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Sports
A&M freshmen say workouts OK — so far
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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
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Photo by Anthony S. 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.
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