AGGIE SPOTLIGHT
Richardson:
Competitive Fire
By Richard Tijerina
Special to Battalion Gameday
H e goes to sleep and
dreams about it. He talks
to high school friends
and is reminded of it. He goes
§ home to Louisiana and coaches
make him watch it on the VCR.
Bucky Richardson cannot forget'
the game, even when he wants
to.
Nov. 21,1986: Leesville 8,
Broadmoor?.
Forty seconds remained in
Richardson's Broadmoor High
School football career that night
in Baton Rouge. A two-way
starter at quarterback and safe
ty, Richardson had just inter
cepted a pass to thwart a
Leesville drive late in the game.
With a 7-6 lead, Richardson's
Buccaneers now stood less than
a minute away from victory.
Backed up close to its own
goal line, all the Buccaneers had
to do was run the clock out to
advance in the state playoffs.
Richardson dropped back to
pass on a first down play and
under a heavy pass rush, he
scrambled and ended up in his
endzone. But his receivers were
covered, and he dumped the
ball off in the direction of his
tight end after he felt a Leesville
defender grab his jersey.
The ball fell harmlessly to the
ground. The referee dropped his
flag. Richardson was called for
intentional grounding and
Broadmoor was charged with a
safety. Before he knew it,
Richardson's senior season was
1 gone. Broadmoor finished 9-2.
Better waters lay aheaa for
him in College Station, but he
would not forget that November
1 n ight.
Leesville 8, Broadmoor 7.
"I've yet to get over it," Richard-
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Q&A WITH COACH SLOCUM
Does LSD’s loss to
Georgia make you
feel better or worse?
It presents a different
set of problems for us.
We have a great
respect for them. When
you look at the
ballgame, the turnovers
they had and the
dropped touchdown
pass they had early in
the game.
How would you
classify Curley
Hallman as a coach?
Curly would fit in the
mold of a sound,
fundamental coach -
all of those guys are
from the old school of
doing things
fundamentally and
going out and doing the
basics of football.
Their hardnose,
tough and sound
and that’s why he
won games at
Southern Miss and
that’s why he’ll win
games at LSU.
What do the Aggies
need to do because
of the inexperience?
We would like for
them to come off the
field and have things
go good and start
getting a little
confidence. I hope
Bucky’s (Richardson)
experience will rub off
on some of those
younger guys. We’ve
spent time talking to
Greg (Hill) and some of
the young guys to let
them know to just got
out and play. We don’t
want them putting a big
burden on
themselvesto make
things happen.
Slocum redefines program for future
by Scott Wudel
The Battalion
When Richard Copeland
Slocum was in elementary
school, his first grade class
visited a local bread company
in Orange, Texas, on one of its
many field trips. While there,
the young Slocum was given
a wood ruler.
"The Golden Rule" was
printed on that ruler. Across
the ruler were the words "Do
unto others as you have
others do to you," Slocum
remembers - Words the
coach has lived by all of his
life. And an idea he has tried
to instill in his players and the
entire A&M football program.
When Slocum replaced
former A&M coach Jackie
Sherrill almost three years
ago, he redefined the
direction of the program with
the philosophy that you can't
have athletic integrity without
academic integrity. With that
in mind, he sat down and
mapped out the direction he
wanted the program to take.
"I wanted to build a firm,
solid foundation that we
could add to, and ensure we
would have a stable program
- where we wouldn't be a
flash in the pan," Slocum said.
"I felt like it was important to
try to establish a recruiting
program where we brought in
freshmen and trained and
kept them in the program."
Using that gameplan,
Slocum and his staff have
succeeded in recruiting one of
the best classes of football
talent in the nation for two
consecutive years. More
importantly, all but one of
those players has been
academically eligible to set
foot on Kyle Field for the
Aggies.
"We wanted to build.a
program where academics
was at the forefront of the
program," Slocum explained.
"Where you could go into a
home and recruit a young
man and tell his parents that
we have a program where he
would have the opportunity
to graduate.
It may be Slocum's concern
for the other man that has led
to his success on and off the
field. But how did this calm-
demeanored man and his
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Q&A WITH COACH HALLMAN
Coach, what do think
of Bucky Richardson?
He's a great leader.
He'll compete as well
as anyone in the
country. He's a very
unique youngster and
we'll have our hands
full stopping Bucky
and matching the
intensity he brings to
that football team.
Even with Richardson
he is one of only two
returning starters, do
you that maybe helps
you a little bit since
they'll be working out
the kinks and playing
some new players?
That's always a
concern your first ball
game, so I know
A&M is probably
concerned about that.
Usually the problem
is you've got talent
and you hope that
through the veterens
and good coaching
you can bring those
players along.
Does split end Todd
Kinchen need to play
more under control or
was he just trying to
give that extra effort?
I don't want Todd to
slow it down. He's got a
lot of imagination. He's
got a lot of energy. The
only thing he needs to do
is keep his hands around
that football and bring
that ball into his ribcage.
Todd fumbled a couple
of times last week. That's
always just a matter of
technique. But the
mental approach and the
physical aspect, no I
don't want to take that
away from Todd, just for
him to hold on to the
football.
GAMEDAY MATCHUPS: TEXAS A&M vs. LOUISIANA
Texas A&M
SE 23
LT
LG
C
RG
RT
TE
FLK
QB
FB
HB
75
55
68
51
67
86
18
7
32
27
Offense:
Tony Harrison
Dexter Wesley
Tyler Harrison
Chris Dausin
John Ellisor
Keith Alex
Greg Schorp
Brian Mitchell
Bucky Richardson
Doug Carter
Greg Hill
L.S.U. Defense:
DT
95
Marc Boutte
NG
64
Scott Wharton
DT
59
Clayton Mouton
OLB
89
Shawn King
ILB
85
David Walkup
ILB
48
Anthony Williams
OLB
35
Roovelroe Swan
CB
23
Wayne Williams
CB
19
Corey Raymond
SS
25
Derriel McCorvey
WS
14
Anthony Marshall
Texas A&M Defense:
LB
58
Lance Teichelman
NG
98
Pat Henry
RE
92
Eric England
OLB
9
Marcus Buckley
ILB
43
Jason Atkinson
ILB
44
Quenton Coryatt
OLB
56
Otis Nealy
CB
3
Derrick Frazier
SS
6
Chris Grooms
FS
29
Pat Bates
CB
26
Kevin Smith
L.S.U. Offense:
SE
49
Todd Kinchen
LT
61
Ronnie Simnicht
LG
52
Kevin Mawae
C
55
Frank Godfrey
RG
76
Darron Landry
RT
69
Andy Martin
TE
86
Harold Bishop
FL
9
Wesley Jacob
QB
16
Chad Loup
TB
27
Vincent Fuller
FB
22
Darrell Williams
ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25
TWO TEAMS SEARCHING FOR AN IDENTITY
1. Florida St. (2-0) plays Western Michigan.
2. Miami (2-0) beat No. 10 Houston 40-10 on Thursday.
3. Michigan (1-0) plays No. 7 Notre Dame.
4. Washington (1-0) plays at No. 13 Nebraska Sept. 21.
5. Penn St. (2-0) plays at Southern Cal.
6. Florida (1-0) plays No. 16 Alabama.
7. Notre Dame (1-0) plays at No. 4 Michigan.
8. Clemson (1-0) plays Temple Sept. 21.
9. Oklahoma (0-0) plays North Texas.
10. Houston (1-1) lost to No. 2 Miami 40-10 on Thursday.
11. Tennessee (TO) plays No. 21 UCLA Sept. 21.
12. Colorado (1-0) plays No. 23 Baylor.
13. Nebraska (1-0) plays Colorado State.
14. Iowa (1-0) plays Iowa State.
15. Auburn (1-0) plays Mississippi.
16. Alabama (1-0) plays No. 6 Florida.
17 Georgia Tech (0-1) plays Boston College.
18. Michigan State (0-0) plays Central Michigan.
19. Ohio St. (1-0) plays Louisville.
20. Texas A&M (0-0) plays Louisiana State.
21-25. UCLA, Syracuse, Baylor, Pittsburgh, Mississippi St.
Texas A&M's youth . . .
Faced with the fact of possibly having to
play as many two dozen never-before-seen-
in-Aggie-uniform players, A&M opens the
season with an LSU team loaded with
returnees. Twenty of 22 Tiger starters from
1990 will line up against the Aggies' youth
movement. Tailback Greg Hill, wide receiver
Brian Mitchell, offensive linemen Tyler
Harrison and Chris Dausin and free safety
Patrick Bates will all start in their first game
in an A&M uniform. LSU, on the other hand,
is coming off a 31-10 loss to Georgia.
vs. LSLTs experience
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THE LAST TIME ON KYLE FIELD
1989 - A&M jumped on No. 7 LSU early as Larry
Horton returned the opening kickoff 92 yards for a
touchdown, was the beginning of an afternoon full
of big plays. Tailback Darren Lewis threw a 31-
yard TD-pass to tight end Mike Jones, fullback
Robert Wilson rumbled for a 20-yard TD and
cornerback Kevin Smith returned an interception
40-yards for another score as the Aggies won 28-
16. The loss sent the Tigers to a 1-6 start, their
worst start since 1956.
THE LAST TIME THEY PLAYED
1990 - A defensive battle until LSU split end Todd
Kinchen broke the game open with a 79-yard TD
catch and run and a 60-yard punt return to set up
another for a 17-8 Tiger victory. The loss sent
A&M into a 1-2-1 slide.
TIGER SPOTLIGHT
Kinchen:
A New LSU Legend
by Douglas Pils
BattdionGamedm^
T odd Kinchen picked a
good game to make his
career.
Last year Texas A&M
pranced into Death Valley for
a matchup with Louisiana
State equipped with a No. 11
ranking, a 3-0 record, a high-
powered offense and visions
of an undefeated season.
Somebody forgot to tell
Kinchen.
Kinchen permanently cast
his name in stone as one of
LSU's all-time greats on an
innocent looking 2-yard
swing pass. He took the third
and 9 pass from quarterback
Chad Loup and weaved his
way in and out of Texas
A&M's vaunted defense,
including a brilliant move on
All-SWC cornerback Kevin
Smith, for a 79-yard
touchdown.
The play gave LSU a 10-0
lead early in the fourth
quarter. However, on a A&M
punt after its next possession,
the 6-0,192-pounder
highlighted his history
making play with an encore.
He returned the punt 60 yards
to set up the Tigers' next
touchdown for a 17-0 lead
with 7:20 remaining. By
game's end, Kinchen
accounted for 218 of LSU's
419 total yards.
"Definitely the A&M game
was the biggest game I've
played in at LSU," Kinchen
said. "Having a long weaving
touchdown like that is
something that a player
always dreams about. And to
come back and make another
big play is a big dream for a
collegiate athlete."
Circumstances for the
Aggies are different this time.
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