Sports
Tuesday, December 10, 1991
The Battalion
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Steve
O'Brien
Asst. Sports
Editor
Dodds, Texas
too greedy in
coach's search
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U niversity of Texas Athletic Di
rector DeLoss Dodds and his
search committee are making
a big mistake in the way they're go
ing about looking for a replacement
for David McWilliams as head coach
of the Longhorns.
Their "short list" of candidates,
as printed in the Houston Chronicle,
includes John Mackovic of Illinois,
Dennis Erickson of Miami, Bobby
Ross of Georgia Tech, Dennis Green
ofStanford, Dick Sheridan of North
Carolina State and Howard Schnel-
lenberger of Louisville.
These are all great coaches, but
Dodds and his group of Longhorn
spastics are getting too greedy. They
want a coach with experience at the
major college level, professional ex
perience ahd a burning desire to win
a national championship.
Wait just a minute. For some
reason. Longhorn fans and alumni
seem to think they're so great that
they can put down these demands
on potential applicants and still
come away with more than an emp
ty hand.
Why don't they just look for a
winner?
R.C. Slocum was no Lou Holtz
when he took over the head coach
ing job at Texas A&M. He was a
home-grown boy, raised and nur
tured in the A&M coaching system
for almost 20 years.
Slocum ha^ proven to be a win
ner.
Fans, alumni and administration
at UT think they can juSt lay out a
long list of demands and everyone
else is going to roll over and die and
leave their current jobs for the burnt
orange.
You can't blame the Longhorns
for wanting the best. The Aggies
would probably do the same thing if
Slocum had to be replaced as head
coach. A&M fans and alumni and
everyone associated with the Aggies
would want a say in the selection
process.
But the athletic director has to
take control. He or she must be deci
sive and call the shots.
Dodds should assure all the fans
and alumni that everything is going
to be okay and then go find a coach.
If a Bear Bryant was under their
noses they wouldn't know. A rein-
See O’Brien/ Page 4
Aggies ready to sink FSU ship
Richardson, Weldon
lead teams into battle
By Steve O'Brien
The Battalion
Casey Weldon and Bucky Richardson met last Satur
day for the first time. The two seniors quarterbacks were
in Kings Mills, Ohio, as finalists for the Davey O'Brien
Award. The award is given each year to college foot
ball's best quarterback.
Brigham Young senior Ty Detmer took home the
honors. Weldon and Richardson took home a friend
ship.
But Richardson and Weldon aren't through trying to
grab postseason glory. They play each other in the 1991
Cotton Bowl on Jan. 1 as the fifth-ranked Seminoles play
the ninth-ranked Aggies.
Detmer, also the 1990 Heisman Trophy winner, takes
his unranked Cougars into the Holiday Bowl against
No. 7 Iowa.
Richardson, a 6-2, 225-pound senior, is known for his
ability to run with the football. He has rushed for more
yards than any other quarterback in Southwest Confer
ence history. In the 1988 Cotton Bowl against Notre
Dame, Richardson ran and threw his way to Most Valu
able Player honors as a freshman.
It was the last time the Aggies went to the Cotton
Bowl. And this year, in his final season, his last shot,
Richardson has led a group of young A&M players to a
perfect 8-0 conference record and 10-1 overall record.
Florida State head football coach Bobby Bowden said
his Seminole defense will have its hands full with
Richardson on New Year's Day.
"Bucky is really a winner," Bowden said. "If he
lived back in the 17th century or 18th century, he would
have been a pirate. He would be the captain of the ship.
"There's no doubt who runs that A&M ball club."
Richardson said he is going to look at A&M's show
down with Florida State like any other game, though he
knows it's special.
"It's going to be the last time I ever play in an Aggie
uniform and I want to end my career on a high note," he
said. "And I plan on doing that.
"If you have enough pride in what you're doing and
just play football, you give it all you have every time you
play. That's what I try to do every time I take the field,
and Florida State won't be any different.
Richardson said the Seminoles are loaded with talent.
"Looking at their personnel, I do have to think this
KARL STOLLEIS/ The Battalion
Quarterback Bucky Richardson one of A&M's buccaneers who
will fight Florida State in the '1992 Mobil Cotton Bowl on Jan. 1.
will be the best team we've played this year," he said.
"They're a lot like us in the way they play defense. They
take a lot of chances and it can hurt you if you're not
ready for it."
A&M offensive coordinator Bob Toledo said he just
wants the Aggies to find a way to win on Jan. 1.
"We're just going to try to win the game," Toledo
said. "We're going to try to come up with whatever
wrinkles we can to win the game. All I can say it that it's
going to be one heck of a battle.
"We need to try to keep them off balance and get
some mismatches if we can in some areas and try to
make some big plays."
Currently, the Seminoles are 7 1/2 point favorites
over A&M. They chose only to travel to Dallas for the
Cotton Bowl after their national championship hopes
ended with a 1-point loss to Miami.
Richardson doesn't think the Seminoles will be over
confident against the Aggies.
"This past weekend, I talked to Casey Weldon and
(cornerback) Terrell Buckley a little bit, and I didn't
sense that," Richardson said. "I think they respect us
and know how we have a good football team."
Richardson and Weldon are completely different
"Bucky is really a winner. If he lived
back in the 17th Century or 18th Century, he
would have been a pirate. He would be the
captain of the ship. There's no doubt who
runs that A&M ball club."
—Florida State coach Bobby Bowden
quarterbacks. Richardson is the runner and Weldon the
passer. But the two players lead with the same intensity.
"They both can be fiery leaders," Bowden said.
"Casey doesn't mind telling a younger player what he
did wrong. Richardson looks like the same type of guy.
He's much more physical than our boy."
The entire Aggie offense must be ready for the Semi
nole defense. FSU is No. 10 in total defense and possess
es two of the best defensive players in the country in
sophomore linebacker Marvin Jones and junior corner-
back Terrell Buckley.
A&M freshman wide receiver Brian Mitchell said the
Aggies are ready for the Seminoles' speedy defense.
"Their defense is a lot like ours," Mitchell said.
"They do a lot of blitzing and man-to-man coverage. I
feel like I can beat anybody if I put my mind to it.
"I'm just ready to play ball."
Buckley was the recipient of the Jim Thorpe Award,
given to the best defensive back in the country. Jones
was a finalist for the Lombardi Award as the best line
man in college football.
Whether or not the Aggies can get past Jones, Buck-
ley and the rest of the Seminole defense remains to be
seen. But Richardson will be leading the charge either
way.
Dolphins ride Marino’s arm, win 37-13
Miami quarterback throws for three touchdowns against troubled Bengal defense
MIAMI (AP) — Dan Marino vs. the
NFL's worst pass defense was no con
test.
Marino threw for 281 yards and three
touchdowns Monday night, helping the
Miami Dolphins move closer to a playoff
berth by beating the Cincinnati Bengals
37-13.
Miami (8-6) won for the fifth time in
six games.
The Dolphins will clinch an AFC
wild-card playoff berth next Sunday if
they w r in at San Diego and the New York
Jets lose to New England.
Cincinnati fell to 2-12, tying the team
record for losses set in 1978 and 1979.
The Ben
gals were al
lowing 260
yards passing
per game, last
in the NFL,
and Marino
took full ad
vantage to add
to his list of ca
reer achieve
ments.
With scor
ing passes of 43 yards to Mark Duper
and 18 and 16 yards to Mark Clayton,
Marino reached 20 TDs for an NFL-
record ninth season. He also moved into
fifth place on the NFL's career yardage
list.
Marino, who completed 24 of 33
passes, has been instrumental in Miami's
recent surge. He threw nine touchdown
passes in the first nine games and has 11
in the past five.
Duper caught seven passes for 134
yards. The Dolphins' point total was
their highest since 1988.
The Bengals closed to 20-13 early in
the fourth quarter on a 1-yard run by Ick-
ey Woods. But Miami answered with
two touchdowns in 87 seconds to clinch
the win.
Mark Higgs capped a 65-yard drive
with a 3-yard scoring run. Two plays lat
er, teammate Louis Oliver recovered a
fumble by Harold Green at the Cincin
nati 17-yard line. On second down, Mari
no combined with Clayton for their sec
ond score of the night.
Miami's Pete Stoyanovich booted
three field goals, including a 50-yarder
that was good even though he lost his
footing and landed on his rear after kick
ing the ball.
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