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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1977
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NORMAN, Okla. — It doesn’t
bother Oklahoma quarterback
homas Lott that he can probably
down the football field faster
tian he can throw the ball.
“All my life I’ve been a halfback,
laid Lott, who serves as the tele-
Icopic sight for the Sooners’ awe-
|ome wishbone attack. “I don’t
hink I’ve ever thrown the ball more
han three or four times in a game. I
jras moved to quarterback my
|ophoinore year in high sch(X)l be-
ause of injuries.
“I didn’t really want to play quar
terback in college. But so many
schools were recruiting me as a
quarterback. They said they might
let me switch to halfback after a year
or two. I didn’t know if they were
truthful to me so I figured I’d better
go to a school where the quarter
back could run the ball.”
That school turned out to be
Oklahoma and Lott was thrust into a
starting role much sooner than he
had anticipated when he took over
in the fifth game of his sophomore
season last year against Texas when
Dean Blevins came down with a
groin infection.
Blevins never made it back into
the starting lineup as Lott went on
to rush for 630 yards and seven
touchdowns. But Lott’s passing was
nothing short of anemic with two
completions in 12 attempts and
three interceptions.
“I threw the ball quite a bit this
summer,” said Lott. “My arm is
strong enough to throw it. We 11
throw the ball a little more this
year. We need to throw it to keep
the defense honest, to keep them
from stacking up on our running
game.
T like to throw the ball. It makes
me feel good when I complete pass
es. It gives us that much more we
can come at teams offensively with.
We’ve passes designed for me. . .
roll outs, down the line stuff that I’d
better get suited to throw.”
Lott said he has studied films of
other college quarterbacks in an at
tempt to master the passing puzzle.
He said he has viewed films of Joe
Roth (California), Steve Pisar-
kiewicz (Missouri) and Charlie
Weatherbie (Oklahoma State). But
even that leaves him confused.
“Passing is a lot like running,”
said Lott. “People develop their
own styles. They don’t do anything
specific. They set up different, they
release it different.
“But I’m working on it. I think
I’m improving. I haven’t really
thrown the ball that much and all
this is kind of new to me. But when
people knock Oklahoma’s passing
game it doesn’t really bother me.
The main thing is to win. . . no
matter how it gets done.
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Battalion Sports Editor
The intramural program at Texas
l&M is the largest in the state. De-
|nis Corrington, director of in-
amurals and recreational sports,
[ants it to remain that way.
I “We are going to try new ap-
foaches to get everyone involved, ”
orrington said. “With these ap-
roaches, we hope to make the in
tramural program have a more rec
reational atmosphere.”
The program offers 40 recre
ational areas of competition. Men,
as well as women, are encouraged to
form teams and compete in the var
ied events.
Students who want to form teams
and compete in events offered this
month face the following deadlines.
Entries for flag football and tennis
singles end September 13th; golf
singles and bowling face a Sep
tember 20th deadline; while entries
for handball singles and badminton
close the 27th.
One of Corrington’s new ap
proaches will be to divide the foot
ball teams into two leagues. If par
ticipants feel that they have a strong
team then they will compete in divi
sion AB. Division BC will consist of
teams with lesser abilities.
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All teams, regardless of record,
will be allowed to compete in the
play-offs. The tournament will have
a round robin format, with each di-
vison having its own play-off games.
“We hope that this will take some
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pressure of the players, but with the
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This year more than 150 people
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Corrington said that the intramural
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“We use the money alloted to us
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said Jim Jeter, associate director of
intramurals. “We are always trying
to improve our program.
Reservation policies is another
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Operational hours of G. Rollie
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