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COLLEGE ARMY SURPLUS ARMY SURPLUS PHONE ARMY SURPLUS 822-2210 Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-9 p.m. STEREO CITY Original Artists, Original Releases. $^99 8 Track Next to the Campus Theater THE BATTALION Paj?e 6 College Station, Texas Tuesday, September 7,191 Aggie Doug Neill: father and fullback THE AGGIE OFFENSE gets ready for Saturday night’s season opener against Wichita State as sophomore quarterback Tim Trimmier leads the team through a drill. Lex James and Mark Green have been injured, but they should be ready for the 7:30 p. m. game in Kyle Field. (Photo by Mike Rice) Texas A&M’s Doug Neill could be a likely candidate for “Fam ily Plan” tickets — half price for adults and $1.00 for children for the season opener against Wichita State. With a wife and two kids, going to a football game could be mighty expensive. But tickets are not a problem for Neill, since he is the No. 1 fullback for the 1971 Aggies. A tough 6-1, 198-pounder, Neill led the Aggies in rushing last year with 430 yards on 107 carries for a 4.0 average. This year’s figures could go Vc ARE YOU IN FLYING? (at reasonable rates) The Texas A&M Aero Club is an organization based on the enjoyment of flying. We’re open only to Texas A&M students, staff, & faculty. SO GET INVOLVED IN THE FLYING ACTIVITY AT TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY • Flight Instruction by FAA Certified Instructors • Aircraft Maintained by FAA Certified Personnel • Planned Social Activities • Discounts On Pilot Supplies • Continuously Operated Private Pilot Ground School Every Tuesday Night On Campus • Instrument Ground School FOR INFORMATION CALL 846-5672 TEXAS A&M AERO CLUR, INC. West to have close races By BOB MYERS AP Sports Writer So-called sleepers abound in the Pacific-8 Conference and the same holds true in the other two major loops in the Far West, the Western Athletic Conference and the Pacific Coast Athletic Asso ciation. Postseason classics for the tar gets in each group — The Rose Bowl New Year’s Day for the Pac-8, the new Fiesta Bowl at Sun Devil Stadium at Tempe, Ariz., Dec. 27 for the WAC cham pion, and the relatively new Pas adena Bowl for the winners in the PCAA. The run for the roses at Pasa dena in the nation’s oldest post season attraction is pretty wide open.. Upsets on given Satur days will not be surprising. In the Pac-8, most speculation centers on Coach Jerry Frei’s Oregon Ducks, John McKay’s Trojans of Southern California, UCLA and its new coach, Pepper Rodgers, and Dee Adros of Ore gon State. Possible and probable trouble makers ? Quarterback Sonny Six- killer of the Washington Hus kies, for one. Tailback Bernard Jackson of Washington State for another, as well as defensive tackle Sherman White of Cali fornia and linebacker Jeff Sie- mon of Stanford. 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Pflughaupt ’71 Mike Godwin ’71 Corkey Sandel ’63 PROTEG TIVE LIFE® company HOME OFFICE - BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA LOCAL OFFICE: 707 University Dr. PHONE: 846-7714 (Next to the University National Bank) in the Rose Bowl, 27-17. Gone, of course, is the key player of the attack, Heisman Trophy winner Jim Plunkett, along with the bevy of compan ion stars. But the war cries from Palo Alto are hardly muted. Stanford feels it has as much right to chant “Rose Bowl” as anyone else in the league. To back up the claim, they point out that Ralston can start a letter- man at every offensive and de fensive position. At Oregon, Frei has eight starters back on offense and nine on defense. He has two capable quarterbacks, Dan Fouts being the foremost, and tailback Bobby Moore may be the best combination runner-receiver in the Pac-8, if not the nation. Southern California has been to the Rose Bowl as Pac-8 cham pion five times since John Mc Kay, now in his 12th year at Tro- janville. McKay admits he is the optimistic type and firmly be lieves this could well be his sixth Rose Bowl year. Quarterback Jimmy Jones, now a senior, ran and passed the team to it’s third and fourth consecu tive trips to Pasadena so he knows the road. He’ll have extra help this fall from Mike Rae, a junior. Forty-five lettermen are back at Oregon State and the Beavers are confident they’ll have a much, much better record than their 6- 5-1 last year, poorest ever for Andros. Quarterback Steve End- icott figures to be healthy again. Dave Schilling is a power-run ning fullback and Jeff Kolberg is one of the better split ends around. UCLA has problems compar able to Stanford. Lost by gradu ation was quarterback Dennis Dummit, who broke every Bruin passing record during his two- year stay at Westwood. Replace ment Mike Flores has an awfully large pair of shoes to fill. The Washington Huskies under Jim Owens rebounded from a dismal 1969 season to a 6-4 mark last year, thanks in a large part to Sonny Sixkiller and his sling shot arm. Sixkiller blossomed in to the nation’s leading passer and one of his chief receivers, Jim Krieg, is back. Owens’ prob lems, however, may be replacing a fine offensive line. much higher with Neill runni»{ behind a much improved offer sive line. “I really hadn’t noticei how much the line had improvdj until I looked at the film of otj Wichita State game last yeai This year’s line is at least tw« as good.” According to Neill, it’s not m usual for a back not to keepjj with the offensive line. There an just too many other things tr think about. “When I’m in tii backfield, I have to concentrali on the snap count and whetlt or not we shift. Then I conce trate on the path I am goings follow, rather than the linena And I particularly have to« centrate on holding the ball tigk I used to wave the ball aroundi lot when I ran, and the coach have had a hard time breakitj me of that habit. But I thinll have that problem licked now." And that’s not all. A chanp in quarterbacks makes a diffe ence. Each quarterback hands tf differently, and I have to km whether they sprint out deeps shallow to determine my blod ing angle on the defensive end It’s not actually that compo cated in action. “ExperieK makes it a lot easier,” Neill sap “Everything comes more natefparkin ally now.” - led t Combining a family life ■ 1 football has its advantages disadvantages, Neill says. “Btj ing able to go home and pi with the kids helps me rela And it’s nice to have a wi to console you.” Does Mrs. Ne (Terry) try any coaching? don’t tell her how to sew, andsd doesn’t tell me how to playfi ball,” Doug says. “But she’s real football fanatic.” ndinf Be vii play when I get home. US A&ft ,. p Neill’s children are Litlt tU( j en Doug, 2, and Tessa, six monk Lj;_, “Little Doug is a big fan, Neill says. “He always wants'! Lj c j a] Area g” ir imedi ost o I lark Univ uther r ayne or” ir om acuity aeetin] ■EM IPl Pat Gessford & Cindy Rosenbaum will help the women design a program to slim down. AGGIE SPECIAL! 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