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Battalion/Page 16
August 31,
Sherrill: A&M must contain Flutie
by Frank L. Christlieb
Sports Editor
Members of the Aggie foot
ball team’s defensive unit face a
monumental task in Saturday’s
season opener against Boston
College in Kyle Field.
He’s not so enormous in
terms of size, but he’s over
whelming in the aspects of abil
ity, maturity and leadership.
And Eagle sophomore quarter
back Doug Flutie doesn’t boast
the records of Art Schlichter,
Jim McMahon or Dan Marino.
After having played in only
eight games during his college
career, Flutie’s name hasn’t
made national headlines. And
outside of the 8,500 students en
rolled in Boston College, it’s not
likely that many football fans
have heard of the 5-10, 175-
pounder from Natick, Mass.
But Sherrill and his staff
know about Flutie. And they’re
not excited about the prospects
of facing the talented sopho
more and his upset-minded
teammates Saturday at 6:10
BC coach Jack Bicknell Eagle DT Junior Poles
p.m.
“Flutie will really scramble,”
Sherrill said Monday in Cain
Hall during his first prss confer
ence of the 1982 season. “He’s a
really dangerous young man.
You’ve got to hem him up, and I
think w'e have people that can do
that.”
During a long-distance tele
phone hookup, second-year
Boston College coach Jack Bick
nell compared the leader of his
offense to Aggie senior quarter
back Gary Kubiak.
“Fm very impressed with
Kubiak,” Bicknell said. “They
both throw the ball well. You
might think that our kid would
be a scrambler with his size, and
he is. But he’s not just a runner
— he has a good arm, too.
“I know that Kubiak is a veter
an ... and I think he’s an out
standing athlete just like our
quarterback. Our attack is built
around (Flutie), but Fm not sure
if Kubiak is the center of A&M’s
attack.”
Just ask Sherrill, though.
He’ll tell you that the 6-1, 195-
pound Kubiak will control, at
times, nearly 80 percent of the
Aggie offense, which features a
strong-armed quarterback and a
one-two-three running back
punch in Johnny Hector, Ear
nest Jackson and Thomas San
ders.
Bicknell coached the Eagles to
a 5-6 record in 1981, including a
13-12 upset victory over the
Aggies in Chestnut Hill, Mass.
The 43-year-old former college
quarterback sees Kubiak, Hec
tor and Jackson as a mighty
talented offensive trio.
“In last year’s game,” he said,
“I just held my breath every time
Hector and Jackson got the ball.
As I look at those three players,
it looks like they’re the best three
players we’ll go against this
year.”
Flutie, who became the
Eagles’ starter during the final
quarter of their fourth game of
the 1981 season, completed 105
of 192 passes for 1,652 yards
Success
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“He is very driven, and he
wants very badly to be success
ful. He’s highly organized and
“motivated, he knows what he
wants to get and how to get it.
He’s very goal-oriented.”
Billick said: “Fm sure that
Jackie will have a very positive
"winning effect on A&M football,
the athletic program and the
whole institution. I think he’s
very professional about the way
he goes about his job.
< “There’s absolutely no doubt
in my mind that, more than in
terms of wins.and losses, Sherrill
is tops in public relations, image
,and prestige, and he will bring
that to the A&M program.”
And if the past is any determi
nant, Billick said, Sherrill has
probably set high goals for the
;Aggies.
“I think in the long-term
look,” he said, “Jackie Sherrill
won’t settle for anything less
than a national championship. I
think he has some objective as
far as wins for his first season,
;but I don’t think he’ll panic if he
doesn’t reach that. He probably
has a good estimate on how
many wins he wants this season.”
People associated with Sher
rill while he was in high school
still remember the former Biloxi
High All-America, who played
fullback during his junior and
senior years. T.J. Smith, the de
fensive end and receiver coach
at Biloxi High School during the
early 1960s, said no one ever
questioned Sherrill’s versatility
and athletic ability.
Smith said that by the time
Sherrill transferred to Biloxi
from Duncan, his talents had
been molded into the form of a
fine all-around player.
Smith described Sherrill as a
“tremendous blocker” and “one
heck of a high school football
player.” In addition, Smith said,
Sherrill’s contributions to the
community made him a “model
citizen in school.”
Dr. Edward E. Bozik, assistant
chancellor at Pittsburgh, will
officially assume the school’s
athletic director post Wednes
day. Bozik, who’s been at Pitt for
seven years, maintained a close
relationship with Sherrill and
the rest of the athletic depart
ment personnel.
Bozik said Sherrill’s determi
nation in sustaining the excell
ence of Panther football helped
him achieve the success he’s en
joyed.
“The record obviously speaks
for itself,” Bozik said. “It’s the
best record of any coach we’ve
ever had here at Pitt, and that’s
quite a tribute to him.
“He’s a superb football coach
and obviously we were sorry to
lose him. He did more than
coach. He’s a superb recruiter
and ... continued to build on the
program of his predecessor
(Majors) and ... left a fine prog
ram for his successor to build on.
Bozik said: “Jackie had the
problem of rebuilding a prog
ram here and he did an excellent
job of that. Coach Sherrill runs a
tight ship, and there’s no doubt
about who’s in charge. Jackie, in
deed, establishes rules for the
team and the coaches and insists
on adherence to those rules.
“If history’s a predictor, I
think the past may be a pro
logue, and he may just bring a
winning program to Texas
A&M.”
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Both coaches said the hot,
humid College Station weather
would be a factor in the game,
but Bicknell said his players are
trying to block that problem out
of their minds.
On the other hand, Sherrill
said he’s planning to utilize a
great deal of manpower, using
as many as 60 players during the
course of the game. In addition,
he said, freshmen Tony Slaton,
Jeff Nelson, Jimmie Hawkins,
George Smith, Domingo
Bryant, Gary Rogers and Randy
Wylie will will probably see ac
tion against the Eagles.
Led by 6-4, 280-pound tackle
Junior Poles, the Boston College
defense will feature a five-man
front that averages 6-3, 245
pounds, while the Aggies’ four-
man front averages 6-4, 247
pounds. Sophomore tackle Ray
Childress, junior tackle Keith
Guthrie and senior middle line
backer Bobby Strogen will lead
Texas A&M’s 4-3 defense.
Bicknell said senior lineback
er Steve DeOssie, 6-2, 245
pounds, and end Russ Joyner,
6-3, 223 pounds, play key roles
in the Eagles’ defense. One of
Bicknell’s main concerns about
his squad is the kicking game,
which features tight-end/punter
Scott Nizolek and untested
freshman place-kicker Kevin
Snow.
Sherrill, after watching his
squad in a game-type scrimmage
Saturday night, said the offense
executed better than in its pre
vious scrimmage last Wednes
day night. Kubiak completed 16
of 19 passes for 203 yards, with
split end Jimmy Teal on the re
ceiving end of eight of those for
116 yards.
Sherrill said the Aggies have
been lucky enough to escape
from three- and two-a-day
workouts without any injuries to
key players.
Saturday’s game, to be tele
vised on WTBS-TV out of
Atlanta, is expected to draw ab
out 62,000 fans.
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