Thursday, October 5,1989
The Battalion
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James (I) and Richmond (r) Webb share more
than being A&M teammates — the pair from
Dallas Roosevelt are brothers. James is a
Photo by Jay Janner
backup sophomore linebacker. Richmond is a
senior AII-SWC offensive lineman who will
lead A&M in Saturday’s game at Texas Tech.
Brothers
(Continued from page 11)
the Aggies’ lineman of the week af
ter his performance in last week’s
Southern Mississippi game.
Through four games in 1989 with
limited playing time, James ranks
20th in team tackles, with one as
sisted tackle and one unassisted
tackle.
Richmond is one of the keys to an
offensive line that has been weak
ened this season by nagging injuries.
Fellow starting linemen Mike Pap
pas, Darren Grudt and Mike Arthur
all had injuries and didn’t return to
full health until last week.
That showed against USM, as the
Aggies’ running attack finally got off
the ground. Junior running back
Darren Lewis gained 126 yards —his
first 100-yard effort of 1989 —and
Richmond’s blocking opened up
some key holes for him to run
I through.
Richmond hopes to continue to
break open holes for Lewis and full
back Robert Wilson to run through
this weekend, as the No. 19-ranked
Aggies travel to Lubbock to play
Texas Tech.
The last time A&M traveled to
Lubbock, it was upset by the Red
Raiders 27-21. Although Richmond
did not play that day, he said that
loss has motivated the team during
this week’s practices.
“We talked about it,” he said. “I
think it’s something where we need
to go up there and prove something
not only to them but to ourselves.
This is like the same thing we had to
do against LSU. We knew we had
something to do and we just went in
and did it.”
Richmond was recruited by A&M
as a defensive tackle, the position
where he played all but two games as
a high school senior. But coaches
moved him to offensive tackle and
he became a starter quickly.
James always has played defense,
and next year with Wallace’s gradua
tion, he is expected to step in and
possibly start. But once Richmond
graduates, the Aggies may not be
through with a Brothers Webb tan
dem. Their younger brother, Jo
seph, is a star senior linebacker this
year at Roosevelt.
The brothers said Joseph hasn’t
made any decisions yet on where to
go to college.
But going to college was never an
issue for Richmond or James. For
the Brothers Webb, school and
sports have always gone hand in
hand.
Richmond lettered on both the
football and basketball teams in high
school, but still was Roosevelt’s salu-
tatorian and president of his senior
class. James was one of the top prep
linebackers in the state as a senior
and graduated from high school
with a 3.9 grade point average. Both
are industrial distribution majors.
“It wasn’t that hard (balancing
school and sports),” Richmond said.
“I think it had a lot to do with our
parents. They kept us in line pretty
much. Our mom’s really religious, so
I guess she prayed a lot and it’s
helped us out.”
So now with the season almost
halfway over, the brothers realize
this year probably will be the last
time they play with each other. Rich
mond has a legitimate shot at being
drafted in the NFL draft. James still
has to pay his dues at A&M.
Richmond sees good things hap
pening to the team in 1989. With the
return of a healthy offensive line,
the Aggies now are ready to become
more of an offensive threat, he said.
The offense will have to be effec
tive this weekend if they’re going to
win in Lubbock, where they’ve had
problems in the past. Since 1979, the
last five games in Jones Stadium
have been decided by a total of 12
points. The Aggies have lost three of
those five games.
But the Brothers Webb said the
team is aware of what they must do,
and that Coach R.C. Slocum hasn’t
let them look past this game to next
week’s big conference showdown at
Kyle Field against Houston.
“I see A&M competing for a trip
back to the Cotton Bowl,” Richmond
said. “We’re focusing on one game at
a time. The Cotton Bowl’s the ulti
mate goal, but this week we just have
to go up and beat Texas Tech.”
Strong-armed Andre Ware
puts own name on Dome
with offensive onslaught
volleyball
(Continued from page 11)
and a Krista Hierholzer spike.
However, A&M wouldn’t for lead
long. Houston scored five of the
next six on four strong spikes. The
Lady Ags took their last lead of the
game when they went up 10-8 after
Edmiston blocked a Susan Rice
spike.
Houston took only three service
breaks to score the final seven
points, and A&M could only manage
one point in the span as the Coogs
look the first game.
A&M took a 2-0 lead in the second
on a Kellen kill and Cumings ace.
The Lady Ags then took leads of 6-2
and 7-4 before the Coogs tied the
game 9-9.
With Houston leading 14-9, A&M
used two Edmiston kills to narrow
the lead to 14-11. But Yvonne Van
Brandt botched a set attempt, and
the Coogs won the second game.
In the final game, Houston
jumped out to a leads of 3-0, 5-2 and
7-3. At that point, Van Brandt dived
for a save, and knocked the ball
across the net for a point.
The crowd of about 950 went
wild, and Cumings responded with a
point off a block. A&M narrowed
the score to 8-6, but could come no
closer, as Houston scored five of the
next six. Trailing 13-8, Van Brandt
brought the crowd to life with an
ace.
But, it was too late. Houston
scored the last two points on a kill
and a block.
With the win, Houston climbs to
12-2 on the season and 1-0 in South
west Conference play. A&M is now
7-5 and 0-1.
Edmiston said she found positive
notes in the match.
“We were within two points late in
two of the games,” she said. “We’re
improving.”
Jones baffled over
Cowboys’ 0-4 start
IRVING (AP) — Jerry Jones ad
mits he’s a bit baffled.
“I didn’t expect to be 0-4 at all,”
said the new owner of the Dallas
Cowboys, who are off to their worst
start in 26 years.
Jones said he feels “like somebody
who has the flu. It doesn’t feel good
when you are sitting, standing or lay
ing down.
“Food doesn’t even taste good.
You know something’s wrong.”
Jones paid about $140 million for
the Cowboys last February and
swept house, bringing in close friend
Jimmy Johnson as coach.
During the off-season, Jones
boldly predicted the Cowboys would
win as many games in the first one-
third of the season as they did all of
last year.
The Cowboys were an NFL-worst
3-13 last season.
“I knew if we didn’t have success
early on then we wouldn’t get the
normal honeymoon period,” he said.
“We’re being judged against the
previous 29 years. But I don’t get
uptight with those judgments. I did
think we would win a game by now.
“It gives me resolve and I won’t let
my lip drop at what’s being said. The
criticism is nothing now. I’ve had
that since the first day.”
Jones added Johnson’s “got a
coaching lifetime to get it done, but I
don’t want him to take it.”
HOUSTON (AP) —The Houston
Oilers call the Astrodome the House
of Pain, but when the 12th-ranked
Houston Cougars take up residence
on Saturdays it becomes the Ware
house.
Quarterback Andre Ware has ex
panded the limits of the run-and-
shoot offense this season, triggering
the Cougars to a 3-0 record while
leading the nation in total offense
with 423 yards per game.
Ware is storing up more yards per
game than No. 1 ranked Notre
Dame as a team. The Fighting Irish
have gained 393 yards per game.
The heavy firing has propelled
Ware into the national spotlight and
he’s not blinded by the glare. He is
ready to play Notre Dame.
“There’s not a player in this room
who wouldn’t want a shot at Notre
Dame,” Ware said. “I would love it.
See if you could schedule a scrim
mage with them.
“There’s no telling what kind of
numbers this team could put up.
There’s nobody in the country who
can stop us if we don’t stop our
selves.”
Houston leads the nation in total
offense (658.6 yards per game),
passing offense (550.0) and scoring
(56.7).
Coach Jack Pardee, who has
played and coached at the college
and pro level with some outstanding
quarterbacks, says Ware has the
strongest arm he’s ever seen.
“We throw more balls than the
pros do,” Pardee said. “In a pro
training camp, the quarterback will
throw 100 to 120 balls a day. Andre
throws 200 every day and we’ve
never had to take him out of a pass
ing drill.
“Roman Gabriel was like Andre
when he first came up with the (Los
Angeles) Rams. But even Roman, af
ter 8-10 days of that, would take a
day off from throwing.”
Houston has outscored three op
ponents 170-14 going into Satur
day’s game against Baylor, which
owns the nation’s top-ranked pass
defense.
Ball control may be the Bears’
only hope, Coach Grant Teaff said.
“It doesn’t take a Sherlock
Holmes to know if you’ve got the ball
and they don’t, it’s the best way to
slow them down,” Teaff said. “But
their defense is as good as their of
fense.”
Houston ranks No. 5 in the nation
in total defense, allowing 213 yards
per game and is No. 1 in scoring de
fense, allowing 4.7 points per game.
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