The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, October 28, 1982, Image 19

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October 28,11
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Battalion/Page 19
October 28, 1982
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I In the land of Mercedes, Mustangs
and the Pony Express, Lance Mcllhenny
stems out of place.
I Everything is richer at SMU. The cars,
the clothes, and the talent in the back-
fjeld all look just a little classier than do
those at your average institution of high
er learning. The SMU football media
guide, along with the standard stats and
mug shots, has pictures of Morgan Fair-
cnild and Charlene Tilton visiting the
J mnpus.
Classy, huh?
Beautiful girls, a first-rate coach in
)bby Collins, and all the talent one
kfimild ever want. No place but SMU, as
Hie bumper sticker reads.
I And then there’s Mcllhenny.
j As a quarterback, little No. 1 1 doesn’t
Bury impressive statistics. He’s not that
big, not that fast, and he doesn’t throw
that well.
But after a closer inspection, it’s easy to
: that the Dallas native fits SMU’s
flense like Gucci’s on a banker.
His size isn’t scaring anyone. Yet he’s
the perfect man for tlie job. The media
Bjuide sums Mcllhenny up better than
any sports writer ever could.
“All the 5-11, 195-pound quarterback
)m Dallas Highland Park High School
oes is win,” it proclaims.
And win he does. The Mustangs are
0-2 in games that Mcllhenny has
skirted, including last year’s 10-1 South-
st Conference championship season.
His leadership and play made him a con-
John
wagner
census all-SWC quarterback in 1981, and
the chances are good Mcllhenny will re
peat this season.
Why? Just ask the Texas Longhorns.
Mcllhenny continually frustrated the
Longhorn defense Saturday in Austin
with his ability to make the right play at
the right time. He has a rare talent for
running the option — staring the de
fense right in the eyes and pitching the
ball at the last minute.
And in the fourth quarter, when
Texas stopped the option and shut down
the Mustangs’ power I, Mcllhenny threw
three passes, all complete, all for touch
downs.
It was a key victory for the Ponies and
sweet revenge for their only loss of 1981.
Last season, the Longhorns defeated
SMU 9-7 on Raul Allegre’s three field
goals.
And because of SMU’s probation,
Texas went to the Cotton Bowl while
Mcllhenny and the Mustangs stayed
home.
In Kyle Field last year, Mcllhenny pas
sed 16 times, completing six. Once again,
not that impressive. And his 108 passing
yards seemed weak compared to Aggie
quarterback Gary Kubiak’s 257-yard tot
al. But Mcllhenny’s roll-outs kept the
Aggie defense guessing, and the passes
completed were timely ones, if not im
pressive ones.
The Mustangs won 27-7.
This year the Mustangs are 7-0, rank
ed fourth in the country by both the AP
and UPI polls, and are heading for a
Nov. 20 showdown with the Arkansas
Razorbacks — who are ranked fifth.
Before that contest takes shape,
however, the Mustangs have to get by
Texas A&M, Rice and Texas Tech. And
what might seem to be a downhill coast to
destiny could be disrupted — especially if
the Ponies are caught looking toward to
Arkansas.
But for now it appears SMU is on the
right track, and the Pony Express — the
tailback tandem of Eric Dickerson and
Craig James — seems to be heading into
the home stretch intent on crossing the
wire first. The man holding the reins,
however, is Mcllhenny.
Somehow, in the land of Mercedes and
Mustangs, Lance Mcllhenny is the man
who makes the show go.
He may not look pretty, but he wins.
And that’s all that counts.
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(continued from page 17)
see how it felt.
“The first time I went out and
threw the ball, I felt encouraged.
The way I threw the ball, I didn’t
have the natural fingertip mo
tion any more so I had to learn to
throw a little differently. But
once 1 got the feel of the grip
and became a little more relaxed
and built up enough strength in
my wrist and arm again, I did all
right. I built new fingertips, so to
speak, and it became a little
easier.”
The following year, Metzger
was once again in the Giant’s
spring training camp and even
tually worked his way back onto
the roster.
“I was fortunate because ev
erybody was more than fair to
me,” he said. “At some other
places I felt like I might not have
ever gotten a chance. In my
mind, I made it. I knew I could
never play on a starting basis
again, but I thought I could play
if someone was hurt and play a
couple of weeks at a time.”
Metzger retired in 1980 and is
now owner and proprietor of
the Bluebonnet Hills Restaurant
outside of Brenham. But he said
that after he finished his career
in San Francisco, he could have
entered coaching.
“They offered me a job in
their minor leagues, but I didn’t
want to do that,” he said. “I took
on some scouting, but it just
didn’t work out with me trying
to run a restaurant and be on the
road too. If I ever coach a team,
I think I would enjoy coaching a
college team.
“All in all, I miss the playing.
The thing that was getting to be
the least enjoyable was the
travel. During my last year, I felt
like it started becoming too
much work and when it got to
that point, I really didn’t have a
good time.
“I went to the ballpark and
didn’t really contribute any
thing; it became a chore to get
there,” Metzger said. “But over
all, I look at it this way — if it
wasn’t for baseball I wouldn’t
have met Tammy (introduced
through Astro teammate Ken
Forsch) and I wouldn’t have
what I have today. It was good to
me and I consider myself very
fortunate.”
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