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Sports Friday, September 21,1984/TTie Battalion/Page 9 Kokemoor pleased with kickoff squad See page 12 WEP Miners buried—enter the Cyclones By TONY CORNETT Sports Writer It’s a fact that Texas A&M Foot- Iball Coach Jackie Sherrill is not as [distressed about the way the Aggies [played against UTEP as many Ag- [gie-watchers would think. It’s all I part of the plan. The three idle weeks that the Ag- [gies have had since their 20-17 win [over the Miners have been the me- jdium for a culture of “goal post” car- |toons, newspaper articles and re marks by disgruntled fans who wanted to see a crushing Aggie win in that first game. In their season opener, the Aggies were fortunate enough to have the left upright de flect the Miners’ game-tying Field goal attempt But none of this seems to have' worn on Sherrill, who maintains that ten years down the road, it’s the win in the column and not the score in the box that will tell the story. So, once and for all, why didn’t the Aggies splatter the Miners like everybody wanted and expected them to? “I didn’t feel like that was best for our football team early in the sea son,” said Sherrill, “If you’re playing a game like that (UTEP), you ought to win it the hard way beacuse the games coming down the road are games you better be able to play. Games that you’re going to play down the road aren’t games that you’re going to go out there and go 80 yards in three plays in.” Aggie quarterback Kevin Murray executed just such a drive against the Miners. It helps to understand the attitude that the Coach Sherrill and the Ag gies have been working with. “I think the approach to the first game was the same that they (the players) had,” said Sherrill, “We were going to open up (the season) — we were going to play — and we were really going to open our season this week. I think that they ap proached it the same way mentally.” The UTEP game is now history. So as far as the Aggies are con cerned, the Iowa State game is the season opener. This Saturday, when Kevin Mur ray trots out on the field to lead the offense, he’ll be under different or ders from Sherrill. He’ll be turned loose. “We’re going to be a lot more reckless,” said Sherrill, “Like (Penn State Head Coach Joe) Paterno put it, ‘We’re going to put in some of those fancy plays.’ ” But, against the Cyclones, the Ag gies are still going to stay with their plan to play many players. Still, if the Ags do win, and turn ing Murray loose is really the key, don’t look for a bloodthirsty maroon and white. There will not be any in tent to run up the score against the Cyclones. As Sherrill put it, “We’re not going to be going out to see if we can smash them.” PF-TER RoCHtl you can must be 'ak Mall, jpers. 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