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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1978
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By MARK PATTERSON
Battalion Staff
During Coach Tom Wilson’s
Tuesday press conference the sub
ject of Grant Teaff eating a worm
Saturday before Baylor played Texas
was brought up.
In the Bear’s locker room before
the game, the Baylor head coach put
a worm in his mouth in an attempt to
motivate his players. The Bears went
on to defeat the Longhorns 38-14 and
many Baylor players said that TeafFs
pre-game action was the reason for
their victory.
The Aggie head coach was asked if
he planned to eat a worm before
Texas A&M battles Texas Friday
night in Austin.
“No worm for me,” Wilson said. T
don’t even like putting the things on
my fish hook. If it takes eating a
worm to win a football game, I’m in
the wrong business.
“This week these guys won t have
any px oblem getting up for the game,
worm or no worm.”
Perhaps Wilson should have tried
the worm trick last Saturday to
motivate his offense before the
TCU-Texas A&M game.
‘‘I’m upset with the way the of
fense played in the ball game,” Wil
son said of the Aggies, who narrowly
defeated TCU 15-7. “We showed
that we could go out and move the
ball in the game. We rolled up all the
statistics, but we weren’t able to
finish the job and score.
“The offense wasn’t mentally
ready to play TCU last Saturday. It’s
difficult to change your attitude in
the middle of the ball game. Preper-
ation begins on Monday and the of
fense didn’t have their mind on
TCU. I’m upset because they didn’t
have their mind on their business. ”
Not only did the offense as a unit
not play up to their potential but
Wilson cited tailback Curtis Dickey’s
three fumbles as one of the problems
creating the Aggies’ ineffectiveness.
“Curtis’ fumbles were caused by a
mechanical problem,” Wilson ex
plained. “He has developed the
habit of changing the ball from one
hand to the other in the critical zone
of the line. In the past he hasn’t had
any major fumble problems. It’s
something we re working to correct
in practice.
“But he’s never carried the ball 34
times in a ball game. He’s got more
chances now to fumble the ball.”
Dickey’s mistakes added to the
Aggie’s offensive miseries against
TCU Saturday, but the defense was a
bright spot for Texas A&M. It held
TCU to minus 17 yards rushing and
134 yards total offense on the after
noon.
“Our defense is playing as well as
it has all year,” Wilson said. “It’s
been consistent all year long for us.
It’s been our offense that’s been the
inconsistent thing. And improving it
is our main concern right now.”
Another concern of Wilson’s is the
injury situation of the team. What
were originally thought of as minor
injuries after the TCU game have
hung on since Saturday.
“I thought the injuries were minor
after the game, just the usual bumps
and bruises,” Wilson said. “But Cur
tis (Dickey) and Adger (Armstrong)
have not been able to work out all
week. Curtis has a hip pointer and
Adger has a bruised knee.
“They ought to be ready for the
game, but they’ve been kept out of
two days of workouts. We already
have a short week to prepare for
Texas and now their week is even
shorter.
“When it gets this late in the sea
son a team can be held together by
tape, as many teams are. We’ve had a
x ough season and we re in that situa
tion. But we ll be ready by Friday.
A&M head coach Tom Wilson praised
defense for “being consistent all year long
us.” Plays like this where Aggie defensive
(Jacob Green pressures TCU quarterback
ve Bayuk exemplify Wilson’s point. The of-
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