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FOSTER
Sports Editor
Pay-per-view:
A true sports
fan's worst fear
F or those
dyed-in-
the-wool
sports fans,
there is an evil
force in televi
sion that could
possibly be the
true anti-
Christ.
Pay-per-
view.
Those three
words. Those
three little
words that, for
those who
think ESPN is
a gift from God and wish Vin Scully
and Joe Garagiola would call every
baseball game for the eternity, are like
stamping a '666' on the top of your
TV.
That's right, just another way Big-
Brother Cable company can get his
hand into your back pocket and make
your life miserable — just when we
thought we were going to be able to
watch all the sports we wanted
thanks to HSE and ESPN.
Sure, pay-per-view has been
around a while, but recently those
around the Bryan-College Station
area are getting a glimpse of just how
altered their lives can become by hav
ing to pay for sports coverage.
Just think, that yawner last week
end between Texas A&M and Mis
souri actually cost us money!
Thanks, TCA. Next time, how
about kissing us first.
And now, our beloved cable com
pany actually wants us to PAY to
watch Jimmy Connors play Martina
Navratilova in a so-called 'battle of
the sexes.'
The cable company really expects
us to pay for what is supposed to be a
match between the one of the win-
ningest male and winningest female
See Foster/ Page 8
Sports
The Battalion
Page 7
Making The Adjustment
Former A&M cornerback Smith
conforms to ways of the NFL
By MICHAEL PLUMER
Sports writer of THE BATTALION
Kevin Smith had only one dream as a
boy growing up in Orange. He wanted
to be a professional football player, but
not just for any National Football League
team.
Smith wanted to be a Dallas Cowboy.
The men in silver and blue always
held a special place in his heart. And af
ter an All-American career as a corner-
back at Texas A&M, the Cowboys made
Smith the 17th overall pick in the 1992
draft.
But Smith's dream turned into a night
mare when he suffered a hamstring in
jury during training camp in July. The af
fliction slowed his progress toward his
ultimate goal of starting, but now that he
is recovered Smith is anxious to get start
ed.
"Everything is fine concerning my in
jury," Smith said Wednesday. "I am
healthy and I cannot wait to get some
playing time."
Smith's injury left doubts in the Cow
boys' coaching staff's minds about when
he would be available to play full-time.
He said he is still battling the skepticism.
"I have not played as much as I want
to due to my being hurt," Smith said.
"The coaches were not sure if I was in
jured or healthy, but now since I am fully
recovered there should be no questions.
"The rest will take care of itself."
Since the Cowboys have an open
week. Smith said he can see the light at
the end of the tunnel concerning getting
back into playing rhythm.
"I had some goals at the start of the
season and those have not changed," he
said. "I started slow with the injury but
my long-term goals remain the same.
"I want to start."
Now that Smith has fully recovered,
he said he is looking forward to helping
the 3-0 Cowboys with their push toward
the playoffs.
Smith is behind Isaac Holt at corner-
back, but he said he feels there are other
ways to help the resurgent 'boys in blue'
on their way to the top.
"I have been playing on special teams
and we have gotten some notoriety re
cently," he said. "I have been working a
little at punt returner and that is fairly ex
citing."
A&M fans probably recall Smith being
very thrilling as a punt returner. His 71-
yard punt return for a touchdown against
Rice and 73-yard takeback against Texas
rank high in a 1991 A&M season chalked
full of highlights.
But Smith did not declare himself
ready for the Cowboy punt return job.
"We've got a good one in Kelvin Mar
tin right now, and time will tell whether I
get a chance."
When Smith is not shagging punts or
pursuing kickoff returners, he is busily
trying to learn the Cowboys' defensive
system. He said that the learning process
has come fast but not without some set
backs.
"The opportunity will come for me to
play but I have been discouraged at
times," he said. "Last weekend was pret
ty discouraging because I did not play as
much as I wanted to on the defensive side
of the ball.
"Out of 70 defensive plays, I played
30. That was cool but I want to play
more."
Contrary to popular belief. Smith said
that picking up the nuances of the Cow
boy system was not as difficult as he first
thought they might be.
"As a player you learn from level to
level," Smith said. "From high school to
college to the pros the stuff has been simi
lar.
"The Cowboy system is real basic and
it is similar to the defense we played at
Texas A&M, which really helps out. The
pro defense is all about recognition and
what is happening in front of you.
"You see the same route all through
the game in the pros, but it is run just a
little different each time. The difference
in the pros is it's you against him."
See Smith/Page 8
Former A&M cornerback Kevin Smith returns a punt for a touchdown against
Rice in 1991. Smith is now a member of the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys and is
recovering from an early-season injury that kept his play limited during the first
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