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By Homer Jacobs
Assistant Sports Editor
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fense so far in 1986.
Soiiiktjt^iyood.side Left! Vick Right! Mur
ray to Walker, we’re all right! Load,
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inconsistent and imprecise at times.
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Bjfou better give the A&:M offense
Jroom or it could blow up in your
, face mask. Just ask Baylor.
KjAlthough the Bears lead the
Southwest Conference in total of
fense with 454.6 yards per game, the
Aggies aren’t far behind with 423.
However, unlike last year, the Ag
gies have failed to average over 200
yards in both the rushing and pass
ing categories.
PPV&M’s ground attack is fourth in
the conference at 187.3 yards per
game, while it’s averaging 235.7
through the air, good enough for
second place in the SWC.
^■'he main difference in the 1985
offense and this year’s squad seems
toiie the relationship between the
pass and the run.
Klast year, the Aggies had two
hangers at fullback in Anthony To
ney and Roger Vick, who would
wear down defenses by pounding
the ball up the middle. The run
would set up the pass.
|J In 1986, it’s the opposite.
Its pass first and run second,
thanks to a balanced set of wide re
ceivers and the emergence of tight
end Bernstine.
Bernstine sneaking across the
middle has been an opposing line
backer’s nightmare and quarterback
Kevin Murray’s dream.
With receivers Shea Walker, Har
ris, Tony Thompson, Bernstine and
running back Keith Woodside as tar
gets, Murray has been able to estab
lish himself as the premier passer in
the conference.
The passing attack’s capabilities
were evident in the Baylor game
when Murray and his receivers
shredded a Baylor defensive second
ary that is considered one of the top
groups in the nation.
Murray also has been breaking
passing records left and right. If it
weren’t for some dropped passes by
his receivers and his interceptions
earlier in the season, Murray could
well have been in the Heisman Tro
phy hunt.
If there has been a real weakness
in the A&M offense, it might be in
the young offensive line.
But injuries have plagued the
group from Day One. If the line can
ever get healthy, it should be a good
one.
The line is giving Murray ample
pass protection, but the holes tnat
Toney and Vick used to run through
last year are not quite as gaping for
Woodside and Vick this yea^.
But like the Monkees’ song, that
was then and this is now.
The Aggies are not the same team
as last year’s, but that’s okay.
Last year’s squad may have had a
slightly more potent offense, but
A&M was 5-2 at this time, not 6-1.
Winning is the bottom line, and
the Aggies have been potent at that.
Overall, barring injuries, the of
fense should improve the next four
weeks until that game when . . .
BOOM! — as the offense explodes
like a World War I cannon.
A&M .. . Give us room!
Texas A&M fullback Roger Vick plows through Rice’s de
fensive line to score A&M’s first touchdown in last Satur-
Photo by Dean Saito
day’s victory over the Owls. Vick and the rest of the Aggie of
fense hope to be at full force against SMU in Irving Saturday.
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There Are Some Things You Should Ask Bill Clements
And His Campaign Workers Before You Go To The Polls
Tomorrow
Why did he say that “If I had to name one state agency that was a greater waste than any other, it
would have to be our institutions of higher education in this state?”
(Austin American Statement, Oct. 20, 1986)
Why did he veto agricultural reserach at the Agricultural Experement Station, Texas Tech, and West
Texas State?
Why did he say that the state should raise tuition, becasue it would only cost students “half a coke a
day”?
Budget Board estimated that, without a tax increase, the Texas A&M budget would have to be cut by
more than a third.
GOVERNOR MARK WHITE had the courage to fight for
a tax increase to keep our colleges and universities open
VOTE TO PROTECT OUR FUTURE
VOTE FOR MARK WHITE ON NOV. 4TH
pol. advertising paid for by the Aggie Democrats
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