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Thursday, February 3,1994 The Battalion Page 7
Writer's
ramblings
right rumors
P onder
ing the
p e r -
turbing pos
sibility of
Jimmy John
son junking
Jerry Jones'
Cowboys
and jaunting
over to Jack
sonville to
coach the
Jaguars jad
ed my jubi
lant attitude
and pro
voke d me to jostle through the
mass of students on my jour
ney to professor Jeff Jones'
English class.
On my journey to Jeff
Jones' class, where my
thoughts often jumble, I ran
into an old friend, a jock
named Jerry Jurica.
I asked Jerry if Jimmy
would really junk Jerry for the
Jaguars? Jerry is no jerk and
has no problem with me being
a jolly Jew.
"As the Jurica's jazzy Jew
ish jangler," Jerry said in his
joyful jargon, "you should
know that Jerry won't let Jim
my jaunt to Jacksonville and
join the Jaguars.
"Besides he wouldn't leave
Jimmie Jones and Jim Jeffcoat,
who are fans of the late Janis
Joplin, a high school classmate
of Jimmy Johnson himself."
That comforting comment
clued me in on the whole
stinking situation incited by
the irritating, illiterate idiots in
the idiosyncratic media.
Dammitt, I'm the darling,
yet daring. Drew Diener and
the damn media ain't gonna
fool me.
Those friggin', foolish
fiends won't fiddle with my
feelings. They're just jealous
that Jimmy Johnson and Jerry
Jones have built a wonderful
winner here and no one, not
Johnny Johnson of the Jets or
Jimmy Jackson of the Jokes,
can take that away from them.
Rumors riddle the right
eous and rich revealing the
wrong and not the real.
What in the names of Bill
Bates, Bobby Bowden, Beavis,
See Jostled / Page 8
Drew Diener
Sportswriter
A&M garners 'finest' recruiting class
Aggies land six All-Americans,
sign 12 players from Texas' top 100
By Drew Diener
The Battalion
Texas A&M head football coach R.C.
Slocum said he was pleased with the 25 stu
dent-athletes that signed Wednesday to
play for the Aggies next season.
The Aggies filled spots at almost every
A&M. football sigae.es
Player
Pqs
Hometown
• Brinkley, Darren
WR
Belton
• Brown, Down
OL
Houston
• Brown, Quiton
LB
Corsicana
• Campbell, Daniel
TE
Glen Rose
• Driver, Trent
LB
Cleveland
• Dudley, Adren
TE
Henderson
• Farris, Mark
QB
Angleton
• Flegeance, Jason
OL
St. Martinvillo, La.
• Hackradt, Kobv
OL
Conroe
• Hill, Daunte
WR
Huntsville
• Hodge, Cedric
RB
Kemp
• Holdman, Warrick
LB
Alief
• Horn, Jake
OL
Garland
• Horn, Shun
DB
jasper
• Lucas, Justin
WR
Victoria
• Mahone, Matt
TE
Longview
• Maxwell, David
DL
Waco
• McKinnev, Steve
DL
Houston
• Meyers, Phillip
LB
Galveston
• Nguyen, Dat
LB
Rockport
• Oliver, Aaron
WR
Arlington
• Ross, Rvon
DL
Garland
• Vasquez, David
OL
Alief
• Williams, Michael
DB
Lewisville
• Williams, Pat
DL
Monroe, La.
position: signing 14 offensive and 11 defen
sive players.
A&M once again landed a top-flight re
cruiting class that includes six high school
All-Americans and one junior college All-
American.
Slocum said the NCAA probation had
little, if any, effect on the players who
signed.
He said he even delayed recruiting visits
until after the NCAA ruling so he could
know where A&M stood and be able to ex
plain the situation to the recruits and their
parents.
"I'm very excited about this signing
date," Slocum said. "Without question, this
is the finest group of young men that we've
ever brought in."
Offensively, the Aggies concentrated on
improving their passing game by signing
Angleton quarterback Mark Farris and four
highly-touted wide receivers.
Rated by many as the top quarterback in
Texas this year, Angleton's Mark Farris
threw for more than 1,700 yards. He also
tossed 21 touchdowns as a senior while
earning Class 5A honorable mention all-
state honors.
"I like the coaching staff at A&M," Farris
said during a phone conversation with The
Battalion. "The chance to go to A&M
helped me make my decision."
Slocum said he had wanted to sign two
quarterbacks, but is still pleased with the
opportunity to get a player of the caliber of
Farris.
"We wanted to get the passing game
more involved in our offense," Slocum said.
"A guy can step into the depth chart here
and be as high as he can at any competitive
program."
In addition to landing Farris and a
stockpile of receivers, the Aggies signed
five offensive linemen, three tight ends, and
one running back.
Running back Cedric Hodge is a high
school All-American from Kemp. As a se
nior, Hodge rushed for 2,305 yards and 30
touchdowns on 215 carries en-route to earn
ing first-team Class 3A all-state honors.
At 6'2" 200-pounds, Hodge runs an im
pressive 4.3 in the 40 yard dash.
On defense, the Aggies concentrated on
reloading at defensive line and linebacker.
Slocum said linebacker was the weakest
area on the team last season.
Raun Nohavitza/THE Battalion
Texas A&M head football coach R.C.
Slocum speaks of the Aggies' 25 recruits.
"We were fortunate that this was a good
year in the state of Texas for linebackers,"
Slocum said. "Over the years, we have tak
en great pride in the linebackers we've had
at Texas A&M."
In all, the Aggies signed five linebackers,
four defensive linemen, and two defensive
backs to help carry on the "Wrecking
Crew" tradition.
Among the five linebackers signed by
A&M, Trent Driver, a 6'3" 215-pound All-
American from Cleveland is the most-her
alded.
After racking up 150 total tackles includ-
See Signing/ Page 8
Kevin Ivy/THE Battalion
Beth Burket, left, and Lisa Branch apply defensive presure during
Texas A&M's victory against Baylor on Wednesday night.
Lady Aggies break Baylor,
look to Texas Tech contest
By Nick Georgandis
The Battalion
The Texas A&M women's basketball team began
to separate the women from the girls in this year's
Southwest conference race, by beating the Baylor
Lady Bears, 92-78, Wednesday night at G. Rollie
White Coliseum.
The game looked to be a nail-biter midway
through the second half, as the Lady Bears came
back from a 47-42 halftime deficit to take a 64-63
lead with 9:25 left in the game.
The Lady Aggies fought back, and took the lead
for good at 72-70 with five minutes left in the game.
Head women's basketball coach Lynn Hickey
said the key to the Lady Aggies' victory was their
defensive intensity down the stretch.
"My biggest concern throughout the game was
playing tentative defense, " Hickey said. "Once the
defensive agression picked up, we were able to fol
low that with an offensive attack."
The Lady Aggies improved to 6-0 in SWC play
with the win, the best start in Lady Aggie history.
A&M's 14-3 mark overall is the team's best start
through 17 games.
Sophomore center Kelly Cerny said she believed
the win was particularly satisfying because of the
two teams' previous meeting, in which the Lady
Bears eliminated A&M from the 1993 SWC Tourna
ment.
"Last year, they prevented us from getting fur
ther, although we knew we had a better team, "
Cerny said. "We wanted to prove that Baylor
wasn't going to beat us this year, and they're still
not going to beat us."
Sophomore guard Lisa Branch led the Lady Ag
gies with 21 points.
Most of A&M's heavy damage was done by the
1-2 inside punch of Cerny and sophomore center
Martha McClelland who combined for 35 points, 23
rebounds and 11 assists.
Hickey said she believed the pair's work on the
glass was the key to the win.
"Martha and Kelly were a pretty tough combo
tonight, " Hickey said. "At halftime we were down
by l(in rebounding), and then we come out and to
tally dominate in the second half."
The Lady Aggies next game is at home on Satur
day night against Texas Tech in a match-up be
tween the two teams with the best conference
records.
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will come into the game ranked fourth in the na
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