THE BATTALION
Tuesday, September 7, 1971 College Station, Texas Page 5
Some changes
for the better
By JOHN CURYLO
TY ;
With the beginning of another sports year Saturday
night, I’m sure every Aggie would like for things to be much
different from last year.
The first area is the won-lost column. After nine straight
losses in football, coaches, players, and students can think of
nothing better than to have a good season.
Second, attitude is a big factor. The Twelfth Man is
reputed to have undying loyalty, and such loyalty will be
replenished greatly by a few more wins. But more impor
tantly, the general attitude around the campus will improve.
Last year, the student body was so down in the dumps that
we looked and acted like losers. It’s time for this to change.
Third, and most important, is conduct during the games.
The Aggies play in such madhouses as LSU’s Tiger Den,
Nebraska’s Memorial Stadium, and Texas Tech’s Jones Stad
ium. It’s about time opponents dreaded Kyle Field just as
much. Too recently, we have been so hospitable that other
teams love it here.
This is not to say that A&M should throw turkey eggs,
the way they do in Lubbock, or that trash, both material and
verbal, should be thrown at opposing players on the sidelines.
Pure noise, supporting the Aggies, used to be enough to
unnerve the visitors. When this again becomes the case, we
will be the ones to win in Kyle Field.
Following this point is another: A&M has never had
cheerleaders, they are yell leaders. Well, ideally, this year
they will become roar leaders.
The final point concerns yell practice. Midnight yell
practice, though too rowdy, is well attended. It would be
nice if more people turned out for the other yell practices,
too. Early in the week, the team is working out during the
7:15 yell practice. And, during the Thursday yell practice
that precedes away games, the team participates at Hender
son Hall.
If anyone thinks that the team is not affected by yell
practice, just ask them. Fan support has everything in the
world to do with team performance. The part the Twelfth
Man plays is a significant one; it can mean the difference
between winning and losing.
It’s traditional to meet the team at Easterwood Field
when they return from games. Such an event should occur
regardless of the outcome. If we don’t care enough to show
up at the airport, why should the team care enough to do
their best?
So this year, let’s all do what we. can to be different
than last year. If we all do our share, then the victories will
be something we are responsible for, and they will be that
much more enjoyable.
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Tickets are still available for the Wichita State game
under the Family Plan. Fans are also reminded that the
mayors of Bryan and College Station have proclaimed this
“Maroon and White Week.”
Football Cardinals need to win,
but they’re still a year away
ST. LOUIS UP)—The St. Louis
Cardinals, frustrated in their
bids for top National Football
League status since winning in
1947 while Chicago based, are
probably at least a year away
from a championship.
The burden of winning is on
tall Bob Hollway, former defen
sive architect of Minnesota Vik
ing teams hired to replace de
posed Charley Winner as head
coach in February.
But Hollway, schooled in pa
tience through 20 seasons as an
assistant, seems determined to at
tack basics and install with
soundness his philosophies before
pursuing football’s elusive title.
“I want my players quick, I
want them disciplined and I want
them aggressive; I want them to
think positive,” Hollway said aft
er assuming the reins.
In an effort to fit into their
conception of the Hollway mold,
linemen and backs on the largely
veteran Cardinals squad reported
to camp in late July at less than
their 1970 playing weights.
Rigorous training ensued and
Hollway labeled the rough prod
uct the equal of former Viking
powers. Yet the team has stum
bled and been prone to error in
losing two of its first three ex
hibition games.
Slow off the mark has been a
running attack featuring power
houses MacArthur Lane and Cid
Edwards. A pass defense fre
quently brilliant in 1970 has
leaked.
Hollway has expressed keen
interest in an improved pass rush
from an energetic and still-ma
turing front four, but the coordi-
Lineup adjusted
by Frog coaches
nation between the defensive line
and linebackers has yet to be
achieved.
If there is but one key to how
well the Cardinals’ defense will
perform in Hollway’s first sea
son it probably is in the person
of 6-foot-2, 235-pound Jamie
Rivers, the middle linebacker.
The quiet Rivers, a play diag
nostician heralded for his part in
three successive Cardinal shutout
triumphs in 1970, is an excellent
and strong tackier with skills yet
to be polished in interceptions.
Better at interceptions and a
Pro Bowl veteran at left line
backer is Larry Stallings, a nine-
season player. Rocky Rosemana,
in his fourth NFL season, is the
likely right linebacker.
Roger Wehrli and Miller Farr
are excellent cornerbacks and all-
pro Larry Wilson masterminds
the pass defense at left safety,
but right safety Jerry Stovall is
fragile. With Stovall sidelined
late last season, the Cards were
vulnerable.
Hollway describes the Cardinal
offense as swifter and more ca
pable infinitely of the “big play”
than was Minnesota during the
Vikings’ march to the 1969 NFL
title.
Jim Hart demonstrated im
provement in finding secondary
pass receivers in 1970 but is more
methodical than quick and is be
ing extended by Pete Beathard
for the job as top quarterback.
Either will have the benefit
of stellar receiving in wide re
ceivers John Gilliam and Dave
Williams and Pro Bowl tight end
Jackie Smith, who combined
catches in 1970. Gilliam and the
6-foot-4, 235-pound Smith, a
nine-season vet, have exceptional
speed.
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Christian concluded a light work
out Monday marked by several
position changes after coaches
studied films of scrimmage Sat
urday.
Sophomore David Prater moved
up to second team left guard.
Soph Mike Nolin made second
team right guard. Rob Richey
moved from offensive guard to
second team right defensive
tackle.
Tookie Berry, first team left
inside linebacker and a tricap
tain, returned to work after miss
ing the scrimmage Saturday with
a slight knee injury.
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