Texas A&M
The Battalion Sports
February 10, 1983 /Page 13^
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Sherrill, staff bring home ‘chips’
Aggies’ haul impressive; includes five
blue chips and sweep of local talent
by John P. Lopez
Battalion Staff
i, 1 He didn’t don Roman attire,
ivictir 111 Texas A&M head coach
irnedi ac ^‘ e Sherrill did a good Julius
try, lesar imitation in the wars of
dnanjlruiting.
Hertoldi came, he saw, and he con-
lents, 1 ; r red -
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I When Sherrill came to Texas
A&M, he saw that the Aggies
pie lacking in line depth and
thj s Jsaw that after senior quarter-
y] e back Gary Kubiak departed, the
eirdii ^lS* es would be hurting in the
shame'I
-calling department. With
se two weaknesses in mind,
hen ill went out to the front
.nesof the recruiting battlefield
Pfitl conquered some of the best
Bent in the state.
■ The quarterbacks hauled in
CP py Sherrill and his staff were
LL Pom Arthur Jefferson’s Craig
i Bimp, Eastland’s Jay Hess,
i? uston Lamar’s Paul Gasper,
Vu Consolidated’s Kip Cor-
Bgton, Hempstead’s Johnny
■Hand and Bryan’s James
MtionilJeer’s — all considered to be
at talents.
On the line, the Aggies cor
ed no less than 10 talented
(! big recruits. Perhaps the
as cam i s[ toutec j linemen signed are
hies Jackson, 6-4, 235, from
uston Yates, Karl Harvey, 6-
,_?25, from Plano, Jay Muller,
Associijjiij, 225, from Conroe, Rick
"‘F Md.oud, 6-7, 240, from Bakers-
‘ ac(, field California, Frank Case, 6-
4, 260, from North Mesquite
st ™ and local hero Todd Howard,
kv 6-3, 222, from Bryan.
fS ^ ■Btit perhaps the best player
irotei'i j a nded by the Aggies was run-
Woodside says no
to $25,000 offer
by John P. Lopez
Battalion Staff
When Keith Woodside signed a letter of intent to play foot
ball with Texas A&M on Wednesday, he left in his wake more
than other schools that wanted his services. He left behind
$25,000.
The 6-0, 195-pound Vidalia, La., native told The Battalion
late Wednesday night he turned down $25,000 from another
school so he could play football at Texas A&M.
The school, which Woodside would not identify, tried to get
the services of the Vidalia high school star by offering him cash,
but Woodside said he turned down the big offer because he
wanted to stick to his values. Woodside lives in a relatively poor
neighborhood and said the offer was tempting, but he said he
decided to turn down the money and come to Texas A&M
because of Coach Jackie Sherrill.
“The first time I talked to him (Sherrill),” Woodside said, “he
asked me if I could be bought and I said ‘no’. And Coach
Sherrill said that was good because if I could (be bought) he
didn’t want me. Coach Sherrill is really a straight-forward man
and that really impressed me.
“It was hard for me (to turn down money), but I talked to
Coach Sherrill about it and I finally decided to go to A&M. I
didn’t want to be bought. I’m going to go to college to get an
education.”
ning back Keith Woodside from
Vidalia, La. Woodside romped
for 2,217 yards this year despite
missing eight quarters of play.
Woodside’s coach has compared
Woodside to Tony Dorsett and
Woodside himself idolizes
Dorsett.
“I really like Tony Dorsett,”
Woodside said, “I always have. It
was great one day when I got a
call from him. He (Dorsett) just
told me all about Coach Sherrill
and how he took care of Tony
like a son. I just can’t wait to get
up there (A&M) and do my
thing. I just love running with
the football.”
Sherrill can’t wait for the new
recruits to arrive either.
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“These additions can certain
ly get us headed in the right di
rection,” Sherrill said. “These
young men have the ability to
get us where we want to go.”
Case said he chose Texas
A&M because he believes the
Aggies will be at the top of the
Southwest Conference stand
ings in a few years.
“I really think A&M will be a
football power in the future,”
Case said. “I believe Coach Sher
rill will turn the program com
pletely around.”
Case is an all-stater who was
highly recruited by Texas Tech
and Arkansas, but chose the
Aggies after visiting the Texas
A&M campus.
“I didn’t realize how much I
liked A&M until I compared it
with other schools,” Case said. “I
have a cousin that goes there
and I had been to ,Aggie games
before', so I know that what I saw
on my paid visit wasn’t a front.
The people at A&M are very sin
cere.
“Even though I didn’t com
mit until late, I have always
thought about going to A&M.
When I was a sophomore I
walked out to the middle of Kyle
Field and dreamed about maybe
someday getting recruited by
A&M.”
See RECRUITS page 15
Five local high school athletes who
signed with Texas A&M pose outside of
Cain Hall after committing. From left,
Bryan High’s Rod Bernstine, Todd Howard,
Shawn Slocum and James Flowers stand-
next to A&M Consolidated’s Kip Cor-
rington.
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