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By DAVID BOGGAN
Battalion Sports Editor
the midst of the resignations
lesignations this week, the fact
Texas A&M has a football game
week has almost been over-
:d.
their fourth Southwest Confer-
game of the season, the Aggies
the Rice Owls in Kyle Field
day at 1:30. This will be the
meeting of the two teams.
Ve are catching A&M at the
it time,” Rice head coach Ray
im said Thursday. “I just know
they’ll be emotionally high for
game with (Emory) Bellard res-
ig. The A&M-Rice games have
ys been emotional contests,
the Aggies will be playing for
Bellard and (Tom) Wilson,
will want to do good for Wil
li his first game as head coach
they will want to do good for
ird, knowing he won’t be back.”
ce quarterback Randy Hertel
that the Bellard’s resignation
1 have one of two possible ef-
onthe Aggies’ attitude at game
could really go either way,”
)wl sophomore said. T’ve read
le papers where a few of the
ers are really upset, so this
d have a negative effect on
ut they’ve also lost two games
tow (to Houston 33-0 and to
Baylor 24-6), so I’m sure they will
come out playing and come out
fighting. No, I don’t think they will
fold at all.”
Hertel will likely be Rice’s start
ing quarterback Saturday, even
though he is suffering from a hip
pointer.
“Hertel will probably start at
quarterback,” Album speculated.
“He was about 90 percent effective
going into Thursday’s practice but
the hip pointer is still hobbling him
a little. We’ll have to wait and see
how he does before we decide.”
In fact, Alborn is taking a wait-
and-see attitude on several of his
players this week. Injuries have
beset the Owls in the same full-scale
manner that the Aggies have ex
perienced.
“We are going to have to wait
until Saturday to see if some of our
players will be able to play,” the
Rice coach said. "Doug Cunning
ham (split end), Mike South (center)
and Darryl Grant (nose guard) are
all on our ‘maybe’ list this week. Bo
Broern (tail back) and Frank Wilson
(linebacker) were hurt in the Texas
Tech game (last week). Dennis Blair
(linebacker) is out for the season
with a shoulder separation. So you
can see that we are really hurting.”
But the Owls are not alone in the
injury situation. Wilson announced
Thursday that Curtis Dickey will be
held out of Saturday’s game with a
strained knee that he reinjured
against Baylor. The Aggies did how
ever receive some good news in the
doctor’s report. Running back Adgar
Armstrong, who missed the Baylor
game, will return to action this
week, providing some much needed
depth in the Aggie backfield.
“Dickey being out can’t do any
thing but help us,” Alborn said. "He
is capable of blowing a game open at
any time.”
The Owls anticipate a different
Aggie offense under Wilson.
“We look for the I-formation with
Wilson as coach,” Alborn said. "We
expect them to throw a lot and open
up their attack.”
According to Hertel, Texas A&M
can look for a new offensive style
from the Owls, who last year did not
run against the Aggies until the sec
ond quarter.
“We expect a lot of man-to-man
coverage and a real good pass rush
from the A&M defense,” Hertel
said. “So we hope to establish a
running attack early in the game and
pass on them later. We used to
throw 40 times a game last year.
This year we probably average 28
passes a game.
Hertel is the SWC’s fourth
leading passer. He has averaged 137
yards per game in the air with six
touchdown passes.
“We have David (Houser) and
Doug (Cunningham) and a couple of
other guys who can catch the ball if
you put it anywhere near them,”
Hertel said of his receivers.
Should Hertel not be able to play
the entire game, the Owls have a
freshman quarterback who may see
action.
“Robert Hoffman will be our sec
ond string quarterback,” Alborn
said, “especially after his game
against Texas Tech. He wasn t too
impressive statistically. He was
3-for-6 and had one good run. But
the team rallied behind him and
that’s the important thing. He came
into the game with the score 35-6
(Tech’s favor) and turned the route
into a game, pulling us to within
seven points in five minutes. The
Owls finally lost to the Raiders
42-28.
The Owls’ running attack is based
on 6-foot-2, 210-pound running
back Earl Cooper. The junior has
gained 161 on 42 carries this year
and is the Owls second-leading
rusher behind the injured Broeren.
Cooper gained 128 yards against the
Aggies last year.
Last year in Rice Stadium, the
Aggies defeated the Owls 28-14, but
Rice had an impressive second half
performance.
“I think we’re a better team this
year,” Hertel said. “For one thing,
most of our players are more experi
enced and more confident. I just
hope we can stay with the Aggies
and play a good game.“
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mis support of A&M in many
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m was named in his honor. He
s in Clifton where he founded
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Witt was a three-sport star
ng letters in basketball in
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rack in 1952. He won the
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DeWitt lives in Dallas where
ns a contracting firm,
nendorfwas one of the greatest
nt-athletes in A&M history,
ttered in football in 1968-69-70
and earned All-American honors in
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earned All-American honors in 1971
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west Conference record by hitting
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Texas Tech in Lubbock in 1969. He
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recognition in both sports. He never
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pleted his degree work in four years
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Karow was not a graduate of
A&M, but served many years as
backfield in 1938 after five years
with the Boston Red Sox of the
American League. He coached the
baseball team in 1938-41 and the
basketball team in 1942 before leav
ing to serve in World War II. He
returned to coach basketball in
1946-50 and baseball in 1948-50
while also serving as assistant foot
ball coach. He left A&M iti 1950 to
return to his alma mater Ohio State
where he coached five Big Ten
champions. He is now retired and
living in Sun City, Ariz.
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