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SPORTS
Friday, April 7,1989
Ag baseball squad
looks to Rice series
FROM STAFF & WIRE REPORTS
Riding a nine-game winning
streak and still the top-ranked team
team in the nation for the sixth
straight week, according to ESPN-
/Collegiate Baseball, the Texas A&M
baseball team travels to Rice for a
three game series this weekend.
SWC Baseball Standings
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Tw«i (33-10) 4 2
Houston (33-6) 3 3
Baylof (28-8) 4 5
TCU (22-12) 2 4
(22-19) 2 7
Tima Tech (21-14)0 6
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The Aggies are coming off of a
two-game sweep of Sam Houston
State earlier in the week. A&M won
a 9-3 contest at Olsen Field on Tues
day and traveled to Huntsville on
Wednesday to take a 9-6 win from
the Bearkats. The A&M season re
cord now stands at 35-1, 6-0 in SWC
action.
Rice (22-19, 2-7 SWC) took one of
three from Texas last weekend and
split a pair of games with Stephen F.
Austin on Tuesday.
A&M centerfielder Kirk Thomp
son has been red-hot thus far in
1989, as the Houston native has set
an A&M school record by hitting
safely in 25 straight games. Thomp
son’s achievement breaks the old re
cord of 22 held by former Aggie
third baseman Scott Livingstone.
Shortstop Chuck Knoblauch still
remains the picture of consistency
for the third straight season, as the
All-America candidate leads the
team with 28 stolen bases on the sea
son and holds the A&M record in ca
reer stolen bases with 75.
Knoblauch is hitting .397 with five
homeruns and 40 RBI and is third
behind John Byington’s whopping
.450 and Andy Duke’s .422 in the in
dividual batting average standings.
Probable pitching starters for the
7 p.m. Friday opener include A&M
lefthander Pat Sweet (6-1) facing
Rice righthander Mike Cooper (3-4).
Freshman Ronnie Allen (6-0) is
scheduled to face Rice’s Rob How
ard (6-2) in the first game of Satur
day’s doubleheader, while right
hander Keith Langston (6-0) will
face Rice’s John Polasek (4-5) in the
nightcap.
Toledo teaching multiple attack
New offensive coordinator looking to jazz up Aggie offense
By Stan Golaboff
SPORTS WRITER
Bucky Richardson left, Bucky
right, Bucky up the middle.
That is usually what the A&M
football team did last year whenever
Darren Lewis wasn’t running the
ball.
If Head Coach R.C. Slocum and
new Offensive Coordinator Bob To
ledo have their way, the Aggies will
this year have an air attack to com
plement Lewis’s running.
Last year A&M fans cringed
whenever the Aggies faced a third-
and-long situation.
The Aggies finished next to last in
passing in the Southwest Confer
ence, as none of their three quar
terbacks completed 50 percent of
their passes.
“While it’s true that Chris (Os-
ood), Lance (Pavlas), and Bucky
idn’t complete a lot of passes, with
the new offense we should see a
marked improvement in our passing
game,” Toledo said.
One might wonder why Toledo,
who coached quaterbacks like Chris
Miller during his tenure at the Uni
versity of Oregon, would want to
come to a team and a conterence
dominated by running.
“A lot of it had to do with R.C.,”
Toledo said. “I have known him for
several years and I think he is going
to build a very good program here.
“Also, it was time for a change.
I’ve spent most of my life on the
West coast and this was the right job
at the right time for me.”
Toledo was the offensive coordi
nator at Oregon for the last five
years.
Toledo said the new offense will
feature more higher-percentage
passes to more than just the wide re
ceivers.
“We aren’t going to be throwing
the bomb on every down, ” Toledo
said. “We are going to throw more in
the flats and have a control-type
passing game.
“We are going to spread the ball
around to different people and the
tight end and running backs will be
used more.”
Last year only senior Rod Harris
averaged more than two catches a
game. While Harris was an outstand
ing receiver during his stay at A&M,
Toledo says he thinks there should
be no problem in finding a replace
ment for Harris.
“All the receivers are having a
good spring and I look for Percy
Waddle and Gary Oliver to have
good seasons,” Toledo said.
However, a receiver cannot catch
a ball until after it has been thrown.
D arren (Lewis) might
not get as many carries as
last year, but I think his
yards per carry will
increase. I would like to see
him catch the ball in the
flats. In the open field he
could be deadly.”
— Bob Toledo,
A&M offensive
coordinator
A&M hasn’t had a quarterback who
has shown he can throw successfully
since Kevin Murray.
“We are trying to create an atmo
sphere that makes it easier for the
quarterbacks to throw more effecti
vely,” Toledo said.
With two weeks left in spring
practice, Toledo says it is hard to say
who will quarterback the Aggies in
the fall. Pavlas is listed first on the
depth chart.
Pavlas came to A&M from Tom-
ball and was said to be a can’t miss
college prospect.
Since arriving, Pavlas has seen
more bench time than playing time
and hasn’t been effective when play
ing.
“Lance has been throwing ex
tremely well in practice and last
week he was 11 of 13,” Toledo said.
“If we can create a positive atmo
sphere in our passing, Lance should
do well in the fall.”
Osgood is second on the depth
chart and Kent Petty is third. Rich
ardson is not listed since he is still re
covering from knee surgery.
“Bucky should be ready by the
fall, but if he is not we might redshirt
him,” Toledo said. “It is hard to tell
what the fall will bring, but having
the option to redshirt helps.”
Despite the new offense and the
emphasis on passing, Toledo said
A&M will not forget about Lewis.
See Offense/Page 12
Sanders decision could lead to the spoiling of college football
So, Barry Sanders is bound for the NFL.
Big deal.
It’s not as though he hasn’t been playing
pro football for three years anyway.
One of the major reasons he wanted to
enter this year’s draft was because the
Oklahoma State Cowboys were put on
multi-years probation for a payroll that
approximated the NFL’s Cowboys. It’s such
a shame. They fielded a better team than
Dallas for less money.
But that’s old news. Everyone already
knows that Hart Lee Dykes was making as
much for catching footballs in 1988 as he
will in 1989. But what most people aren’t
realizing is that the latest Heisman Trophy
winner, alledly Mr. Squeaky Clean, is
jumping ship for purely avaricious reasons.
But I guess that’s why he played football
Tom
Kehoe
L_^—
Sports Writer
at OSU anyway.
It comes down to more than just the
money, though. Guys have come out early
before to make their fortunes. Ohio State
receiver Cris Carter was allowed to enter
the draft early because it was discovered he
was taking money from an agent. Then he
was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles and
signed with a bonus. Double score.
I mean what’s to encourage a player to
not take money from an agent when the
only penalty he’ll have to pay is playing in
the NFL early and quadrupling his yearly
income?
As you know, the NFL has no policy
allowing underclassmen to play in the
league before the freshman class they
entered with has graduated. Plainly stated,
you have to pretend to stay in school for
four years.
See Barry go to the library. See Barry
study. See Barry pass up the post-game
party to study.
Now see Barry jump ship, hose his
teammates and get his butt kicked in Green
Bay because the line couldn’t block a
defensive line consisting of Rex Reed,
Truman Capote and Harvey Firestein.
But, see Barry threaten the NFL with a
lawsuit. See the NFL chicken out. See Pete
Rozellejump ship and hose college football.
See Barry bring the NFL to its knees.
And the big issue here is not whether
Sanders is getting away with something. It’s
what is now going to happen to college
football.
Since its inception, the NFL has been the
beneficiary of a top-notch, free farm
system. Now it could be poisoning the well.
College coaches won’t be so open and
cordial when talent scouts from the Bears,
Seahawks and Dolphins call. They won’t be
too keen when the same scouts want to
come time the boys in the 40.
But worse than being unwelcome, is the
level of talent that could flee to the NFL
once their heads get big enough. Many
players at skill positions will take the road
the “hardship” cases in basketball do. And
many will meet the same results.
Carl Wright of SMU and Rob Williams of
UH felt it would be appropriate to quit
wasting their considerable talent in the
college ranks and move up to a real
challenge in the pros. What if sophomore
and junior football players suffer similar
cases of self-importance?
Now you may be saying “Why should I
care? If he wants to go for the big time let
him.”
Well that’s reasonable enough. But
remember it affects all of college football.
Ever hear of a guy named Darren Lewis?
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