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College Station, Texas
Tuesday, October 17, 1972
THE BATTAU
Simonini, Hulin, Dean—New Additions Lead Team
Bellard Praises Ags At Post-Game Press Conferem
By BILL HENRY
The Texas Aggies got a large
dose of praise from coach Emory
Bellard Saturday night after the
game when he held a press con
ference at the Ramada Inn for
the sportswriters.
“I thought our team played
real hard,” he said. “They played
aggressively both on offense and
defense and I’m very proud of
them. We are all sick at the loss
because we fought hard.”
Three players that were given
starting assignments for the first
time in their careers played a big
part in the Aggies exciting clash
with the Tech Red Raiders.
Ed Simonini, freshman from
Las Vegas, Nev., was credited
with eight unassisted tackles and
five assists. Simonini said he was
“scared to death about starting”
before the game, but coaches felt
that his effort was as “good as
any senior’s.”
Paul Hulin, sophomore from
Hobbs, N. M., was credited with
11 assists in his first start for
the A&M varsity.
“We knew they would get after
Tech,” Bellard said of his two
new defensive starters. “They’re
tough and fighters by nature. We
were a little worried about the
mistakes they’d make but we
knew they’d be in there and get
mixed up with Tech’s affairs.”
Another newcomer to the Ag
gies was sophomore quarterback
Don Dean. He completed nine of
15 passes for 154 yards and ran
for 15 yards.
“Don played a whale of a ball
game,” Bellard said. “I was real
pleased with what he showed in
there.”
“I overthrew Homer May on
the last interception,” Dean said
dejectedly after the game. “I
wasn’t nervous about starting.
With the ten other people besides
me on the offensive unit, it’s hard
not to move the football.”
Tech coach Jim Carlen said
after the game that “Dean is a
real mature sophomore and did a
super job for A&M.”
The steady rock, Grady Hoer-
mann, of the defensive unit also
drew praise on his play.
“Grady did a great job out
there,” linebacker coach John
Paul Young said. “He had 13 un
assisted tackles and 11 assists.
He caused two fumbles and
knocked two guys out on the
same play.”
Bellard said that he would
have gone for a tie if the chance
would have presented itself in
Saturday’s contest.
“We had a chance for the win,”
he said. “But if we didn’t get in,
we would have gone for the tie
if the opportunity would have oc
curred. On that last play, if we
completed the pass it would have
been first down and five with two
timeouts left.”
Although praising the!
Bellard did not discountij
ponents.
“I was real impressedn
balance they possessed i|
rushing attack,” he said j
had great runners with
talent.”
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In Cross Country
Texas A&M defeated]
Tech 19-36 in a dual croi
meet held Saturday mot
the A&M golf course.
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Bellard hasn’t decided whether
to open the gates on this week’s
workouts or not, but did comment
on what the Aggies accomplished
last week.
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HERE ARE THE NEW AGGIES. Here, for the first time this season, is how the
Aggies played Saturday night against Texas Tech. One cohesive unit with no individ
uals; just a football team caring for each other. Although the Aggies lost, they may
have learned an invaluable lesson for the remainder of the season. (Photo by Steve
Ueckert)
“We went back to fundamen
tals,” he said. "We wanted to do
some things that we didn’t want
everyone to see. We put a few
new wrinkles in and had a few
changes in personnel.”
Top individual was
Frank Ybarbo who had|]
20:53 in the four-milei
Jones of Texas Tech
second in 2.1:11. A&M
next four places with
Cottle. Paul Goodman,Kei
ligan and Lynn Kitch
had the next four pl»
James Cresap, Gary Go
Pearl and Peter Kindle.
A&M’s Grady Franks!
11th, followed by Mikelj
and Mike Gowans of Tec!
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