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n/Paqs Texas A8cM The Battalion Sports September 1, 1982/Page 17 t have i ' acadeu. s °f (Hit vcrk,” \ the chie ie ki n?p; ie offensive front plans o be overpowering in ’82 by John P. Lopez Battalion Staff . When Jackie Sherrill became act, i’EtJie Aggies’ head coach during tie totiKjjJspring, he made it clear that for^i s | ma jor objective was to im- tc thai .jrove the offensive line, that’snjE|sherrill, after spending five "fcjears with a fine line at Pitt- rsonni ^burgh, said Texas A&M’s jffensive front was too weak, too imall and had terrible pass- r hasbttjlocking techniques, nt one ?,if Tod ay, the starting front is most oetween 10 and 20 pmunds irned liaeivier per man and an average t itVdifilfBO pounds stronger on the jench press. Naturally, Sherrill is relieved to hear those num- a rbers. tution J| Offensive coordinator and monit|in| coach Pat Ruel said the vast ere's ^improvement in such a short at showtime can be attributed to hard >od thi;;ivork and dedication this sum- re's a met by the entire line. . It’sawrThese guys (the line) really MVe a lot of character,” Ruel Mid. “And you just can’t lose ^irith people like that. They were up here on their own working trying to improve them- A A '■selves all summer. ■‘One of our goals is to im prove ourselves every day. And a ek M th' n k we’ve been doing that, ^ , but we’re still not quite where we •i would like to be.” the ifil he offensive line, Ruel said, still needs to improve its pass blocking and concentrate on the thread cause tl n neap) Aggie OT Bryan Dausin r poi said the front five are all hard workers and are willing to learn. The biggest task facing the line was an adjustment to Sher rill’s offense. Last year, the line relied on quickness and speed. This year, however, the line needed the extra size and strength because under Sher rill’s offensive scheme, the line men need to overpower their opponents. “The thinking behind the offense is that the bigger the man, the more space he takes up which means there are fewer gaps to worry about,” Ruel said. “Naturally coaches are always looking for players that have great size, but I think our play ers have good size the way they are now. I’m interested in strength, quickness and desire. Mostly desire. And this group is improving in that aspect. “And our last scrimmage real ly excited me too, because our second team performed well. Coach Sherrill plans to use both the first and second team during a game, so we’re pretty happy the second team is coming around.” Ruel also said, however, that the line is not without fault. “In practice I have been stres sing the fundamentals like quickness and footwork,” he said, “but we’ve had a few prob lems here and there. Mostly we need to concentrate on the little things.” Although Ruel said the whole offensive line is improving, he singled out Greg Porter and Bryan Dausin as two of the most impressive players. “Porter hustles all the time and tries to improve every day.” he said. “And Dausin has really improved his overall tech nique.” Dausin, who gained 20 pounds and increased his bench press from 300 to 360 pounds since the spring, said the mem bers of the line have been impro ving because of the confidence Ruel has instilled in them. RUDDCR TH€ATR€ 7=30-9 : 45 p‘r MSC CGPH0D TRIABLE SGPT. 2JHURSDAY $150 Take A Good Look! Look Us Over! YOUR LOCAL FULL SERVICE LAUNDRIES N 3702 S. COLLEGE AVE. BRYAN 846-2872 103 E. HOLLEMAN ST. COLLEGE STATION 693-2121 Fully Air Conditioned! 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He makes practice fun.” Dausin and several other Aggie linemen spent the sum mer in College Station “eating and lifting weights.” The line men worked on the weights four times a week, Dausin said. “That’s all we did was lift weights,” he said. “We didn’t do any running until about a month before fall practice so we all gained a little weight and got stronger.” The added strength and weight, Dausin said, already has proved beneficial. “It helps us stop the charge of the defensive man and helps us control him easier,” he said. “We’re going to be running a lot of I-formation plays which means we’ll need to hold our blocks longer, and I think the extra weight will make that easier for us.” The attitude of the line has also changed from last year, Dausin said. “I think that physically and mentally this is the best offensive line at A&M since I’ve been here,” he said. “We feel like we can line up against anyone. We want to be the best line in the conference and eventually be one of the best lines in the country.” The Aggie linemen have a good chance to prove how good they are Saturday when they face a large and strong Boston College defensive front. Dausin and Porter in particular will have a busy Saturday evening facing 6-foot-4-inch 285-pound BC tackle Junior Poles. Before there was tradition, Before there was the Twelfth Man, there was ordy Aggie Spirit. This is the story of Spirit as he goes on many journeys in an attempt to capture tfie Southwest Conforence crown and Bring it Back to AggieCand. te - This is the first of a season-long series illustrating the Aggie football team (A f. g ie Spirit), and the face during the opponents it 1982 season. 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