Page 14 THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1978
Aggies face ‘unusual string of injuries
By SEAN PETTY
Battalion Staff
the Aggies, that’s all,” Pickard said.
People walking by Cain Hall, the
athletic dorm at Texas A&M Uni
versity, may just mistake it for a
hospital these days.
The Aggies have been hit with
more injuries in the last two games
than they had in the previous four
games.
According to Billy Pickard,
A&M’s head trainer, there is no real
reason for the rash of injuries.
“The gods just are not shining on
As many as eight Aggie offensive
players may miss Tom Wilson’s
debut as Texas A&M’s head coach in
this week’s game with Rice.
Halfback Curtis Dickey, who had to
be carried off the field three times
last Saturday, is very doubtful with
sore groin muscles, a sore left ankle
and sore right knee. Center Ed Pus-
tejovsky and halfback Temple Aday
will miss the Rice game as will re
serve right guard Mark Burger.
The Aggies offensive line was hit
hardest with injuries against JBaylor.
de
Left guard Kyle Colson suffered a
bruised knee, and his backup, Arlis
James has a strained back. With
Pustejovsky, Burger, Colson and
James out, the Aggie coaches may
be wandering around the A&M
campus looking for healthy bodies.
To add insult to injury (literally)
Johnny Svatek was moved to the
injury-prone left guard position and
suffered a pinched nerve in his neck
during Monday’s practice.
Pickard noted the importance of
injuries that is often overlooked.
“The last time we had this many
injuries was in 1968,” he said. “That
was the team that had won the Cot
ton Bowl the year before. We had a
ton of injuries and the team went
2-9. And that was on grass so it’s not
just the Astroturf causing all the in
juries.”
Dorsett to start Thursday
Besides Svatek getting hurt
Monday, another in a long line of
injured backs went down.
Freshman Roger Wiley sprained
and ankle and may not be able to
play Saturday.
Quarterback Mike Mosley is
slightly hampered by a sore arm and
was almost unable to play because of
a boil which came up on his elbow
Sunday.
“It’s just really unusual, that boil
just appeared but we gave him an
tibiotics and he should be ready to
play,” Pickard said. “But if it would
have got infected, it would have af
fected his elbow in the joint and he
couldn’t have played.
“You have to feel sorry for the
coaches,” Pickard said. “They are
shuffling guys around and can’t find
anyone healthy to play. We have
just had an unusual string of in
juries.”
Pickard said that Armstrong may
be ready to go Saturday and that
Colson is getting better. He also
said Svatek is responding well to
treatment on his neck. Dickey has
both groin muscles pulled but did
not reinjure his knee in Saturday’s
game.
“I think another thing that adds to
the injury problem and makes it
more serious is the 30 scholarship
limit,” Pickard said. "You just can’t
have as much depth in the positions
you want so that when someone
does get hurt, it really hurts. And
when you get as many injuries as
we’ve had, it’s just a real bad situa
tion.”
There were
otherwise
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NCAA career record of 531
Steve Little of Arkansas.
The Aggies hopefully
easier week against the Ri«
this week but will need
troops healthy for the
SMU next week. In the
Billy Pickard and his crew
working around the clod
enough healthy Aggies on
Saturday.
United Press International
DALLAS — Dallas coach Tom
Landry said Tuesday running back
Tony Dorsett would start Thursday
night against the Minnesota Vikings
and even shouldered a little of the
blame for the actions which led to
the temporary benching of the
former Heisman Trophy winner.
Landry and Dorsett met briefly
Tuesday morning before the team’s
workout and the Cowboys coach
said he based his decision to start
Dorsett on the results of that discus
sion.
The coach refused to say whether
Dorsett had apologized to him.
“I don’t talk about what I say to
players in private or what they say
to me,” Landry said. “But as far as
I’m concerned I’m satisfied with his
position at this point.
“I told him he would start. I’m
sure he’s happy.”
Landry announced his decision at
his weekly meeting with the media
and took the opportunity to explain
his philosophy of football as a team
sport.
“Football is a unique game,” said
Landry. “It’s one of the great team
games we have. Therefore the team
aspect becomes a very important
part of the overall concept. We win
because we can work together as a
team.
“This is, of course, the reason for
my actions and feelings. You have to
put together your best for a team as
a whole.”
Landry reemphasized that he
benched Dorsett to start last Sun
day’s game with Philadelphia not
because Dorsett missed a workout
but because he failed to notify any
team official as to his whereabouts.
“It’s probably my fault that I have
not completely spelled out to some
of the younger players the impor
tance of this particular type of ac
tion,” Landry said.
After Sunday’s game Landry
made it clear that at that moment he
did not consider Dorsett his starting
running back, but Tuesday he tried
to soften his Sunday statement.
“I just meant that he wasn’t the
starter for that game,” Landry said.
“It had nothing to do with his poten
tial to start with our football team.
The matter has been resolved as far
as I’m concerned. Tony will start
Thursday night.
“The reasoning behind this is that
I believe strongly Tony had no in
tention to hurt the team at all with
the way he handled the situation.
And I think Tony recognizes it at
this point and therefore he will be
starting Thursday night.”
Landry said be was putting the
matter behind him and would not
discuss it further, but in doing so
put in a plug for Dorsett and his po
tential.
“Tony Dorsett is a unique
player,” Landry said. “I think he has
probably handled all the publicity
he has bad as well as anybody could
at his age.
“I hope as he matures as a person
I will be justified in the confidence I
have in him.”
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