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Aggies’ Cotton Bowl u
started with change of QB
By Tim Stanfield
Sports Writer
For a life-long A&M football fan
such as myself, the Aggies’ destruc
tion of the mighty Notre Dame
Fighting Irish
was an oasis in
what at times Viewpoint
has been a bar
ren land of suc
cess.
Not many non-Aggies felt that
Jackie’s troops had much of a chance
against Heisman Trophy winner
Tim Brown and his friends — and
they may well have been correct had
the Aggie staff not made a change in
quarterbacks Tuesday before the
game.
For most of the 1987 season, the
QB spot had been a study in
mediocrity and sometimes even
worse. Naturally Kevin Murray’s de
parture left a void in the Ags’
vaunted offensive attack, for he had
not only set numerous school and
SWC passing records but for two
consecutive seasons had somehow
been able to overcome the school’s
tradition of choking in the big game.
Fifth-year senior Craig Stump
and redshirt freshman sensation
Lance Pavlas both fell flat on their
respective faces against LSU and
Washington.
Both were nationally-ranked pow
erhouses for sure, but the Ags could
only muster a Field goal against LSU,
and only a superior defensive effort
enabled A&M to beat the Huskies.
The tell-tale contest for the A&M
QB position came in the third game,
in Jackson, Miss, against a poor
Southern Mississippi squad.
Even such a weak team as this put
a clamp on the Ag offense, though
Pavlas did toss a long touchdown
pass to Matt Gurley. (Gurley actually
caught the ball near the line of
scrimmage and made a fantastic run
for the score.)
All of a sudden a youngster wear
ing the number seven entered the
game for A&M. Who was he, and
why in the world was he on the field
in a game the Aggies had to win?
On his fifth play this guy — Bucky
Richardson — went back to pass, was
flushed out of the pocket and pro
ceeded to run straight up the middle
for an 82-yard touchdown.
Richardson remained behind cen
ter for the rest of the game but re
turned to the sidelines the following
week when A&M travelled to Lub
bock to play “mighty” Texas Tech.
Though one could understand
why Richardson didn’t start against
the Red Raiders, it was — and re
mains — inconceivable that' he didn’t
get a chance to pull victory out of
certain A&M defeat.
Instead the regionally-televised
audience got to watch as the excited
Tech fans sang “Poor Aggies” to
Jackie’s defeated troops.
That loss signalled the beginning
of the road to Dallas, but it still
wasn’t without several unneeded de
tours.
No individual stood out at QB
when Houston fell the next Satur
day, though Richardson led the Ag
gies to the winning score again.
Even though the media was told
Stump would start against Baylor,
Richardson actually did and had
A&M ahead 12-10 at the half.
The second half of that game
showed for all the world to see how
A&M had the capacity to become an
awesome offenisve team — and had
the QB to do it.
Keeping the ball a little over 22 of
the game’s final 30 minutes, the Ag
gies ran right down the
throats with Richardson,
Keith Woodside and Dane:
doing the damage.
After the game Baylor
Coach Grant Teaff told the
bled media that if the Aggies
to play hardball, they certai
the off ensive line and quirj
for it (meaning Richardsoni
But after rushing for 213
the first quarter against Rice
began to throw the ballap;
allowing a pitiful Owl tean
A&M a scare before losing.
Continuing their passio}
with Richardson at the helm
rolled up lb whole yardsof
fense in the first half of ih
game versus mighty Louisiaa,
Defense and special teams
game.
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Talent-laden Aggies
should conquer agair
By now every Aggie in the En
glish-speaking world knows of Texas
A&M’s victory, no . . . win over, no . .
a h - h a —
An outstanding transferin
thrashing of
the Fighting Ir
ish of Notre
Dame. It seems ■
the youngbloods
Brad
Marquardt
came through to
lead the senior-thin squad to victory.
This squad fooled almost every so-
called expert in the country. This
year was to be the rebuilding season
and the next was to be “The Year.”
But a group of runny-nosed kids
fresh from high school showed that
the Aggies are going to be a force in
the Southwest Conference for years
to come.
So what kind of talent does Coach
Jackie Sherrill and his magicians — I
mean assistants —have to work with
next season?
For starters, there shouldn’t be
much of a quarterback controversy
next season. Sherrill will have Bucky
Richardson, the freshman wonder-
boy who hasn’t lost a college game
he’s played in and who was also the
outstanding offensive player in the
Cotton Bowl. Lance Pavlas also re
turns for his sophomore season after
a solid showing in the Cotton Bowl.
So the quarterback position is pre
tty much cut-and-dried, right?
Wrong.
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must salivate every timehetb
the stable of backs he is ret:
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Keith Woodside, but thes
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