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The Battalion
September 2, 1991
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Editor’s Note:
Another year is here. The muggy August sun is beating down and
the smell of fresh cut grass is in the air. The campus looks like near-chaos
as students bustle through the road blocks and dirt walkways that line a
Texas A&M under remodeling.
But the sweat has been broken already on another football season.
The season started more than two weeks ago when a fresh crop of
freshmen faces walked onto Kyle Field for the first time in their Aggie ca
reers.
The rest of the team has arrived and the molding of the 1991 A&M foot
ball team is underway.
The Aggies enter this season with mixed expectations - or at least that's
what many pre-season "experts" have said. A&M is picked to finish some
where in the middle of the Southwest Conference pack. Perhaps giving
way to no high or low expectations for each member of the team. Instead,
all the Aggies may have to do is go out on Saturdays and win football
games. And if they don't, no one will ask why.
This year the SWC is clean enough to eat off. The University of Hous
ton is free of probation, and it has its sights set on winning the conference
championship, and possibly the whole NCAA crown, with it's Heisman
hopeful David Klingler. The Longhorns are back to grab the SWC title, but
the parity in the league may make that task difficult.
Then there will be the battle of the Brazos between Baylor and the Ag
gies. Grant Teaff has assembled a team capable of many surprises and
maybe looking to the top of the conference standings. After the Bears and
the boys in maroon its a toss-up.
A&M football players have seen many two-a-days of practice the last
few weeks. Here at the Battalion we have seen a few of our own - So
please accept the various bugs you may encounter as you travel through
the newspaper.
But let's not forget another school year is also upon us. And with it
comes all the other formalities - fee slips, bus passes. Midnight Yell prac
tices, procrastination, freshman butterflies, and all-nighters, however you
like to spend them.
So do your homework. See you at Kyle Field on Saturday, September
14, when the Aggies embark on the 1991 season against Louisiana State
University.
Don't forget your ID's . . .
Sincerely,
Scott Wudel
Battalion Sports Editor
Sherman's Tanks ready to lead
A&M offense into battlefront
By Anthony Andro
The Battalion
Most armies probably
wouldn't go into battle without
the help of some tanks to lead the
charge.
A&M offensive line coach
Mike Sherman has the tanks, bui
does his frontline have the field
experience?
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John Ellisor
If experience
is the key to the
Texas A&M
football team's
offensive line,
the offense
could be in trou
ble. If youth is
the key, the of
fense is in great
shape.
Only one
starter returns from last year's
squad, junior right guard John El
lisor. Tne 275-pound lineman will
be called upon to hold together an
offensive frontline that includes
sophomores Dexter Wesley, Chris
Dausin, Tyler Harrison, and senior
Keith Alex.
But the team's youth does not
worry A&M head football coach
R.C. Slocum.
"First of all, I have a lot of con
fidence in our (offensive) line
coach Mike Sherman," he said. "I
think we have some good, raw tal
ent to work with.
I'm confident we will develop
into a good offensive line."
Slocum said he is counting on
Ellisor to take command of the of
fensive front.
I think John Ellisor will be the
leader of our offensive line," said
A&M head coach R.C. Slocum. "I
think he will be an outstanding
player."
And while the team appears to
be young on paper, both Alex and
Wesley saw some playing time for
the Aggies last year while Dausin
and Harrison were listed on the
A&M roster put didn't play
enough to earn a varsity letter.
Ellisor is comfortable with the
role as leader of the line and is op
timistic about its progress.
"I'm one of the only guys with
experience," Ellisor said. "I just
try to help them out when they
need it.
"We have a lot of ^ood guys
coming out. 1 think we re coming
together and we'll do real well."
Ellisor does not see any added
pressure being the leader.
"I see the pressure as an ad
vantage," he said. "I'm just ready
to get out there and play football."
Sophomore Chris Dausin's last
name should be familiar to A&M
football fans - Two of his older
brothers played for the Aggies.
Although this will be Dausin's
first real game experience with the
Aggies, Slocum said he is confi
dent the center will help the team.
"He's another one of those
tough, fighting guys," Slocum said
of the 6-foot-4 inch, 265-pound
center. "I've got a lot of confi
dence in him."
Dausin knows he will be a fo
cal point in the offensive line be
cause he is replacing All-American
Mike Arthur.
"I have big shoes to feel with
Mike Arthur," said Dausin. "I'm
just real anxious to get out there
and prove what 1 can do."
Added pressure on himself is
something Dausin said he is trying
to avoid.
"I'm just wanting to get out
there and do a good job," he said.
"If I want to do anything, I can do
that.
"I just push myself every day
and tell myself to get after it."
The young, untested offensive
line will hope to prove the critics
wrong this season.
"I don't put much stock in
pre-season polls," said Ellisor.
"Going to the Cotton Bowl is what
counts."
Aggie
Football ’91
Preview
In the section . . .
The 1991 season - an over
all look . . . P a g e 1
Editor's note . . .
page 2
Sherman's Tanks - A look
at the offensive line . . .
page 2
R. C. Slocum - Stands the
test of time . . . P a g e 3
Backup quarterback? . ..
P a ge 3
The list goes on - A&M
linebackers . . . page 5
Rebuilding the wall - The
defensive line . . . page 5
Buckley's dedicated . . .
page5
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then . . . this is now . . .
pages 6 and 7
No questions asked -
Bucky Richardson . . .
pages 6 and 7
Playing with a full deck
Running backs . . . page 8
Section editor - Scott Wudel
Asst, editor - Steve O'Brien
Contributing writers - Anthony Andro
Douglas Pils, Arthur Garcia, and
Richard Tijerina.
Thanks to Karl Stolleis, photographer.
Also thanks to the A&M Sports
Information Staff.
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Knock on wood - Randy
Simmons . . . page 9
Ready for battle - defensive
backs . . . page 11
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