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iecretive AD search efforts Undefeated
larmful to Wilson andA&M
No. 5 Longhorns dump Horned Frogs 105-89
ed the
t'eveport
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re’s a sign outside a local pizza parlor
ads, “We support Tom Wilson and
J.” It sticks out like a sore thumb, a
testimonial to the madness that has
le Texas A&M University athletics.
I drove past and read the message, I
to laugh. It seemed ironic that at the
s hearing,iMi son m ost needs support, the pizza
>8 "'h* 1 a ars of College Station are the ones to
1 her g™* de it.
id dropped L st heard of the Schembechler offer
■age, howei father, and I was floored. Instinc-
te wrongt m y f irst reaction was to work up a
er, so a pk nc i ous anger toward regents chair-
um in Atlar ip g “Bum” Bright. He’s a powerful
ng oral coni j f ormer student, a person w'ho has
ordered i j hard to earn the prestige, position
C including ower that he is now using. I am a
$9.2 millioni more j n college, a person who has yet
attorneys, (many prestige or power. I was not sure
filed suii| hadan y ri ght to be angry at Bright. I
o be Hprlaiy now him, have never even seen him
0 f [son, and yet I was furious. I still am.
she had ir F sure that all Bright wants to do is win
[ll games. He doesn’t care who’s
ng, as long as the Aggies are winning,
ght wants to relieve Wilson as head
andean find someone that will bring
shelvedl ton - th r at ’ s fine b >' m , e -
|atis so frustrating is the way the situa-
as handled. How can the University
ough Coun
hile “unaw
sh^
mamas
e had
during
th Hunt h
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is married
i in Texas.
expect to attract the personnel needed to
compete, both players and coaches, if it con
tinues to treat Wilson and his staff like
they’re not even around?
The man who seems forgotten in all the
controversy and waiting that has sur
rounded the search for athletic director/
head coach is Wilson. He’s a good football
coach, a man who has handled the turmoil
that apparently goes hand-in-hand with
Aggie football with a refreshing frankness
anti maturity. While everything around him
seemed to be going up in smoke, Wilson
hung tough, a characteristic that his team
showed many times in the past two years. It’s
not easy to be in limbo and still perform, and
the fourth year head coach has been hang
ing by his fingernails for what must seem to
him like an eternity.
I believe that Wilson should be given a
chance to win. He is on the verge of what
could transpire to be his most successful
season ever. He has put together a team that
is loaded with talent, one that could easily be
Cotton Bowl-bound. Unfortunately, the de
cision is not mine to make. The scary part is,
no one is really sure whose decision it is. I
don’t know if Bright will get rid of Wilson or
not. He claims that the decision will be up to
the new athletic director, whoever that will
be. What he’s not saying is whether he is
looking for an athletic director that wants to
coach. Schembechler fit that description
perfectly, as does the coach who most re
cently received an offer from Texas A&M,
Jackie Sherrill of Pittsburgh.
Whether Sherrill accepts or not, however,
the damage has been done. Our reputation,
our recruiting and our morale have all been
shot down in flames. The funny thing about
the whole situation is that the winning uni
versities, the ones that breed coaches like
Schembechler and Sherrill, never conduct
private business in the manner that Bright
likes to do for Texas A&M. If he really
wanted to improve the athletic program and
return Texas A&M to the same circle of
powers that includes schools like Michigan,
Pittsburgh, and the University of Texas, he
would leave well enough alone.
I guess I support Tom Wilson and
TAMU also.
United Press International
AUSTIN — Texas Christian
University coach Jim Killing-
sworth says it’s not difficult- to
figure why the Texas Lon
ghorns are undefeated.
“There aren’t many folks
going to beat them this year,”
said Killingsworth, whose
Horned Frogs Tuesday night
became Texas’ 13th straight
victim.
“I can’t remember when we
played a team as good as Texas
was tonight.”
The Longhorns, ranked 18th
going into the game and fifth as
of today’s polls, rolled to a 105-
89 victory behind 31 points from
center LaSalle Thompson and a
combined 50 points from for
wards Virdell Howland and
Mike Wacker.
“Every shot they put up went
in and they were just unbeliev
able from the free throw line,”
said Killingsworth, whose team
slipped to 7-3 for the year and
2-3 in SWC play.
MU finds winner in Collins
eral lines
i carved-otf
nited Press International
IAS — Bobby Collins is
o coaching winning foot-
ms. That is an advantage
llins, because he stepped
a must-win situation
I
lins, who spent the last
years as head coach of the
Irsity of Southern Missis-
took the same job at
jern Methodist University
iy, saying he recognized
looks like J‘ llbl ge facin g him -
said. The I
/inbol ofteri
ns, he said]
1 he spend
nts in advarJ
U posted a 10-1 record in
nd the bulk of the talent
roduced that record will
t. The Mustangs will go
their second straight
est Conference title and
uncovering'
-e about t)i:| T amon 8 those challeng-
'brodiers t0 ab ^ e to P* a y that
area as}
ten they w
said Collins, 48, who
a five-year contract and
kes the job left vacant
Meyer became the
d a deell oachof the New England
^ts.“Butit has been my phi-
to tell the media what
dteam we had.
efelt we should have been
tally ranked team at
|ern Mississippi and we we
sting that consideration.
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probably
to go,
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we have
challenging
championship. I know
that puts additional pressure on
us.
“But I hope we are very, very
competitive.”
Collins served as an assistant
coach at four different schools,
including nine years at North
Carolina State, before moving to
Southern Mississippi. He has
spent most of his life in small
college towns and now must do
battle not only with the opposing
clubs but with all the other en
tertainment outlets in Dallas.
“College football is a unique
game,” said Collins, who had six
winning teams in his seven years
at Southern Mississippi and
whose club was 9-1-1 in 1981. “I
don’t think we have to fight the
pros.
“We have the rivalry among
our schools, we have our student
body and if we put on a good
show we will attract people to the
games. That’s our job.”
Meyer left SMU Friday and
athletic director Bob Hitch said
he planned to have a new coach
within two or three days. But
over the weekend Hitch’s top
three choices — Nebraska coach
Tom Osborne, Dallas Cowboys
assistant John Mackovic and
Mississippi State coach Emory
Bellard — turned him down.
Hitch said Collins’ contract
was worth more money than the
one he had with Southern Mis
sissippi ($60,000 a year), but that
he did not think that was the
chief reason Collins took thejob.
“I think moving to Dallas had
something to do with it,” said
Hitch. “But he has a nice con
tract. We don’t think he stuck a
knife in our back.”
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