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: Page 16 THE BATTALION THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1981 £' Sports Kickoff slated for 3 p.m. local time AGGIE VE PART MEHT WAITING TO WELCOME YOU! FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH AT NORTH CATE COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS 846-8747 ■ WORSHIP SERVICES ■ 8:45 a.m. 9:45 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 7:00 p.m. Bible Study 9:45 a.m. Seminars 6:00 p.m. WEDNESDAY MEAL — 5:45 P. M. (Reservation by Noon AGGIE CHOIR - 6:00P. M. BIBLE STUDY - 6:45 p.m. SANCTUARY CHOIR - 7.40 P. M. Aggies go hunting for Bear Saturdai By RITCHIE PRIDDY Sports Editor The Texas Aggies, who have fast become the mystery team of the Southwest Conference, will soon find out what they are made of when they open the 1981 fall cam paign Saturday against the Califor nia Golden Bears in Berkeley, Cal. The Golden Bears are not one of the most impressive teams in the nation, then again, neither are the Texas Aggies — on paper at least. The Bears have a proven pas sing attack and with the installa tion of the highly touted “run and shoot” offense, brought in from former Portland State University head coach and now offensive coordinator Darrel “Mouse” Davis, the Bears will once again be one of the top passing threats in the nation. a (ICM Campus Minister m • Rev. Michael Miller will teach the “Search” series at ASM Presbyterian Church 301 Church Street. (one block north of Campus Theatre) Sundays at 9:30 a.m. J New Zealand Shorts 30 nan au - t-otturi ■dih-m have two roomy side pockets £ a draw athno/elasticiz-ed waist. They look. <so good and fit so well , you'll want more than one pair. Men’s and womens sixes in many colors- WHOLE LARTH PROVISION COMPANY 105 Boyett 846-8794 c ..iM^ I r II ■«»! Ifc i—narMtonDrf, Now that you're hack, we at ON THE DOUBLE • are going back to our regular hours: MON.-FRI. 7 a.m.-10 p.m. SAT. 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Get Inexpensive, High-Quality Copies On Our Xerox 9400 FREE COLLATING in most cases. We specialize in REPORTS and DISSERTATIONS v t V Also: Self-service copying, typing, binding, re sume writing, editing, business cards, wedding invitations, stationery. ONE STOP service for reports and dissertations. v ON THE DOUBLE 331 University 846-3755 at Northgate, above Farmer's Market * 4 ,,pr mm .//a Last year the Bears finished with a miserable 3-8 season but ended on a high note, much like the Aggies, with an upset victory over arch-rival Stanford. They also finished as the seventh most pro ductive passing team in the na tion, averaging just over 260 yards per game through the air, an aver age good enough for third in the Pac-10. The “run and shoot” offense is considered a middle-distance, ball control passing attack. It features four receivers (two slot backs and two wide receivers) and one run ning back. Davis’ 1980 PSU team, using the run and shoot, averaged 49 points and 504 yards per game through 11 games. He, along with head coach Roger Theder, are considered two of the sharpest offensive coaches in the game. The Golden Bear receiving corps is made up of several out standing players with an abund ance of experience. Mariet Ford (5-8, 156) is considered a game breaker at the right slot position. He is a junior college transfer and is considered the Bears most excit ing player in several years. He also is the kick returner and his speed and size is comparable to former Aggie great Carl Roaches. Tyrone Portee (5-9, 175) is the left slot back and Tyran Wright (5-11, 192) and Floyd Eddings (5- 11, 170) are the wide receivers. All three are considered exceptional ly good receivers and all possess good speed. The quarterback position has long been the Bears strongpoint. All-American quarterback Rich Campbell graduated and is now playing for Green Bay. Campbell was injured midway through the season (against USC) and was re placed by then sophomore J. Tor- chio. His first series against the Trojans resulted in a long td drive. Another quarterback, sopho more Gale Gilbert is expected to start against the Aggies. Gilbert also saw plenty of action last year and went the distance against Ari zona St. Both quarterbacks, though young, have the talent and experience needed to direct the team’s high-powered offense. Tor- chio ended the season with a 57 percent completion record (43 of 75 for 644 yards) in two and one- half games. Gilbert finished with a 48 percent completion record (13 for 31 for 192 yards). The Bears don’t have much of a running game with only one back, but fullback John Tuggle is consi dered one of their best runners since Chuck Muncie. He doesn’t have blazing speed but can take a lot of punishment. He finished with 580 yards on 136 carries last season, but when you consider that the Bears are a passing team, that’s not too bad. He also finished as the number two receiver with 36 receptions. “Tuggle can run both inside and outside with equal talent, and he is a superb pass catcher out of the baekfield. Add his blocking ability and we have one of the best all- around backs in the conference,” Theder said. seem to think we can! ness. 1 don’t see any wi their secondary." Coach Tom Wilson #i trying to stop the Bi touted offense by putting as* pressure on the quarter! using a variety of coveragesii secondary. The Bears art pccted to put the ball in tli some 50 to 55 times in theop With that amount ofp son will probably be shuttli* secondary men in searcMi right combination an them a bit of rest. The Bears run a 3-4 which finished lastinthefacl almost every category That defense, however, kill altered somewhat by new sive coordinator Ron Lynntili advantage of bis quick, linebackers and defensive bi Rich Dixon is the mainslm the Bears defense and is im dered a pre-season All-Ameia Wilson and his staff have a their homework and Theder said that the biggest question mark his team faced this Saturday would be whether or not the offensive line could hold off the stubborn attack of the Aggie front four. “The key to the game is whether or not our offensive line can hold off their front four. They are quick, aggressive and very physic al,” Theder said. I also worry a little bit about their great speed in the secondary. They match up very well with our receivers. Any time you have slotbacks with wide receiver speed like we do you pared their team, botl) and physically, for tL with the new offensive and!} sive coordinators Cal has j l don’t know exactly whattot ma We have researched Cali I as much as we can. We’ves I running against their tfaM Unitec practice and the defensiW^"p reacted well. We’ll have to ” the game with a little moreify 25 ^ than we normally would we don’t know what thevart to do,” Wilson said. W THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH WELCOMES YOU SUNDAY SERVICES 7:30 A.M., 8:30 A.M., 9:10 A.M., 11.00 A.M. CANTERBURY Meets in Episcopal Student Center WEDNESDAYS 5:30 P.M. ST. THOMAS EPISCOPAL CHURCH 906 Jersey St., 696-1726 (South edge of Campus) Wilson said thekeytothes from the Aggie standpoint il control the ball because will offense Cal has they aret scoring a lot of points. Onei that remains a mysteryisl good the Bears picked up thii] offense. By all indications 1 have quiet well. :erbacl if the l bed Fr opener Ifwedc quarter :n and h to then iches fee [the best nst all; Stamp, lew for ichdown: iool recc Wilson is taking a com] healthy squad of 64 player • one game, keley, including sfljHis top freshmen. Ruthwest The Aggies are fired u[ ready to play ball. With fcBjV 4 P a ^ newed enthusiasm and newjip.,° , sive alignment they knowtkp bon tt win and are looking forwardt tough, uphill struggle face. Wilson said, however,! the team has to prove it can the field to make peoplesti and notice. the ke d of pn terbacl Wer hov t press TCU’s 1 by line “We have as much confides ^ n , a 225- team can have without plant® on 179 t game. The first game is soi®B Dye, wl tant to this team. 1 feelwelsNted Dou good football team, one tlfps finishe going to gel as a team, stiMieves T< have to prove it on the fieli pfivated i 1 Everytl “We’re all anxious—thistfrorth is of the longer weeks of the eflioaches be year because we are so ansof get out there and see what wl do.” py are go arounc J v e they ® e V are ph i 011 this gan am ’over T Iffr and le; ; MO in Big, Bad, Bodacious r Bust S Free Beer Saturday, Sept. 5th 2 p.m. until all 30 kegs are gone. FREE with a TAMU l.D. and proof of age. Oaks Park Corner of Stallings & Hwy 30 Behind Culpepper Plaza Bring a friend and listen to the Aggie-Cal Berkley game. COUNTjan ovin 98.3 , K-Wft. -Hut METRO PROPERTIES ▼! FM STEREO 'iiliiuilcri /Ji SI F ULL I J OUR\