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Aggie Band
helped tarnish
school's image
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been a glowing,
magical, epic
achievement last
Thursday night
was ruined by
events that took
place before,
during and after
the football
game between
Texas A&M and
the University of
Texas.
The A&M
football team is still 12-0 and one of
the best three teams in major college
football, and looks to be headed in the
same direction next season.
The Aggies had never won back-to-
back conference titles and gone unde
feated in conference play until last
week, and next year could make it
three straight.
But the events that killed the glory
of the night for this Aggie — and
many others — were the conduct of
the band before the game and at half
time and the antics of a few members
of the football team after their great
victory.
As I was driving into Austin to see
the game, I tuned into one of the city's
local stations to here some of the
pregame show. Imagine my surprise
when I found out the main topic of
conversation during the program was
an incident that some band members
had instigated earlier in the afternoon.
As the report went, the Aggie band
was lining up on the field for practice
Thursday afternoon and some mem
bers were standing around the paint
ed visage of UT's mascot, Bevo, at
midfield, admiring the newly sewn-on
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Solari trying to fill shoes
of former A&M greats
A&M outside linebacker Steve Solari blitzes around the right end against LSU
in the Aggies’ 44-7 win in 1991. Solari is looking to be the next in the line of great
NFL linebackers at A&M.
By MICHAEL PLUMER
Sports Writer of THE BATTALION
A string of excellent linebackers is a
tradition that has developed at Texas
A&M in the past 20 years as one line
backer after another has gone on to play
in the National Football League.
Ed Simonini, Garth Ten Napel and
Robert Jackson in the mid-1970s have
passed the torch to a younger generation
which included Johnny Holland, John
Roper, Aaron Wallace and Quentin Cory-
att. They carried the flames from the
1980s into the 1990s.
Senior outside linebacker Marcus
Buckley has done his part to follow the
tradition by posting 29 sacks in his A&M
career. But his flame is starting to flicker
as he prepares for his final game at A&M
which will be in the Mobil Catton Bowl
Classic.
Into his spot, a quiet, unassuming 6-1,
225-pound linebacker is ready to assume
Buckley's soon-to-be-vacated throne.
His name is Steve Solari.
"It pumps my ego when people say
that, and I do look at the possibility of be
ing the next linebacker who has a chance
to shine," Solari said. "But there are a lot
of others, like the freshmen from this
year, who could push me. They will keep
me on my toes, so it could be one of them
next year.
"I have to work hard, and I hope that
it will be me next year. Time will tell."
While there is speculation about the
1993 season, Solari is still pushing for this
season to finish on a good note. With 61
tackles, the Sugar Land Willowridge
High School product is fifth on the team
in number of tackles. He has also posted
three and a half sacks, placing him be
hind Buckley and defensive lineman
Lance Teichelman in quarterback traps
for the year.
By his own admission, the!992 season
started slowly for Solari. He picked up
his play in the fourth game of the season
against Missouri when he had eight tack
les.
"Earlier in the season, I was not too
happy with the way things were going,
but my play has picked up as the season
has gone along," Solari said. "I felt my
play has been pretty much even in the
last few games."
Although Solari has been happy with
his play, he said he feels there is still
room for improvement in the Cotton
Bowl.
"I am always excited with my play,
but I don't feel any satisfaction because
there is always something that I can im
prove on."
After transferring from Purdue in
1990, Solari said he received tutelage
from Buckley in learning A&M's defen
sive system. The time the two spent to
gether helped him to adjust to not only a
different program but also college life, he
said.
"We are like brothers because we
share and do a lot of things together," So
lari said. "He helped me out a lot by
teaching me the system and with him be
ing there at the other linebacker spot has
taken the pressure off of me."
Buckley said he expects Solari to blos
som into the main man next year because
of the intangibles he possesses.
"Steve is a really great guy, and we're
good friends," Buckley said. "I know
he'll be able to do the job next year be
cause of the way he approaches the game.
"He's got a lot of speed, and he knows
how to get to the quarterback and make
things happen."
Applying pressure on the quarterback
is an integral part of the A&M defensive
scheme. For an outside linebacker to be
successful for the Aggies, he must possess
the quickness to get around any potential
blockers.
Outside linebacker coach Kirk Doll
said Solari has those areas covered.
"He is a great athlete that can do a
number of things," Doll said. "Steve is a
great asset for our defense because he can
take the pressure off the other lineback
ers.
"He can blitz and play the run which
is important in the type of defense we
play."
One aspect of Solari that could be
viewed as a negative in his play is lack of
height. Standing at 6-1, Solari will usually
be matched against tackles and tight ends
that are four to five inches taller than
him.
But both Doll and Solari himself said
that he can overcome that.
"Although Steve is relatively short, it
actually might help him because he gains
leverage against the bigger guys," Doll
said. "It might work against him at cer
tain times, but it probably shouldn't be
that much of a factor. The matchups we
try to create in our defense are hopefully
to his advantage.
"Steve can use his quickness to get off
the blocks and get around the bigger man
and make the play."
"Sometimes I feel I have the advantage
by being shorter because when I turn the
corner against a guy that is 6-5 and 280
pounds he doesn't want to get down and
block me," Solari said. "It might hurt me
when I play the run because sometimes I
have to search around and find where the
ball is.
"All in all, I don't think my height
bothers me all that much when I'm play
ing."
Solari said his quickness can help in
overcoming his supposed lack of size.
"It helps a lot that I am faster than
most of the players I go against," he said.
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