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Wednesday, August 20,1986/The Battalion/Page 11 1 Sports A&M freshmen say workouts OK — so far x i, ^ 3 Photo by Anthony S. Cmsf AicM freshman quarterback Lance Pavlas of Tom ball listens to ad vice from receivers coach George Pugh during workouts Tuesday. Returners begin reporting Returning squad members from the 198b Southwest (Confer ence champion Texas A&M foot ball team began reporting to A&M I ucsdav m preparation for two-a-dav workouts, which are scheduled to begin Fhursdav Practice sessions will be closed to the puhlk. although the publk will get a chance to meet and get pictures with Aggie football play ers todav at 2 p.m. during Pk ture Dav at Kvle Field. The Aggies open their season on the road against l^iuisiana State L’niversity Sept. IS in Baton Rouge, La. By Tori Tagliaboe Sport* Writer Fifty-seven eager athletes walked onto Kvle Field Fridav with the hopes of earning a place on the 1986 Southwest (Conference charmjion lexas A&M football team. Since then, in addition to practicing in the blistering summertime heat, the hopefuls have been getting ac quainted to the collegiate environ ment and the A&M svstem that led the team to the Cotton Bowl. But while the First four workouts by the 22 freshman recruits and 35 walk-ons have been described as in tense. several of the rookies said the practices were also easier than ex pected. Freshman Albert Jones, a 6-foot- 4-inch offensive lineman from Mis souri Citv. said the A&M coaches have been patient with the new re- c ruits in their first workouts. “I expected (the workouts) to be harder and have more running." Jones said. “The coaches have hern good to us. Thev expect us to learn the whole offense The coaches make it easy for you." Ltnebac krr/tight end Jody Ad- amek of Santa Fe, Texas, said be was surprised by the intensity of the workouts. During the workouts themselves, everything is intense." Adamek said. “It's one-two-three It’s real quick." Adamek said the Aggie defense is a comptnated svstem to learn, but there is a lot of repetition to help learn the defense “The defensive svstem is a lot more complicated than any defense I've ever seen in high school," the 6- foot-4 Adamek saicT “It’s very differ ent. We have one set with four cov erages and about 20 different things to cto. “(The first workouts) are more of a learning process where thev set you up an offense, they'll call a de fense for vou and see how you reac t to it. It's repetition just for vou to try to get it down." While the first workouts were con- sid«t«d easiei than expected, receiv ers coafTi (ieorge Pugh said when the varsity athletes report, the prac- tices will get much tougher. "Basically, (the freshman) need to learn our svstem and get into condi tion for when the varsity guys come in," Pugh said. "They’re not used to 1-2-3 from Lotus. 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Camper Defensive end Terry Price of Plano slams into the practice sleds during Tuesday’s freshman line coach Paul Register evaluates his technique. iplmed schedule lhal we re going to nave. Right now we're not trying to condition our kids or anything like that. When the varsity guvs get nere. we'll get them in condition. We’re not interested in trying to see how tough you are. Once you learn our system, vou’ll be able to compete for a position. It's going to get tough in due time." Pugh said the new players have caught on to the Aggie system vers well and seem to he enjoying them selves. “(Generally, during the first cou ple of days, we just try to see how much they can pick up because they’re coming into something to tally different." Pugh said. “The group we have here is as good as anv group we've had here at A&M. I'm sure there will be two or three who c an add depth to certain positkms." pla add depth mas be Jones, who said he wants to be a starter now, although he knows that dream probabiv won't happen in 1986 "I was more concerned about the offense, being part of the team, be- mg on the traveling souad." Jones said. "I was nervous ao work fx>ut getting Jones. Adamek and tight end/lme- hacker Dennis Ransom all said they were eager to get on the field with the varsity because they could learn so much f rom just watc hing them. “I have respect for them." Ran som said. "You can learn just from watching the films of them." Pugh said the extra four days the freshman get bv themselves helps the recruits better adjust to their new setting as well as allowing them toconcentrate vilely on football. "The thing the kids are faced with is thev are coming into a totally new environment and their eves are verv. vers big." Pugh said. “They’re trying to learn all they can about you as their coach, who their roommate is, who their adviser is. who Coach (Jackie) Sherrill is and what kind of guv he really is. So vou have v»me distractions.'' Aggie Notes .. . fhree freshman rec ruits were lost to Proposition 48. the NCAA's new academic rule. Wide re/eivet Percy Waddle of Co lumbus. running bac k James Marc us of Grand Prairie and quarterhat k Felton Ransbv of Decatur. Ga.. Thev did not meet the entrance require ments set forth in the new rule. I he Aggies lost femr inemliery tiom last year's squad. Running bac k Ffarrv Johnvm and wide receiver Lawrence Mitchell were both lost to poor grades. Quarterbac k Paul Gas- par and linebacker Trov Neel left the progr am for pervmal reasons. QUESTION *2. 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