hursday, September 21,1989
The Battalion
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lucky
Inost memorable play of his career.
IVith four-and-a-half minutes to
play and the score 13-13, he kept the
hall on a second-and-goal and the
■five-yard line and rushed in un-
Jouched for the winning touchdown.
I Things had worked out for the
freshman quarterback from Loui-
liana. But that was 1987. 1988 would
be much worse.
What started out as a year that
beam little because of NCAA pro-
hation that kept the Aggies from the
Cotton Bowl, ended for Richardson
tn the turf of Memorial Stadium in
\ustin.
He was leading A&M in a rout
bver Texas, but toward the end of
Ihe first quarter, Richardson went
pne way and his knee another on a
bushing play. The ball popped loose
pnd his anterior cruciate ligament
'm torn.
Reconstructive surgery would
force him out for the rest of the sea-
m.
In the spring, new Coach R.C.
filocum hired new Offensive Coordi-
jiator Bob Toledo to revamp the Ag
ues’ offensive scheme. Out went the
option running game — Richard-
lon’s specialty — and in came a pass-
priented attack.
He is probably out for the year to
behabilitate his knee. Strong-armed
junior Pavlas was given the starting
pod for 1989.
Richardson now finds himself in a
beculiar position: having to watch
from the sidelines as his teammates
fight to regain the SWC
championship and a trip to the Cot-
Ion Bowl.
But Richardson said he knew the
lime would come this year when he’d
pave to be nothing more than a par-
icipant from the sidelines.
“I’ve been preparing for it since I
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got hurt because 1 knew it would be
hard for me,” Richardson said. “I
think I’ve handled it well. There’s
times when I get down on myself,
but I’ve got good people around me
that help me get out of it.”
Recovering from that knee sur
gery, which has left a long scar run
ning down his left knee, is all that
Richardson is hoping for now. Play
ing football will have to come later.
“(Rehabilitation’s) been long,” he
said. “I’ve been running for a couple
of weeks. Everything’s coming along
good now — I’m getting stronger,
gaining weight. I’ve been lifting
weights for a couple of months,
building up my upper body.”
The road to recovery has been a
“E?
everything’s
fine now. There’re still no
decisions that have been
made.”
— Bucky Richardson,
Aggie quarterback
long one, but it’s one that Richard
son has almost completed. He said
he is now 80 percent healthy. The
remaining 20 percent is something
Slocum and Toledo just have to wait
for.
During two-a-day practices in Au
gust, coaches were impressed with
the progress Richardson’s knee had
been making. Where before coaches
were just hoping he’d be ready for
next year, now they were saying he
might be ready to come back by mid
season. ,
“Everything’s fine now,” Richard
son said. “There’re still no decisions
that have been made.”
Those “decisions” are whether or
not Slocum needs Richardson back
this year. After two years of shaky
performances, Pavlas may have fi
nally emerged as the quarterback
Sherrill hoped he’d become w'hen he
recruited him.
In three games as the starter this
season, Pavlas has completed 61 per
cent of his passes for 496 yards in
leading A&M to a 2-1 record and a
No. 21 national ranking in the Asso
ciated Press Top 25 poll.
A&M’s offense has looked spar
kling at times this season — when it’s
passed the ball. However, its run
ning game, with preseason Heisman
Trophy candidate Darren Lewis and
last year’s SWC Newcomer of the
Year fullback Robert Lewis, has yet
to get off the ground.
It’s a far cry from last year, when
Richardson led an Aggie team whose
offensive attack centered around the
option running game. Whenever Le
wis didn’t hurt opposing defenses
for long runs, Richardson usually
did. He finished second in team of
fense behind Lewis.
But the option days at A&M are
gone, Slocum said last week at his
Tuesday press conference. That
could mean trouble for Richardson,
whose game is focused on the run
ning attack and not the passing
game, which Slocum is favoring this
year.
However, this year looms as a re
mote possibility for Richardson.
Even if he regains his full health,
Slocum may be hesitant to waste a
year of Richardson’s eligibility for a
few games in 1989, especially if Pav
las continues to perform the way he
has been this season.
For now, Richardson is staying on
the sidelines, playing the waiting
game. He is watching his teammates
prepare for next week’s game at
Kyle Field against Southern Missis
sippi — the same team A&M was
playing when his collegiate career
got off to such a quick start two years
ago.
“I can run, drop back, roll out and
do everything good, just not as good
as I need to be doing it to compete,”
he said. “That’s what we’re waiting
on.”
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