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December I
Bob Lilly Jr.
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TCU linebacker a chip off No. 74’s block
by John P. Lopez
Battalion Staff
Bob Lilly.
Mere mention of’ that name
still sends shivers down the spine
of every quarterback who ever
played profesional football in
the 1960’s and ’70’s.
Defensive linemen compare
themselves to Lilly, l orn Landry
still wishes he was in a Dallas
Cowboy uniform. And Randy
White, the Cowboys’ all-pro who
inherited Lilly’s spot, has to live
in the ever-present shadow of
No. 74.
for granted that he was a super-
star.”
Bob Jr., who was redshirted
this year for the Horned Frogs,
said he’d eventually like to be as
successful as his father was at
TCU (two-year all-America),
but he doesn’t want anything
handed to him because of his
Lilly is a le'gend in his own
time. So where does that leave
Lilly’s son, Bob Lilly Jr., 20, who
also wants to make a name for
himself in football?
Bob Jr., a sophomore line
backer at TCU in Ft. Worth, said
in a telephone interview that
he’d like future football fans to
“remember Bob Lilly Jr. too,”
but he adds that it will take a lot
of work on his part to achieve
that goal.
“I’m No. 90 (on my uniform),
thank goodness,” he said, “but I
was No. 74 in grade school. I
don’t even want to think about
being No. 74 up here. People
think I came to TCU to live off
my dad’s reputation here, but
that’s not true.
“I originally wanted to go to a
larger state school, but my
father put his foot down and
told me that that’s not what was
best for me. Other than that, he
didn’t try to influence me one
way or another at all.
“He (Bob Sr.) was just so far
above my level,” he said. “What
came natural for him, I have to
really work on. We’re two diffe-
rent people altogether.
“I can judge him a lot better
now that I’m older. I’m in awe of
him. Back then (as a child) I took
“After I visited the three
schools (TCU, SMU and
Baylor),” Bob Jr. said, “I de
cided to come to TCU because
the people were just wonderful
to me. It wasn’t my first choice
and my father didn’t make me
come here. It’s just the school I
wanted to come to.
“He was biased toward TCU,
but he never told me to come
here.”
Lilly said the attention he’s
given because of his famous
father is sometimes a problem.
“I don’t want anybody to give
me anything,” he said. “I was
kind of upset when I was at
(Waco) Richfield High School. I
made honorable mention on the
all-district team and somehow I
got put on the Adidas all-
American team. So if there is
politics in football, it was very
evident there.”
Another problem Bob Jr. has
had trouble avoiding is criticism
from people who think the only
reason he got a football scholar
ship at a Southwest Conference
school is because of his father.
“People treat me in different
ways,” he said. “Some people are
real friendly and others think
that I’m (conceited). But usually
when I get to know someone,
they tell me ‘I used to think you
had a big head.’ I don’t know
why people think that. I guess
it’s because they don’t think I’m
good enough to play in this con
ference. But most of the time
people are just kidding around
with me about my father.
“When I was a freshman, my
roommate used to always say,
‘Hey, there goes Bob Lilly’s son.
Aren’t you Bob Lilly’s son? Can
you get me Bob Lilly’s auto
graph?’ But he was just kidding.
We’re best friends now.”
But can Bob Jr. make a name
for himself on his own?
“I don’t know,” he said. “I’d
like to think that I’m quick off
the ball like he was, but he was a
lot bigger and stronger. I’m only
six feet tall and I only weigh 200
pounds. But it’s kind of hard to
compare us because we play dif
ferent positions. I’m a lineback
er and he was a lineman. We
have two different styles and
techniques.
“First of all, I just want to be
come a starter for TCU before I
think about Bob Lilly Jr. being a
household name. We have a Tot
of good linebackers on our
team, so it’s going to be a fight
for me next year. (Gary) Spann’s
just an awesome athlete. It’s just
natural for him.
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Kansas State 83-72 Thursday
night. It was their fourth loss of
the year.
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height advantage and a first
half-closing scoring streak to put
the Aggies away.
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close until the last two minutes
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“Naturally, I want to be an all-
American,” Bob Jr. said, “but I
don’t think there’s any pressure
on me to become one. The only
pressure I feel is the pressure I
put on myself. I just want to do
good. I want to keep lifting
weights and keep eating and im
prove myself everyday.
“I believe in goals, but the
only goal I have right now is for
me and Spann to be starting
linebackers in the middle next
year.”
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K-State, Wisconsin set to tangle
in Independence Bowl contest
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SHREVEPORT, La. — It may
have taken Kansas State 87 years
to get to its first bowl game, but
the Wildcats are not going to get
any sympathy from the Wiscon
sin Badgers.
In four previous bowl trips
the Badgers have come away
winless on each occasion and
they have dedicated themselves
to altering that statistic Saturday
night in the Independence
Bowl.
Kansas State (6-4-1) and Wis
consin (6-5) will open the bowl
season Saturday evening in the
seventh renewal of a bowl that
has struggled to obtain top
teams for its game each year.
The Badgers are familiar
with that. Last year Wisconsin
made its first bowl trip in 18
years, going to the Garden State
Bowl in East Rutherford, N.J.
That bowl is now defunct.
Wisconsin also lost last year in
the Garden State Bowl to Ten
nessee, 28-21, and coach Dave
McClain wants very much to
bring the Badgers their first
post-season victory in five tries.
“I think we were just so ex
cited to be going to a bowl game
last year that we weren’t going
there with the thinking we
should be going with. And that
was to win the football game.
“We were going more or less
with the attitude, ‘hey, this is
great, we are in a bowl game..’
And it is great. But it hurt that
we didn’t win the darn thing.”
McClain is hoping that Kan
sas State, which put together its
first winning season in 12 years
to earn its initial bowl trip, will
have the same problems Wiscon
sin encountered last year.
“I don’t know if that will hap
pen,” said McClain. “Coach
Dickey (Kansas State’s Jim Dick
ey) has been to a lot of bowl
games because he coached at
Oklahoma.
“I’m sure he will take precau
tions against that happening.
I’m sure of this. Emotional will
be the No. 1 thing in the football
game. Whoever has the best
emotion will win this game.”
. Saturday night’s game could
well turn on Wisconsin’s ability
to move the ball. The Badgers
have their most high-powered
offense in history, averging
more than 400 yards a game for
the first time ever.
“I’m quite impressed with
their defense,” said McClain.
“And offensively they look like
one of the old teams in the Big
Ten — three yards with power
and then a lot of play-action
pakses.”
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