Texas A&M The Battalion October 12, 1982 Page 9 lensive a* Sherrill satisfied with ‘best effort’ by Frank L. Christlieb Sports Editor ution saidEffort. ue to eipoj ^ Jackie Sherrill demands it from Roman Cj bis players. The Aggie coach won’t ray in tit; put up with a player who doesn’t anti-birth d give 100-plus percent every time he steps on the football field, ffngisatliHi Sherrill and his staff members victories ij; aren’t ecstatic about the results of fAmerhw- ius their ^ the places society,” the first five games the season, after which Texas A&M has a 2-3 Record. But Sherrill says he liked yyhat he saw during the Aggies’ 24-20 loss to the Houston Cougars Saturday, ig “I felt like the effort was the best yjKe’ve had,” Sherrill said during Monday’s press conference in pain Hall. “I felt like we did some Bings game plan-wise very well i big defeat' an( l executed well in spots, mith, \4 : Our defense played well with iresidentn the amount of pressure put on it. he present* e to the ii|l tet Whitley] id. “Idon’lil in the hn© wing an the w its drivell \mcndmen‘: ; feminism* lice. Shea ightwingaf nistration.’ Jesse Held id NOV.' i ime onen al action ffl n. NOWml ml PACsJ teandUl The defense gave us a chance to tyrin, and we should have won.” H Against a team with the overall talent of Houston, Sherrill said, the Aggies played with more in tensity than they had in their 24- 15 loss to Texas Tech the previous yyeek. ■ “From top to bottom,” Sherrill said, “Houston probably has the best (team) in the conference, ability-wise.” H Sherrill said the players’ effort has been lacking at times during the first five games. |[“Fm pleased with some of the effort, but I’m not pleased with the way some of them have play- he said. “They’re probably A not pleased with some of the • things I’ve done, either. “But they’re not out there to 1 jjlease me as much as they’re out | there to please themselves. Some of them are not pleased with the way they’ve played. ” if Sherrill said running backs WMENTS ' Johnny Hector, Earnest Jackson land Thomas Sanders should be I near full strength for this week’s [game with the Baylor Bears. Hec- Itor and Jackson are slated as the Barters behind quarterback Gary 1 Kubiak. ,j Hector rushed 12 times for 37 ■yards and caught eight passes for shuttle bus 51 yards against the Cougars, but Jackie Sherrill pleased with Aggies’ effort against UH Sherrill said the coaches may have played the senior tailback too much. “Hector and Jackson were rus ty,” Sherrill said. “Hector played well, but probably played too long. Jackson made some mental mistakes, but is physically ready to play, and so is Sanders.” George Smith, the Aggies’ freshman fullback from Georgia, may not be ready for this week’s game after aggravating a recurring ankle injury. Sherrill said the Texas A&M de fense performed well in allowing the Cougars to sustain a scoring drive only once. That drive came in the first quarter, when the Cougars drove 75 yards in 11 plays to take a 7-3 lead on Dallas Wig gins’ 6-yard run. Houston’s other scores came on a 51-yard pass from quarterback Lionel Wilson to David Roberson, a 35-yard drive that resulted in a field goal and a 20-yard return on a Kubiak fumble in the fourth quarter. “No one’s going to shut down Houston’s offense,” Sherrill said. “You can slow it down, but it’s a very reckless offense and it can really hurt you. Sherrill said the Aggie defense, which allowed 486 yards to the Cougars’ option attack, may have tired during the second half. He said the defense faced a double- Bears’ Gerald McNeil may be key in Saturday’s game duty task in pursuing Wilson and Wiggins, the pitch man in UH’s option attack. “When you’re playing against that kind of (veer) offense, you have to be very disciplined,” he said. “Our defense got tired in the second half and the players’ confi dence level went down. “We don’t have a defense that is that physical ... or that has a lot of outside speed. If the offense can hang on to the ball, then the de fense would have a chance to hang in there. Sherrill said the recent play of freshman running back Jimmie Hawkins has been a buffer to the Aggies’ backfield problems. Sher rill said, however, that the team might have benefited more with Hawkins on defense. Hawkins played safety, running back, place-kicker and punter for San Antonio Holmes during his three years of varsity action. “He’s one of those who’s a foot ball player — not only an athlete, but a football player as well,” he said. “If we knew earlier what we know now (about his defensive ta lents), we’d be a whole lot smarter.” Baylor, which led SMU for three quarters before losing 22-19 Saturday, has several strengths, Sherrill said. One of the players the Aggies will have to watch is split end Gerald McNeil,' a 5-7, ithweslPi' 4 COME TO ATM TO IMPROVE YOUR MIND? COME TO BILL’S TO LOOK GOOD WHILE DOING IT! 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And Sherrill s strategy for cov ering the diminutive McNeil? “We re going to put 12 men on the field and two people on him,” he said. Baylor coach Grant Teaff said it’s unknown whether McNeil, who sustained a bruised shoulder against SMU, will be ready for Saturday’s game, which starts at 2 p.m. in Kyle Field. “But I would bet the farm that Mr. McNeil will be in the proper place at the appointed time, Teaff said in a long-distance telephone hookup during the press confer ence. Sherrill hinted that more changes are in store for the Aggie defense this week. After starting Billy Brown and Darrell Adams at cornerback, Billy Cannon at free safety and Jeff Farrar at strong safety against Houston, Sherrill said, Saturday’s starting secon dary may feature Greg Williams and Wayne Asberry at the cor ners, Cannon at strong safety and freshman Domingo Bryant back to his starting free safety spot. 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