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Texas A&M SPORTS The Battalion
Monday, October IJ:
Letters to the Sports Editor
Readers sound off on Aggie football team
Fve got two letters
for you: t.u.
To all those who have taken it
upon themselves to slam the
football team for not winning as
well as^you think they should, I
have just two letters.. .t.u.
Since when does the student
body of this university think that
mere winning isn't enough. At
that other university, coaches are
fired and the team held up to
ridicule for not performing up to
a few peoples' standards. But
here at A&M, there is a long tra
dition of supporting the team
through thick and thin.
If you don't think the team
should be No. 5, that's your
problem. The boys didn't choose
to be ranked that high. Appar
ently, a group of 150 sports writ
ers from around the country be
lieve they are the fifth-best team
in the nation.
The Aggies are 5-0 and contin
ue to find ways to win. I guess
the only thing they haven't won
is the acceptance of a few un
grateful letter writers and colum
nists.
cause we were there when victo
ries were few and far between,
and we still know all the words
to "The Twelfth Man."
This morning, we read the
Dallas Morning News and
learned that A&M students are
criticizing and making cruel re
marks about our beloved Jeff
Granger. I have one thing to say
to these people: There's a school
down in Austin that would love
to have you and where you
would fit right in.
In disgust—
that you have a persona) problem
with Jeff. Well, deal with it! I
don't see you out there on the
field. And as for mentioning the
Olympics, you can't even com
prehend what they mean. Quit
griping until you're part of the
team. Until you are, all of you
who just sit back and gripe, you
will never be anything but a
"want-to-be."
like it or not, and I still belie,,
can bounce back to theGrar;
of our '91 Cotton Bowl marckj
come on Ags, support our fei!
Ag! Heck, this isn't Austin.
Gig 'em Jeff!!
Michael Coi
Class c!
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Mike Miller
Class of'93
Granger proved lii
mettle against Tec}
Bonnie O'Donnell-Martin
Class of 88
Gregory Martin
Class of ’87
Dallas, TX
Granger, Slocum
deserve a break
'Want-to-bes' have
problem with QB
Steve Warren
Class of '81
Old Ags disgusted
at team criticism
I was a freshman and my hus
band was a sophomore when we
defeated Texas, 57-12, back in
1984. That was one of the great
est days in Aggie football history,
which came at a time when we
were happy to win any game by
any number of points to any
team.
Even when we became accus
tomed to seeing the Aggies win,
we never took it for granted be-
This is addressed to John Del
gado, Glenn Portie, and all you
other "want-to-be" athletes.
You've completed maybe four
years of high school athletics,
and now that carries over, if
you're lucky, to your outstanding
intramural activities. So this
makes you experts on what
should happen with the football
team.
You guys, and everyone else
who agrees with you, are are so
full of it. For most of you who
are griping, the last time your
foot touched grass was when you
were about to mow it.
Everybody has a solution, but
there is no problem. We are
ranked fifth in the nation and
you gripe. Is it so hard to re
member when we were not even
ranked? Is it difficult for you to
remember that Slocum was our
coach then also? Well, he has
brought us from where we were
to where we are now, so he must
feel that Jeff is the right man.
So all this comes down to is
Give Jeff Granger a break? For
the past month and a half now it
seems that everyone and their
grandma have come out and said
someting derogatory about our
starting quarterback. I agree
with you that Jeff has not lived
up to his potential or '91 form,
but his slow start shouldn't mean
that he should be criticized as
harshly as he has been (after all
he's still an Ag, and Ags don't do
that to one another).
Coach Slocum has started Jeff
for the first five games and we're
5-0! Yes, maybe we should have
five blowouts, but a win is still a
win.
The bottom line here is that
Coach Slocum knows football
and what's best for our football
team. His choice of starting
Granger instead of benching him
has produced five wins, even
with the whole state of Texas, not
to mention our campus, in an up
roar. And it looks like Jeff will
continue to start for the "Fightin'
Texas Aggie" football team. Crit
icizing Jeff for his current play is
not going to help his confidence
and energize him back to '91
form.
The only way for us fans to
help Jeff battle back to form is to
encourage him, not belittle him.
He's going to start whether we
Kudos to Jeff Granger's
formanee on Saturday! He
have a perfect game, but he
formed brilliantly on thecriis
last drive of the game. '
turned two near-sacks into ft
downs, he displayed present
mind and determination rats
seen in college and even
quarterbacks.
Hopefully, this will silence!
detractors who haveabsuri!
suggested that Slocumrepli
Granger. Who do these feci
think they are? Dotheyttei
Slocum is going to n
Granger on the basis of th
ions of a couple of guyswks
extent of involvementwitir.
football team is probably*
more than watching them at
Field and on TV?
Nothing positive can n
from this criticism. I'm sure
Granger and the other tei
members are fully awaretl
they have not performed cp
their number five billing,
also sure that they don't nee!
hear the babblings of somee
preciative idiots to do every
within their power to impreft
their eameda
Monda
gameday performars
Such criticism needlessly*
mines Granger's confidence,®
of the most necessary etas'
be intact for Granger to te
as a quarterback and team Is
GregMarmit:
Gardere
Continued from Page 7
While directing the Longhorn
victory, Gardere became the first
quarterback from either school to
win the annual rivalry four times.
The Texas offensive line helped
the Longhorns to 450 yards of total
offense against a Oklahoma team
which is big on defense.
"We knew we were going to
have to put points on the board,"
Mackovic said. "Today, a number
of players contributed. We could
not wait for Oklahoma and see
what would happen and then try
to catch up to them. We tried to
strike early and get as many points
as we could."
And the Texas defense pres
sured OU quarterback Cale
Gundy, sacking him six times.
"We showed them we could
stop the run," Texas defensive
lineman Bo Robinson said. "Then
we went after the quarterback.
They were doing a lot of two-step
drops which makes it hard to put
pressure on the quarterback, but
we managed to do it."
Oklahoma coach Gary Gibbs
said his team played well but that
Texas had the upper hand.
"Texas controlled the game in
the secorrd half," Gibbs said. "It
was pretty close there in the first,
but they came out and really took
it to us. Our kids fought hard, but
you have to give Texas credit. We
didn't lose the game. Texas won
the game."
Slocum
Continued from Page 7
from, according to Slocum, is
the way he returned to the foot
ball team.
He had originally quit the
team to pursue baseball, but af
ter he failed to make the U.S.
Olympic team this summer, he
rejoined the club and instantly
became number one on the
depth chart.
Still, Slocum said that some
people saw his transition back
to football in a negative light al
though he, himself, does not see
it that way.
"There were those who saw
that as a negative thing," he
said. "I personally have never
felt any of that at all. For me, I
thought it was absurd for some
one to question a young man
who had the possible opportuni
ty to represent his country in the
Olympics.
"To hold that against a young
person, to me, is just beyond my
imagination. He's not some
Russian or something. He's one
of our guys."
As for the season itself, A&M
still is perched among the ranks
of the undefeated.
And Slocum believes that the
Aggies, given a few breaks, have
the potential to win the national
championship.
"I think you'd have to be less
than honest if you didn't look
down the schedule and say that
if we continue to improve, we
might," he said. "Potentially
and hypothetically, there's not a
team on our schedule that we
could say that we've got no
chance against.
"But because of the way foot
ball is, anyone of them could
beat us, too. There's just so
many variables."
Before the season, Slocum
had promoted a new pro-style
offense that he intended to use
to replace the ground-oriented
game of old. With the on-again,
off-again passing that the Ag
gies have shown so far this sea
son, he admits that it will take
time for the new scheme to de
velop.
"I do.-.'t know how long it
will take us," he said. "It will
likely take more than one season
to ever be where I really want it
to be."
However, even with the suc
cess that tailbacks Greg Hill and
Rodney Thomas have had this
season, Slocum said he will not
rely solely on the running game
and forego throwing the ball.
"I'm not really tempted to do
that because I know that ulti
mately for us to be what I want
us to be we've got to get to the
point where we can consistently
throw the football," he saidf.
"We will ultimately make
progress and continue to make
progress to where, at some
point, we'll be able to say that
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hang on, whatever." ■ er of the
"And that's the wayk® royage p
feel. If we want any moreth*
that, then we're greedy." As for
Have the Aggie faithfully |\j ew Wo
come greedy? Are certainp® lr y recoi
pie asking for too much? I 11 dio wer<
sport where millions of dolli 1 * ng Carib
and increasing booster supp jurfrienc
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every game isn't enough. inNew \A
Slocum takes all this ins# Other,
however. He said that he® more tha
derstands the tendencies of p* 5 nhis dia
pie to hope that their teamc* 1 :obejud£
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not the same team that puts up
28 points in the first quarter and
laughs off the rest of the game.
And as much as fans hate to
admit it, Bucky Richardson is
gone. Jeff Granger is not Bucky,
nor does he pretend to be.
Although Granger has defi
nitely not been a Davey O'Brien
Award candidate this season, he
deserves at least some praise for
A&M's game-winning drive
against Tech. It still amazes me
how he avoided that sack on
third down and eight that prob
ably would have cost him the
game.
Nevertheless, the Aggies' av
erage margin of victory this sea
son has been a mere 7.4 points a
game compared to 25.9 last year.
The Aggies have come from be
ing down or tied to win in every
game this season. Last year,
they only had to come from be
hind once.
But the biggest fear about
watching this team and seeing
how the Aggies have barely
squeaked by opponents all ^
son long is the helpless feeliB?
that the other shoe is about it
drop. _ .
There just seems to be a ^
that one of these days, they' 11 ^eth
not going to be able to maK^ J 16 high :
incredible comeback to win. * 0r e the
What A&M needs moreplow Co
anything is an impressive'^ ’rentier e
ry over a resurgent RiceOffif jy 1 * 3 chal.
ball club on Saturday. A big"' 1 the Ptc
would prove to fans and AP ;(t v ho inspi
ers that the Aggies dohavei* palm em]
talent that everyone thought In 209
they did. ^°on anc
But another close win or 2 'onoring
loss will keep the Aegies'stifl tiaverick
alive. °day.
The credo at this school is
that if it happens more than
once, it's a tradition. Itisim^ loBaido
ative for A&M to start a sev^' ; zducatioi
game tradition of blowout^ 1
Ties. ^Steals appei
In the weak, lackluster So'j
west Conference, the Aggies 1 ''
expected to ravage through 11 ' battalion
schedule just as they did la' 1
season. Whether that's a fair 1 * ^ reserve the
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