Monday, September 7, 1987/The Battalion/Page 15
Sports
ept offense plagues Aggies in season opener
By Loyd Brumfield
Sports Editor
You almost have to laugh at Texas
ikland, Jamtit&M’s 1-5 record in season openers
damage v ince Coach Jackie Sherrill’s arrival
(•deration \ a 1.982.
,v,ts investigate Except it’s just not funny,
lay, the pilotc: Once again
la 150 living he Aggies
leported ht tailed the sea- Analysis
,e to another, on embarrass- ___ —
moke, accon ogly unpre-
Veather Ser 'ared. As a result, they suffered a
7-S defeat at the hands of a Loui-
lor the FAAidana State team that, at least on Kyle
rd a “near-ir, ield last Saturday, appeared to be a
idbverrated.
ic third strair. You get the feeling that A&M
ather in Cai ould have handled the Tigers easily
• making hr/ h had been at least half-way pre-
s worst bk 'ired. And it could have done it
19,000-acrt hth a young team, to boot,
the StanisL Instead we get the same dreary
wes t of Vi lory of penalties, mistakes and of-
.i spokesmi: ens ‘ ve confusion that adds up to a
o longer thrt ‘isttial debut.
ive of rarti- Wouldn’t it be nice if A&M could
park. bp the season opener and start the
ir tj nes an ^ eason off with the second game?
the Califon laybe it could keep its national
icsti v, said Jwnp* ons hip hopes alive that way.
cr Werebr The Aggies didn’t even complete
ni on our to^ Pf ss unt *‘ s ‘ x minutes into the sec-
”■1 quarter. Actually, they com-
’aper ComtK^ cl F < ^ one eai her but it went to the
enough ' r <» g team - In f act » not one P a ss
nt/c ’ ras eve n attempted until the last
r was tiinute of the first quarter. More-
I / 'ver, it took A&M almost 14 minutes
hen a four iUtl the First quarter to get its first
iHeir in st ( l° wn - T° he fair, it should be
. ioted that A&M only had the ball
, . our minutes and 19 seconds.
t^area but * ^gg' es startet I the 1987 cam-
]niI / ,a ign using a stuffy, conservative of-
r r ,, iensc that the Tit
" /as run on first d
ers devoured. It
own, run on sec-
. nd down, pass on third and punt
‘ p' cS^urth.
“I think we ought to start throw-
11 ‘' Vl ; igl the ball more often on first
' , ' 1 'l’ 1 '" lown, which is what we usually do,”
i "‘ i '’P^'jpartei'biu k Craig Slump said. “We
1 tad some penalties that really hurt
ts .1 . you can’t make excuses.”
A&M finally opened things up
ate in the third quarter when Stump
gmipleted 3-of-5 passes in engi-
Q^ll/fceering the Aggies’ best drive of the
wVrfJiVlay. A sack and penalty, which re-
ulted in a 18-yard loss, killed the
oid Irive and the Aggies had to settle for
a 41-yard Scott Slater field goal for
their only score of the game.
Later in the fourth quarter, Sher
rill inserted freshman sensation
Lance Pavlas instead of Stump just
when it seemed the fifth-year senior
was finally getting untracked.
“We were going to put Craig back
in, but we didn’t,” Sherrill said. “It’s
a hindsight thing. Stump wasn’t
there. I’m standing there and Stump
wasn’t there.”
Stump said, “ I can’t answer why I
didn’t go back in. I figured Lance
was going to stay in. I heard my
name called, but it was too late.”
Stump only managed a 5-of-10
passing performance with two inter
ceptions, but he fared better than
Pavlas, who only completed 3-of-9.
Pavlas’ arm certainly didn’t lack
strength, however. He almost looked
like Kevin Murray the way he rifled
passes to his receivers. Overall, Pav
las had a rude welcome to college
football, though.
“I could see in his (Pavlas’) face
that he was scared,” LSU defensive
end Clint James said. “Every time I
got in his face, he panicked.”
Aggie fans had next to nothing to
cheer about offensively throughout
the game. Stump looked patient and
poised in the pocket throughout the
game, but the suffocating LSU pass
rush made him hurry his throws.
A&M running back Keith Wood-
side had a less-than-spectacular se
nior debut, rushing for only 38
yards on nine carries. He did catch
five passes for 46 yards, however.
A&M’s Rod Harris, perhaps the
finest receiver in the conference,
fared even worse as he went the en
tire game without catching a pass.
Junior running back Melvin Col
lins was impressive, gaining 46 yards
on eight attempts to lead the Aggies
in rushing. Freshman running hack
Darren Lewis also showed signs that
he would be a power to be reckoned
with by gaining 36 yards on 6 car
ries. Freshman receiver Percy Wad
dle only caught two passes, one of
which was good for 25 yards (and a
fumble), but he, too looked impres
sive.
If there was a bright spot for the
Aggies, it was on defense. After it
See Aggies, page 16
Louisiana State safety Greg Jackson stops Texas A&M tailback
first-quarter first down. Woodside was held to 38 yards rushing
Photo by Jay Janner
Keith Woodside for no gain on the play following A&M’s only
and 46 receiving as the Tigers defeated the Aggies 17-3.
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