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Dykes
Continued from Page 7
Dykes said he attributed that to inexperience and overa-
gressiveness.
"At times, we have played great defense but we are big-
play plagued," Dykes said.
"We have been coming together lately. We've had
many guys play better than in the past. But A&M has so
many darn weapons."
Dykes said he believes establishing a running game will
be the key to a Red Raider victory.
"We are in a better position with our running game than
we have been in a long time," Dykes said. "The offensive
line is all back and (junior running back)Bam Morris is bet
ter adept at running than he ever has been.
"He has lost about 15 pounds and had his best off-sea
son ever. He has proven himself as a runner."
Despite Morris' emergence as a rusher. Dykes said he
realizes establishing a ground game will not be easy.
"(A&M) is hard to run against because they play more
of a pro-version defense," Dykes said. "They are more like
the Washington Redskins or somebody like that that really
does a lot of run blitzes."
Football is a team game but there is an individual com
petition worth watching: Tech senior wide receiver Lloyd
Hill against A&M senior cornerback Aaron Glenn. Dykes
said he is looking forward to the pair's battle with great an
ticipation.
"Lloyd Hill is what he is today because he tries to al
ways make the extra inch or extra foot/' Dykes said.
"Glenn will go wherever he wants to on the field. It's a
great match-up. I'd like to think that Lloyd will have a
chance to get up on him a few times, though."
A sell-out crowd will be awaiting the Red Raiders return
to Lubbock after three straight road games and Dykes said
he feels his players are ready for the challenge the Aggies
will present.
"Believe me, it will be nice to be home," Dykes said. "I
think we have a lot of capabilities but with A&M we'll
have to play mistake-free on both ends of the field for 60
minutes in order to have a chance to win.
"With A&M, it's almost like they're bulletproof."
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Cowboys' Norton
moves to middle
The Associated Press
IRVING - Ken Nortonji,
wants to play middle linebade:
like one of his old heroes,Did
Butkus.
"1 want to have a dominatiiij
presence," Norton said. "Yot
can't be shaking hands out te
I have to be tough and let'em
know the middle is mine."
Norton said that's thewaj
Butkus played for the Chicago
Bears and that's the way he wants
to play for the Dallas Cowboys.
"I'm excited about the chal
lenge, being the tough guy into
middle of it all making plays,'
said Norton, who was moved
from weakside linebacker.
Norton starts at middle line
backer against the Green Bail
Packers on Sunday in anothei
case of coach Jimmy Johnson's
changing of the guard. Robes!
Jones got into Johnson's dog
house when he didn't makea
tackle in the Cowboys' 17-10 vic
tory over the Phoenix Cardinals
on Sept. 18.
Norton has played in the mid
dle in the Cowboys' nickel pass
defense packages but it will be
the first time he will be in thatpo-
sition on every down.
"Butkus always let everyone
know the middle was his and
that's the way I want to be," Nor
ton said. "I've got a chancetc
make a name for myself in the
middle."
Norton did a pretty goodjobo!
putting his name on the NFL map
with his play in the Super Bowl.
He had 10 tackles, returned)
fumble for a touchdown, and
made the defensive play of the
game. He made two critical tad
les in a goal line stand, forcing
Buffalo into a fourth down pass
that was intercepted in the Cow
boys' 52-17 romp over Buffalo.
Hill and Hall
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duos in SWC history.
"Basically, Lloyd and 1
work well together because
we came from high school
programs that ran pretty
much the same offense as we
run here," Hall said. "We
also like to win, we're used to
winning and I think that
shows in the w-ay we play."
Their style has been open
ing not only SWC eyes but
also national eyes. Last year,
Hill was named first-team
All-America by Kodak, UPI,
The Sporting News and Foot
ball News while being hon
ored as the consensus Co-Of
fensive Player of the Year in
the SWC. Hall made a strong
bid for AU-SWC honors in
1992 before a shoulder injury
kept him out of three games.
Hill is closing on the SWC
record for receiving yardage.
He needs just 57 more yards
to break Southern
Methodist's Emanuel Tolbert
record. "Right now, the
record doesn't mean that
much because we aren't win
ning," Hill said. "It would be
nice to break but 1 have to
worry about us winning
first."
Hall is also trying to
rewrite the record books of
the SWC. Going into this
year. Hall has a chance to fin
ish in the top five in six differ
ent offensive categories.
Chances are that Hall will
also own all of Tech's passing
records because only four cat
egories do not have his name
at the top.
"1 don't think it's fair to
compare Robert to another
quarterback because he's real
ly not like any other," Hill
said. "He can do so many
different things, running and
passing the ball."
Hail likens Hill to Michael
Irvin of the Dallas Cowboys
because of their size.
"He's a lot like Irvin be
cause of the way he's physi
cally built," Hall said. "He
doesn't have blinding speed
but he manages to get open."
With all the success Hall
and Hill have had, they have
not been able to lead the Red
Raiders to a victory over
Texas A&M. Last year, they
came close, but A&M kicked
a last second field goal for a
19-17 win.
In three games against the
Aggies, Hill has 14 catches for
271 yards and one touch
down. Hall has completed 43
of 87 passes and 573 yards
and one touchdown in three
career starts.
"We can build on last
year’s game," Hall said. "You
don't throw a game like that
away.
"Playing a ranked team
like A&M last year, that
close, can only help you."
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