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The Battalion Sports
September 1, 1982/Page 17
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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
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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.
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“Coach Ruel is the main fac
tor,” Dausin said, “His coaching
abilities and attitude towards us
really motivate us. 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.
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