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The Battalion
Page 9
. 5, 1991
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Graham remembers Glenn
Continued from Page 7
Kicking coach John Pearce
had already gathered the kickoff
team together. Slocum ran Glenn
down the sideline and told
Pearce he wanted the freshman
to handle the kickoff chores.
Pearce looked at Slocum strange
ly but filled the request.
"That kid was grinning from
ear to ear," the coach remem
bers. "At the time you don't
think anything about that, but
looking back, it's strange that you
would have a notion like that, es
pecially after you had planned to
do something just the opposite."
Graham was already on the
field when he saw Glenn running
in.
"I saw him and said, 'James,
are we going to make it hap
pen?'," Graham explained. "He
said, 'I'm going to kick it. Are
you going to tackle him?"
The question soon was an
swered. Glenn kicked the foot
ball to the opponent's 6-yard line
and Graham wrapped up the re
turner 12 yards later.
Glenn would get the opportu
nity to kick two more times be
fore the day was over.
"We talked about it on the
bus after the game. I'm glad that
before all of this happened, he
got to experience that," he said.
"I really think there was some
type of divine providence,"
Slocum testified.
Slocum said the freshman
had a certain magnetism about
him despite the less-than-promi-
nent role of a walk-on kicker.
"The death of any youngster
would have been difficult, but he
had a magnetism about him,"
Slocum said. "The guys he was in
competition with were some of
his closest friends and admirers.
"The whole coaching staff
and the whole team as drawn to
this young man, and not just for
his ability, but because of the
kind of kid he was."
This Saturday will be quite
different for the Aggies. This
time they will be without the ea
ger Glenn on the sidelines wait
ing to make a dream come true.
Glenn's No. 30 will be stuck
in their minds, as well as to the
back of their helmets in memori-
am. Sunday, and in future days
to come, they will wake up and
ponder the reasons for his sud
den death and the frailty of life in
general.
They will not forget James
Glenn, and the effect he had on
their lives.
O'Brien
Continued from Page 7
The ace.
Freshman quarterback Jeff
Granger has been impressive in
the Aggies' first two games, but
the heart and soul of the A&M
offense remains senior Bucky
Richardson. In A&M's opener
against LSU Richardson strained
the arch in his left foot and was
forced to sit out last week's Tulsa
game.
If tomorrow's game was
against Baylor or Texas you can
bet Richardson would be play
ing. For now, though, Slocum
holds the ace. Another week of
rest will ensure Richardson's
health for next Saturday's game
against Tech.
The pair of jacks
Freshman running sensation
Greg Hill is a player for the fu
ture and for now, but he's only
that much better when teamed
with senior tailback Randy Sim
mons. The two have different
enough running styles to keep
the defense guessing.
Hill slashes and jukes and
uses his break-away speed. Sim
mons uses his straight-ahead,
pain-inflicting running style.
Saturday these two aren't
held back. And with Simmon's
apparent return to health, these
cards only become more valu
able.
The wild card.
Or should we say the " Wild
Man?" Quentin Coryatt is one of
the nation's hardest hitting
linebackers, and don't think op
posing ball carriers don't know
it.
Against LSU, Coryatt drove a
Tiger running back out of
bounds and delivered a patent
ed, execution-style Coryatt love
tap. The hit could have been tak
en as a late one, but the LSU run
ner wisely walked back to his
huddle.
Most runners would have
gotten up and yelled at the de
fender and gotten in his face. Re
alizing it was Coryatt who drove
him out of bounds, the Tiger
runner chose health over the hos
pital.
The Wild Man is hurt but the
Red Raiders had best get ready
to 'just wisely walk back to the
huddle.' Slocum keeps Coryatt
in his hand to ensure good
health for the start of conference
play.
The suicide king.
Sophomore Patrick Bates was
supposed to make us forget Lar
ry Florton, but it's too soon to
tell if Bates will have an affect
on our memories. He's played
exceptionally well in spurts, but
then had an average perfor
mances last Saturday against
Tulsa.
The season is far from over
and Bates, who possesses great
size and speed, and is the proto
type blitzing safety. We haven't
seen much of it yet (and proba
bly won't Saturday) but confer
ence quarterbacks best get to
runnin'.
Opposing players don't have
many options.
The marked cards.
Two of A&M's most explo
sive players were in high school
five months ago. Wilbert
Biggens and Rodney Thomas
still make freshman-type mis
takes, but they also make Rocket
like runs when they get the ball.
Thomas, with Simmons at
less than a 100 percent, may be
the Aggies' second-best runner.
That's saying a lot for a guy
who's only had his driver's li
cense for two years.
Biggens is the other young
stud for A&M.
It's been awhile since the
dwellers of Kyle Field have seen
a kick returner like this. He's
had problems holding on to the
ball but he's fast and knows how
to read holes on returns.
But remember, no matter
how good the cards are, you
have to know when to play
them.
Coach Slocum and his staff
have been around long enough
to know who to play and when
to play them.
It's just a little easier when
you have a full house.
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Aggies stumbled, letting Tulsa
grab a heap of momentum and 25
points.
The offense used against Tul
sa, which was part of an offense
geared towards the running abili
ties of Richardson, will be differ
ent if Granger starts.
"One of the problems we had
in the Tulsa game with Bucky
getting hurt is there's a consider
able part of our offense that really
isn't any good to us (with
Granger playing), because it was
put in to take advantage of
Ducky's abilities," Slocum said.
It's difficult to decide what's
better, Slocum said, keeping the
old offense that Granger would
be more comfortable with or
putting in a whole new system.
"Now you're faced with the
additional problem of the Tulsa
game and do you put on a bunch
of additional offense," Slocum
said. "Do we go in with a lot of
new stuff or do we try to go in
with a pared-down version of our
old offense and hope to win?"
If Richardson doesn't play
Saturday, the Aggies will use an
offense that has been slightly al
tered to his style of play, Slocum
said.
"We're in the same situation
this week as last and that con
cerns me," he said. "But we will
put on a couple of new things.
Slocum said he wants his of
fense to be able to adjust to differ
ent signal callers.
"It would be unfair to put
those guys out there, who aren't
a guys and say
we've got this offense and we're
going to keep running it.'
"I want to go get us some oth
er things that these kids are capa
ble of doing and start developing
them. When Bucky's in there we
can do those things and when
he's not, we've got some other
things."
But Slocum has much more to
deal with than a change at the
quarterback spot. Two key com
ponents in the Aggie defense will
be missing.
Senior linebacker Quentin
Coryatt, an All-American and
Butkus Award candidate, suf
fered a dislocated shoulder
against Tulsa and is not expected
to play Saturday against USL.
Senior defensive lineman
Mark Wheeler suffered a pulled
groin in last weekend's game and
will also miss Saturday's contest.
Injuries on defense ad to
Slocum's concern over Saturday's
game.
"We're very much aware of
their capabilities and respectful of
their capablities to move the ball
and play defense," he said.
"They held Arkansas to three
field goals. Last year, they had
two or three linebackers hurt and
their quarterback, who is now
their starter, came off the bench
and ruhsed for 125 yards."
Football games don't always
go as planned and last Saturday
proved that. The Aggies are
hoping things go according to
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