ll Sports THE BATTALION Page 13 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1981 v.:.: "... .S ................................ Cougars, United Press International HOUSTON — The Houston Cougars and Oklahoma apparent ly have confirmed a deal to play in the Sun Bowl Dec. 26, two news papers reported Thursday. “We will have our representa tives in Norman and in Houston and nowhere else,” Sun Bowl Selection Chairman John Folmer told the Houston Chronicle and The Houston Post. UH Athletic Director Cedric Dempsey said that nothing is cer tain until bowl bids go out Satur day, but he was optimistic about the Sun Bowl. “We can’t say anything defi nite, but they’ve expressed to us that we are still in their picture. But I don’t know that we re the only ones,” Dempsey said. The Sun Bowl was expected to pay $350,000 per team and pro vide national exposure on CBS- TV. The Sun reportedly had been hoping to match a PAC-10 team against Oklahoma, but that deal fell through because a three-way deal could not be worked out be tween the Rose, Holiday and Sun. mer said. “We looked toward Houston Neither Oklahoma nor UH, when we knew our deal in the both 5-3-1 with two games to play, PAC-10 wasn’t working out,” Fol- has been to the Sun Bowl before. AGGIES! Douglas Jewelry 10% AGGIE DISCOUNT ON ALL MERCHANDISE WITH STUDENT ID (Cash Only Please) We reserve the right to limit use of this privilege. Downtown Biyan (212 N. Main) and Culpepper Plaza Photo by Michele Rowland arns look fora hirt sales will Offensive tackle Tommy Robison (77) plows into sophomore safety Steve Box (36) during a blocking drill in Wednesday’s practice. Robison, a sophomore, is part of an offensive line that has cleared the way for the Aggies. inemen play important part b team’s offensive success )etective Chat!; G ^ YE DENLEY information ak • BaltaliHn staff am the coronti outhwest Conference statisti- ilice had not inla is would never suspect that the ;ies are struggling in their 1 Holden was ra st for a bowl bid. five or 10 mini . mediocre 5-4 season record ;r a throw ruga rshadows an explosive Texas head on the com M offense that ranks first in the able. He said I ference in average yards per in half an hour. /(5.4), second in total passing as ruled out, ll nse (181 yards per game), and jecause there« d in overall offense (388 yards a struggle, nothi game). from the premis In addition, Aggie running the apartment*: Iks Johnny Hector and Ernest «! |eatedly has saidi after we have li» ls }j as t 0 show that the offensive h is doing a pretty good job, :ause we’re asking tliem to do a of different things,” head coach Wilson said, feel will not wa» Bob Stanley, in his eight year 1 Chairman D» offensive line coach for the iterated that toot 1 gj eSi said Texas A&M has “an nent in thoseopj client offensive line of scrim- tinue as planned ^ e ” diis year. acquisition w* “As a group, as far as being ajor diversifri art, competitive, and talented, has been seel .ft:, is about our best offensive line me, our stocft hat I’ve coached here,” Stanley it from the acq« 6(1. rtant energy i |A new strategy that separates the linemen into two different un- 2 firm has admit® that square off on either side of financial and iljBniOr center David Bandy has en- is in steelmatelldd them to do a better job of everal other stftirotecting Kubiak and opening awed to file sullies for Hector and Jackson, he ; against foroflaid. ich w'ould confl The brawny strongside unit of government actitffliard Aubrey Raiford, tackle ading practice tommy Robison and tight end ■ark Lewis, and the smaller quickside unit of tackle Bryan Dausin and guards Kent Adams and Flint Risien, who share start ing honors, lend a versatile, yet specialized look to the line. “We’ve got some kids that are larger than others, and we’ve got some kids that are more agile, but not as large,” Stanley said. “So we decided to get our larger kids together on one side, and get our quicker, more agile kids together on one side.” The strongside concentrates on power plays that involve “just mashing people off the ball,” while the quickside works on man euvers that require more finesse, like pass blocking, screens, and draw plays, he said. Bandy, in his second season as the starting center, said a healthy starting lineup has also been a fac tor in the continued progress of the line. Injuries prevented last year’s lineup from working together enough to become a unit, he said, while this year’s lineman “have stuck together through thick and thin.” “There’s just an abundance of talent on the line, and what they do for our backs is incredible,” Bandy added. “What we re doing for the option play is making the cuts — last year, the cuts and holes weren’t always there.” Though improved, the offen sive line is not perfect, Stanley said, and he credited Kubiak with taking up the slack when the line doesn’t hold up. “In offensive line play, you have to realize that you’re not going to be dead perfect every time — too many things happen,” he said. “Somebody’s going to get on the fringes and get loose every once in awhile, and the thing that really helps you on that is you’ve got a gutty kid like Gary Kubiak who’s going to step up in there, and throw the ball, and take his licks. And that’s the thing that really helps our offen sive linemen.” The mark of an excellent line — a mark that the Aggies - are approaching — is the ability to ex ecute when the defense knows ex actly what the next play will be, he said. “The thing you work on all the time is let them know we re throwing, and now protect the passer,” he said. While Wilson is pleased with the on-the-field performance of the linemen, he said he is equally impressed with the leadership of seniors Bandy and Adams. “The thing that has been so pleasing is the leadership of Bandy and Kent Adams, and I think it’s rubbed off on all of them, ” he said. “We are to the point now where everybody’s assuming that leader ship role, and not just a few of them.” Stanley agreed: “Leadership in football is performance. As kids see you perform and see you ex ecute well, they develop a degree of confidence in you, and that con- iidence turns into closeness.” He cited Robison, a sopho more, as an example of leadership by performance. “Tommy Robi son is a heck of a leader, and is basically a quiet person,” Stanley said. “But he has executed and performed outstandingly this year. And as his teammates watch those films and watch practice and so forth and see, ‘That guy is good,’ then they develop a great deal of confidence in him. ” Most of the line, including Robison, will return next year, much to Wilson’s delight. Dausin and Risien are juniors, and Robi son, Raiford and Lewis are all sophomores. The Best Pizza In Town! Honest. WE DELIVER 846-3412 ALLEN Oldsmobile Cadillac Honda SALES - SERVICE “Where satisfaction is standard equipment” 2401 Texas Ave. 779-3516 WHO SHOT JFK? 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