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igandi; 01 ty person not asking what hap-
ericanctBened to Michael Mc Knight is Mi-
| 5,()(,«]®i3el McKnight.
cv SwdfH That’s because he’s got the an-
ime Olijver.
emjusiB “Nothing happened to me.” said
ten trjjBcKnight, a ( lass A running back
eoutoftHhoset national rushing and scoring
L’S.spttRrofds in 198(>. "But a lot happened
ir Olv : tl our football team.”
I In one year. Michael McKnight
;slieBaaM enl from first-team, all-state to sec-
mr pfr»id-team, all-district. He went from
Henrik® running back who rushed 2M
ea m forB rnes for 2,588 cards — an average
B 11.(3 yards pet carry — to one who
rlished for 1,0()9 yards.
T He went f rom a running back who
ad 40 touchdowns, 36 by rushing
a feat that put him in fifth in na-
ional record books, to one who
g|ored 15 touchdowns.
He went from a running back who
Ia '| l; Bpinpiled 4,012 all-purpose yards —
! !l *in<hiding 86 1 in kic kofl returns. 378
n punt returns and 1 4 pass recep-
ions for 185 yards — to one who
,’‘I didn’t have enough (all-pur-
i) yards this year to bother keep
ing up with."
The Chillicothe Eagles struggled
to finish 4-6. Fans grumbled, crowds
dwindled and Chillicothe was the
Chillicothe it didn’t want to be: a typ
ical, rural North Texas town with a
Dairy Queen and memories of a
running back who’d put them under
the spotlight for a year.
“At the end of last football season,
we all thought everything would be
great this year. It’d been so long
since we’d made the playoffs, we
were really excited. But then the
coaching change came and every
thing just seemed to go downhill af
ter that,” McKnight said.
“It left us with a lot of contro
versy. There was a time where it
looked like we might not even have a
football team.”
McKnighfs coach in his junior
year was Charles Norton. He re
signed last summer, as Chillicothe
principal Jerry Baird said, “for rea
sons I can’t go into.”
Norton’s replacement, Mac Lowe,
found himself nursing a football
team that had gone to pieces. He
tried to mend it with a Wishbone at
tack, and according to McKnight
and some coffee shoppers, the new
offense made a bad situation worse. -
“There were so many changes
going on. A lot of people were play
ing different positions, both on of
fense and defense,” McKnight said.
“Everybody just kept moving
around. It was the third or fourth
game before we knew what we were
doing, and by that time a lot of our
players had lost a lot of desire.”
McKnight went from the tailback
in a Power-I to one of two halfbacks
in a Wishbone.
“When I was in the I-formation I
could see what was happening be
fore it developed. ... I would get the
ball deep enough to where I could,
read and pick my holes. Being in a
three-point stance changed that,”
McKnight said.
Lowe said he went to the Wish
bone to take pressure off McKnight.
“I felt like we had three caliber
backs, not just Michael. But Michael
McKnight was still the main carrier
in our offense. And he did a great
job. You’ve got to realize that he still
gained over 1,000 yards in just eight
games.”
His best performance his senior
year was against Crowell, when he
rushed for 176 yards on 26 carries
— no touchdowns.
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/ill advance
ito sectionals
The Texas A&M men’s bowl-
ling team swept the T exas Long-
Jhorns in the final match of the
[Texas Intel collegiate Bowling
[Conference tournament Sunda\
[qualifying the Aggies for sectional
[competition in Mai< h
The men limshed m second
[place overall in the toiirne\ and
[the women also will advance to
[sectionals, matching the men’s
[showing by grabbing second
[place honors.
A&M's Mike Schumaker
[burned up the alleys with a per
[feet 300 game.
His 804-point series is the best
[three consecutive games rolled in
post-season plav in collegiate
[competition this year.
Schumaker was the season’s
[champion and all-conference
Most Valuable Player runner-up.
Spurs rip New Jersey
on Berry’s 28 points
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Walter
Berry scored 28 points to lead the
San Antonio Spurs to a 118-106
NBA victory over the New Jersey
Nets Tuesday night.
Spurs guard Alvin Robertson and
forward Greg Anderson had 20
points each.
San Antonio was able to set the
tempo of the game throughout,
switching from a quick-moving tran
sition attack to a deliberate offense
which ate up much of the clock
whenever the Nets threatened.
New Jersey, coming off an upset
of the Dallas Mavericks at Reunion
Arena in Dallas, closed to 107-101 in
the final two minutes of the game,
but the Midwest Division Spurs
changed the tempo, applying a
tighter defense and pulling ahead
for good.
The third quarter was much like
the fourth, with the Nets getting
close only to fall behind again.
Net guard John Bagley, on a trio
of 3-pointers, cut the Spurs lead to
76-71, but they could get no closer.
Clutch passing by Robertson and
Spur guard Johnny Dawkins opened
the lead again as the Spurs took an
89-77 advantage at the end of the
third quarter.
San Antonio started the game
with an 1 1-2 spurt and led by as
many as I 7 and as few as eight in the
first half
By halftime, the Spurs were on
top with a 58-47.
The Nets were led by Buck Wil
liams’ 24 points.
Bagley and center Roy Hinson
added 22 each.
“The 3-point shooters came out
tonight,” said Spurs coach Bob
Weiss. “That really kept them in the
game.”
Bagley was 5 of 11 from long
range, including three straight in the
third period.
As a team the Nets were 7 of 20,
while the Spurs were a perfect 4 of 4
with Robertson and guard Leon
Wood hitting two each.
Center for Retailing Studies
Presents the
Retailing Career Fair Symposium
on
Sunday, February 7,1988
at the
College Station Hilton
Brazos Amphitheatre
2:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Reception 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
Tickets $3.00
Notice to Engineering Students
Physics 207 (3 hrs.) will be offered
for the last time in the Summer of 1988.
Requirement can be met by taking Physics 218. (4 hrs.)
In some cases the 4th hour can be used for
free elective
For more information contact your departmental advisor.
What does it take to be a member of the
MSC Wiley Lecture Series?
□ A genius I.Q.
□ The ability to trace American foreign policy from the 1800’s to
the present and name every signer of The Declaration of Inde
pendence.
A desire to have fun while educating A&M and the surround
ing community by bringing international foreign policy-makers
to campus.
Stop by 216 MSC and fill out an application now through February 10.
Information Sessions
February 2 at 7:30 pm in 305 Rudder
February 4 at 7:30 pm in 507 Rudder
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