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|ln less than 24 hours, Tom V\ ilson
learned that he had been desig
ns head football coach at one of
nation’s major universities, taken
emotionally upset team through
important practice, attended
tings with various officials and
lizations, accepted a multitude
congratulations from family and
;nds and met with an inquisitive
of reporters.
[And if any of this had a wearing
:ct on him, Texas A&M’s new
football coach did not show it as
prepared to take over the position
ited by Emory Be Hard.
There have been few days in my
when the alarm clock went off in
morning and I was already awake
jng time before that, ” Wilson told
jrters at a Wednesday afternoon
ess conference. Obviously, the ex-
ement of the previous day had not
owed him much sleep that night,
was waiting to get up, ready to
Meeting a new day w ith such
ithusiasm is exactly the kind of at
titude it will take to provide the
Texas Aggies with a winning spirit.
Losing two consecutive games and a
highly respected coach can have de-
vistating effects on a football team
and Wilson realizes this.
“The mental attitude of the
players of major concern to us,” the
new Aggie head coach said, “even
over and above our injury situation.
The players are very upset and sad
and they have a right to be. They just
have to realize that this is a situation
in life that happens. We have to get
our heads up and go on. We have to
come together in a group and stay
together. ”
Wilson said that Tuesday s prac
tice went well and that he was ready
to accept the challenge of the head
coach’s job.
“I am very happy to have the op
portunity to do what Tm doing, ” he
said. "I think I ve prepared for it. Tm
going to throw the hat in the ring and
come out fighting. That’s the only
way 1 know how to handle it.
"Everybody (in coaching) dreams
of being a head coach. I’ve devoted a
lot of attention and study to coach-
Tom Wilson
ing. Football is my life. I can think of
no other thing I would want to do.
Last year, Wilson, a 1966 graduate
of Texas Tech, was a considered as a
prime candidate to replace Steve
Sloan as the Raiders head coach.
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When he was overlooked for the job,
however, he admitted that he con
sidered leaving coaching com
pletely.
"That had been a major part of my
thinking, that I was going to be head
coach at Texas Tech,” the former
Raider quarterback said. “No ques
tion about it, I was upset. ”
But Wilson did not give up coach
ing and now he has the respon
sibilities of a head coach. After
spending his entire coaching career
viewing games from the press box,
Wilson is anticipating working on the
sideline against Rice Saturday.
"I’m looking forward to it like I
haven’t looked forward to anything
for a long time,” said Wilson, who
was an assistant coach at Texas Tech
before coming to Texas A&M in
1975. ‘T’ve been in the press box
since I graduated in 1966. The only
time Tve been on the sidelines is in
spring games and scrimmages.
“I think the biggest thing person
ally that I have going for me is that I
work hard. I will be with the players
and I know they will play for me. I
believe in open manner, exciting
football. We will establish our run
ning game first and compliment it
with passing. No. 1, we’ve got to
score touchdowns.”
Wilson was asked if the Aggies will
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run strictly from the I-formation
against the Owls.
"We are working on it seriously
right now, ” he answered. “But that’s
mainly because of our injury situa
tion in the backfield. We will still be
prepared to use the wishbone.
“I don’t feel like it would be smart
to let Curtis (Dickey) play this week.
We will hold him out of this game
and prepare him for the rest of the
season. Adgar (Armstrong) looked
real good in practice yesterday. I be
lieve he is 95 percent healthy. ” Both
Dickey and Armstrong have been
hampered with leg injuries in the
past two weeks and have seen lim
ited action.
What does Wilson see in his future
at Texas A&M?
“That is one of those things that
you just have to take a day at a time
and a game at a time,” he said. "I
can’t look beyond that. The future
depends on the next five games, Tm
sure.”
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[The Dallas Cowboys and Min-
sota Vikings, familiar post-season
is, will match up in Texas Stadium
a crucial beginning to the second
of the NFL season.
s* age oftk iTdcm t know if you can call this a
rtest timed P* 8 ame for us, " said Vikings
crossanatii ac h B u d Grant. "When you are
,| _ jOtol uggling every game it seems like
ery game is a must game. This is
m it another week where we are try-
• ^to get our head above water,
ion IT/ie Vikii gs go into the contest
ogamesback of the NFC Central-
10(1 ^ ln 8 G ret * ri Bay Packers, a club
nnesota knocked off last Sunday.
Omi d Dallas, with Tony Dorsett
ZiUJlJ. nstated as a starting running back,
move into at least a temporary
in the NFC East for the first
le in six weeks.
Dallas’defense has played well of
eandthe Vikings’ pass-minded of-
se is in good hands with Fran Tar-
iton.
o it will be strength against
ength tonight.
Fran has had a super year, said
ant. T don’t seen any difference at
in him this year. I think the last
games he has been outstand-
The Cowboys have gone through
an important week in their season —
drawing even with Washington in
the race for the NFC East crown and
then apparently settling an incident
involving Dorsett.
Dorsett, who was benched last
Sunday for missing a practice and not
letting the team known why he had
missed, will be back in the starting
lineup tonight.
"I am happy with our record now
at 6-2 midway through the season,”
Landry said. “Sure, Td like to be 7-1,
but I in satisfied.
“I don’t see us going out and beat
ing somebody real bad. We re still
not playing real good, at least not at
the top level we were when we had
the momentum last year. But if we
hit on all cylinders one of these days
maybe we will be back.
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Dallas Coach Tom Landry agreed
Vikings seem to have jelled.
They had some troubles early
ningover some players," he said,
ley got off to a bad start. But right
wthey look like the Vikings of old.
ey won a really significant game
Sunday against Green Bay.
fm sure they see it within their
isp to win the division. Fran is
owing the ball as well as he has
er thrown it at this point and he is
key to the Minnesota offense."
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