The Battalion • Page 3
Wednesday • June 14, 1995
S ports
Moving in
Transfer awaits Big 12 opportunity
Branndon Stewart, a transfer quarterback from Tennessee, must sit out
the 1 995 season, but will be eligible during the first year of the Big 1 2.
□ Branndon Stewart
learns the A&M offense
while sitting out a year.
By Lee Wright
The Battalion
After leading his high school
football team to the Class 4A
Texas state football champi
onship in 1993, quarterback
Branndon Stewart was one of
the most sought-after football
prospects in the nation.
Tim Cassidy, Texas A&M di
rector of football operations,
compared Stewart to one of the
NFL’s top quarterbacks.
“(Branndon) is a mobile,
Steve Young-type quarterback,”
Cassidy said.
Stewart was recruited by
several schools, and chose the
University of Tennessee over
the University of Florida and
Texas A&M.
Stewart said he liked A&M
and the coaches, but felt that
Tennessee was the best place
for him to advance his athletic
and academic careers.
As a true freshman in the fall
of 1994, Stewart split time at
quarterback with Peyton Man
ning, the son of former NFL star
quarterback Archie Manning.
After his first season, Stew
art felt he deserved more play
ing time than he was getting,
and decided to transfer to an
other school.
“I felt that I wasn’t getting
the chances I had hoped for,”
Stewart said.
When he decided to leave
Tennessee after the fall 1994 se
mester, Stewart said he had no
doubts about where he wanted
See Stewart, Page 4
Moving on
Groce, Biggens find homes in NFL
File photo
Clif Groce signed a contract to play fullback for the Indianapolis Colts
along with Wilbert Biggens.
□ The two former Aggies
players took different
paths to join the Colts.
By David Winder
The Battalion
When running backs Clif
Groce and Wilbert Biggens
came to Texas A&M in 1991,
they were expected to be inte
gral parts of the Aggie back-
field of the future. Groce had
gained over 3,000 yards in two
seasons at A&M Consolidated
High School while Biggens had
earned All-America honors
with 28 touchdowns during his
senior year at Aldine
MacArthur High School.
When they left A&M last
year, only one had become an ,
integral part of the Aggie back-
field. Groce had seen action at
fullback since his freshman
year, while Biggens continually
switched positions from run
ning back to receiver to defen
sive back, while seeing most of
his action on special teams.
But none of that mattered to
the National Football League as
both Groce and Biggens signed
free-agent contracts with the In
dianapolis Colts last month after
neither was drafted.
“He (Clif) expected and I ex
pected him to get drafted,” Ag
gie fullback Detron Smith said.
“Clif was one of the top full
backs in the country last year.
I expected him to go in third or
fourth round.
“He was very confident that
he would be drafted. A lot of
teams expressed interest in
him. He did well at the first
camp (the NFL scouting com
bine in Indianapolis), and he
did well when the pro scouts
came down to A&M.”
Texas A&M Head Coach
R.C. Slocum said he was also
surprised that Groce was not
selected by an NFL team.
“I thought he was a great
guy that can catch and block,”
Slocum said. “He has great
running ability. When it comes
to the draft, you never know
what’s going to happen or how
it works.”
Aggie running backs coach
Ken Rucker said he had a notion
that Groce might not be drafted.
“I really wasn’t surprised,”
Rucker said. “Leading up to the
draft, you kind of get a feeling
of who is going to be drafted.
But I think there is too big of
an emphasis on what pick a
guy is taken or what round he
is selected in.
“I would have been more
See NFL, Page 4
Garvin challenges sports nuts with quiz
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D. With the tremendous drop in atten
dance, whoever is the first to receive 100
votes in fan balloting.
6. Most sports fans are expecting Wimble
don to be:
A. A chance to see the best tennis in the
world.
B. A showdown between Andre Agassi and
Pete Sampras.
C. A second straight Gram Slam for Stefi
Graf.
D. Less entertaining than Bowling for
Dollars.
7. What problem are the Big 12 presidents
most worried about as they put a foundation
down for the new conference?
A. Revenue sharing.
B. Partial qualifiers
C. Division playoff
D. Lunch
8. What is David Winder doing instead of
writing his column?
A. Coaching the Orlando Magic on three-
point shooting.
B. Reporting drug tests at the University
of Miami.
C. Wondering why his paycheck is so
small.
Due to circumstances be
yond The Battalion’s control,
David Winder’s sports col
umn will not run today. As a
replacement, here is Artie
Garvin’s Sixth Annual
Sports Knowledge Test.
1. What will it mean to
the NBA if Charles Barkley
decides not to retire?
A. There will be another elder statesman
to teach the young punks what the league is
all about.
B. We’ll see more of those cool Right
Guard commercials.
C. There will be another certain Hall-
of-Famer to please NBA crowds across
the country.
D. The Phoenix Suns will choke in the
playoffs again.
2. What is the public doing this year in
stead of going to baseball games?
A. Spending more time with their families.
B. Watching the O.J. Simpson trial.
C. Waiting in line for “Batman Forever”
tickets.
D. Praying for the beginning of football
season.
3. What comment did Clyde
Drexler not say after game
three of the NBA Finals?
A. “We have one more game
before we’re the champions.”
B. “There are two great
teams playing here, and they
both want to win.”
C. “We’re playing great as
a team; everybody’s doing their jobs.”
D. “I’m about to get a championship ring,
so you can tell Lorenzo Charles and the 1983
North Carolina State team to kiss my butt.”
4. The United States women’s soccer team
winning two games in the Women’s World
Cup has put:
A. The whole nation into a soccer frenzy.
B. Thousands of kids into youth soccer
leagues.
C. The United States on the map for wom
en’s soccer.
D. Most of America to sleep.
5. The starting centerfielder for the Nation
al League in the 1995 All-Star game will be:
A. Lenny Dykstra
B. Deion Sanders
C. Marquis Grissom
Houston's Mouton on
DL, Hunter moves up
HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston
Astros have placed outfielder James
Mouton on the 15-disabled list,
retroactive to June 12, because of a
strained right hamstring muscle.
Mouton, 26, suffered the injury in
the first inning of Sunday's game
against the Cincinnati Reds. He was
batting .256 with two homers and 10
RBI in 33 games for Houston in 1995.
The Astros recalled outfielder Brian
Hunter from their Class AAA affiliate in
Tucson to take Mouton's place on the
roster. Hunter, 24, was batting .329 in
38 games for the Toros with one
homer and 16 RBIs. He was expected
to be in uniform Tuesday night against
the Philadelphia Phillies.
Also Tuesday, the Astros said they
had reached agreement on a $1.2
million, one-year contract with start
ing pitcher Darryl Kile, who had been
scheduled for an arbitration hearing
on Friday.
Kyle, who earned $477,500 last
year, sought a deal worth nearly $1.6
million this season, but the Astros of
fered only $950,000.
Boxer charged with
murder in San Antonio
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Profession
al boxer Raymond Medel has been
jailed on a murder charge stemming
from the stabbing death of a man six
weeks ago.
Medel, 27, whose nickname is "El
Leoncito," or Little Lion, surrendered to
authorities Monday and was charged
with murdering Roland Perez, 30.
Magistrate Jerry Valdez ordered
Medel held in the Bexar County Jail in
lieu of $100,000 bond.
"I'm scared, and I'm nervous,"
Medel said in a shaky voice in an in
terview with the San Antonio Express-
News on Monday.
U.S. moves to semifinals
of Women's World Cup
GAVLE, Sweden (AP) — Kristine
Lilly scored two goals, one on a spec
tacular 35-yard free kick, as the United
States advanced to the semifinals of
the Women's World Cup with a 4-0
victory over Japan Tuesday.
Tiffeny Milbrett and Tisha Venturini
also scored for the defending champi
ons, who play Norway on Thursday at
Vasteras in a rematch of the 1991 final.
Norway, the only team to finish the
first round with a 3-0 record, beat
Denmark 3-1 today at Karlstad.
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Women’s 10K - $175.00
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