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I iter farried M the Ch April i Eauaii«| 'her oft velopnr When ilj| i to icobee dt. i his Sherrill utilizes Ags 5 relief pitcher in of tin :epted tlj the astF/ n throiir i i e to kv ?e of Eda :e said, dallion t ovost at lie affair i gaveik share il Conip m willli College c CouK ir loan e. olar k t A&Mc mand Ij eachen; d second cargo «l iversalKff: College d (the Oil ;d if then .e," Con-. al meek space, •jtde i ongly ad itics aK ials tost civilian« oerofiln elopmei ts please: n a belie ety," Sen everyoc on poss By TRAVIS TINGLE Assistant Sports Editor It’s funny how one big play can change a coach’s game plan — even make him change quarterbacks in midstream. In the third quarter of Saturday’s game, Iowa State quarterback Alex Espinoza exploited a one-on-one sit uation between All-America split end Tracy Henderson and T exas A&M’s Wayne Asberry and con nected with a 71 -yard scoring strike. That touchdown cut A&M’s lead to just seven points with a whole quarter of football remaining. So like 'any good baseball man ager, Sherrill pulled Stump from the bullpen and hoped he could post a save and hand Murray the win. The Texas Rangers could take a few les sons from “Sparky” Sherrill. “At 17-10, I felt like at that time we weren’t doing anything offen sively and they weren’t doing any thing either,” Sherrill said. “When they scored I had to make a decision. But now it’s 17-10 and they had the momentum. We had to do some thing. At that time a f elt like I had to play Stump. Because if the game got tight and we had to throw the ball every down, I wanted Kevin (Mur ray) fresh.” Sherrill said Stump was supposed to generate the ground game and drain time off the clock. Not even Sherrill expected Stump to have to throw as much as he did. “At that time we were going to run the option,” Sherrill said. “We felt like they could not defend the option, being from the Big Eight. I didn’t want to throw the ball. But on those third and long situations we had no choice.” Sherrill was pleased with Stump’s poise on the field. “The relief pitcher always has the advantage,” Sherrill said. “You take a quarterback off the bench, he al ways has the advantage unless things are going great. He has the advan tage psychologically. He has the ad vantage crowd-wise." The Port Arthur Jefferson prod uct completed 8 of 1 1 passes for 100 yards and two touchdowns, convert ing on six out of six third down situ ations. Sherrill didn’t know quite what to say about Stump’s passing. “He completed most of them,” Sherrill said. “I mean what can you say about a pitcher who throws stri kes?” What can you say about a pitcher who gets pulled in the seventh in ning because he loads the bases with the winning run on third? You can say that Kevin Murray is looking forward to his next start on the mound. Murray didn’t have that bad of a game statistically. He completed 11 of 26 passes for 141 yards and was intercepted only once. Murray’s problems lied with Iowa State’s nine man front defensive scheme which had him scrambling in every passing situation. Sherrill took the blame for Mur ray’s performance. “We didn’t do a very good job with Kevin. I’m talking about from the (coaches’) press box all the way down,” Sherrill said. “If you guys (sports writers) are going to try to write that Stump was the savior of the day, no that didn’t happen. Stump came in and we didn’t make some of the same mistakes that we made with Kevin, but that’s not be cause of Stump, it was just because our offense started doing some things. Six third down conversions were really made, not because the quar terback did anything extra special, but because the receivers (Shea Walker, Jimmy Teal and Jeff Hol ley) made some good efforts.” Sherrill quickly dispelled any ideas about a quarterback controversy, ala the Dallas Cowboys, with one sen tence. “Kevin’s the quarterback,” Sherrill said.” When reporters asked Stump if he expected to start next week against Arkansas Atate, he echoed Sherrill’s sentiments. “No.” Stump said. “Kevin’s the starter. Like Kevin said, in the third quarter the offense was moving a little slow, but you can’t blame Kevin for everything that happened.” A&M fullback Roger Vick didn’t Texas A&M quarterback Craig Stump fires the ball to a re ceiver downfield during the Aggies’ 38-17 victory over Iowa Photo by BILL HUGHES State Saturday at Kyle Field. Stump replaced starter Kevin Murray and passed for two fourth quarter touchdowns. want to choose a favorite, . when asked if Stump’s presence sparked the offense. “Well, Kevin and Stump are two great quarterbacks, there’s no doubt in my mind,” Vick said. “I really can’t say what the deal was, but we just had to pull ourselves together and play.” Murray made no excuses for his lacklustre play. “Today was just a bad day for me,” Murray said. “ It’s just one of those things, you can’t always have a great day. In the third quarter when they started to take control of the game, coach (Sherrill) told me he was going to give me a rest. The pro tection broke down quite a bit, but it’s nothing we can’t straighten out.” Did Sherrill see any improvement in the Ags from the UTEP scare? “The biggest improvement I saw came after 17-10,” Sherrill said. “We had a chance at that time to become a football team or not. I think our players made a decision to do some things. 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