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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1977
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Texas A&M forward Wally Swanson just evening, as the Aggies defeated the Bear-
missed snaring a rebound against Sam Hous
ton State. Swanson had 12 points for the
kats 95-73.
Battalion photo by Jim Crawley
Well, it’s over, and not a song-
and-dance routine too soon. John
W. Heisman is turning in his grave.
Last night, the 43rd Heisman
Trophy was presented, and for the
first time it was presented on live
television. I had a premonition
about the television presentation of
the Heisman. I expected it to be the
worst sports rip-off since finding out
that ABC didn’t get the television
rights to the 1980 Olympics. It was.'
What fast night’s CBS television
production did for the Heisman
Trophy, P.T. Barnum did for the
entertainment world. All that was
missing from the Heisman circus
was the cotton candy. I even ex
pected to see Chuck Barris sitting in
the corner gonging the losing
nominees.
Actually, the atmosphere created
was more of a cross between a na
tionally televised pep rally and an
Academy Awards ceremony.
First there were dancing cheer
leaders led by noted sports au
thorities Connie Francis and Leslie
Uggams. They all wore cheerlead
ing sweaters with giant H’s
emblazoned on the front. I’m still
trying to figure out if the H stood for
Heisman or hype.
Next, the show’s co-hosts, O.J.
I Simpson and Elliot Gould, pres-
1 ented a history of the Heisman
Trophy, calling it “football’s most
prestigious award,” Prestige took a
giant step in the wrong direction last
night.
They were 20 minutes into the
show before the first football player
appeared.
The Downtown Athletic Club in
New York City, sponsor of the
Heisman, invented six new awards
that conveniently filled those
moments in the hour-long show that
Wilson wanted Tech post
United Press International
LUBBOCK, Texas — The desire
of Texas Tech President Cecil Mac-
key to maintain continuity in the
school’s football program apparently
prompted the hiring of Rex Dockery
to replace Steve Sloan, a decision
which jolted one job hopeful.
The selection of Dockery, a Tech
assistant, was the most bitter disap
pointment ever suffered by another
man who wanted the job after Sloan
resigned — former Tech quarter
back Tom Wilson.
I’ve got a lot of great memories
of Tech, but this hurts,” said Wil
son, an assistant at Texas A&M. “All
my direction, every step I ve taken
for the past 11 years, was to come
back here as head coach.
“I haven’t applied for a head
coaching job the past year and a half
because I wanted this one. It was
my ultimate goal. I decided to stay
put and take my shot at this one
when it came along. ”
Many had believed Wilson would
be offered the Tech coaching post,
including Wilson.
Gym team ends
year unbeaten
The Texas A&M women’s gym
nastics team finished its fall season
undefeated after victories over TCU
and Southwest Texas and Texas.
In the TCU dual meet, A&M’s
Patti Sloat, Tanya Hrabal and Tina
Martin finished 1-2-3 in the all-
around with Kathy Pruett fifth.
Sloat won the vault, balance beam
and free exercise while Hrabal took
first in the parallel bars.
In the tri-meet with SW Texas
and Texas, Sloat was first in all-
around with Martin second and
Hrabal third.
Sloat won the vault, balance beam
and free exercise while Kathy Pruett ^
took first in the parallel bars. . ..
“I thought I had the job. I don’t
understand what happened. I don’t
know if I’ll ever get the full story. I
like Rex, and I think he’ll do a great
job here, but I thought I was qual
ified.
The announcement was made at a
hastily arranged news conference
Tuesday night after an early morn
ing conference call, a visit by Doc
kery to two Texas cities and a tele
phone poll of the board of regents.
Details of at least a four-year con
tract still remain to be worked out,
but Dockery Wednesday started as
sembling a staff and recruiting
players. .
Dockery’s familiarity with the
Tech program apparently played a
key part in giving him the edge in
"fvpfnamlra
Eddie Dominguez ’66
Joe Arciniega ’74
the final selection process. He also
was recommended highly by Sloan.
“I know that coach Sloan was very
highly impressed with Rex Doc
kery. I know that he recommended
him to President Mackey and Ath
letic Director J.T. King,” Regent
Robert L. Pfluger said Wednesday.
“I will confirm that Dr. Mackey
wanted continuity in the program,
and we ^Iready had a man on the
We accept your personal check
and also honor:
ground who could do the job. Dr.
Mackey thought that was the utmost
of importance to the future of the
program,” said Pfluger, chairman of
the board’s athletic committee.
Mackey, attending a conference
in Florida, chose Dockery after con
sulting with King and Glenn E.
Barnett, vice president of planning,
in a conference call Tuesday morn
ing.
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weren’t already booked with sin
gers, dancers, comedians and, oh
yes, the presentation of the Heis
man.
These new awards had people all
over the nation casting their own
votes and making their own guesses
as to who the winners would be, just
like the Miss America Pageant.
The winners were (the envelope,
please) Ken MacAfee of Notre
Dame, best offensive end; Ross
Browner of Notre Dame, best de
fensive lineman; Zack Henderson of
Oklahoma, best defensive back;
Jerry Robinson of UCLA, best
linebacker; Chris Ward of Ohio
State, best offensive lineman and
Earl Campbell of Texas, best run
ning back.
The winners gave an added air of
the Academies by proving they
could be just as long-winded as
movie stars in their acceptance
speeches. But instead of thanking
directors and producers, they were
thanking coaches and fellow players.
And Robinson even had someone
accept the award for him!
Then came the moment everyone
had been waiting for. A commercial.
After the advertisement and
another song, the 43rd Heisman
Trophy was presented. Jay Ber-
wanger, the winner of the first
Heisman in 1935, stood behind the
poduim on which sat the familiar
straight-arming figure of John W.
Heisman, the football player.
Berwanger held in his hands the
envelope containing the name of
one of the Heisman nominees;
Campbell, MacAfee and Terry Mil
ler of Oklahoma State.
He opened the envelope and
spoke, “The winner is Earl
Campbell from Texas.”
For the second time the soft spo
ken, 220-pounder made his way to
the stage amidst the Eyes of Texas,
Hook’em Horns and a standing ova
tion led by his mother.
Complete with a Tyler rose on the
lapel of his tux, the nation’s leading
rusher humbly accepted the Trophy
and it was over.
The worst part of the whole eve
ning was knowing that CBS has the
option to do six more Heisman
Trophy shows.
Knowing the tendency the net
works have of running something
into the ground, witness all the
spin-offs of “All in the Family” and
“Mary Tyler Moore,” I can just
imagine what the next six shows will
be like.
They will probably lean more and
more toward the beauty pageant-
type presentation. The bathing suit
competition with all the nominees
wearing those Olympic-style suits in
their team colors, their numbers
strategically located; June Lockhart
in the booth with personal analysis
and Bob Barker asking that all-
important hypothetical question.
Why, it will be the greatest thing
under the stadium lights!
Congratulations, Earl.
No surprise, Campbell
wins Heisman Trophy
United Press International
NEW YORK — Earl Campbell,
the nation’s leading rusher and
scorer whose performance enabled
Texas to become the only unbeaten
team in the country this season,
Thursday night was named winner
of the Heisman Trophy as the “best
college football player in the United
State.”
Campbell, a native of Tyler,
Texas, won the 43rd annual award
— considered the most presitgious
in college football — from among a
final list of 17 candidates considered
by the sponsoring Downtown Ath
letic Club. He is the first Texas Uni
versity player to be selected.
The announcement was made in a
nationally televised ceremony fol
lowing a lavish dinner sponsored by
the Downtown Athletic Club. Win
ners of six other categories also were
announced.
Campbell was selected from
among three finalists who also in
cluded tight end Ken MacAfee of
Notre Dame and running back
Terry Miller of Oklahoma State.
The trophy was presented to him by
Jay Berwanger, the former Univer
sity of Chicago running back who
won the first Heisman 43 years ago.
There was no voting announced
and Campbell received a standing
ovation from the crowd of 1,500 at a
midtown Manhattan hotel.
“I’d like to thank the guys who
helped me get this,” said Campbell.
“The guys most responsible are the
offensive linemen. I don’t have
words to express what they’ve done
for me.
T thought about what winning
the Heisman Trophy would mean. I
hope I can represent it. All I know is
it took a lot of hard work to get it. ”
Campbell also won one of the six
individual honors, being named top
running back by the sponsoring
Downtown Athletic Club.
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