The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, April 27, 1979, Image 12

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THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1979
Spring training over
Wilson’s monster loose
By DAVID BOGGAN
Battalion Sports Staff
Texas A&M head football coach
Tom Wilson must be struggling with
some of the same feelings of antici
pation that Dr. Frankenstein ex
perienced on that stormy night
when he breathed life into his famed
little bundle of joy.
For six months, Wilson has been
mixing Xs and Os in his lofty labora
tory in Rudder Castle, and now it is
time to throw the switch that will
bring his creation to life.
Wilson’s monster, the 1979 Texas
A&M football team, will come to life
before his very eyes Saturday night
in the annual Maroon and White
spring football game.
“Anytime you put something like
this together, you look forward to
seeing what the result will be, ” Wil
son said of the first team he has built
from scratch. “I feel like, and my
coaches feel like, we made progress
in spring training. We re excited
about it.
“For the spring game, we’ve di
vided the squad right down the
middle. One team should not have
any decided advantage over the
other. It should be an evenly
matched game — very competi
tive.”
Wilson said that the only thing
that will distract from the game will
be the list of players who cannot
participate for various reasons.
“Curtis Dickey will miss the game
because he will be at the Drake Re
lays,” the head coach said. “And
there is still a gray area concerning
Mike Mosley (who has been hos
pitalized with the flu). He will play,
but his endurance will be way
down.”
The list of Aggies who will miss
the intrasquad contest due to injury
is long. Split end Mike Whitwell,
offensive tackle Thomas Gregory,
cornerback Leandrew Brown, quar
terback Jeff Booth, linebacker Doug
Carr, fullback David Hill, Lynn
Honeycutt and Randy Harvey are
not expected to play Saturday night.
Wilson plans to pick up where he
left off last fall, using the I-formation
as the Aggies’ basic offensive set.
“I hope that our offense will be
more complete than it was at the
end of last year,” Wilson said. “We
have made some progress, but we re
not near where we ll be next fall.
“Our offense will be limited
Saturday because there will be sc
outs there and we will be filming
(for exchange with opponents). We
don’t want to show them too much.
We will run a base offense and a
base defense.”
Will the labors of spring yield a
fruitful fall?
“I think we ll be competitive,”
Wilson said. “There are at least
seven teams who can win the con
ference, so I don’t see how anybody
can predict what the outcome of the
season will be. It will all come down
to the ball club that has the desire to
get the job done.”
Getting the coaching job done for
the Maroon team Saturday night
will be Bob Stanley, Greg Davis,
Charlie Napper, Jess Stiles, Dean
Campbell and Phil Bennett.
Starting for the Maroons’ offense
will be Doug Teague, split end; Tim
Ward, quick tackle; Flint Risien,
quick guard; David Bandy, center;
Ed Pustejovsky, strong guard; Mike
Robbins, strong tackle; Chuck Carr,
tight end; David Scott, flanker;
David Beal, quarterback; David
Brothers, fullback and Temple
Aday, tailback. Weldon Floyd will
handle the place-kicking duties for
the Maroon team.
Defensively, the Maroons will
start Jacob Green, left end; Steve
Lewis, left tackle; Arlis James, right
tackle; Keith Baldwin, right end
Doug Holmes, middle linebacker
Mike Little, strongside linebacker
Herbert Booker, weakside
linebacker; Carl Grulich, left
corner; Darrell Adams, right comer;
Jimmy Hamilton, strong safety and
Elroy Steen, free safety. David
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Appleby will punt for the Maroon
team.
For the White team, coaching
duties will be handled by George
Haffner, Dan LaGrasta, Mike
Foreman, R.C. Slocum, Paul Regis
ter and Jackie Williams.
Offensively, the Whites will start
Larry Johnson, split end; Curtis
Jennings, quick tackle; Paul Ha-
gerty, quick guard; Preston
Dickson, center; Bryan Dausin,
strong guard; Zack Guthrie, strong
tackle; Phillip Simpson, tight end;
Gerald Carter, flanker; Mike
Mosley, quarterback; Anthony
Curette, fullback and Emerson
Brown, tailback. David Hardy will
kick for the White team.
On defense, the Whites will start
Paul Pender, left end; Gerald Gal
loway, left tackle; Mack Moore,
right tackle; James Zachary, right
end; Jennings Teel, middle
linebacker; Lynn Maughmer,
strongside linebacker; Cal Peveto,
weakside linebacker; Ricky Beck,
left comer, Dan Davis, right comer;
John Dawson, strong safety an<J,
Bret Jordan, free safety.
Kick-off for the Maroon and
White game, which will be played at
Bryan’s Viking Stadium, is
scheduled for 7 p.m. Saturday. Ad
mission is free to Texas A&M stu
dents with I.D., $3 for adults and $1
for students.
Texas A&M quarterback Mike Mosley rolls out in last year’s
game against the Kansas Jayhawks. Mosley and the rest of
the Texas Aggie football team will be rolling in the first public
showing of the 1979 Aggies when they play the annual Ma
roon and White intrasquad game Saturday night,
expected to lead the White team while David
the Maroon squad. The game will start at 7 p.m.
Bryan s Viking Stadium. Battalion photo by i
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