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Due to l-formation variation
Receivers to be used more in offensive plan
By MIKE BRUTON
Sports Editor
The most unused segment of
Texas A&M’s football team last sea
son, the receivers, will be taken
from the closet and put to full use
with the new 1975 Aggie T-Bone”
offense.
Carl Roaches and Richard Os
borne, two of the premier pass-
catchers in the Southwest Confer
ence, should see plenty of action in
the upcoming season compared to
last year when the Ags completed
only 48 passes on the season.
The recently acquired
I-formation variation will put more
passing in the A&M attack and more
pressure on enemy defensive
backfields with the likes of flashy
Roaches and sticky-fingered Os
borne roaming around in the secon
dary.
Roaches, a 9.4 sprinter, has an
uncanny knack for changing direc
tions quickly and super accelera
tion. When carrying the pigskin in
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open field, he runs like he has radar.
Roaches is a threat to score every
time he touches the ball.
The swift split end had a fantastic
spring game, gathering in seven
passes for 156 yards and a
touchdown. If the Aggies throw dur
ing the regular season like they did
in that game, fans will see how much
of a weapon Roaches can really be.
All of Roaches’ talents do not lie
on pass receiving as he is one of the
best kick return specialists in the
nation. He owns four A&M records
and with a good year could shatter
more. The senior from Houston has
the most career punt returns with
77, and the most kickoff return
yardage in a career with 942 yards.
In 1973 Roaches broke two single
game records, returning punts for
96 yards against SMU and bringing
back kickoffs for 193 steps against
Boston College.
Roaches (5-8, 162) may not be
the biggest guy on the team, but
he’s certainly one of the toughest.
He’s a scrapper. On any running
Split end
Carl Roaches
Tight end
Richard Osborne
play, look downfield and you’ll see
No. 1 blocking somebody. Roaches
is such a hustler that he sometimes
blocks two people on the same play
and it doesn’t matter to him
whether it’s a cornerback or a huge
defensive end.
On the other extreme of the line
is tight end Osborne, who is also a
threat to opposing defenses, but in a
different way. He is a clutch pass
receiver and has a knack for finding
the open slot in the secondary. Os
borne puts one in the mind of Fred
Biletnikofi of the Oakland Raiders.
He s not flashy, has adequate speed,
but nearly always gets open.
The rangy San Antonio native is
No. 5 on the all-time pass receiving
yardage list with 990 yards on 73
receptions. Osborne needs only 308
yards to become the all-time pass
receiving yardage leader. Bob Long
is the current leader with 1,298
yards.
The 6-5, 230-pound senior alter
nated with Roaches at split end his
freshman year and was transformed
to a tight end position for the 1973
season. His blocking, at first,
left much to be desired. But he
worked hard and is a solid blocker
now.
Osborne, like Roaches, should
become a more potent weapon
when the Aggies are operating out
of the I-formation. With a split end
wide and a flanker, the tight end is
often the man which ends up in the
soft spots of the zone defense. And
with a tight end like Osborne that
could mean a lot of third-down con-
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Depth should be no problem with
the Texas A&M receivers with
David Greeno standing in at tight
end and Mike Floyd subbing at split
end. Both are aggressive blockers
and good pass receivers.
Receivers Coach Chuck Moser
has done a fine job with this talented
bunch; his reward will show in the
1975 A&M passing statistics.
Collegians,
Steelers in
All-Star tilt
Defense is the name of the game.
It’s what made the Pittsburgh
Steelers the 1974 World Champions
and it’s the College All-Star’s only
chance to knock off the world
champs in the 1975 College All-Star
game Friday night in Chicago.
College All-Star coach John
McKay feels that if the rookies are to
beat the veterans they will have to
do it on defense. “The thing about
this game is that if you play good
defense, slow the other team down,
you have a chance to win,” said
McKay. “But you can’t do that if you
don’t play good defense.”
Defense is no new word to the
Steelers. In last year’s Super Bowl
they gave the Minnesota Vikings
only 17 rushing yards in winning the
world championship. “They have a
tremendous defense and a solid of
fense,” McKay said. “Anytime you
have a quarterback that can run the
ball it presents trouble. Terry Brad
shaw can run and Franco Harris is
like Larry Csonka. ”
The Steelers have four all-pro
performers on the defensive side,
Lineman Joe Green and L. C.
Greenwood and linebackers Jack
Ham and Andy Russell. McKay is
the first to admit that his team will
have a tough time scoring on the
Steelers but feels that the Steelers
will have a tough time against his
defense.
The All-Star defense is led by five
first round draft picks: Gary
Johnson, 6 feet 3 and 250 pounds
from Grambling; Mack Mitchell,
6-8, 250 from Houston University,
Mark Mu Haney, 6-6, 237 from Col
orado State; Jimmy Webb, 6-5, 250
from Mississippi State and Randy
White, 6-4, 248, from Maryland. All
are linemen.
On offense the All-Stars will rely
on the strong passing of quarterback
Steve Bartkowski of the University
of California.
McKay still insists that if his team
is to beat the Steelers they will have
to do it with defense. As coach of the
1973 All-Stars McKay saw his de
fense stop the Miami Dolphins and
almost win the game before finally
bowing out, 14-3.
“I’ve never had a team perform as
well as the one that lost to Miami
two years ago, he said. “They per
formed well, because they held
them to only one touchdown for
most of the game. ”
Even if his All-Stars do perform
well, McKay is realistic about his
team’s chances to win. “This game
isn’t designed for the collegians to
win,” he said. “First of all we ll be
playing the game by pro rules with a
couple of exceptions, and it will be a
veteran team against a squad that
has just been assembled. ”
The last time the All-Stars beat
the world champs was in 1963 when
the rookies defeated the Green Bay
Packers, 20-17.
Last year’s game was canceled
because of the National Football
League player strike.
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