TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1977
Kocurek wins position
Kocurek
Every sport has its different
perspectives and Texas A&M
linebacker Jimmy Kocurek has
viewed college football from a
number of angles.
The 6-2, 215-pound junior from
El Campo came to A&M as a quar
terback, worked as a free safety as a
sophomore and has since been
moved to linebacker where he pres
ently is a starter for the Aggies.
Kocurek, who is shooting for his
second varisity letter in 1977, is
listed as a junior athletically, but is
clasified academically as a senior.
The reason is he didn’t see any game
action his sophomore season, there
fore leaving him an extra year of
eligibility.
Moving around as much as he has
on the A&M depth chart did not
surprise Kocurek.
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“When Coach (Paul) Register (as
sistant coach) recruited me, he told
me that I could play any of the three
positions. Moving around wasn’t
that difficult, I just wanted to play
— wherever I could.”
After being moved to strongside
linebacker in 1976, Kocurek was in a
position where he saw little action
because of the veteren crew in front
of him — Kevin Monk (who is still
starting at strong LB), Robert
Jackson (MLB and all-America), and
Jesse Hunnicutt (weakside LB).
Kocurek was switched to the weak
side last spring after Hunnicutt
played out his eligibility and even
though he played very little in 1976,
Kocurek feels he went through a
valuable learning process.
T always knew I’d get my chance
to be a starter, it was just a matter of
time. In the meantime, I had some
good examples to study. I don’t
worry about trying to play like they
did. I studied the way they played
the position, but I think in order to
be good, you have to be yourself.’’
So far this season, “doing it his
way” has established him as the
third leading tackier on the team
with 41 stops, 18 of them unas
sisted. He has recovered two fum
bles and has made three tackles be
hind the line of scrimmage. A&M
linebacker coach John Paul Young is
especially pleased with Kocurek’s
progress over the past two years.
“Jimmy has played a lot better this
year than we thought he would.
When he was moved to linebacker a
year ago, he was far behind funda
mentally. Since, he has trained him
self into a technically sound
linebacker. He lacks mobility to a
certain degree but makes up for that
in aggressiveness and desire. He’s
also a smart football player and
studies the game films very in
tensely.”
This past summer, Kocurek put
himself through a conditioning pro
gram that helped him get ready for
the ’77 season. It included lifting
weights three times a week, playing
some basketball to improve his
quickness and a running program
that increased steadily up until time
for two-a-days to begin in August.
With only three starters returning
from last year, the Aggie defense
was the source of much concern at
the onset of the season. But after the
first four games, it has been proven
that it is still a major obstacle for
opponents.
“Were still not as good as we
should be,” says Kocurek. “We’re
still making a few fundamental mis
takes that need to be corrected. But
we still play aggressive and work to
gether as a team — that’s a charac
teristic that never changes with us.”
After an open date last weekend,
the Ags have gotten their legs back
under them following their loss to
Michigan two weeks ago, and are
ready to take on the Bears this
Saturday in Waco.
“Baylor always plays us tough,”
says KocUrek. “I understand they’ve
got some injuries that have slowed
them down but they always seem
ready when we line up against
them.”
Knievel’s wreck
really does hurt
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Woodard
Bennett
Franklin
notes. . .
A year ago, the Aggies were coming off a 27-16
loss to Texas Tech when they faced Baylor. A&M
beat Baylor, 24-0, and went on to win 10 straight
before Michigan snapped the streak. . .
Tony Franklin on Russell Erxleben’s breaking his
NCAA field goal record of 65 years with a 67-yarder
in Texas’ 72-15 win over Rice: “I’m happy for Rus
sell. I tried to phone him to congratulate him but
couldn’t get in touch. I’m glad he did it, too, be
cause it gives me a goal to shoot at. I intend to get
that record back.. . .
When Paul Hornung of the Columbus Dispatch
covered the A&M-Michigan game at Ann Arbor, it
was the first time ever he’d gone to Michigan
Stadium and not covered Ohio State. . .
Although he has had two punts of 11 and 14 yards,
David Appleby still boasts a 42.8-yard average on 24
punts this season. Last year he averaged 39.7 on 50
kicks. . .
Franklin has kicked 7 consecutive field goals. The
NCAA record is 11. . .
When George Woodard rushed 39 times against
Michigan (153 net yards), it marked the second time
for such in his career. He carried 39 times against
Kansas State in 1976. The SWC record is 41 carries
in one game, set by Mark Green of A&M vs. SMU
in 1971. . .
Woodard soon should break one of A&M s oldest
records, career TDs. Joel Hunt (1925-27) scored 30.
Woodard now has 26. He scored 5 as a freshman, 17
as a sophomore and has 4 this year. . .
A&M has had only two players rush for more than
200 yards in a game. Bob Smith did it twice, 297 vs.
SMU in 1950 and 214 vs. Texas Tech in 1949.
Bubba Bean had 204 vs. Glemson in 1973. . .
Proof of A&M’s youth this fall is that only 10
seniors are among the playing personnel. There are
three on offense: QB David Walker, center Mark
Dennard and tackle Frank Myers. There are six on
defense: Safety Ralph Barret, end Phil Bennett,
cornerbacks Mike Williams and Wadine Miles,
linebacker Kevin Monk and tackle Steve Spitzen-
berger. The 10th is deep-snap center Don Wright. .
A win over Baylor Saturday would be icing on the
cake for defensive end Stacy Breihan and fullback
Eddie Hardin. Both celebrate birthday anniver
saries Sunday. Breihan, from San Marcos, will be 21
and Hardin, from Houston Madison, will be 22. .
A&M’s Board of Regents have approved expan
sion of Kyle Field with work to start following the
19/8 season. A third deck on each side will increase
the seating by 14,500, for a capacity of 64,200. . .
Plus a new press box will be built, along with
training facilities, dressing rooms and physical e4|
cation facilities. . .
A&M’s 5,000-seat baseball stadium is risin:|
rapidly and will l>e ready for use next spring,
located across Wei born Road, Southwest of Kylf|
Field. . .
The new tennis facilities just south of Kyle FieR|
also is expected to be ready for use this spring
December 3rd will be a busy sports day at AWlj
at high noon, in G. Rollie White Coliseum, Aitfi
women play Stephen F. Austin in basketball,.
2:50 p.m. the Aggies take on Houston in SWC foot
ball at Kyle Field, a game that will be <>nTVan!|
then at 7:30 p.m., the Aggie basketball team meetil
Houston Baptist back at G. Rollie White. . .
The undefeated Texas A&M women’s crosscoin/l
try team competes in the Houston Invitational J
Houston Saturday. . .
With four runners finishing in the top ten, tin
Aggies easily won their own invitational last Satur
day. Freshman Henna Hocking w'as first and junior]
Martha Sartain was second with Cindy CocW
seventh and Kim Mallory eighth in the two-miltl
race. Cathy Cocke was 14th, Susan Johnston 21st
and Marty McGraw 36th. . .
A&M had 32 points to 70 for runnerup Houston
A total of 56 runners competed representing nirt
teams. . .
The Te xas A&M men s cross country team com
petes in the North Texas State Invitational in De
nton Friday. . .
The Aggies finished sixth in the Arlington h
vitational last Friday w ith Manfred Kohrs taldnf
third place and Lane Mitchell finishing fifth. ..
The Texas A&M women’s softball team hopes to
regain its hitting form before Friday when it com
petes in the TAIAW state tournament in Denton.
The Aggies lost four out of five games in tk
Lamar Tournament in Beaumont last weekend and
scored only two runs in the losses. . .
I he Aggie's had only two hits in the 4-0 loss!
UTA in the opener and lost to Sam Houston 2-1
Kim Bellamy went 3-for-4 and was the winninj
pitcher in an 11-2 romp over Lamar, but then the
AgSio bats went cold and got only one hit in a W
loss to SFA. A&M lost its final game to TWU 2-
The Aggies are 10-7 for the season. . .
The Texas A&M women’s volleyball team takes)
19-6 record into the 18-team Sam Houston Tourna
inent in Huntsville Friday and Saturday. AWI
meets Lee College at 9 a.m. Friday in the first
match. Other teams in A&M’s pool are Lamar,- St.
Phillips, West Texas State and Wharton Junior Col
lege. The quarterfinals start at 11:30 p.m. Saturday
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20 teams after the fifth week of
college football season with 6
place votes and record in
entheses:
Team *
1. Michigan (31) (5-0)
2. Texas (10) (4-0)
3. Colorado (5-0)
4. Alabama (4-1)
5. Ohio St. (4-1)
6. Oklahoma (4-1)
7. Southern Cal (4-1)
8. Arkansas (4-0)
9. Nebraska (4-1)
10. Penn State (4-1)
11. Louisiana St. (3-1)
12. (tie) Pitt (3-1-1)
12. (tie) Notre Dame(3-1)
14. Texas A&M (3-1)
15. (tie) Texas Tech (4-1)
15. (tie) Wisconsin (5-0)
17. Houston (3-1)
18. (tie) No.Tex. St. (5-1)
18. (tie) BYU (3-1)
20. N.C. St. (5-1)
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