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Texas A&M 51 J OKTS The Battalion
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Cougars open season with defensive holes to fill
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HOUSTON — University of
Houston coach John Jenkins was
trying to maintain his trademark
smile Tuesday despite the attrition
that has cost him three safeties
since the start of preseason prac
tice.
Kevin Batiste and Darren
Woods have been declared
scholastically ineligible and on
Monday Zach Chatman was sus
pended from the team after he
was charged with carrying a gun
;n campus.
Defensive tackle Sam Fa'aita
also failed to make his summer
school grades, leaving the
Cougars scrambling to shore up a
defense that was ranked among
the worst in the country last sea
son.
Houston's defenders ranked
90th among the 106 NCAA Divi
sion I-A school in scoring defense
and they were 84th in total de
fense.
The Cougars will open their
season at Tulsa Saturday with a
freshman and junior college trans
fer as the free safeties.
"What we have to do is move
on and work with the guys that
are here," Jenkins said. "There are
some excellent athletes there.
They just have to play."
The safety losses have left the
starting job to Thomas McGaugh-
ey, a freshman from Houston
Langham Creek and Stewart Car
penter, a junior college transfer as
the backup.
Chatman and Woods were list
ed 1-2 at the free safety position
prior to the dismissals.
Houston athletic director Rudy
Davalos said Chatman was arrest
ed Saturday night when he was
stopped by campus police. There
had been some altercations on the
campus, Davalos said, but Chat
man had not been involved. They
happened to stop him. He was not
in a fight," Davalos said.
Chatman, a senior from Beau
mont, also has been suspended
temporarily from school pending
the outcome of a hearing.
Jenkins has a different quarter
back dilemma, too many quarter
backs.
Jenkins said he would wait un
til Thursday to announce the start
ing quarterback for Saturday's
opener. He will choose among
Donald Douglas, the expected
choice, Jimmy Klingler and junior
college transfer Kyle Allen.
"They've had a wonderful two-
a-day competiton," Jenkins said.
"Each one has different ingredi
ents to offer. Rather than come out
and say what I'm going to do. I'll
have that competitive process con
tinue on through the week."
Douglas, with scrambling and
passing abilities, started two
games last season for injured
David Klingler. He completed 37
of 59 passes for 520 yards and four
touchdowns.
The two teams haven't played
since 1988 when the Cougars pre
vailed 82-28 in the Astrodome. In
Houston's last visit to Tulsa, the
Hurricane won 31-24 in 1985.
Frogs look for battle against revenge-minded Lobos
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When Texas Christian faces
New Mexico on Saturday, it could
be much closer than the Horned
Frogs' Leon Clay-paced 60-7 tri
umph over the Lobos in last year's
initial meeting at Fort Worth. The
Lobos also are no stranger to SWC
opponents. Most of those battles
have taken place with Texas Tech,
and the Red Raiders lead that se
ries 27-5-2 to give the SWC a 35-5-
2 lead over UNM.
New Mexico's Dennis Fran-
chione joins the Horned Frogs'
new head coach Pat Sullivan with
just one spring session to look
over their charges. Franchione has
compiled an enviable 80-19-2
(10th year) overall mark with
stops at Southwestern (Kan.),
Pittsburg State and Southwest
Texas State. Sullivan has been part
of a winning tradition at Auburn
as the on-the-field and Academic
All-America choice assisted six
Tigers' teams with a combined
record of 52-16-3 and two SEC ti
tles from 1986-91.
TCU appears to want to estab
lish more time of possession on
offense and to play the fine con
tainment defense that helped the
team post its best record since
1984 last fall.
The Lobos, who finished
strongly with wins over Air Force
and Colorado State in their final
three games, have committed to
strengthening their football pro
gram and to playing with year
long consistency. Franchione has
been successful (.802 career win
ning percentage) at all his previ
ous stops and should have the Lo
bos playing with greater confi
dence.
TCU's returning standouts in
the secondary — CB Anthony
Hickman, FS Tony Rand and SS
Greg Evans — join with much-im
proved junior Rico Wesley to pose
one of the SWC's most rugged
pass defenses. RBs Curtis Mod-
kins and Derrick Cullors com
bined for 1,015 yards and 13 TDs
rushing last year while running
almost exclusively from one-back
sets.
Though the loss for the season
of LB Reggie Anderson (spring
knee injury) hurts, DE Tunji Bold
en and DT Royal West provide
good anchors in front of the
speedy secondary. QB Leon Clay
has racked up 2,244 passing yards
and 27 TDs in his last nine games
and may be one of the nation's
best w hen he is at 100 percent in
the health department.
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NORMAN, Okla. — A young
Oklahoma football team begins its
season Thursday night against
Texas Tech. Coach Gary Gibbs is
eagef to watch the growing-up
process.
Gibbs says 23 players who will
suit up against the Red Raiders
have never played a down for No.
15 Oklahoma, or have played only
sparingly. That includes four
starters on defense and three on
affense.
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
lists 10 seniors to go along with 14
players who are true freshmen or
redshirted freshmen. If Gibbs is
concerned, he didn't show it Tues
day.
"I'm excited about this football
team," he said at his first weekly
news conference of the yea].
"We've had excellent practices.
Our team's excited about the sea
son, they're anxious to play.
"Obviously with the inexperi
ence and youth, you're concerned
about how they're going to react
to certain situations. But you also
know they're going to enter the
season and this contest with a lot
of enthusiasm.
"I think we're a team that be
lieves we'll be successful. And
with that youth we still can blend
in a lot of key players who have
played a lot of football here at Ok
lahoma."
At the top of that list are quar
terback Gale Gundy and outside
linebacker Reggie Barnes.
Gundy threw for 1,228 yards
last season while Mike Gaddis
was running for 1,240 yards. This
year, the offense is expected to re
volve more around Gundy.
Barnes was an All-Big Eight pick
last year and Gibbs believes he
can be one of the best in the nation
this year.
"We still have question marks
and really we're not going to be
able to answer those questions un
til Thursday night," Gibbs said.
He has an idea what he'll see
from the Sooners.
"I think we'll go out and play
lights out," he said. "I think we'll
play hard, I think we'll play with
a lot of enthusiasm and I think
we'll be an exciting football team
to watch and be part of."
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