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Page 14 THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1978 the sports « Wilson, team healthy prior to meeting Hogs V By SEAN PETTY Battalion Staff Texas A&M University’s football team took advantage of last week’s open date to rest and repair its sea son battle wounds, while head coach Tom Wilson spent most of the week healing some wounds of his own. Wilson spent a good part of last week in St. Joseph’s Hospital with kidney stones but said he, along with the team is ready for Arkansas. “I feel fine now,’’ Wilson said, “I couldn’t have said that Monday but I feel fine going into the game.” Wilson said last week was spent getting all the injured players well and taking it easy. “The team is healthy now,” he said. “Ed Pustejovsky (center) is Ticket info Student ticket distribution for the Nov. 25 Texas A&M-TCU game will begin Thursday (Nov. 16) for graduate students and seniors. Juniors will pick up tick ets Friday (Nov. 17), sophomores Monday (Nov. 20) and freshmen Tuesday (Nov. 21). The change in the distribution schedule was necessary so as not to interfere with the Thanksgiving holidays. coming back real well. He hasn’t had any contact this week but he’s coming off the ball quick and he should be back this week. We won’t know until the end of the week.” The game with Arkansas should decide which, if any bowl, the Ag gies go to. “I really don’t know where we might go, ” Wilson said. “I know that there are a lot of bowl representa tives looking at us, and it just de pends on our play this week. “Of course, the whole bowl pic ture is cloudy. Even the major bowl representatives are not decided, ” he said. “I think that we have played well enough to be in a bowl.” Yet, the Aggies cannot look ahead to any post-season games because the game with Arkansas is going to be one of their biggest challenges of the season. “We know what it takes to win a big game,” Wilson said, “we proved it against SMU. So I think that it is going to be a good, evenly fought ball game. “Like I said, we look pretty good going into the Arkansas game. Cur tis (Dickey) is ready to go, he got all his timing and confidence back against SMU. By the end of the game, he was running with author ity. He will not be back on kickoffs anymore, he gets enough contact in the game. “The only time I want to see Cur- Sun Theatres 333 University 846 The only movie in town Double-Feature Every Weefr Open 10 a.m.-2 a.m. Mon.-Sat. 12 Noon - 12 Midnight Sun No one under 18 Escorted Ladies Free BOOK STORE & 25c PEEP SHOWS 846-9808 tis get the ball is out of the I-formation,” Wilson said. Wilson said that Temple Aday, Adger Armstrong, Leandrew Brown and Holly Wilson have been work ing on receiving kickoffs. The only negative aspect going into the game could be an injury to defensive back Darrell Smith. He didn’t practice Monday due to a bruised thigh. Smith doubles as de fensive back and punt returner and if he is unable to play, Aday will re turn punts. The week off not only allowed the Aggies to rest, it also allowed Wil son to put some more new twists into his offense. “Actually the week off allowed us to get more familiar with the things we re already doing,” he said. “Mike (Mosley) had a couple of bad pitches against SMU and it was just because we haven’t worked enough on the new parts of our offense. But we’ve got all our timing down now. ” Wilson spoke of his young linebackers progress and how the new field goal rule has affected kicker Tony Franklin’s long range attempts. “You just don’t get as many op portunities to kick long field goals with this season’s new rule,” Wilson said. The rule states that the ball comes back to the line of scrimmage if a field goal attempt is missed. “A team cannot afford to give up that kind of field position when they try a 50-yard field goal. The object of the game is to keep the opposing team as deep in their own territory as possible, so you can’t afford to give up too much yardage. “We have a kicker that has the / jiift ‘a \0V ,iina foball ( . play first r faili" Rice, bassir tson a LO set I [met' [‘The 1st Sat Lie d w* I’m n fct I ha' Loup fngto [with ■ stanc by can noon.’ 0 * Greased pigskin Buttnlion photo by I David Brothers has trouble holding on to the ball against SMU. Brothers and the Aggies’ will have to minimize mis takes as they play the Arkansas Hazorbacks Saturdayint Aggies’ second consecutive televised game. ALTERATIONS 1 IN THE GRAND TRADITION OF | OLD TEXAS WHERE MOTHER TAUGHT DAUGHTER THE FINE | ART OF SEWING — SO HELEN MARIE TAUGHT EDITH MARIE THE SECRETS OF SEWING AND ALTERATIONS. DON’T GIVE UP — WE’LL H MAKE IT FIT!’ AT WELCH'S CLEANERS, WE NOT ONLY SERVE AS AN EXCEL LENT DRY CLEANERS BUT WE SPECIALIZE IN ALTERING HARD TO FIT EVENING DRESSES. TAPERED, SHIRTS, JEAN HEMS, WATCH POCKETS. ETC. (WE RE JUST A FEW BLOCKS NORTH OF FED * MART.) WELCH’S CLEANERS 3819 E- 29th (TOWN & COUNTRY SHOPPING CENTER) potential to kick long field goals and it’s a shame he can’t use that skill more.” The Aggie linebackers who have improved so much this year are Doug Carr, Mike Little and Randy Harvey. Carr leads the Aggies in tackles with 100 so far this year. “We are very happy about the way all three linebackers have im proved all year,” Wilson said. “They are young and have a long way to go, but we think they are playing very well. ” With a big win under their belts and a possible bowl berth on the line this week, the Aggies seem ready to meet the Hogs in Little Rock. And most of the team is healthy, including the head coach. Oilers, Patriots battered after Sunday's gfli United Press International HOUSTON — Houston Oilers running back Rob Carpenter will require surgery to repair a torn li gament in his right knee, a team spokesman said Tuesday. Carpenter, the team’s second leading ballcarrier, was injured in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s game against New England, which the Oilers won 26-23. Doctors decided Tuesday morning to operate, and Carpenter was placed on the Oilers’ injured reserve list later in the day. His loss leiaves Houston with two ryan-College Station K0A| healthy, experienced running backs for their Monday night game against Miami. Injured running back Ronnie Coleman, special teams performer Larry Poole and defensive back Guido Merkins will work at running back behind starters Earl Campbell and Tim Wilson when the Oilers re turn to practice today following a two-day layoff. No decision had been made Tuesday afternoon who would re place Carpenter on the active ros ter. Carpenter, a second-year pro out of Miami of Ohio, gained 348 yards and scored five touchdowns this sea son. 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