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Alborn says winless Owls should give Aggies close game
The Battalion Sports
October 22, 1982 Page 13
by John P. Lopez
Battalion Staff
When Texas A&M faces Rice
Saturday on Kyle Field at 2 p.m.,
the record book will say the Owls
are 0-6 on the year and that
they’ve allowed more points
than any other squad in the
Southwest Conference.
With those statistics, the Owls
should probably be pigeons for
the Aggies, but Texas A&M
quarterback Gary Kubiak says
the record book can be mis
leading.
“They’re really a pretty good
team,” he said after Thursday’s
workout in Kyle Field. “Their
defense is the strong part of
their team. When I saw the Film
of the LSU game, Rice had them
14-0 at halftime. I expect them
to play well.”
Rice coach Ray Alborn also
thinks the Owls should fare well
against the Aggies.
“I’m the coach, so I’m sup
posed to say that I think we’re
better than our record shows,”
Alborn said in a long-distance
interview. “But I really think we
are. If you look at the bounce of
the ball, we could be a lot better
if it bounced our way.
“But I’m still impressed with
the way our guys have handled
themselves in this situation.
When we fell behind Texas
Tech last week 20-7, everybody
wrote us off, but we showed
some class and came back to go
ahead 21-20. We still lost the
game, but we didn’t give up.”
Kubiak injured his shoulder
last week against Baylor, but will
be ready to play Saturday. Aggie
coach Jackie Sherrill said the in
jury shouldn’t hamper Kubiak’s
performance against the Owls.
“He’s been throwing the ball
well all week,” Sherrill said. “He
hasn’t missed a practice all
week.”
Kubiak said: “It feels a lot bet
ter than it did last week. It was
sore before the Baylor game be
cause I didn’t get enough rest
the week before, and I got a
pretty good shot on it and rein
jured it. But it’s felt pretty good
this week.”
Although Rice’s defense is far
from overpowering, Kubiak and
his aerial circus will have to con
tend with some of the better in
dividual defenders in the con
ference.
Clenzie Pierson, the Owls’ 6-
foot-7-inch 255-pound tackle
and linebacker Richard Gray,
who already has 92 tackles on
the year, are especially worri
some to the Aggie offense, Sher
rill said.
The unenviable task of hand
ling Pierson will fall upon Aggie
offensive tackle Tommy Robi
son, who said Pierson is the best
defensive lineman he’ll have
faced all year.
“I’ve watched him on film and
he’s really a good, big and strong
lineman,” Robison said. “He
does everything well, but he’s
probably better against the run.
So I’ve been working hard on
my technique coming off the
ball and I’ve been concentrating
on staying low.”
Defensively, the Aggies will
have to contend with Doug
Johnson, who took over the
reins as the Owl quarterback last
week and was impressive in his
first start of the year against
Texas Tech.
Aggie safety Domingo Bryant
said Johnson should try to ex
ploit the Texas A&M secondary.
“They run a lot of pro-set
(formations) on offense, so they
should come out and throw at
us,” he said.
QUICK FACTS: The Associ
ated Press cited Bryant as South
west Conference defensive play
er of the week after his perform
ance against Baylor ...Jerry Bul
litt was chosen as the Texas
A&M defensive player of the
week however, for his numerous
key tackles against Baylor ...Jeff
Fuller was also cited by AP after
See AGGIES page 15
Coach Ray Alborn searches
for the right combination
Tommy Robison to
Roughest test of year
Johnson motivating force for Rice
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Gary Kubiak back
slight shoulder injury
by John P. Lopez
Battalion Staff
Doug Johnson received a mes
sage from the heavens and re
fused to listen.
Johnson wasn’t being sacrile
gious; he just wanted to keep
playing football — despite all the
signs from above. In two years at
Rice, Johnson has had four knee
operations, a chipped knee cap,
two broken fingers, a torn ham
string and was red-shirted once.
Johnson says the thought of
quitting crossed his mind more
than once.
“I couldn’t believe I was get
ting injured so often,” he said
Thursday in a long-distance
telephone interview. “The only
thought that kept crossing my
mind was that somebody up
there either didn’t like me or
didn’t want me to play ball any
more. It was really a discourag
ing and frustrating experience.”
But Johnson, an all-state de
fensive back and all-district
quarterback at Pasadena Dobie
High School, decided to keep
playing football. And Rice head
coach Ray Alborn couldn’t be
happier about Johnson’s deci
sion.
“Doug did an excellent job
last week against Texas Tech
under the circumstances,”
Alborn said about Johnson’s
performance in the Owls’ 23-21
loss to the Red Raiders. “He
made a few mistakes, but as the
game wore on he got better and
better. He proved that he can
move the team down the field.
He’s had time to gain confidence
and work with the team a little
more this week, so he should do
a good job Saturday.”
Johnson passed for two
touchdowns and a two-point
conversion, and ran for another
touchdown against Texas Tech
— good enough for Aggie head
coach Jackie Sherrill to take
note.
“I thought he took the team
and did a good job moving them
down the field,” Sherrill said.
“FIf’s got confidence and has
fire in his eyes. I was really im
pressed with the way he played.”
Perhaps one reason the Owls
moved the ball better last week
was Johnson’s unique way of
motivating the Rice offensive
line into playing with more in
tensity.
“I knew our offensive line was
better than it had been playing,”
he said, “so when I got in there
(the game), I just started yelling
and screaming at them. I guess it
worked, because in the second
half we caught up and got real
close to winning. I think we did a
good job overall. I just wanted to
stir a few emotions in the huddle
and get the team going. I don’t
think I upset anyone, so I guess
it worked all right.
“But we need to have a better
showing against the Aggies.
They have some of the best ta
lent around and they’re coming
off a big win. Kubiak can pick
you to shreads when he throws
the ball. I just hope I can help us
out. I don’t think we’re going to
do anything real spectacular
against them, but I think we
might throw a little more than
we have.”
The last time Johnson played
at Kyle Field was two years ago,
when the Owls defeated the
Aggies 10-6. Johnson said he
hopes he can help Rice defeat
Texas A&M again Saturday.
“I think we’re coming along
pretty good on offense and our
defense has been pretty solid all
year. It’s kind of hard to set goals
when you come in during the
middle of the season and your
team has an 0-5 record. But my
goal is to win at least four out of
our next five games and set the
tempo for next year.”
Rice tackle Clenzie Pierson
anchors Owl defensive unit
Quarterback Doug Johnson
to start his second game
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