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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1981
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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“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
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“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.”
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