Texas A&M
The Battalion Sports
October 8, 1982 Page 15
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Practice makes perfect
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by Frank L. Christlieb
Sports Editor
It’s been a rough week for the
Aggie football team.
After Saturday’s 24-15 loss to
Texas Tech, Coach Jackie Sher
rill and his staff wasted no time
in busting down the Kyle Field
gates to hold a rare Sunday prac
tice session. Throughout the
week, the Aggies have worn a
path between Cain Hall and the
stadium for their usual mid
afternoon workouts.
But this week’s workouts ha
ven’t been ordinary, let’s-run-
through-each-phase-of-the-
game workouts.
In fact, the players admit they
haven’t worked so hard since the
fall began. But they’ll remember
an oft-spoken four words when
they enter the Astrodome for
Saturday’s matchup with the
Houston Cougars.
Hard work pays off.
And the players won’t have
time to pause for a break in the
action, either. The hard work
will have to continue through
Saturday night if the 2-2 Aggies
expect to defeat Bill Yeoman’s
1-2-1 Cougars.
Quarterback Gary Kubiak
fully understands the situation.
“I know one thing,” Kubiak
said Thursday. “We’ve worked
harder this week than we have
all season, so we plan on going
out there and playing our hearts
out. There’s no doubt that we’re
ready.
“You always hear other teams
saying it’s not hard to get fired
up to play the Aggies, but at the
same time, it’s not hard for the
Aggies to get ready to play,
either.”
Starting middle linebacker
Jerry Bullitt said he and his
teammates haven’t had to push
themselves to get ready for
Saturday’s game.
“We feel pretty good,” he said.
“It’s certainly been the hardest
week we’ve been through this
season. We’re going into this
game with everything to gain and
nothing to lose.
“We just have to go in and play
our best. We think we’re pre
pared for them. We’ll definitely
be fired up.”
But the Aggies won’t be the
only incentive-driven team inside
the air-conditioned confines of
the Astrodome.
“Personally, I can’t wait to play
the Aggies,” UH junior flanker
David Roberson said. “They beat
us by one point last year and it
was hard to accept.”
Roberson, who has caught 19
passes for 258 yards, pinpointed
in one sentence the Cougars’ No.
1 sore spot and No. 1 motivator
in their contest with the Aggies.
In last season’s 7-6 Texas
A&M victory, UH outgained the
Aggies in nearly every category
but lost when fullback David Bar
rett missed a two-point conver
sion pass late in the game. Kubiak
scored the Aggie touchdown on a
43-yard bootleg during the third
quarter.
Through their first four games,
the Coogs haven’t played like
past Houston teams. Their
offense has been inconsistent,
committing turnover after tur
nover after turnover.
Case in point No. 1: In the
Cougars’ season opener, Miami-
Florida turned two fumbles into
10 points. Result: a 31-12 Miami
victory.
Case in point No. 2: Arizona
State converted two fumbles and
a blocked punt into 17 points. Re
sult: a 24-10 ASU victory.
Case in point No. S: In last
week’s game with Baylor, Cougar
quarterback Lionel Wilson threw
two interceptions in the first half, . -
and both led to Bear touch- ^ £ ■
downs. Result: a 21-21 tie.
Summing it up, the Cougars
have allowed 79 points this sea
son, and 44 have resulted from
turnovers.
On the other hand, Texas
A&M has found inconsistency to
be its greatest enemy. A torrent
of injuries to key offensive per
formers has all but drowned a
unit that once boasted an effec
tive balance of rushing and pas
sing.
At this point, the Aggies rank No.
2 in the conference in total
offense at 409 yards a game, but
last week’s season-low output of
15 points found the team forced
into placing near-total emphasis
on Kubiak’s arm. As a unit, run
ning backs Mike Marshall,
George Smith and Jimmie Haw
kins found enough room to rush
for only 36 yards on 29 attempts.
Running backs Johnny Hec
tor, Earnest Jackson and Thomas
Sanders are still nursing injuries,
but Sherrill said this week that
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by John P. Lopez
Battalion Staff
Butch LaCroix knows exactly
what he wants. He knows what
he wants from athletics and
more important, he knows what
he wants from life.
But LaCroix also knows what
he wants Saturday night at the
Astrodome in Houston.
The senior Cougar corner-
back wants to help his team beat
the Aggies.
“It’s a very important game
for us,” LaCroix (pronounced
La-qua) said Thursday in a long
distance interview. “Last year’s
loss is in the back of everybody’s
mind. We lost by only one point,
which hurt us at the time, but it’s
been driving us to work harder
this week. Our practices have
been very emotional.”
coaches love to have on their
teams. LaCroix is a team leader
who has a knack for being
around the ball and is capable of
making a big play at any time.
Also, LaCroix knows that
there’s more to life than tackling
charging backs and intercepting
footballs. He complements his
performance on the field by car
rying a 3.3 grade point ratio in
pre-law. LaCroix said that even
though he thinks he can play pro
football, he wants something to
fall back on in case he doesn’t
make it in the NFL.
“It takes a lot of patience and
a lot of discipline because when
you come in from practice,
sometimes you really don’t feel
like studying,” he said. “But you
have to push yourself just like
you push yourself on the field.
My personal goal is to always be
the best in anything I do,
whether it be athletics or acade
mics. It all boils down to giving
up a little if you want to get a
See LACROIX page 17
staff photo by David Fisher
The Aggies’ Don Jones leaps high to snare a third-
down pass from quarterback Gary Kubiak during last
week’s game with Texas Tech. Raider cornerback
Ricky Sanders defends on the play. Texas A&M will
play the Houston Cougars Saturday at 7 p.m. in the
Astrodome. The Aggies are 2-2 for the season.
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