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College Station, Texas
Wednesday, October 20, 1971
THE BATTALION
Bland Smith learns leadership as a cornerback and cade
Bland Smith
By BILL HENRY
Assistant Sports Editor
If you’re looking for a true
leader on the Texas Aggie foot
ball team, cornerback Bland
Smith, senior letterman from Ty
ler, is the man to see.
Not only is Bland the starting
right cornerback, but he adds
such credentials as Commanding
Officer of Air Force Squadron 14
(comprised of 43 cadet-athletes)
and a distinguished student in
the field of Aerospace Engineer-
“Football takes up most of my
time,” Smith explained when ap
proached on how he manages to
keep up with all his duties. “I
really haven’t gotten the hang of
being a CO yet since it’s football
season. The only things our
squadron does right now is drill
and eat together. The Corps Staff
understands where our priorities
lie and do not force us to conflict
with our athletic endeavors.”
Smith, 5-9 and 165, was not
recruited when in high school at
Tyler Lee where he took all-East
Texas honors as quarterback-
safety but came to Texas A&M
as a tryout.
A cornerback has the toughest
assignment in the defensive sec
ondary, having both rushing and
passing responsibilities.
“The most difficult is the op
tion out of the Wishbone,” he
said. “When the option comes to
your side, you’ve got to contain
the pitch man and make the
tackle. Many times a team that
runs the Wishbone will come out
like it’s going to be a run and
the quarterback sets up behind
the tackle and throws a pass;
that’s really tough to defend
against. In that case, you’ve got
to do your best to bet back into
your zone and cover the receiver.
Both Baylor and TCU do this.”
The A&M secondary is second
in pass defense after six games
in the Southwest Conference be
hind Tech allowing only 115.3
yards per game.
“I contribute this to our great
secondary coach (Lance Van
Zandt) who has emphasized be
ing aggressive,” Smith said. “We
have worked on breaking for the
ball when it’s thrown or when
the ball carrier gets the handoff.
You can’t wait and then react to
the play, you must always be
ready to go after the ball. The
first of the year we felt he was
wrorking us too hard but now
we’re glad he did it, because we
have benefited from it so
For the next two weeks X
defensive secondary will have fil
work cut out, having to def f “
against both Si Southall 0 f
lor and Joe Ferguson of Ark!
sas. Baylor will run out off
Wishbone along with its pash
attack while Ferguson will U
to his favorite receiver, Mi!I
Reppond, out of a multiple J
set. Ferguson leads the SWcT
passing while Reppond leads J
conference in receiving
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