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Tuesday, March 31, 1992
The Battalion
Page 3A
STEVE
O'BRIEN
Sportswriter
Running back
quiets critics,
sets high goals
A &M running back Greg Hill
isn't blind. Actually, his vi
sion is quite good. It's good
enough to see into the future — at
least it was last summer. That was
when the freshman running back for
Texas A&M calmly explained how he
was going to rush for more than 1,000
yards.
Some of the reporters, interview
ing Hill at the time, laughed.
Who did this guy think he was,
making all these predictions? He
hadn't even played a single down of
college football.
Well, a year later and there are no
signs of laughter as spring practice
gets underway. Just as he promised,
Hill rushed for over a 1,000 yards.
Actually, he went on to set the
Southwest Conference record for
most yards rushing by a player in his
freshman season. Not too bad when
you look at the runners who have
gone before him.
There was Heisman Trophy win
ner Earl Campbell of Texas, All-
American Eric Dickerson of SMU and
college football's fifth all-time leading
rusher Darren Lewis from A&M.
Hill passed them all on his way to
stardom.
But maybe it shouldn't have been
a surprise when you consider how
Hill began his career season.
In A&M's first game of the 1991
( season, the 5-11, 190-pound runner
set an NCAA record against LSU for
most yards by a freshman in his first
game. Hill's stroll that afternoon was
a prelude of things to come. Before
the season was over. Hill would be
See O'Brien/Page 4
Spring practice kicks off, minus stars
Coaches look to mend loose ends
By Scott Wudel
The Battalion
Bucky Richardson and Kevin Smith no
longer play football for Texas A&M, but
practice goes on at Kyle Field.
Spring football drills began Monday
for the first time in four years without the
fabled quarterback and his record-break
ing cornerback from across the line.
Texas A&M head football coach R. C.
Slocum and his staff began the task of re
placing the two Aggie mainstays, along
with mending other loose ends before
A&M's first game next August against
Stanford in the Pigskin Classic.
"They're missing us and we're miss
ing them," Slocum said of his former
players who stopped by to catch some of
the first day of spring practice. "We tell
them, 'You go out all those years, and you
complain about having spring training.
Now you don't even have to be out here,
and you're still here.'"
With Richardson's departure so goes
the option attack of the Aggies. Out with
the option and in with a passing game
and a brand new quarterback, to be
named later. Slocum and his offensive co
ordinator Bob Toledo are throwing a "few
new wrinkles" into their gameplan that
will feature a dropback, passing quarter
back.
"I'd say 10 percent, at the most, will be
new," Toledo said of the Aggies' modified
offense. "All we're doing is probably
eliminating some of the options and in
vesting that time in throwing the ball bet
ter."
The quarterback candidates include
junior Kent Petty, redshirt freshman Steve
Emerson, and freshmen Tommy Preston
and Matt Miller. Incoming freshman
Corey Pullig will more than likely be red-
shirted next season.
Toledo said he will spend the first four
days of practice looking at the strengths
and weaknesses of each quarterback and
then narrowing the list of probable
starters as the spring season progresses.
"Because they're all young, I think it's
important that we make a decision on at
least a couple of guys, then narrow it
down to one," he said. "You just can't get
four guys ready to play. You've got to
make a decision, and that's always
tough."
Defensive coordinator Bob Davie has
tough decisions of his own. He must find
See Coaches/Page 4
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. RICHARD.BUCKNOR/The Rattalion
A&M tailback Greg Hill takes a handoff from freshman of spring football practice at Kyle Field. The Aggies will
quarterback Tommy Preston on Monday during the first day practice four days a week during the next four weeks.
Johnson, A&M
ready for UTA
at Olsen Field
By Doug Foster
The Battalion
The Texas A&M baseball team, in the
midst of a nine-game Southwest Confer
ence road trip, will get a reprieve from
travel today when it hosts the University
of Texas-Arlington.
The Aggies and the Mavericks will
square off at Olsen Field at 7 p.m. A&M is
23-11 overall, 11-7 in conference play.
UTA is 23-8 on the season.
A&M head coach Mark Johnson's
squad will return home after breaking a
three-game conference losing streak by
tafking the last two games of a weekend
series with Texas Christian. The Horned
Frogs had defeated the Aggies in the first
game of the series, but A&M came back to
sweep the Saturday doubleheader to win
the series two games to one.
Johnson said UTA always seems to
have a solid team, and this year's club is
no exception.
"They always have good pitching, and
they usually hit the ball pretty well too, so
we'll have our hands full," he said. "They
stayed close to Texas this weekend and
See Aggies/Page 4
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