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Warns anything could happen THE BATTALION Page 11 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1975 $e Recruiter Wright feels optimism WHATABURCfR RESTAURANT he slow t : . ie smalj I Tis the season to be optimistic. ; That’s the way it usually is when one talks about college football re- " n I Un ' cruiting, but Bob Wright, Texas A&M recruiting director, warns lllin '"hj against being too optimistic be- ""'Pf^lcause, in his words, anything can nrrentc, happen. ■fiiction« The general feeling around the A&M Athletic Department is that the Aggies are on the verge of hav ing one of their best recruiting years ever, that is, in Wright’s words, “If we get the ones we want. ” Getting those aren’t as easy as it may seem. A&M coaches are on the road working night and day so they can BOB WRIGHT secure the signature of today’s high school stars. “You think you know how kids feel, but you don’t really know until they sign, and even then they can change their mind and go some where outside the Southwest Con ference,” Wright said. One that didn’t get away is Robert Jackson, a Junior College transfer from Henderson County J.C. Jackson, 6-3, 225, should give the Aggies some needed help at middle linebacker with the graduation of John McCrumbly and Kenny Strat ton leaving Grady Wilkerson at that spot. Aggie recruiters are hitting the Houston area especially hard. “We feel we must recruit well in Hous ton, Wright said. Houston is a good spot for us for several reasons. It is close and we get good coverage there but mainly because there are always good athletes in that area.” Wright was quick to point out that A&M isn’t concentrating just on the Houston area, “We recruit where the athletes are.” Official signing date is February 4th. Until then there will be many rumors about players going to one Big 10 tops conferences in producing pro players pradkt sdayfc e med'l tieswi By ROBERT CESSNA irdavij Staff Sports Writer led oil In aiiy barbershop or bar where dcrosst, P e °pl e gather this time of year, they >es nil are deciding which college football Is game | Conference is the greatest of past times. I Wire service rankings, inter- ^ Q conference play and bowl games are IW the standard gauges of success. But each year the National Foot- I ball League spends millions of dol- IQ lars on scouting and signing college players. Their judgment has to be taken into account when examining college conference strengths. By Hg examining opening day NFL rosters you can see in which conferences ketylithe NFL finds its talent. On this )r( ] jl)! basis which conferences do you re(<)rii think are the best? The leading conference and ap- ton propriately named is the Big Ten. ^nitti Together its schools total 139 of the ,|j || 11,222 players on opening day ros- | e( ||,, ters. Michigan leads with 25 alumni in the pros with players on 17 differ- lesec- rst b) 50-7, e yeai I urdav snap- ik for is need y All- j B Hati, #4% mgr aj Id A help? way I tart itur- >ver- Uni- . and- icir iree by I -ard xrn- po- du de- ual ast uid for he /Ie rde ird ;r- ke re 1< lie -is 57 i e ► n le € J L Call IRS toll free No matter where you live, you can call the IRS toll free for tax assistance. To find the toll- free IRS number for your area, check your tax instructions booklet or your local telephone directory. Internal Revenue Service ent NFL teams. Ohio State trails with 23 players, the majority earn ing their living as linemen. Purdue, Michigan State and Minnesota add 19, 15 and 15 respectively. The Pacific Eight, the Big 10 Rose Bowl opponent, has 103 athletes in the NFL. The Trojans of Southern Cal with their pro offensive style head with 28 players on 17 different teams. Stanford and UCLA, the two other leading schools of the Pac- Eight, have 16 and 15 respectively on NFL rosters. Close behind is the Big-Eight with 101. This conference shows balance with Nebraska leading the way with 19 players in the NFL. Five other schools have at least 10 while Oklahoma State and Iowa State have seven apiece. The Southeast Conference is tied with the Southwestern Athletic Conference at 82 each, while the Western Athletic Conference has 56, the Southwest Conference 42, the Atlantic Coastal Conference 40 and the Ivy League has only eight. The Southwestern Conference which includes Jackson State, Grambling, Alcorn A&M, Texas Southern, Southern University, Prairie View and Mississippi Valley is very equally balanced. Southern University leads the way with 17 while Grambling and Jackson State add 16. All others have at least 10 except Mississippi Valley which has only one. The Western Athletic Confer ence is supported largely by Arizona State with their wide open pro at tack. Eighteen players can trace their origin to the Sun Devils. Six are running backs and seven wide receivers. The biggest disappointment has to be the local SWC with only 42 athletes in the NFL ranks. Texas has the most with 12 while the remain ing schools have 30 in the NFL. When Houston is added in 1976 they may help the SWC in produc ing pros. Currently the Cougars have 10 in the NFL. If you look at the top ten indi vidual schools using this method, major independents take three of the top positions. USC leads all schools with 28. Finishing a close second, a school which may surprise many people is Penn State. Penn State has 27 people in the NFL on 17 teams. The Nittanny Lions could be renamed Linebacker University as 10 linebackers in the NFL are Penn State grads. Michigan and Ohio State follow with 25 and 23 respectively, while independent Notre Dame is fifth with 20. Nebraska is tied for sixth with San Diego State, Purdue and Tennessee State with 19 alumni in the NFL. So when the pro draft is held January 28-29 watch to see if these trends continue or if they change. Will the Southwest Conference start to make a comeback? Or will the Big Ten, Pac-Eight and Big Eight continue to place the most players in the NFL? TOWER SPECIAL “Something Different” Your choice of any three meats or cheeses plus choice of variety bread with a cup of savory hot soup. All for $1.50 plus tax. ‘ BEVERAGES EXTRA. SERVING EACH WEEKDAY FROM 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Tower Mezzanine BankAmericard // //- Regular buffet on first level ‘Quality First’ l/Ve Want You To Meet Someone! Howdy Party — Jan. 24 7:30 p.m. Noon Bible Studies M-W-F 12:00 (great food!) Sandwich Bible Studies T-Th 11:00 Baptist Student Center College Main at Church St. school or the other, but one thing is certain, no one will know until the name is on the line. Then all the coaches can come home and settle down to the task of making plans to use the players they recruited to as sure more winning seasons at Texas A&M. That’s your nearby Whataburger restaurant. Stop in any time and fill up on a juicy quarter pound of pure ground beef. Top it off with an order of crisp golden french fries and a super shake and discover that Whataburger is WhatatNirger should be. I College Station Bryan . 105 Dominik Dr. 1 lOI Texas Ave. Photo by Chris Svatek Aggie Chuck Tone in conference debut against Rice. (See related story, page 9.) 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