Texas A&M
The Battalion Sports
Friday, April 8, 1983/The Battalion/Page 11
p for grabs
ubiak’s departure finds three QB’s
zhasing after Aggie starting spot
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lteri by John P. Lopez
Battalion Staff
unitaBWhen considering who Texas A&M’s starting
soasi arterback will be next year, the numbers tell the
ty.
I Joe Namath’s No. 12 Fits John Mazur to a tee.
s smooth delivery and placement of his
fits the Namath mold perfectly. And “Hol-
vood,” as Mazur is referred to by his teammates,
uld possibly be the Aggies’ answer to “Broad-
na-Bi iy”Joe.
SIan i< The No. 17 on John Elkin’s jersey is also fitting.
^ pen Elkins drops back and wings the ball to one
ball])! his receivers, Don Meredith would be proud to
„Kjlf p the ball flutter to its destination. It’s not the
ares ettiest pass in the world, but it gets there and is
venit; pally right on target.
Murray carries the No. 14 on his back and plays
je role of a young Steve Grogan well. When
jurray guns one, the receivers definitely know
en it reaches them.
With all three quarterbacks showing their
ong and weak points in spring practice, Aggie
ad coach Jackie Sherrill said he has a tough job
lading who’ll be No. 1.
“It’s hard to say (who’ll play),” Sherrill said,
evin has a good, strong arm but he hasn’t been
long. And Mazur is intelligent and is very
are of what’s going on on the field. He’s a field
neral with a very good arm. Elkin’s been here
d knows the system better than the other two so
at should help him.”
Elkins and Mazur agreed that competition for
etopspot will be tooth and nail. Murray refused
n-Do® comment on the situation.
"There isn’t anything set right now,” Mazur
lid. “In my eyes I’m going to look at it like I’m
agio be a starter. But what they (coaches) see is
[ling to be the important thing. In spring train-
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ing, everybody on the team thinks that they can be
a starter. But they all can’t play.”
Elkins agrees.
“I feel like I’ve got a good chance, but I’ve still
got to improve every day,” he said. “I need to get
the coaches to believe that I can do it and I need to
believe in myself—that’s the main thing. If I show
myself that I can do it then I know I can show the
coaches.”
Elkins has been associated with the Aggie
offensive philosophy longer than either Mazur or
Murray, who are both newcomers to the Texas
A&M campus. Mazur, on the other hand, has an
advantage in game-time experience.
Last fall, Mazur said he improved himself while
playing on the Aggie scout team because he could
“more or less freelance” without being under any
pressure. Elkins, however, was getting experience
while under tremendous pressure.
Elkins logged a considerable amount of play
ing time against Arkansas and SMU last fall after
Kubiak went down with an injury. Although the
Aggies lost both games, Elkins said the experience
was invaluable.
“That was valuable experience that I can use,”
Elkins said. “But Sherrill’s not going to name a
number one until the first game, so I just have to
keep working and improve myself. If you don’t
know you’re number one, then you’re going to
work hard to get there. Gary’s (Kubiak) helped me
a lot. He’s very smart and I learned a lot just
watching him.”
Elkins and Mazur seem to be the two leading
candidates for the starting spot, but Murray’s arm
has been impressive so far in spring practice.
When fall practice starts, several freshman will
also have their sights set on the starting quarter
back spot, but Elkins said it will be difficult for the
freshman to come in and start immediately.
The three candidates for the starting quarterback
position in the fall pose with Coach Jackie Sherrill
before practice Thursday. From left to right are
Sherrill, Kevin Murray, John Mazur and John Elkins
staff photo by David Fisher*
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From left to right
Possible A&M-Utah State game
could highlight softball tourney
by Joe Tindel Jr.
Battalion Staff
Just as basketball fans in Ken
tucky were thrilled when that
unheard of matchup between
Kentucky and Louisville became
a reality, Aggie softball fans
should be excited to hear that
the Aggies are visiting College
Station.
That’s no misprint.
If things go right in this
weekend’s Aggie Invitational at
Travis Park, fans could get to see
the Aggies of Utah State battle
the ones from Texas A&M.
Even more interesting is the
fact that the Aggies — uh —
Utah State, was the AIAW na
tional softball champ in 1980
and 1981, while Texas A&M
took over the crown last spring.
There’s more. Utah State has
a former all-America pitcher,
Mary Lou Ramm, who matches
up quite well with Texas A&M’s
all-America hurler, Lori Stoll.
Last, but not least, Texas A&M is
ranked No. 2 in the country
while Utah State holds No. 9.
So if both teams win a game or
two in bracket play this
weekend, fans could see the
Aggies vs. the Aggies, defending
champs vs. previous defending
champs, all-America vs. former
all-America and No. 2 vs. No. 9.1
How does Utah State coach 1
Lloydene Seal le look at the pos-7
sibility?
“We’ve got three freshmen!
right now that are helping,
Searle said. “Of course, our four
seniors from the two-time na-.-
tional championship team really!
give us good help and good!
maturity.
see SOFTBALL page 12
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