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by Frank L. Christlieb
Sports Editor
For David Hardy, there are
wo types of goals: personal
oafs and field goals.
While the 5-7 senior place-
icker from Huntsville uses ev-
try ounce and inch of his 180-
»und frame in achieving the
;oals strives for, he also puts that
ame effort into kicking field
pals for the Aggie football
earn.
And after Saturday’s per-
ormance against the University
Teyas-Arlington, Hardy
night have enough distance and
lirection to reach his current
roal of kicking 20 field goals this
eason.
You might say Hardy had a
ield goal day against the Movin’
davs, who lost a 61-22 offensive
truggle to the Aggies Saturday
right in Kyle Field.
His four three-pointers tied
nm with 16 past and present
outhwest Conference place-
.ickers and left him only one shy
!°P n ; ifthe best single-game effort in
he league’s history — five field
oalsby former Texas A&M star
ony Franklin against Rice in
976.
Hardy has his sights on set-
ling another record now. And
ye's counting on confidence, en-
husiasm and a bare right foot to
et him there.
Shooting for one better than
|he SWC season record of 19
ield goals, set by Arkansas’
Bruce Lahay in 1981, Hardy
ays he’s confident about his
:hances of reaching reaching
hat goal. With seven successful
ittempts in two games, Hardy
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David Hardy has sights set
on kicking 20 field goals
“I didn’t have any idea that I’d
have that many field goals this
early in the year, especially with
nine attempts,” he said. “Coach
(Jackie) Sherrill tells we need to
set goals for ourselves and that
we need to go back and check
them each week to see that we’re
going in the right direction.”
Field goals of 28, 27, 44, 31,
41,41 and 57 yards would seem
to indicate that Hardy’s foot is
leading him in the right direc
tion. But a few months ago, Har
dy had no idea that he’d start the
season with kicking with such
accuracy.
“I really didn’t do anything
different over the summer to
prepare for this season,” Hardy
said. “I pulled a groin muscle
during the off-season and after
the alumni game (in May), I was
out for two months. I didn’t get
to start training until the second
week of July.
“Coach (Bobby) Roper, the
kicking coach, has really helped
me out a lot and showed me the
things I can improve. Coach
Sherrill seems to have a lot of
confidence in me, and when he
does, it carries over to my
playing.”
Hardy credited two team
mates — center Joe Velasquez,
the Aggies’ deep snapper, and
holder Kyle Stuard — for their
contribution to his successful
start.
“The whole year, we’ve had
perfects,” Hardy said. “That
makes my job a whole lot easier
when I have good snaps and
holds.”
During the 1981 season, Har
dy connected on 13 of 19 field
goal attempts, but sophomore
Alan Smith kicked off for the
Aggies. This year, Hardy said,
Texas A&M coaches have de
cided to redshirt Smith, allowing
Hardy to take care of both
aspects of the Aggie place-
kicking game.
Hardy’s 57-yard field goal
with five seconds left in the first
half against the Movin’ Mavs
brought Sherrill and the rest of
the team onto the field to con
gratulate him. Although the
Aggies were assessed a five-yard
penalty for delay of game, no
one seemed to mind.
“It really makes it all worth
while when everyone gets ex
cited like that,” Hardy said.
As fast as the situation de
veloped, Hardy didn’t even have
time to find out from how many
yards he was kicking before his
57-yard attempt. After hitting a
41 -yarder with 11 seconds left in
the half, Hardy’s onsides kick
was recovered by the Aggies’
Darrell Smith.
Mavs expected
closer outcome
staff photo by Octavio Garcia
Aggie wide receiver Don Jones congratulates tailback
Johnny Hector after his 41-yard touchdown run during
the first quarter of Texas A&M’s 61-22 victory over
the Movin’ Mavs. After scoring his team’s first TD of
the game, Hector separated his left shoulder during the
third quarter and will be out for two or three weeks.
Before anyone could say “Gig
’em,” Hardy and holder Kyle
Stuard were lined up and ready
for the attempt.
“When I hit it, I knew it was
going to be good — you can just
tell when you kick it,” he said. “I
try not to look to see how far the
kick will be, and on this one, I
really didn’t realize how far it
was.
“The onsides kick wasn’t even
supposed to be an onsides kick.
It was supposed to be a squib
(kick) between the hash mark
and the sideline so UTA
couldn’t set up a return.”
by John P. Lopez
Battalion Staff
After his team lost 61-22,
someone asked University of
Texas-Arlington head coach
Bud Elliott what he thought of
his defensive pass rush against
the Aggies.
“What pass rush?” he re
sponded.
Elliott was, to say the least,
impressed with the Aggie offen
sive front.
“Kubiak had all night long to
pass,” he said, “and when you
give him that kind of time he’ll
cut you up.”
Elliott said he knew the
Aggies had more talent than the
Movin’ Mavs, but he thought his
team would fare much better
than it did.
“They are a better team titan
us — I won’t deny that,” he said,
“hut I don’t think they are 40
points better. We just didn’t give
them the test we should have.
Our game plan was to try and
get points early, hut we made a
bunch of mistakes and could
never recover. The Aggies play
ed a (lot) better this week than
against Boston College.”
Maverick middle linebacker
Keith Hankins was also impress
ed with the Aggie offense.
“We’ve played against more
physical teams, but I don’t think
we’ve ever played a team with as
much speed as them,” Hankins
said. “Their backs are very fast
and Kubiak is just a great quar
terback.”
■ Both Elliott and Hankins
agreed that the Movin’ Mavs
could have performed better
had it not been for so many tur
novers and missed assignments.
“Every time we got some
thing going we made an error,” •
Elliott said. “We normally don’t
make mistakes like we did
tonight. Our job as coaches was
to prepare our players, but I
guess somewhere down the line
we missed the boat.
“We just didn’t play like we)
are capable of playing. But that’s
not saying A&M didn’t have
anything to do with it. They
have a fine team. But I don’t
know what our problem was —
we should have done better.”
Hankins said: “We played
good and moved the ball well at
times, but they either stopped us 1
or we stopped ourselves. On de
fense, we just didn’t pressure
Kubiak at all. You have to give
their offensive line credit for
that.”
Elliott said the 54,098 Aggie I
supporters, the largest crowd
the Mavericks have ever played
in front of, were not a factor in
the outcome of Saturday’s con
test.
“I played tapes of the Aggie
Band all week during practice to
get the players used to the noise
so I don’t think they (the crowd)
made a difference,” he said. “I
don’t think our spirit was ever
broken during the game.”
Hankins agreed, saying the
defense wasn’t bothered by the
crowd, but Maverick leading
rusher Scotty Caldwell said the
crowd was intimidating to the
offense. Especially, he said,
when the Movin’ Mavs had the
ball in a first-and-goal situation
at the Aggie 4-yard line.
“A lot of the players got
caught up in the crowd when we
had the ball down on their goal-
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The Long Driving Contest is on Wednesday, September 22 at
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will be accepted at the event site until 5:00 p.m. Please remember
to bring your Student or Recreation ID. See you there!
Extramural Sports
The Extramural Sports Clubs offer recreational opportunities
for everyone. You can receive instruction at every skill level. You
can participate in their local recreational activities or tourna
ments. They also offer you a chance to compete on a national
intercollegiate level.
Membership for all clubs is unrestricted and open to all Texas
A&M Students. With thirty-three clubs available, there should be
one just for you. If you are interested in joining one of the clubs
listed below, come to the IM-REC Sports Office, 159 East Kyle. If
you are interested in starting a new club, contact Barbara Aiken at
845-7826.
IM Game Plan
FIELD GOAL KICKING CONTEST: Entries for this event
are now being accepted at the Intramural-Recreational Sports
Office 159 East Kyle. Although we encourage participants to
preregister, we will continue to accept entries at the event until
7:00 p.m. The actual contest will be held on Wednesday, October
6, at 7:30 p.m. at Kyle Field. Official balls will be provided by the
IM-REC Sports Office. Contestants must furnish their own tees.
HANDBALL SINGLES TOURNAMENT: Come to the IM-
REC Sports Office and sign up for this fast-paced tournament.
Entries open today, September 20 and will remain open until
Tuesday, September 28 at 5:00 p.m. Schedules will be posted
after 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 30th in the IM-REC
Sports Office.
INNERTUBE WATER BASKETBALL: The deadline for
entering the Innertube Water Basketball Competition is tomor
row, Tuesday, September 21 at 5:00 p.m. Come by the IM-REC
Sports Office to enter either the Men s, Women’s or Co-Ree
Divisions. There is a $10.00 entry fee per team. A team manager’s
meeting is scheduled for Thursday, September 23 at 6.00 p.m. in
room 162 East Kyle.
FLICKERBALL: Hustle over to the IM-REC Sports Office to
sign up for the fun-filled game of Flickerball!! Entries close
tomorrow, September 21 at 5:00 p.m. There is an entry fee of
$15.00 per team. Schedules may be picked up at the team
manager’s meeting on Thursday, September 23 at 5:15 p.m. in
room 164 East Kyle.
BADMINTON SINGLES: Hurry over to the IM-REC Sports
Office and register for the Badminton Singles Tournament. En
tries will close tomorrow, September 21 at 5:00 p.m. The tourna
ment begins on Tuesday, September 28 in room 351, G. Rollie
White. Schedules will be posted Thursday, September 23 after
2:00 p.m. Check to see when you play!
TENNIS SINGLES: All tennis buffs who entered the Tennis
Singles Tournament, please note that play begins today, Septem
ber 20th. Make sure you have checked the schedule in the IM-
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Flag Football season opens tonight, Sep
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Sports Office to check your schedule.
Acknowledgements
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provided by members of the Intra
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Barbara Aiken and Paula Opal.
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Flickerball officials! Good pay,
great hours! There will be a gen
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in Room 164 East Kyle.
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Archery
Association of Handicapped Athletes
Badminton
Bowling
Boxing
Cyding
Fencing
Field Hockey
Gymnastics
Handball
Ice Hockey
Judo
Men’s Lacrosse
Polo
Racquetball
Roadrunners
Rodeo
Men’s Rugby
Women’s Rugby
Skeet and Trap
Men’s Soccer
Women’s Soccer
Sport Parachute
Women’s Team Handball
Ultimate Frisbee
M en’s Volleyball
Women’s Volleyball
Tae Kwon Do
Water Polo
Weightlifting
Wrestling
PLAYBALL
All the Intramural-Recreational Sports Department Facilities
are open to all students, staff, faculty, spouses and their depen
dents. If you are a new faculty or staff member then you will need
to come to the Intramural-Recreational Sports Office, 159 East
Kyle to obtain your Recreational ID. For your added convenience
our office remains open until 7 p.m., Monday through Thursday.
A few things to remember about the IM-REC program:
1) . You are required to show a current TAMU student or recreational
ID upon entering all recreational facilities.
2) . We have sports equipment available for free check out or rental
including tennis and racquetball racquets, which are available for
500 / hour.
3) . Handball/Racquetball Courts are available for reservations during
East Kyle and DeWare open hours. Please call 845-2624 for reserva
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Sports Office in 159 East Kyle or phone 845-7826.
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Sept.-Nov., (outdoor)
Mon.-Fri.
Sat.-Sun.
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