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m Page 8/The Battalion/Thursday, August 11, 1988 Sports Bosworth’s book mentions Sprinters vow to break world mark Aggies’ footbal! program V< By Anthony Wilson Sports Editor With his punk haircut, wrapa round sunglasses, three earrings, and off-the-wall comments, Seattle Seahawks linebacker Brian Bos- worth has become a media darling. So much so, in fact, that he has es chewed the typical posters football superstars usually market and gone straight to doing deodorant com mercials and writing his autobiogra phy. In his book, “The Boz: Confes sions of a Modern Anti-Hero,” Bos- worth expounds on the life of a typ ical University of Oklahoma football player, which was quite untypical of how a normal college student lives. Bosworth gives details of his OU career and recruitment which prompts a couple of comments about the Texas A&M football pro gram. About his recruitment out of Mac- Arthur High School in Irving in 1983, Bosworth said, “Some places I went were unreal. At (Texas) Tech I showed up and they’ve got a limou sine and a girl waiting for me. They don’t say it, but it’s pretty obvious you could have the girl right then and there and you wouldn’t have to feel bad about not calling her the next day, if you know what I mean. A lot of the hostesses I met might just as well have worn a lapel button that said: HI! I’M WHORING FOR GOOD OL’ STATE U. But what the hell. That’s Texas. . . .” Bosworth then goes on to briefly describe a visit to the Louisiana State University campus before saying, “I had a great time at A&rM. They set me up with anything I wanted. The guys there were terrific.” “The Boz” goes on to say, “Even tually, it all came down to A&M and at I had a great time A&M. They set me up with anything I wanted. The guys there were ter rific. — Former OU linebacker Brian Bosworth Oklahoma, and I guess in the back of my mind, I knew that was no con test.” Bosworth writes that he chose OU because of the impressiveness of its athletic facilities and partly because of his hate for the University of Texas. (“I don’t like Fred Akers. I don’t like the city of Austin. And I don’t like their color of orange. It re minds me of puke.”) While in Norman, Okla. Bosworth enjoyed all of the the material luxu ries afforded a Sooner football player. He says that he had a $500-a- month condo, a big-screen tele vision, a Jeep and a Gorvette, and $2,000 in his checking account at all times. He then writes, “I mean, if you could’ve seen the athletic dorm parking lot at OU, you’d have thought there was a doctors’ conven tion going on inside. And ours wasn’t even as ritzy as SMU’s or A&M’s or a lot of other schools. Most college football coaches are like the father of a girl who’s just come in from a date. He’d rather not know the details, so he doesn’t ask.” In the book, Bosworth also out lines some of the problems he wit nessed while at OU: • Players freebasing cocaine on game day; • An incident in which footballer Buster Rhymes fired 150 rounds from an Uzi machine gun at other students from a dorm balcony; • Open and common use of ster oids; • NCAA violations ranging from extra recruiting visits, to cash pay ments by alumnis, to bogus jobs. Bosworth also writes, “If you,were a star on the University of Oklahoma football team, you could do just about anything you wanted. You had no rules.” Bosworth’s autobiography goes on sale the first week in September. Oilers owner villain in Gretzky trade EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Edmonton Oilers owner Peter Pock- lington was cast as the villain Wednesday for dealing superstar Wayne Gretzky to the Los Angeles Kings, a trade which three former Oilers doubted Gretzky sought. Former teammate Paul Coffey said he didn’t believe Gretzky re quested the trade as he insisted dur ing Tuesday’s news conference. The 27-year-old superstar broke into tears after telling reporters he was leaving for the good of “Wayne Gretzky, my new wife and our ex pected child in the new year.” Gretzky married actress Janet Jones onjuly 16. Coffey, now with the Pittsburgh Penguins, said his best friend was “just a piece of meat” traded for hard cash by Oiler management. “I think hockey was No. 1 with Wayne,” the All-Star defenseman said. “There’s no bloody way he wanted to go there (Los Angeles).” “He’s a small-town guy. I don’t care if he married the Q ueen °f E n ' gland. I kind of wished he hadn’t broken up (at the news conference), and maybe he would have told us what really happened. But he doesn’t do anything to rock the boat.” LEWS’ PRE-WASHED 501'JEANS 18.50 Nothing beats the look, the fit, and the feel of the famous button fly 501’s. 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Lewis, who leads a strong American field in the 200, said he could do better than 19.70, which would crack the nine-year-old world record of 19.72, held by Pietro Mennea of Italy. Johnson and Lewis will not race against each other. The two head a field of top-level athletes who, through a combination of peak condition and the alti tude, could smash the world records in several olW events. The women’s sprints, the men’s and women' 400 meters, the 110 hurdles and the long jump® most prominently mentioned. Lewis and Johnson again ref used to run againstead other in the same race, and might not until the Olympics. “I have no problem,” Johnson said. “It’s Lewistt! doesn’t want to race against me.” The two had been expected to compete in twoevei before Seoul and one after, with a reported $1 mil put up by a sponsor, but Johnson was injured in|| and the duel was off . The field in the 100 also features Americans Deni Mitchell, second at the Olympic trials with a wind-aidti] 9.86, and Joe DeLoach, fif th. In the 200, Lewis faces the gold and silver medaliiti at the 1987 World Championships, American Cahis Smith and Gilles Queneherve of France. Kicking game priority for Razorback football FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Sure, the offensive line is a priority at the University of Arkansas. And replacing two outstanding lineback ers is a must. But, up there on the same level, is field goal kicking. In fact, says Coach Ken Hatfield, field goal accuracy may be No. 1. Hatfield is quick to recall that the misses cost the Razorbacks three possible Cotton Bowl trips in the past four years. “For us to have a great year, we have to be outstanding — not just good, but outstanding — in the field goal department,” Hatfield said. “We need to make at least 90 percent of our field goals from makable range. It’s that monumental.” Kendall Trainor made 10 of 13 as a sophomore and won the Holiday Bowl with a last-second kick, but managed only 13 of 20 last year while doubling as the punter. This year, Allen Meacham wall punt. “Maybe I’m dumb enough or smart enough to have learned my lesson,” Hatfield said. “I’ve been through that twice now with Greg Horne and Kendall. Greg whs a much better punter and that’s all he did his last year and it helped him get an NFL contract.” Another plus is the return of snapper Richey Miller — a former walk-on who earned a scholarship — and holder Jimmy Simpson. The offensive line never worked together during the spring, but there is plenty of experience. “We’ve got to get them working together in a hurry,” Hatfield said. “We’ve got some good ability, 1 feel good about that, but it’s always a question until they do it. Until you have a proven line playing together, you never know'. “You can take one skill position guy — a running back — and hand him the ball and he looks good or a receiver and tell him to go catch and he does. But you can’t stick one of fensive lineman in there. They’ve got to know what the othergfl doing and where the play is and that takes a lot of dullrei without much credit for it." The offensive line starts Freddie Childress, whohasti dow'n from 367 to about 315. “For us to be good, Freddit got to be good and he’s gout good in the fourth quarter/Hail said. “He has great skill. He) awesome blocker when he wants! Jim Mabry is the only othei turning starter in the offensive but Mark Henry, Todd Gifford bert Crawford, Todd Jones, Apolskis, Darren Worrell Dw ay ne Spann have ability. And, Hatfield says, “Wefiatt much talent and depth at the positions as we have hadinthe \ ears I’ve been here.” At linebacker, two-year suit Rickev Williams and Erik Whi are gone. 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