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{TEXAS HALL OF FAME?
presents
Recruiting unpleasantries surface ? " The Countr y Edition"?
£S.ies sign If) schoolboys
school seniors could sign scholarship
agreements binding within the
Southwest Conference. Such
agreements are not binding na
tionally until a “national letter” is
signed next Wednesday.
The usual number of good players
went to the usual number of top
schools. But the activities in Sealy
and Houston Wednesday could
create turmoil in the conference
ranks for weeks to come.
The highlights of the
eluded:
day
—Eric Dickerson, the Sealy run
ning back recruited by more than 80
schools this year, backed off a previ
ous promise to sign with Texas
A&M, saying he would wait until
next Wednesday to choose a school.
At the same time, SWC officials con
firmed the NCAA is investigating
the purchase of a 1979 Pontiac
Trans-Am which Dickerson has
been driving this month.
—Running back Craig James, the
leading Class AAAA rusher in his
tory, hedged on his commitment to
SMU because of indecision within
his family brought on by the intense
effort of recruiters. James said he
would almost certainly sign with
SMU later in the week.
—James E. Garrett, principal at
Amarillo Palo Duro high school,
said he was displeased that a recrui-
hggies down Horned Frogs
From staff and wire reports
FORT WORTH — Vernon Smith
cored 21 points and Texas A&M
ight off a TCU comeback Wed-
icsday night to help the Aggies
reak a three-game losing streak
ith a 61-56 victory over the
lorned Frogs.
We didn’t play well,” Texas
&M coach Shelby Metcalf said.
But we’ve played well and lost. I’d
ither play bad and win.
•’ We just needed a win. I’m tick-
dto death to get out of here alive.”
Texas A&M opened a 19-4 lead,
ut TCU trimmed that to seven at
half on the shooting of Steve
cales.
The 18th-ranked Aggies jumped
ack in front by 14 early in the sec-
nd half, but the lowly Horned
fogs again came hack to make a
me of it in the final eight minutes.
A&M slowed the pace of the
ime, however, and TCU could get
odoser than five points.
We do need rest,” Metcalf said.
We ve played 15 straight games
without a bye and we’re very, very
tired.” The Aggies will be off until
Tuesday, when they host Rice in
their final SWC regular season
game.
The Aggies, trying for a third-
place finish in the Southwest Con
ference that would win them a bye
in the first round of the SWC post
season tournament, boosted their
league record to 10-5 and their
overall record to 21-7. Those 21
wins equal a school record.
TCU has won only one confer
ence game in 14 tries and is 6-18 for
the season.
Rynn (Wright) is our most solid
performer,” Metcalf said. “Night
after night you can count on Rynn
Wright.”
Wright added 15 points for the
Aggies and David Britton scored 11
while TCU was led by Seales with
17 points.
BOX SCORE
TEXAS A&M (61)
Wright 7 1-2 15, Smith 10 1-2 21, Woods 5 0-0
10, Sylestine 2 0-14, Britton 3 5-6 11, Robin
son 0 0-1 0, Jones 0 0-0 0, Ladson 0 0-10,
Pederson 0 0-0 0, Goff 0 0-0 0. Totals 27 7-13
61.
TCU (56)
Wineinger 1 2-3 4, Mansbury 2 2-2 6,
Thompson 0 0-0 0, Blackwell 3 0-0 6, Hand 0
0-0 0, Tibbs 5 0-0 10, Scales 5 7-9 17, Nickens
4 3-4 11, Vincent 1 0-0 2. Totals 21 14-18 56.
Halftime — Texas A&M 35, TCU 28. Fouled
Out — Scales. Total Fouls — Texas A&M 15,
TCU 15. Technical Fouls — Smith, TCU
bench. A — 3,105.
ter from TCU had taken linebacker
Scott Loftis out of class on Tuesday.
Loftis, previously committed to
Texas Tech, signed with TCU Wed
nesday.
The situation involving Dickerson
had already attracted NCAA inves
tigators before signing day arrived.
Texas A&M officials said as soon as
they discovered Dickerson was driv
ing a new automobile, they notified
the NCAA.
Dickerson said his grandmother,
who lives in Houston, made a $4,500
down payment on the car and would
continue to make payments.
In Houston, meanwhile, James
said recruiters had used everything
they could to persuade him not to go
to SMU. James said his parents
were so upset by some of the re
cruiters’ comments that he had de
layed his signing with the Mustangs.
“They (recruiters from other
schools) are all trying to say some
thing bad about SMU. That’s why I
want to go so bad. One of these days
I want to be able to look ‘em in eye
and say “I told you you were wrong.’
I want to stand my ground.
“They persuaded my mother into
thinking that SMU wasn’t going to
do this or that. They say everything
they can think of — that I’ll never
run the ball or that the coach will
leave.
Coach Ron Meyer said the attacks
on his program mentioned by James
were bothersome, but that they
would be overcome.
“Yeah, it’s upsetting,” said
Meyer. “It’s got to be aggravating.
But we certainly want to work with
the family any way they desire. If
there is a seed of doubt we want it to
be cleared up. Anytime there is a
delay like this the phone starts ring-
ing.
“Recruiting is a long, hard, tedi
ous job, but it really doesn’t seem so
bad to me. You get all of these
(rumors) second or third hand. It
just doesn’t bother us. We know
what we’re going to do. We know
we’re going to have an outstanding
program.”
Texas A&M signees
Gary Kubiak, qb, 6-1, 185, Houston Pius;
Charlie Milstead, back, 5-10, 175, Houston
Lee; Donny Fisher, back, 6-0, 170, Port Ar
thur Lincoln; Buzzy Lane, back, 5-11, 190,
Fort Worth Wyatt; Jeff Farrar, back, 6-1, 190,
Grapevine; Raymond Jackson, lineman, 6-5,
255, Wharton; Kelly Raper, lineman, 6-4, 235,
Plainview; Will Wright, lineman, 6-2, 218,
Dallas Roosevelt; Chuck Williams, lineman,
6-3, 235, Gregory-Portland; Kenny Ingram,
linebacker, 6-2, 200, Corpus Christi Carroll;
Bobby Strogen, lineman, 6-2, 230, Haughton,
La; Van Barnett, back, 6-2, 185 West Orange
Stark; Don Jones, wr, 6-2, 180, Nacogdoches;
Mark McQueen, qb, 6-0, 175, Temple; Elvis
Walker, back, 5-9, 190, Temple; Eference
Murphy, wr, 6-1, 175, Texarkana; Randy
Rother, lineman, 6-2, 220, Houston North
Shore; Chris Brown, back, 5-11, 170, Galena
Park; Kyle Lilley, lineman, 6-3, 230, Pear
land.
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