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Student-Faculty-Staff Good Thurs, Fri & Sat til 1 p.m. or the first 500 The Floral Center ' ‘The Full Service Florist * ’ Specializing in Fresh Cut Roses^all colors 2920 E 29th 1 Block East of St. Joseph Hospital 822-6047 Durwood Speights ’49 owner SPORTS — "" :•<: •. •V ,•> ;Y : . ’ - v liWiiill : III# Last season, Rice quarterback Kerry Overton was one of many quar terbacks who found himself with nowhere to go against Texas A&M Battalion File Photo linebacker Johnny Holland. The Aggies’ leading tackier hopes to harass Alabama quarterback Mike Shula a few times Saturday. Glory days back for Ag defense By KEN SURY Sports Writer Lots of folks remember how good Texas A&M’s defense used to be. You know, the “glory days” when guys like Ed Simonini, Lester Hayes, Pat Thomas and Jacob Green roamed from sideline to sideline in All-America style. Well, A&M defensive coordinator R.C. Slocum said the Aggie defense has returned to that vintage form in ’85. If anyone can make that statement, Slocum can. He coached some of those Aggie All-Americans from 1972-80. After that, Slocum coached briefly at USC and then returned to A&M in 1982 when Jackie Sherrill arrived. So when Slocum says he “feels good” about this year’s Aggie de fense, there’s got to be a good rea son. “There’s a mixture of experience and youth which should generate a lot of excitement and emotion among the (defensive) players,” Slo cum said. The only experience the Aggies lost was All-American end Ray Chil dress and second team All-South west Conference linebacker Ken Ford. Childress and Ford were the second and third leading tacklers on the team last year. Slocum admitted losing two play ers of that caliber hurts, but since the Aggies’ first leading tackier does re turn, who’s got time to miss Chil dress and Ford? “This year’s group is the kind that does play together — a group made up of unselfish individuals,” Slocum said. “(Linebacker) Johnny Holland is the closest player to being labeled a ‘superstar,’ but he’s a totally unself ish person.” Holland was the tackier for A&M last season with 155. A&M Head Coach Jackie Sherrill expects outstanding play from Hol land again this season — and he’s only a junior. During the SWC Press Tour on Sept. 3, Sherrill said of Holland: “There’s a mixture of ex perience and youth which should generate a lot of excitement and emotion among the (defensive) players. This year’s group is the kind that does play together — a group made up of unselfish individu als. ” Defensive Coordinator R.C. Slo cum sports a motivational shirt. “You won’t find a better line backer in this conference.” You also may not find a better de fensive end than A&M’s Rod Sad dler. Saddler, who was A&M’s fifth leading tackier in ’84, fills the void left by Childress at left end. Sherrill said, at this point in Sad dler’s career, he’s a better player than Childress was. The only thing that seems to nag Slocum is that there aren’t any se niors on the Aggies’ defensive front. But Saddler said he doesn’t think that “seniors” have to be synony mous with “experience.” “We have some experienced guys (nine starters return from a year ago) out there, even though they’re not seniors,” Saddler said. The only seniors on A&M’s de fense are found in the secondary. Seniors Darrell Austin, Wayne As- berry, Domingo Bryant, Jimmie Hawkins, Lance Jackson and Tony Sjaton combined for 256 tackles and accounted for seven turnovers last season. But Slocum isn’t relying exclu sively on the starters. He said the second teamers are capable of play ing with “almost anybody.” Well, Alabama isn’t just “anybo dy,” but Slocum said playing the Crimson Tide in the season opener is a good test. “I like getting ready for a good opponent,” he said. “It’s got to help you down the road.” Slocum said he expects the ’Bama game to be a low-scoring, defensive 8 ame - “Early season games are difficult to gauge team success by,” he said, “because, even though most de fenses will probably play at about the same level all year, most offenses don’t have their timing yet perfec ted.” Several Aggie defenders agree that the game will be a defensive struggle. “It 11 be a true test for us,” Hol land said. “But, we’re the type of guys that like challenges.” Austin, A&M’s right cornerback, said Alabama’s of fense, led by quar terback Mike Shula, showed him “they can strike at any time.” Austin said his biggest concern will he handling the Tide’s quid wide receivers. “I pride myself on having a litde speed,” Austin said. “We’ll see howl fare. If I have a good game against them, it says a lot about my covera- 8 e '” Holland said he has confidence in the secondary controlling the pass and the defensive line stopping the run. So does Saddler. “We’re going to get in there and play well,” Saddler said, “because I think we’re probably a little quicker than they are. They probably don’t know it yet. They’ll know after Sat urday night.” Saddler said the Aggies’ quickness might surprise more people than just the Tide players. “People haven’t seen our defense play since last year and we had a pre tty strong def ense last year,” he said. “I think we’re going to be even a step quicker this year and we may have the quickest defense not only in the conference, hut maybe in the coun try because no one on our defense runs (the 40-yard dash) over 5 (sec onds) flat. “I don’t think too many (teams)in the country can say that.” As far as first game jitters are con cerned, Saddler said most of the players are used to pressure. 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