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WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 19, 1977 It’s been a long season for Rice Owls Unit I NEW Y remit'i' h* |en the fin aekso By MARK PATTERSON When the Rice Owls visited Kyle Field last year, they entered the game with a 2-3 record. With all- Ameriea 'quarterback Tommy Kramer at the helm the Owls played like a championship team, losing a thriller to the Aggies 57-34. The 1977 Owls are entering this year’s content carrying a 1-5 record after last week’s 42-7 loss to Texas Tech. Kramer is gone from this year’s team, but replacing him is Kandy Hertel, a freshman from flacienda Heights, Calif. If the name sounds familiar, his older brother Hob is the starting quarter back for the University of Southern California. Randy Hetrel had a big role to fill in replacing Kramer at quarterback. He’s accepted the challenge and stands second in the Southwest con ference in passing behind another freshman, Mike Ford of SMU. But he’s not being compared to Kram- mer as yet. “I’m not really feeling any pres sures (following Kramer at quarter back) as yet,” said Hertel. “Maybe in a few years I will, but I’m still learning the offense clown here. I would probably be under a lot of pressure if I was an upperclassman but I’m still inexperienced.” Inexperience is an often used word in describing the Rice team this year. The* Rice coaches have in serted many new faces into the start ing line-up this year. Despite its ‘record, there is a feeling of op- ■timisrh on the Rice team. . “Were a very young and inex- ‘perienced team this year,” said Her- Itel. “We re looking at 1977 as a re building year for us. We showed a •lot of improvement last week against Tech. Head coach Homer Rice knew that he needed a good quarterback to lead the team in the future. He traveled to California in hopes of getting Hertel to come to Rice as his quarterback. “I was recruited by USC, Stan ford, The University of Washington and UCLA, said Hertel. “Most of the Pac-8 schools talked to me. I was leaning towards USC, so I talked to my brother about going there. We weighed the pros and cons about USC and I decided against going there. Their offense is to conserva tive for me. They rely to much on the run. “That’s the main reason I chose to come to Rice. I saw an opportunity to play here. The coaches didn’t give me any guarantees of starting if I came here, but I knew that if I learned the offense I could maybe play in a few games this year. “Fortunately circumstances arose that I was able to start this year,” said Hertel. "And I love the offense here. The strongest part of my game is my passing. Here at Rice, the offense is geared towards the pass. After read ing Kramer’s statistics from last year, I knew this was the place for me to play. Hertel and the Owls know the strengths of the A&M club and hope to carry a strong game plan into Saturday’s game. th( By PAUL ARNETT Battalion Sports Editor It’s been a bad year fo “other guys of Houston. In six outings, the Rice Owls have played four teams in the top twenty, they have the dubious honor of halt ing TCU’s 15-game losing streak, and they are yielding 4i points a game, while averaging only 12. It doesn't get any better. This week’s assignment is Texas A&M. “The Owls have a similar style of a year ago, eoaeh Emory Bellard said. "They rely heavily on the pass and they are constantly improving. In the third quarter of last weeks game with Texas Tech, they were only behind 14-6. “Rob Htirdel is a fine freshman quarterback, and there is no better receiver in the country than David Houser. Their only problem is inex perience, and from their steady line of improvement, I d say that prob lem is rapidly disappearing. 'The main area the Owls need to improve upon is defense. They are last in the conference, yielding 515 offensive yards a game. “They play an aggressive style of defense, Bellard said. "We have to prepare ourselves mentally no mat ter what the stats say. Everyone knows, the facts because they don t lie, but you have to prepare yourself mentally no matter what they The Aggies were mentally pared last week against Baylori first half, but had a problem ho it after intermission. “You can write all the adjecli you want on how Baylor mad, great comeback, ” Bellard said. | we scored the .“38 points and worn game. 1 don’t think our players; have a let down against Rice.) had a good game against Baylor offense played a darn fine font * game. ” Billy M jSO.OOO be ' lecurity t Tred thre ■teinbreni lood for t\ It endec igonist of ason — A&M will not have to plai nil! well to defeat the Owls. It is aga in which Bellard should h ive luxury to insert many of his )la\p It also gives him the chance to perimt nt with his wishboiu att* “\\t ran David Brothei s in against Baylor because we felt were becoming too left-haiidedi football team, " Bellard said. " had good balance against Bar; and I hope we will against Rice well. ’’ Coach Homer Rice of Rice identify w ith Bellard. His club been experimenting the entire* son. Hopefully he has foundl right combination for his hall cl After the A&M game, theRiceOi I face the Arkansas hazorbacks, There’s no rest for the wean. “We know we have a small prayer against the Aggies,” said Hertel. “All we can do is try to give them a good game. “Were going to use a similar game plan this week that w’e used against Tech last week. We were pretty successful with it. Pro football teams play for keeps RECORDS tipTtqp AND TAPES United Press International DALLAS — To those who spend their Sundays enthralled with pro fessional football, it must often seem that Israel and the Soviet Union get along better than members of op posing NFL teams. As Dallas defensive end Harvey Martin put it before the Cowboys recent game with St. Louis: "We hate them and they hate us. When we play the Cardinals, it’s just a matter of swearing and hitting late. That’s what it is.” 1000 S. COULTER — BRYAN — 823-5745 Member Student Purchase Program &TDK: Blank Tape Quantity Prices =>oc zxyc And the results of all that swear ing and all that hitting is a sharp trend upward in the number of pen alty flags around the* league this year. "I think they are calling it closer to cut down on the violence,” said Cowboys wide receiver Drew Pear son. “Well,” said coach Tom Landry. "The issue of violence came up dur ing the off-season. And a lot of people were talking about holding, too. They are w atching for holding a lot and if you watch for it you are going to see it. League officials have said the' in crease in penalty flags is only a coin cidence, but whether it is or not there is no question the NFL sensitive to the grow ing public con cern about violence — is trying its best to alter its image. “People are fed up with violence and they are saying it more and more,” said Cowboys president and general manager Tex Schramm. "The networks are removing vio lence from programing. It’s some thing that is on people’s minds. Sure, people love our game because of the contact. But there is a differ ence betw een contact and violence. And we began taking steps even before the lawsuit (involving Oak land Raiders defensive back George Atkinson) came along. f# Petal Patch I have heard nothing from any body that the officials planned to call infractions closer this season. But I know that w e have made it clear that we are not going to stand for blow s to the head. 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Woodard gained 81 yards in 23 A&M defeated the Bears 38-31. Battalion photo by Pat O’Malley AN AGGIE PLAYERS SPECIAL ATTRACTION RUDDER FORUM 8:00 P.M. OCT. 27, 28, 29 BY MURRAY SCHISGAL THE HILARIOUS STORY OF A VERY SPECIAL TRIANGLE! TICKETS AT MSC BOX OFFICE TAMU STUDENTS $1.75 GENERAL PUBLIC $2.75 LIMITED SEATING — ACT NOW! statement concerning violence handed down it was made de: every player. They all receive copy. It wasn’t just something w as posted on the bulletin hnai Rozelle’s statement pointed the league would not condom lence, “which docs not help pro football and w ill not betole by this office.” Among other things, the sli itient said: “Flagrant personal fouls t clearly outside the rules andarct culated either to disable oppos players or to “intimidate them less effective performance. "They often entail an entirely! ^ reasonable risk of unnecessary jury to opposing players and puli tially unfortunate consequences the victim’s teammates and toad The s eC( as well.” One of the rule changes made! ;t weekei year concerned elimination of I embers oi head slap by defensive lint* s^i This was part of the “anti-violeno irk to con campaign, but it has also apparel caused an increase in penalties. “Because the defense cannotflajor, cont the head slap, Schramm said. » idition of cials are watching for holding'' carefully to make it a more | thing. They want to make sure [ n the fi offensive linemen have their W ;tyear close to their bodies and do noli i s be e clu their hands in any way in an M ins move to hook or grab the defen! player. “Even if an offensive line' strikes the defensive player wit open palm they will call ithi'c:* is certainly easy for that ope to wind up with a piece ofthe.ofl nent’s uniform in it. 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