Tech impresses A&M coach
Bellard praises Aggies
By MARK PATTERSON
Battalion Staff
There was nothing but praise for
both the offense and defense at
Emory Bellard’s weekly press con
ference Tuesday afternoon. After all,
the Aggies have rolled up an average
of 474 yards total offense per game
while allowing their opponents a
117-yard average. And Bellard is
happy.
“Every player at every position on
this team has improved,’ Bellard
said. “And for that reason everybody
looks good on both offense and de
fense. With people at every position
doing their job, others don’t have to
overplay and leave themselves vul
nerable.
“I’ve said since last spring that this
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offense would become a very good
unit if it could stay healthy and play
together. The success of our offense
depends on coordination and work
ing together, which takes time. The
team is getting their work in as a unit
and it’s beginning to pay off.
“Defensively, we re operating on
a solid foundation. In the spring
workouts we worked solely on fun
damentals in practice, no stunting,
and the team returned in great phys
ical shape in the fall. They’ve played
and fought like mad and it’s shown
these first three games.”
The entire team has played excep
tionally well in its first three games
this season. But some people may
point to the opposition the Aggies
have come up against and claim that
the team hasn’t been really teated
yet. Coach Bellard holds a different
view of the first three teams.
“We haven’t played a team yet this
year the caliber of the teams we re
about to face in the conference, ” Bel
lard said. “But the best test a team
can have may come from itself. A
team strives to be the best it possibly
can and once you achieve that you
are what you are.
“We re not a finished product yet.
We have room for improvement and
we will continue to improve if we can
keep everyone healthy. This team is
sincere and really wants to play foot
ball and play well. And I hope it can
play well no matter who we re fac
ing.”
The Aggies face the Red Raiders of
Texas Tech in this week’s contest.
Although Tech is coming off of a 24-7
loss to the Texas Longhorns, Bellard
fears the Raider attack.
“I’m very impressed with Tech
this season,” Bellard said. “They
have a going team and their coaches
have them playing with enthusiasm.
They showed that with their dra
matic comeback against Arizona two
weeks ago.
“Out of that game emerged their
new qarterback (Ron Reeves) who
has stepped in and become a leader
on the team. With Reeves at quar
terback they have a great passing at
tack with an outstanding group of re
ceivers, as dangerous as any group of
receivers in the conference. They
have a fine football team.”
One reason the Raiders have kept
their opponents under control has
been the performance of freshman
punter Maury Buford. Against Texas
Saturday night, Buford punted six
times for a 50.8 yard average. On the
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with a 45.7 yard punting average.
“Punting the ball like that puts a
lot of grass between you and the goal
line,’’ Bellard commented. “We
tried to recruit Buford last season, so
we know how he can punt.
“Maury is the son of a former
Aggie and he had a strong interest in
coming to play here for us. But we
had to decide if we wanted to recruit
a punter last year or not. When we
finally did decide we wanted him he
had already made plans to go
elsewhere. Yea, he’s a good one.”
The Aggies will be without some of
their good ones for this weeks game
as a number of players were injured
in the Memphis State victory. Listed
as questionable for the Tech game
are running back Raymond Belcher
and linebacker Cal Peveto, both with
leg injuries. Belcher ruptured a leg
muscle in his upper thigh and as of
Tuesday still could not run on it.
Peveto pulled a hamstring muscle in
practice Monday during wind
sprints. His status is not know for this
weekend’s game.
“But everyone else should be
ready to go for us,” Bellard said.
“Holly Wilson had some bruised ribs
but he was better this morning and
should return to practice today.
“Mike Mosley was in the hospital
this weekend because of some
stomach problems he’s been having.
He hasn’t been able to eat and he’s
been run-down lately. We put him in
the hospital for tests only and they all
turned out negative. He was back at
practice Monday and we don’t an
ticipate any problems. We just want
to help him.”
So he, in turn, can help the steam
rolling Texas Aggies.
Memphis State defensive hack Robert Lev-
ingston holds on for dear life as Texas A&M
fullback David Brothers carries the ball for
the Aggies Saturday. Brothers was the Aggies’
second-leading rusher behind CurtisDi, 0
VC foot
in the 58-0 shutout of the Tigers. The&fofoigars’)
212-pound fullback gained 72 yard' (This sea
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Brothers adjusts well at fullback
Most students at Texas A&M are
not concerned with “cramming”
until the week before final exams.
But for Aggie fullback David
Brothers, the crash course began as
early as August.
Brothers lettered his first two sea
sons for A&M as a halfback but was
moved to fullback this summer after
George Woodard and Eddie Hardin,
the Aggies’ No. 1 and No. 2
fullbacks, were sidelined for the'
1978 season with off-season injuries.
Suddenly, the 6-0, 212-pound
Brothers became starting fullback,
assuming he could pick up the new
position during two-a-day drills.
“I was really sorry when I heard
about George and Eddie being out
for the season,” said Brothers. “But
the fact remained — our coaches had
a decision to make and it didn’t
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bother me at all when they told me I
was being switched to fullback.
Brothers started at right halfback
for Texas A&M both his freshman
and sophomore years. The junior
from Seguin rushed for 244 yards in
1976 and 330 last year. He also led all
of Texas A&M’s regular running
backs with a 5.6 yards-per-carry av
erage in 1977. Brothers’ primary
asset to the Aggie offense has been as
a blocking back, a duty he resigned
himself to early since he came to Ag-
gieland in the same recruiting class
as speedster Curtis Dickey.
“There really wasn’t that much to
learn,” Brothers said of his move to
the fullback slot. “There are different
blocking assignments and the pass
route are different, but overall the
adjustment hasn’t been that difficult
for me. Of course, I’m spending
more time inside and there’s a lot
more contact than when I ran at right
halfback.”
Even though the Aggies got off to a
fast start offensively this season.
Brother feels the best is yet to come.
"I don’t think we have yet proved
just what we are really capable of,”
he said. “I’m most pleased at the in
tensity of our offensive unit. We
really want to make it happen this
year. We’ve been improving steadily
and I think that before the season's
over, we will have proven that A&M
has one of the best offenses around."
The improvement of the Aggie of-
David
Brothers
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fensive corps is partly due to
Brothers progress at learning his
new position.
David show improvement
every time he steps on the field,” said
Texas A&M offensive coordinator
fom Wilson. He has already proven
that he is a tremendous blocker and
now, playing fullback, he will carry
the ball a lot more due to the type of
offense we run. He has good football
sense. This year we’ve asked him to
do something he’s never done before
and he has responded.”
Texas A&M has added!
to their offense this seas
ning out the I-formation
thier basic wishbone
Brothers plays fullback in
motions and feels no pro
"I like both formation
well mainly because my]
sibilities are very similarin'
said. “I think adding the 1
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