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Monday, August 27, 1984/The Battalion/Page 15 jWacker says TCU iij sick of losing ways ( "'ts s '! al % ^'■lous 'estint ••U-M the n ds. lion a dak a lion cov- le r should 'V. or Tra- > ports edi- Sports at ;, ^316 to l( -'<ly vour all.' I l he teair, 'plcte and avers, the 1 gttmesor statistics coverage, ild have i Battalion informa- ' infonna- '.fftan de- vou don't is, then it us to find make an Lib will do :ontad us TCU’s Jim Wacker United Press International PORT WORTH, Texas (UPI) — m Wacker, being about as good a niblic speaker as there is in college thletics, could probably talk his way ut of most any difficulty. ! But he cannot talk his way out of | fact that in his first year as head bach of the Texas Christian lined Frogs his team was 1-8-2. So, to his credit, he does not try. Ilast year was the pits,” he said. We rad one basic problem. We dre not very good. And we found lut that is a bad basic problem to I e Wacker, who had coached South- |t Texas to two consecutive na- nal championships, came to TCU par ago as one of the most enthu- tic coaches in a profession that prs to enthusiasm. Tiis team came close to beating a f teams. But it beat only one — Rice Owls. The Horned Frogs s continued endured their 21st Ing season in the past 24 years. “I'm not living in a bubble,” Jcker said. “I know we can’t win I one game this year. This is a crit- year in turning this football pro- Jnaround. If we don’t win five or games I’ll be very upset. This is year we have got to get things on ck.” fCU made a good start at turning jigs around by having an excellent juiting year, but Wacker wants to Ishirt as many of those freshmen possible. That means he will have to get it lie mostly with the players who Educed the 1-8-2 record in 1983. on 3Ck the keys to that group will be grterback Anthony Sciaraffa, run- ng back Kenneth Davis, world- iss sprinter James Maness at nker and a defense headed Ibacker Gary Spann and |rd KentTramel. [here will be a goodly number of by nose freshmen, including quarterback Scott Ankrom, who could well be Southwest Conference stars of the future. Help, however, is needed be fore the future gets here. Wacker has thus concentrated on two areas — trying to make his play ers more physical and trying to make them think like winners. “We had a meeting of coaches,” he said, “and we all agreed we can’t be 1-8-2 again because in two years we will be gone and there won’t be any food on the table. “We had to corhe up with a plan. And that plan involves what we call ‘smash-mouth football.’ “We had a clinic here last year with a lot of visiting coaches and we were embarrased because we didn’t have any players who could deliver a blow on the blocking sled. “If you are a boxer you develop a punch by hitting the punching bag over and over again. Our players have hit that blocking sled over and over again this year. They look great hitting the blocking sled. Now we are going to find out how they look hit ting other people. “When you look back at last year we were fourth in defense in the conference and that’s not bad for a crummy team. And that’s what we were — crummy. We were fifth in total offense. “But what makes the difference is what happens inside the 20-yard line. If you are a good team, you score when you get inside the 20. If you score you win, and we didn’t score so we lost.” Then there is the mental ap proach. “I’ve taken over programs that were down,” Wacker said, “but never one that was this down. Last year you could see it happen when the other team would throw a long pass and score or when we would turn the ball over. “The players would come over to the bench and hang their heads and say, ‘oh, no, here we go again.’ “Then the other team would beat the dog out of us the rest of the day. That is what we have got to get over.” In 1983 the Horned Frogs had good chances to beat Kansas, SMU, texas Tech, Houston and Texas. A few inches here, a single play there and Wacker’s first season at TCU would have been a winning one. But getting the right things to happen on those few big plays could be a major hurdle to clear. “This year they (the Horned Frog players) are bigger, faster and stronger. We have worked them very hard. It is called sacrifice and dedication. We are not going to go I- 8-2 again. Those days are over.” ontest announced lor all Aggie artists ice it when ig lineup 'be on TueS'l ecisions Jttj joys were a team P ■ outstandinj nd weekoni iy e || S p orts f anS) W elcome to the Jofus, s a rsi annual Great Battalion Sports oing to I* rt Contest. Probably your hearts past. I o' e beating faster in anticipation of ill take, '"ij exciting event. Well you better i placedoijiiit un tii y OU see the rules, can d°' (The subject of this contest is to fore thes fI pw the ideal Aggie football player. p* only limiting factors on your ck Wafl^teativity are that the drawing must }6 passes■ 0, |on a legal size white sheet of pa- w two in®'Band your own artistic ability. ! Use a dark drawing material such Black ink, or a black pen so they be reproduced in The Battalion, ocrayons please. hese Aggie masterpieces will be licio uS " 1 ’ burf,e l idel 0 0,b8 31 am TackW'" fV ^ ost df ul ’ eso' I 0 ices- judged on all kinds of biased precon ceptions, so enter at your own risk. But the drawing that survives the gruelling judging will be published along with the artist’s name. This contest is open to any and all students and faculty who are willing to bare their talents, or lack of tal ents, to all the readers. There is no limit on the number of entries you can submit. Mail entries to The Great Battal ion Sports Art Contest, The Battal ion, 230 Reed McDonald Building, College Station, Texas, 77843. 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