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Slocum scoffs at the idea he’ll be faced with more pressure now ihat he is Texas A&M’s head football coach instead of the Aggies’ de fensive coordinator. “When it’s fourth and goal and Bo Jackson is carrying the ball in the Cotton Bowl and I’m calling the play an defense, I don’t know how you can get more pressure than that,” ISlocum said. “When you’re a defensive coordi- Inator, you don’t say to yourself ‘I’m [under pressure now but I’m saving [30 percent so when I get to be a head [coach, I can really be under pres- Isure.’ ” The Aggies went on to beat Au- [burn and Jackson, the Heisman Tro- [phy winner in the 1986 Cotton Bowl. Slocum survived the pressure and [now he’s starting his first year as I head coach. Jackie Sherrill resigned last De- [cember during an NCAA investiga tion of the school’s athletic program. Slocum, an A&M assistant 16 of I the past 17 years, got the job of keeping the Aggies in contention for | the Southwest Conference title. Three-fourths of one of the best [college linebacking corps in the country is gone but linebacker Aa ron Wallace and safety Gary Jones I are back. Wide receiver-returner Rod Har- | ris is gone, taking with him eight school records. Running back Dar ren Lewis, the No. 2 rusher in the nation last season, is back. So what does it all add up to for the 1989 Texas Aggies? It means they’ll once again figure in the SWC title race. Slocum has designated Lance Pav las as the starting quarterback and brought in Bob Toledo as offensive coordinator to give the Aggies a more balanced attack. “I believe in a balanced multiple offense with numerous formations and motions,” Toledo said. “I want to be able to run the ball efficiently with power and misdirection with an occasional trap, draw or option.” I also want to have the ability to throw quick passes, dropback passes, screens, sprints and bootlegs,” To ledo said. Slocum expects to be a successful replacement for Sherrill and he ex pects Pavlas to run the offense. “Jackie did an outstanding job at A&M, there’s a legacy there to live up to,” Slocum said. “But the school will go on and all I can do is be R.C. Slocum.” Darren Lewis will still be the big threat in the Aggie backfield, but Slocum wants the passing game to be more effective. That’s where he hopes Pavlas, less than spectacular in his two previous seasons, can help. He started against Alabama in last season’s final game, completing 10 of 21 passes for 102 yards. As a freshman, Pavlas played in nine games, including the Aggies’ 35-10 defeat of Notre Dame in the 1987 Cotton Bowl. Overall, he completed 41 of 83 passes for 451 yards and two touch downs in his first season. Pavlas will get the starting nod over injured Bucky Richardson, who will red-shirt this season. Pavlas will be backed up by Chris Osgood. Osgood started four games for A&M in 1988, and is the team’s top returning passer, completing 54-of- 112 for 656 yards. “He (Pavlas) reminds me of (Gary) Kubiak (former Aggie quar- terback),” Slocum said. “There were times I wondered if he’d ever even played high school football but he became good football player and he’s still playing for the Denver Broncos. “Lance has similarities to Kubiak and I feel he’s going to really help us this season. The offense doesn’t de pend solely on him making the play every time. “He does have some help.” Lewis set or tied 13 school records last season and gained 1,672 yards, accounting for 38 percent of A&M’s offense. Lewis was second in the nation in rushing to Oklahoma State’s Barry Sanders, the Heisman Trophy win ner. He already ranks seventh on A&M’s career rushing list and owns eight school and two Southwest Con ference records. The Aggies lost linebackers John Roper, Dana Bastiste and Adam Bob, but a strong secondary, headed by Jones and cornerback Mickey Washington, should help pick up the slack. Wallace finished third on the team in total tackles with 85, while posting 14Vs- sacks. He needs six sacks to break Jacob Green’s record of 37. Washington, entering his second season as a full-time starter, lead the team with four interceptions in 1988 and was second in the SWC with 10 passes broken up. Jones is regarded as one of the hardest hitters in the conference, a title earned after knocking out Ar kansas’ Quinn Grovey and TCU’s Scott Ankrom in consecutive games. He was the team’s No. 7 tackier in 1988 as a junior with 62, including 48 solo stops. The Aggies have non-conference games against Louisiana State in College Station and at Washington before opening SWC play Sept. 16 against Texas Christian. .-'wO.ttfc ss» mm 9Sssf Grundy's BUY ONE GET ONE FREE! Country Fried Steak Dinner. 1NYADS. 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The man who was told less than a year ago he would never pitch again got standing ovations as he walked onto the field, warmed up and was introduced at Candlestick Park. He thanked the crowd each time with a tip of his cap. The start against Cincinnati was his first major league appear ance since May 1988 and one that only Dravecky believed he could make. After retiring the side in order on nine pitches, he strode off to another ovation and was in com plete command until the eighth, giving up only a double to Joel Youngblood in the second and a two-out walk to Joe Oliver in the fifth. In the eighth, Dravecky gave up four hits, including a three- run homer to Luis Quinones, walked one and struck out five. “It’s a special event,” said Gi ants reliever Steve Bedrosian. “It’s David’s day. We’re all pulling for him, but whatever he does is OK. It’s remarkable what he’s done.” Even the opposition thought so. “You have to appreciate what he’s done, physically and men tally,” said Reds Manager Pete Rose. “You have to pat him on the back — and hope he gets beat today.” That was before Dravecky’s performance, which earned him two thunderous curtain calls after was removed for Bedrosian in the ninth. Dravecky said for a while he believed doctors who said his ca reer was over after they removed a huge chunk of cancerous mus cle from his left bicep. “I remember laying on my couch thinking that maybe I wasn’t going to pitch ever again,” Dravecky said. “I remember watching the last out of the World Series, and I saw Orel Hershiser take that moment to give thanks to the Lord, and then the celebration. 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