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Page 12 THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1978 the sports Aggies have guns loaded, Bellardsayj By MARK PATTERSON Battalion Staff “We had an excellent open date,” coach Emory Bellard said Tuesday at his weekly press conference. “We had good practices and got what we wanted accomplished. But now it’s time to go back to work.’ And the work facing the Texas Ag gies this week is disposing of Boston College on Saturday, the second game of the year for both ball clubs. After their 37-10 victory over Kansas the Aggies took a week off to recover while the Eagles from Boston opened season play last week in a 18-7 loss to the Air Force. “There’s no way to evaluate whether having an off date hurts or helps your club, Bellard continued. “But having a week’s rest allowed our injured players the time they needed to get back to full strength.’ The walking wounded for the Ag gies after the Kansas game included linebacker Doug Carr and halfback Adger Armstrong with bruises above their ankles, and guard Doug Holmes with a bruised shoulder. “We expect Doug (Carr) to be back to full speed by game time this weekend as will Doug Holmes,” Bel lard said. “Adger is still bothered on cuts to his left but he hasn’t had to miss any work in practice. We ll just have to wait and see if he can go Saturday. “David Appleby (punter) sprained an ankle yesterday (Monday) in prac tice. It was on his kicking foot and he’s another we ll just have to wait and see how he feels Saturday. But if he can’t kick Tony (Franklin) will do our punting.” Franklin’s performance, and the entire kicking game for the Aggies, was below expectations against Kan sas. This is one area that Bellard and his staff concentrated on in prepera- tion for this week’s contest. “We’ve concentrated on the kick ing game from the mental aspect dur ing practice this week,” Bellard said. “We stressed having the center, hol der and kicker all working together as one unit to function more smoothly. In drder to do so we had to allow David Beal (holder and second string quarterback) free from some of his other duties in practice. “But we re not too concerned. Tony hit 20 of 22 trys from 50 yards out yesterday, so they’re ready. “We also concentrated on improv ing our punt and kickoff coverage and our blocking on runbacks. We re going to try and make something out of our kicking game this season.” The Aggies will try and get re venge against the Eagles in their match-up this weekend. In their only other meeting, back in 1973, Boston College hung a 32-24 loss on the Aggies in Kyle Field. Last year Boston College ended with a record of 6-5 and hired a new head coach, Ed Chlebek, for this season. Incorporating a new offen sive attack the only hint of what the Eagles might run this weekend is what they tried in last weeks loss. “They had timing problems last week (six fumbles) but that can be expected with a new system on open ing day,” Bellard said. "But looking at the films you can’t help but think they were winning the contest. They do have a big, strong football team. “Offensively they’re a throwing team with a crop of good receivers and a very competent quarterback in Jay Palazola. One of their running backs, Anthony Brown, has speed and quickness that will cause us all kinds of concern. 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Electing to go to Blinn Junior College, the Brenham High all district standout won a spot on the all-conference list both years at Blinn and made junior college All- America his second year. Playing mostly middle linebacker, Randle found time to grow up from 175 to 205 pounds. He also found out he had excellent speed. While still at Blinn, the swift defender ran the 40-yard dash in 4.4 seconds and was consistently able to run 40 yards in 4.5 seconds. “That’s really how I got to play for A&M, ” Randle said. “It was my speed that got me here. After transfening to Texas A&M from Blinn, he was switched by the coaches from his old middle linebacker spot over to weakside linebacker to take advantage of his speed. Randle found the change in position “not too difficult. The main problem I had was getting used to the minor weekly changes in our de fensive alignment to offset oppo nent’s offenses,” he said. Floyd Randle Randle found a home at his new position and started four games as a junior in 1977, earning his first var sity letter. Now, as a senior, the oldest of A&M ’s starting linebackers hopes to make the most of this sea son. He also feels that he and fellow linebackers Doug Carr and Randy Harvey are finally blending into a solid unit. "Actually, we got adjusted to each others style pretty fast because of the intensive spring practice 1 sions," Randle said. Randle made the most of(J season opener against the ftl sity of Kansas. Despite the nr* heat, he made ten tackles ami* opposing players fits all afteJ "I expect that I’ll probably least ten tackles a game andl® that I can average 15 tackkn^ especially later in the season, m die said. "I’m the guy whokl attack through the line andgoji the ball carrier. If 1 keep pi* pressure on the opposition, tbl not going to have any holestii through for a hig gain." 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