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orts ood replaces Bickham IV MARK PATTERSON 7 Battalion Staff Baylor offense was dealt a jjng blow Saturday when | y Bickham, the Bear's starting ' ack, was lost for the re- of the season with torn lig- t s in his knee. itepping in for Bickham to guide ■aylor offense against the Ag- s ibis week is Greg Wood, a jjfy&imore guarterhack from .Vod was on Ba> lor's scouting m (taxi stpiad) last > car and did ^■pearinagame. I his y ear, due PBckham’s other injuries, a ajned shoulder and a finger, has had his chances to play. Igot in against Nebraska, our (game, and played about a ■er and a half,” Wood said, blood tkejinst Houston the next week I it Govern|t"P laval)(,,lt tlirt ‘ c quarters, so I irinanwill, 1 * 1 so,ne game time this rough tlif| i a keg oil this week Wood is facing his IS the moiling ^sigmnent. The pres- ■ of school plus the pressures of y Jim Crawl'S Saturday’s game are taking il. 1’c really had a bad week of Bcc. I haven’t been able to hit ass receivers and I just don’t the concentration I need to Irm well. jVe had a lot of tests this week. ■ Bpre-mcd student and I had a '■cs test Monday. I stayed up ■Sunday night studying and I’m „ Bow catching up on my sleep.” m thai Wood knows the importance of the A&M game this week. The Bears stand 1-2 in the conference and another loss could ruin their chances for a conference cham pionship. 'Tve got to force myself to look at this game like I would at any other game. We can’t afford to let our emotions get the best of us. If we get too uptight we ll choke.” Since Bickham’s injury, both Wood and freshman Scott Smith have been working with the offen sive unit. Head coach Grant Teaff is sticking with his original game plan, whoever he has in at quarterback. “We have made no changes in the plans we have for the A&M game,” Teaff said. “I have confidence in both Wood and Smith’s ability as I would have if Sammy was in there for us. They’re all fine quarter backs.” Wood and Smith have been alter nating at quarterback this week but Wood feels he has the edge at the position. “Scott is a lot like me size wise,” says Wood. “He’s a dedicated athlete and a good veer offense operator. He really has impressed me being just a freshman. “But I believe I can run the team better than he can. I’ve been pass ing better than he has and the team works really well behind me.” Wood foresees some problems against the Aggies in Saturday’s game. T’ve been watching the A&M films and I sure respect their de fense. I know they’re going to line up and really come at me. I don’t blame them. That’s what I’d do if the opposing quarterback had as little game experience as I have. “We have something working in our favor this year that we didn’t have last year. We know about Tony Franklin and his abilities. It was a shock to us when he kicked his 65- yard field goal against us last year. At least we can be mentally pre pared for it this year. The injury to Bickham in the SMU game Saturday thrusted Wood into the starting position, yet he did not know about the injury when it happened. “I was on the sidelines watching the game and somebody came over and told me Sammy was hurt and I might play. “When I learned of the extent of his injury I really felt sorry for him, but I realized that it was an oppor tunity for me to play. I would rather beat him out of the position than having it happen this way, but that’s part of the game. ” It h as been rumored that Bick ham will end his football career with this injury and will concentrate solely on his baseball career. Wood can neither support or deny the ru mor I don t know what he’s planning on doing. Nobody’s talking but I know he 11 be healthy and ready for the baseball season. I’m expecting him to come back out for football. I’ll be really surprised if he doesn’t. ” 1975 “CIukJ ig gliding i le world’s The U.S. i (USHCAl- ide were ld| and many i ’4. The experiencts ly he is ton • he takes i n't say a v. | except| t go up mo he care aid. istics and \ has boomed nationwide J d he expectsl 1 TOmemhenl Club by thee lowii talk Benade ofCa niversity, irt • his researdu >ie, will &M Universi epard says he’s innocent United Press International [)UST()N — Freshman quar- k Darrell Shepard Tuesday the University of Houston, on NCAA probation for illeg ally recruiting him, did no worse than some other schools. “I know today that I haven’t done anything wrong and the University of Houston has never given me any- Intramurals TAMU FLAG FOOTBALL 1-1 Squadron 2 Squadron 7 B-l L-l Team 2 H-2 Team 1 1-1A Squadron 6 Kinky Fetish Armadillos Wesley’s I Saints II Maulers Raiders Alpo Meatball Dunn Two Treehouse Mean Free Path SF 69’s Gator Hawks Scrubs Sand Baggers Blaek Sheep Longnecks BC Bailers Menehes 6 0 6 19 48 12 20 0 13 6 14 16 7 0 12 32 13 19 13 20 FF 6 39 19 7 38 Squadron 15 P-2 K-2 S-2 Sq 1 A team N-l K-l S-2 Thundering Herds Hobhits Shaw’s 2 Percent Deep Threat Blue Belts BG-ers Magnificent 7 Utay Lone Stars Jedi Knights Killer Elite Country’s High Chicago Zacharias You Lose Sigma Phi Epsilon Zeros Kolache Kids Commodores thing,” Shepard said. “But I was of fered a lot — I mean a lot —- under the table by some other schools.” The Cougars were placed on one year’s probation last week because of visitation to Shepard and helping him arrange an automobile loan. The 5-10, 165-pound Odessa, Tex., high school star declined to elaborate as to which “other schools did what. He was recruited b\' Hous ton, SMU, Baylor, Nebraska, Okla homa and Texas. “Coach Bill Yeoman told me not to say anything about any other schools, but if it were up to me I would. He feels it wouldn’t do any' good. "I was offered cars and money, mostly by alumni of the schools,” Shepard said. “But one coach who Shepard declined to name made an offer that was under the table.” He said he chose Houston because “I decided the big city was for me.” He said entertainment, professional sports and the Cougars “winning” tradition appealed to him. Shepard said he has not been treated differently since the proba tion was announced and Yeoman said, “I’m going to get him into the game against SMU Saturday if I ;0 Benade® od Temper! n. in Room hor of the v s. 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