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burdentli cr iteria by which we could gauge
it, but the our results,” Bright said. “We
ve thenuehaven’t had a roadmap drawn
starter a nd have not given that road-
aid: “All imap to the people who are re-
lity. Wen sponsible for running the prog-
last six. ram and giving them clearly
n’t think measurable goals.”
nee. LastiiyThat roadmap, Bright said,
id in coitshould have originated on sever-
' weregoijBdifferent levels, some of it
ir. Oui from former students, some of it
We had from the administration, some
f thebetteof it from the regents. Then, he
indudi isaid, the plan should have fil-
tble spontered through the chancellor
and president, until it “reaches
ItheA i the people who implement it.”
ildn’t hai: Bright said: “I don’t think
against we’ve been unsuccessful, but we
w the so have not attained, particularly in
be tec , football, the level that the major-
this year ity of former students believe we
o did thishluld have attained.”
KjHere are the levels Bright
approv wants for football:
in said. iHl) For the Aggies to be SWC
irFranii championship contenders three
s offict af every Five years;
contraa:®2) For Texas A&M to con-
,but Ido:.end for the national title one of
knew livery 10 years;
•ere just £ ;3) For Fexas A&M to attain a
neandlihational title at least once every
btsocctrdb or 20 years,
r varsity* However, the five most re-
lthewh«»nt former coaches disagree
using with Bright — they say they had
Bis, but those goals weren’t
tallweh.Jublicized. In any case, there’s
wecoulduoconfusing the destination on
s so wecziifc roadmap now.
and be $.Now if the Aggies can stay on
We proi:h| road.
1 Foldberg, one of the coaches
that wecovlgp veered off the road, admits
ng in made some mistakes. He said
I knofc le a benated some ardent Aggie
rose couldollowers by wanting to control
rc the\, eci uiting more tightly.
blue-ci* n e compounded his recruit-
erethim j n g problem by having only
to be ^fee coaches from Texas on his
ave somtiBf^ cu tting Texas A&M’s
ire lined igffpcbveness in attracting state
varsity' schoolboy talent.
B So, with marginal alumni
ort and a coaching staff
Bade up largely of non-Texans,
he had to do the impossible —
counteract the image of Texas
A&M as being exclusively
jnilitary.
fi|As for on-the-field problems,
Foldberg said recruiting depth,
lack of speed especially, drove jealousy ”
his record down. ‘ Former
|i His weight training facilities
and a weak weight program
were burdens as well, he said.
| And finally, he said, the
Tl Mf k )St anot h er group of re-
I lIMvcruits because, in a Texas A&M
student population of 8,000,
mere were about 150-200
women — mostly
daughters of faculty
Dave Elmendorf
Before Foldberg, Myers had
much of the same. He echoed
Foldberg’s analysis about re
cruitment, adding that he and
his staff weren’t able to lessen
black athlete’s dissatisfaction
with Texas A&M’s white cast.
Even when Texas A&M was
able to recruit quality players,
the troubles didn’t stop — large
ly because of the Aggies them
selves.
‘After taking the wheel from
Foldberg, Stallings won only
eight games in three seasons,
until, in 1967, he fashioned a
scrappy, light team that won
seven and Tost four to win the
SWC. The Aggies beat Alabama
in the Cotton Bowl.
Winning was tough then, and
the quarterback for that team,
Edd Hargett, said just being
Aggies made it even tougher.
“Of course. We didn’t make it
easy for ourselves,” Hargett
said. “You know Aggies have a
pretty high opinion of them
selves, and we like to tell every
one just how good we are when
we do something. We had a ten
dency to brag about it. I think
that transferred to the field.”
Since Hargett, matters ha
ven’t changed much from the
Aggie viewpoint. An ardent
Aggie supporter, Keith Lang
ford, Class of ’39, agrees with
Hargett:
“You won’t find another con
ference where the animosity
against one team is as gre^tt as it
is in the SWC against Texas
A&M. I think it stems from the
fact that we stick together aand
have a lot of pride. I think it’s
Emory Bellard
extra emotion to get up for
A&M. For a long time, man-for-
man and talent-for-talent, A&M
was probably the best-equipped
team in the nation. But I think
there was no more jealousy for
A&M than for any other school
in the SWC.”
There is some disagreement.
Former Baylor split end Tommy
Davidson (1974-77) is adamant
about his feelings.
“Jealousy? I never felt it was
that,” he said. “The major
reason people were out to beat
the Aggies was simple — they
weren’t very good sports. They
were really mad when they lost,
and when they won they didn’t
know how to handle it well.
“We didn’t want to beat A&M
because they had everything. It
was the reputation (for overly
aggressive play) they had — yet
they had everything.”
Grant Teaff, Davidson’s
coach at Baylor, was concerned
about Texas A&M’s 1970s repu
tation, too.
“When Emory came in, they
[)ean
wives or
“Not having women hurt, but
can’t believe it hurt that much,”
llllllllllllllli e said.
NFL all-pro safety
Dave Elmendorf, Class of ’71,
backs his fellow Aggies: “If you
have the kind of program you
should have, the team will go
and perform to its maximum
capability every Saturday. They
will realize the jealousy and say,
‘Hey, we want you to be jealous
of us — and we’re going to (beat
you) for it.’
Brian Hall, place-kicker for
Texas Tech from 1974-77, con
curs: “I think there was some
. A&M archery team
neets tonight at 8
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neetingf The Texas A&M archery team will hold an organizational meet-
“ : ng tonight at 8 in DeWare Fieldhouse.
Coach Frank Thomas said the purpose of the meeting will be to
tscuss plans for the 1982-83 school year, including shooting facili
ties and the team’s scheduled events.
■ The team plans to compete in the Las Vegas Shootout during
the spring, and in the national tournament, slated for May in
Colorado Springs. The Aggies will travel to Austin to take part in
the South Central Regionals in the fall, with the event being hosted
by the University of Texas.
| Other competitions include the Aggie 1,200, an indoor tourna-
ment to be held during the fall semester. Thomas estimated that
P|the team would participate in eight to 10 tournaments during the
course of the year, and in about four this fall.
B Thomas said the team, an club funded by the intramural depart-
mem, is open to anyone interested in shooting target archery.
A further information can be obtained by contacting Thomas in the
*• Health and P.E. Department or at 693-6025.
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developed a very aggressive de
fense,” he said. “They have a
reputation. A lot of coaches
were concerned about it; I was
concerned about it. Still, I would
certainly rather be accused of
being overaggressive than being
underaggressive.”
That overaggressive defense
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best Aggie record of recent
times and nearly a Cotton Bowl
bid. However, Bellard couldn’t
weather the pressure to win ev
ery time out. He resigned.
Bellard, now at Mississippi
State, has only positive state
ments about his coaching at the
University. Tom Wilson said he
has mostly good memories ab
out Texas A&M. So do Myers,
Stallings and Foldberg.
Their happiness now can’t
obscure how each of them left
the University. Myers and Wil
son were fired. Foldberg and
Stallings left after dismal sea
sons when their support was
eroded beyond repair.
David Walker, an Aggie
quarterback from 1973-77, said:
“If you lose, the average guy will
say it’s the coaching or a hun
dred other reasons. But it all
comes down to the coaches,
That’s the bottom line.
“If I didn’t play well at quar
terback, I knew I’d be spending
some time on the bench. Who
grades the quarterback? The
coach. Who grades the coach?
The supporters. That’s the way
it will always be.”
Langford said: “The real
problem at Texas A&M is that
the people involved in the pro
gram are all successful business
men. Those people have gotten
out of this institution and have
been successful. It’s been a total
frustration to them because they
have not been able to transfer
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love, which is Texas A&M foot
ball.”
So, if the Aggies can control
their ambitions for a winner,
they may finally have everything
they need to get one. The money
for facilities or coaches will be
there. The fans will be there.
They have no need to worry ab
out jealousy, according to their
opponents. The campus is
coeducational, and military ser
vice is not mandatory.
As for pressure, Sherrill has
the name, credentials and con
tract to hold off the coaching
ambitions of even the staunchest
Aggie alumnus.
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