tho start of fall
clssoss
Tho Aggteo bars 4k Uttermoa
hark from test Tsar's teaai sad
art trying to saap out of a qino
gaato losing string that put th«
squad ia tho Southwost Confor-
ones collar a yosr ago. .
Stallings says that tho oxpori-
onco tho Ags bar* back is tho
biggoat plus ia thoir favor
"I think it is a big plus for us
that w« havo at loast ono axpari-
oacod roturnoo at ovary position
excopt fiuo safety and at tamo
pteeoo wo havo two votarans. Wo
also havo good soniovs."
Tho Aggtes havo 25 seniors to
bs ox set as compared to four test
season. Fyso safety te tho only
position AAM doesn’t return a
as All-Amsrirss Dave iafsetious hsparttte, to rssumo his
battle for tho quarterbacking <te
l Trying to teuak the Is stag tins with senior Joe Mac King
skein is tho biggest prshlsw on from Minoote and a trio of soph-
tho Aggies agunds this fall and osnore*
Stallings has mad# a few chang- Tho tender among tho sopho-
os that ho hopes win instill bow morse is Mark Grsaa from Odoa-
flrs ia the atmoaphors. sa, an imprsaaivs athlete, who
Ho has rhatoted hte bates atti- was namad to the All-Southwest
tads toward tha offense. Conference freshman team as a
"If you has« a bask attack safety last year, and has boon
sad are pood
go straight et poo-
Broyles picks
1. Texas-Austin
* t. Arkansas
2. Texas Tech
4. Texas AAM
». TCU
4. Rice ^
7. 8MU
5. Baylor .
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pie and not have to fool thorn.
1 think wo can do it this year
whore in past yoars wo couldn’t
bees use I think wo are overall
stronger than test year," bo said.
Junior Lex James from Hous
ton Sara Houston is back after
miming spring training duo to
A
mentioned as a possible running
back or defensive back just as s
means of getting his talent in the
v lineup.* Stallings says he first
plans to try Grmn as s quarter
back. vT-
Tim Trimmier from San An-
vjomo Loo and Mike Rigsby from
Houston Spring Woods did most
. of the quarterbacking for the
Fish a year ago will also be in
' the race. Trimmier reported ia
* outstanding shape, the coach said.
Another change ia the coaches
strategy will be that he will give
more of the job to his quarter
back for calling the plays. .
“I personally like to have a
quarterback who can call his
game,’' Stallings said, but added,
“last year we felt it might be
better to call moat of the plays
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Lex Ji
Homer May
Mike Lord
and take the pressure off Lax so
we did most of the calUng.”
Stallings said he talked to
James just before workouts
started and told him that ho
would ho doing more of the play
calling this season. The coach
added that it Is very possible that
he could have been crossing up
blames by helping him so. much
last year.
Most impressive among the
• runningbseks in the spring was
sophomore Bobby Merren from
Nederland, who moved in as the
number two tailback behind sen
ior Steve Burks, after gaining
only 28 yards on the Fish squad
due to a leg injury. Burks, a
Dumas product rushed for 413
yprds and scored five touchdowns
lot season.
Four lettermen will head the
battle for fullback with the
team’s leading rusher, senior
Doug Neill and junior Brad Du-
sek heading the group. Neill
rushed for 425 yards last ysar
and Dusek 257, third best on the
sqqsd. Mare Black, senior who
missed spring training while tak
ing time to excel in the javelin
With the Aggie track squad, and
Doug Robbins, who saw limited
action last year, will also be in
the fight.
Clifford Thomas, who missed
last season due to s shoulder sep
aration suffered in the first
workout of the fall, after win
ning a starting halfback post
from his spring efforts will be
used either way Stallings says.
Thomas worked in the defensive
secondary during the spring but
StelHnff" >■ talking of giving him
another shot at the offensive
unit
Sophomore Pst Herring, lead
ing rusher on the Fish team last
year is still questionable. A grad
uate of Beaumont South Park
high school, Herring suffered s
broken leg during the spring
workouts and is still recuperating
from the injury.
’ During the spring, tha Aggtes
biggest problem wns to find the
right combination hi the offen-
shra Has, the coach soya. Through
a massive program of switching
and trying different players at
different positions, he earn# up
with what ho fates is a solution
to the lyobism.
Only one of test year's starters
held down hie position after
spring training had ended, senior
Leonard Foray, who was named
to several SWC All-Star teams
test year, was still at right
guard. Behind Foray is junior
Mika Park, who played center a
year Afo.
Coach Stallings’ shifts ia the
offensive lias has Ralph Sacra,
who was shifted to offense in
mid season last year, at right
tackle with Robert Gerasimowics
and junior college transfer Skip
Ksahn at center. Kenha eras the
number one center for a time but
was injured in spring practice
and Gerasimowics finished the
spring as tha leader.
Todd Christopher, who started
last season as a promising soph
omore defensive end and moved
to linebacker when the potetioa
became saturated with injuries
now is the number one left guard,
opposite Foray.
Four lettermen are working at
left tackle with Buster Calloway
leading at the time. Ted Smith,
who played center last ysar and
Clifton Thomas are close behind..
Senior lettonnan Andy Philtey '
and junior letterman Butch
Kamps both were injured ia the
spring but will vie for Sacra’s
right tackle position.
Joey Herr and Hugh McElrey,
. two seniors who wars the team*
leading wide receive re last year
with 21 receptions apiece, will be
the ‘rrrtfng candidates for the
wmgback potetioa although the
loading freshman paaa catcher
Bobby Hughes from Houston
Sam Houston and Billy Joe Po-
laaek, who miaeed last season
with an injury, are rated as con
tenders.
"He can play for anybody,’’ is
what Stallings says of tight and
Homer May from Lubbock. The
5-2, 225 junior led the Aggtes
with 25 catches and is rated as
the pre-season pick for All-SWC
tight end by Texas Football
(See Leaded, page 2)
Another toughie for Ags
With five of the top 10 teams
in the country on the Texas
Aggies schedule lest season it’s
doubtful you will ever find any
thing tougher, but the 1971 Ag
gie opponents aren’t exactly
pushovers with at least five of
the teams bonified top 20 units
— including the two teams that
were voted by the wire services
as national champions, Nebras
ka and the University of Texas
at Austin.
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The Aggies open the season st
home with the Wichita State
Shockers Sept. 11 st 7:30 p.m.
WSU still is rebuilding from the
tragic air crash which killed a
large number of Shocker players
as well as their coach. Wiehitp
will return mors lettermen, 49,
than the Aggies since their
freshman were made eligible for
the remainder of the season
after the air crash. Defensive
epd John Hoheisel, tackle Dave
Lewie, running back Randy Jack-
son and Bob Renner wer surviv
ors of the crash and return to
lead the Shockers.
The next two weeks resemble
’ the schedule of a year ago which
had the LSU Tigers at Baton
Rouge and then Ohio State in
Columbua. This year the Tigers
.will be out for revenge and are
still smarting from a 20-18 vic
tory the Aggies dealt in the fin
al seconds last year. The lose'
for the Bengals was the only
one they had all season until
they were beaten 3-0 by Notre
Dame.
Nebraska returns 38 lettermen
from an 11-0-1 team and could
be the best team in the country
despite some major losses.
* The Aggies then return home
for their final nonconference
game as they host the University
of Cincinnati in the first meeting
ever between the two schools.
The Bearcats are coming off a
7-4 season record and last year,
led by senior quarterback Albert
Johnsoa, averaged 274 yards a
game r u s h i a g —’ which was
ranked eighth nationally — and
also ranked seventh nationally in
scoring defease, allowing only 9.8
points per game.
Poised by a preseason boast
that his Red Raiders ware going
to win the Southwest Conference
championship, Coach Jim Car
le n’* Texas Tech takes on the
Aggies in Lubbock this fall. The
Red Raiders posted an 8-4 rec
ord last year including a 17-9
loas to Georgia Tech in the Sun
Bowl.
Quarterback Charlie Napper
return* to give the Raiders an
experienced control to guide their
well balanced attack that includes
All-SWC fullback .Doug Mc-
Cutehen.
The Aggies invade Fort Worth
to try to snap a two-game losing
streak to the TCU Frogs that
included a humiliating 31-15 de-
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