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CU’S JIM WACKER — who’s becoming quite adept at sur-
ising people — pulled another shocker out of his bag of tricks
iday. 1 he first-year head coach told reporters on the South-
est Conference media tour that his team wants to win, and
:y want to start now.
“1 don’t believe in rebuilding,” said Wacker, who may find
mself convinced of that necessity come November. Turning a
Steam in 1982 into a contender is a job not even the overen-
usiastic Wacker, owner of two straight NCAA Division II
lampionships at Southwest Texas State, can pull off.
Former ICU coach F.A. Dry’s insistance on recruiting junior
liege transfers left Wacker with a sophomore class of 11 — not
actly the kind of depth necessary to win in the SWC.
On the other hand, Texas A&M’s Jackie Sherrill is a firm
lieverin rebuilding — or just building — from the Astroturf
Sherrill has made it clear he is developing an athletic piog-
m, not a football team. The idea is that the system is more
ines hasbegunb iportant than a one-shot chance at the Cotton Bowl. If the
mtside the Mena ogram is good, the wins will come eventually.
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1 he Universin BUT NOT EVEN Sherrill can escape the inevitable. And
ig the const™ :’s about to challenge one of the many unwritten laws of
I area banksarejt liege football — freshmen shouldn’t play,
g the machines. When the ink finally dried on Signing Day ’83, Sherrill and
cBauk A&M,Uni sstaff had rounded up a recruiting class that many called one
ge Station and! the best in the nation. But it was not until they hit the field
I rust, of Bryan Ait Sherrill realized just how good his freshmen can be.
s of thetwoMP,l| A lack of depth at running back and in the defensive secon-
ry is giving many of A&M’s “rookies” the chance to strut their
iff immediately. The effort they’ve shown has not been
sted.
“The freshman class we brought in is as good as we thought
be— maybe even better,” says Sherrill.
“We could redshirt all these players, but I’m not gonna
dshirt a freshman who can come in and help our football
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Jirtall his freshmen. T here are too many holes to fill, and not
fits will be 211 ough people to fill them. Of the 26 freshmen who reported in
tachines. The) e ball, only eight are certain to be redshirted, and another
arc! holder tot ree are still in question. That leaves 15 freshmen on the
leposit tothedi tsity. Rest assured they’ll all see playing time.
See FRESHMEN page 16
Huge offensive line hopes to lead
Texas A&M to more wins in ’83
by John P. Lopez
Sports Editor
There’s been a huge shadow
hovering over Texas A&M’s
Kyle Field this preseason.
No, Hurricane Alicia hasn’t
decided to stop in College Sta
tion. And, no, the Goodyear
blimp hasn’t been practicing its
flights while the Aggie football
team practices.
Both Alicia and the blimp
could surely cast a pretty hefty
shadow, but the shadow hang
ing over Aggie practices is much
bigger.
What is this phenomena?
No phenomena, just the
Aggies lining up for a scrim
mage.
You see, when Jackie Sherrill
first took over the reins as head
coach of Texas A&M in 1982, he
inherited a lot of talented and
well-conditioned athletes. He
was satisfied with the talent he
had on his team.
That is, he was satisfied until
he looked at the offensive line.
Then he must have thought he
encountered his first Aggie joke.
No joke.
The Texas A&M offensive
linemen were weak, puny and
sometimes inept for major col
lege play. It’s not that they we
ren’t good athletes, theyjust we
ren’t the kind of linemen Sher
rill wanted.
“We were really weak,” Tack
le Tommy Robison says. “Every
body we went up against was
stronger than us.”
So Sherrill hired offensive
line coach Golden Pat Ruel and
Texas A&M embarked on an all
out effort to strengthen and
beef up the Aggie front wall.
Mission accomplished.
The Aggie line this year will
consist of tackles Nate Stead
man, 6-3, 265 pounds and Robi
son, 6-4, 285 pounds, guards
Ken Reeves, 6-5, 270 pounds
and Greg Porter, 6-3, 265
pounds and center Matt Darwin,
6-4, 270 pounds.
From tackle to tackle, the
Aggies average 271 pounds. As
a comparison, the average
weight of the Houston Oilers of
the NFL is 262 pounds.
Sherrill calls the Aggie line
“The Pack” because ol the way
the lineman vigorously work
together on and off the field.
And recently, he said the Texas
A&M offensive line was “the
best I’ve ever coached.”
‘We needed the size
and strength just to
keep up with guys like
Michael Carter. And
now that we have it, we
all feel a lot better with
each other and have
confidence in
ourselves. ’ — Texas
A &M cen ter Ma tt Dar
win on the Aggie
offensive line.
Those are pretty big words
considering Sherrill coached
one of the best offensive lines
ever in 1981 when he was at Pitt
sburgh.
But Ruel said the pack’s dedi
cation will certainly prove that
the Aggie line will not only be
big, but good.
Maybe even great?
“That’s hard to say,” Ruel
said. “We have to see how they
perform. But I will say that
they’ve been getting better and
better everyday.
“They’re just a really close
knit group of guys. They work
very hard and I feel like this line
has the. potential to take the
offense a long way.”
Perhaps one reason the Aggie
offensive line has put in so many
extra hours in the weight room
and at the dining table is be
cause, for the most part, the line
men have quiet, reserved social
lives.
They have hair well above
their collars and pretty much
look like the boys next door.
“Matt (Darwin) and me are
the quiet ones,” Steadman said.
“We like putting in the hours
because it pays off in the end
and coach Ruel makes it fun. I
think we’re all just average, run
of the mill guys.”
Average guys that say they’re
ready to take on any defensive
line that gets in their way.
“We needed the size and
strength just to keep up with
guys like Michael Carter (SMU
lineman),” Darwin said. “And
now that we have it, we all feel a
lot better with each other and
have confidence in ourselves.
“I don’t know how good we’re
going to be, but we all think
we’re going to be a lot better
than before.”
The offensive line will have a
chance to prove itself Saturday
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Wednesday, September 14, 1983
PCPA Day allows all students to visit with company representatives in their booths about job
opportunities, employment requirements, and course selection toward obtaining employment.
Wednesday, Sept. 14th 9-11:30 and 1:30 to 5:00 — Second floor MSC
Tickets for the evening barbeque at the Brazos Center will be on sale in MSC Hallway, September 5-12.
Senior and internship interviews with companies on September 15 and 16. Sign up starts August 29 in
the Career Placement Center.
Companies interested in discussing your future in Agriculture:
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Agricultural Workers Mutual Auto
Insurance Co.
Agri-Industries
Agrow Credit Corporation
•Allied Feeds, Inc.
Alpha Gamma Rho
American Brahman Breeders Assoc.
American Cyanamid
Bank of America
Beefmaster Breeders Universal
Brookhaven Country Club
Cargill Nutrena Feed Division
Chemlawn Corporation
Ciba-Geigy
Dairymen, Inc.
Dow Chemical USA
Elanco Products Company
EXCEL Corporation
Farm Credit Banks of Texas
Foodmaker, Inc.
Funk Seeds International
Granada Corporation
H. E. Butt Grocery Company
Holly Farms Poultry of Texas, Inc.
IBP, Inc.
Loomix, Inc.
Luby’s Cafeterias, Inc.
Monsanto Company
Moorman Manufacturing Company
MSD-AGVET, Division of Merck & Co.
National Farm Life Insurance Company
North Haven Gardens
Northrup King Co.
Orkin Exterminating Co., Inc.
Pfizer Inc.
Ralston Purina Company
Servi-Tech, Inc.
Sillon Brangus Ranch
Standard Meat Company
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Texas and International Brangus
Breeders Association
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers
Association
Texas Electric Cooperatives, Inc.
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Texas Real Estate Research Center
UrbanAgra Corporation
U. S. Army Engineer District
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