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By Jamie Burch
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A high school football player often spends
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lome. But since the inception of the Big 12
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years. He said the® of the 22 signees comprising A&M’s 1997
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Texas players have chosen to stay in state.
“I’m very pleased that there appears to
be a trend for some of the better players to
stay in the state of Texas,” Slocum said.
“Those guys, by in large, are more success
ful. They have fewer problems when they’re
close enough that their families can be here
and be supportive of them.
“Every weekend they’ll walk out of the
locker room, and regardless of how they
played, someone’s going to be waiting at
that door to say ‘it’s okay.’ I think that sup
port carries on throughout their whole life.”
Slocum said he realizes recruits previously
left Texas because of the dismal state of the
Southwest Conference.
See 2001, Page 10
By Matt Mitchell
The Battalion
The Texas A&M Football Team ended
months of speculation Wednesday, sign
ing 22 recruits to letters of intent to play
football for the Aggies next fall.
Feb. 5 was the official signing day for
recruits around the country, with com
mitments coming as early as 8 a.m.
A&M Head Coach R.C. Slocum said
the signees are a talented bunch ath
letically, but the coaching staff looked
at other traits, such as good character
and good academic skill.
“I’m impressed with them (the re
cruits) as people first of all,” Slocum
said. “We tried to put a high priority on
the kind of people we recruited. I feel
very good about these young men, and
I believe this is the best group overall
academically, and I think they’re good
athletically.”
Seventeen of the Aggies’ 22 signees are
projected as defensive players; Five de
fensive linemen, six defensive backs, four
linebackers, and two defensive ends.
Defensive lineman Rocky Bernard
(Baytown Sterling), linebacker Roylin
Bradley (LaMarque), linebacker Christ
ian Rodriguez (North Mesquite) and de
fensive back Jason Glenn (Houston
Nimitz), younger brother of former A&M
standout Aaron Glenn, are the prize de
fensive recruits of this year’s class.
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•Wide receivers F —
•Offensive line B —
•Defensive line A--
•Linebackers B —
•Defensive backs A
— no one waiting to follow Stewart's footsteps
— insurance for a RB possibly heading west
■ 'passing attack' ushered out with Ensminger
■ family legacies should be enough
— recruits might have to grow up in a hurry
Bradley Rodriguez bolster anchor of Wrecking Crew
— Glenn, talented class should shore up secondary
Slocum said the Aggies helped them
selves at the defensive line and secondary
positions, two areas hit especially hard by
injuries and graduation.
“I think the best thing is that we had
a clear need in the defensive line area,”
Slocum said. “That’s an area where we
lost players. We had seniors pretty
much carry the group last year and it
was vitally important for us to get some
quality defensive line candidates. And
I think we did extremely well there.”
Perhaps the most glaring problem
James Vineyard, The Battalion
area for the team, last year, was the inex
perienced secondary that was further
weakened by injuries to what was already
a shaky lineup.
“Last year, we were very thin in the
secondary, and we needed some addi
tional help in the secondary,” Slocum
said. “It was bad in terms of experience
last year, but we also just didn’t have
enough numbers.
See Recruits, Page 8
Lady Ags end four-game slide with 66-63 win over Oklahoma
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1 “It wasn’t a pretty game, but we
really don’t care ... It’s a win and
we'll take it.”
This was the sentiment held by
Jexas A&M Head Coach Candi Har-
|/i‘y after the Texas A&M Women’s
asketball Team defeated Okla-
bma University 66-63, last night at
. Rollie White Coliseum.
The Lady Aggies improved to 8-12
erall and 2-8 in Big 12 competition,
fhile the Lady Sooners (5-14,1 -8) ex
uded their losing streak to eight.
Coming off the loss to Iowa State
niversity Saturday, the Lady Ags
ere out for revenge.
“There’s no feeling like it, espe-
jially coming back home after the
Wg road trip,” senior guard Lana
picker said. “It (the win) was really
eeded for our confidence. We’ve
orked hard and it’s not that effort
hasn’t been there, but I think we
need some kind of reward and we
got it tonight.”
A&M shot 33 percent (22-65) from
the field overall but deteriorated in
the second half— losing their com
fortable 14 point
lead. Harvey said
the defense was the
determining factor
in the game.
“We won this
game on the defen
sive end,” Harvey
said. “We perse
vered and withstood
their little run there
at the end. It was a
great effort win.”
Tucker said the Aggie defense
did not allow Oklahoma to stick to
its game plan and control the paint.
“We kept them out of the paint
area, and we tried to push them out
of their comfort zone,” Tucker said.
“We tried to make them set up their
“The more pressure
we put on the
ball, the better
we do all around/'
Lana Tucker
Senior guard
offense real high and not let them
get too deep into their offense. The
more pressure we put on the ball,
the better we do all around.”
Another important compo
nent came from the charity stripe,
where the Lady Ag
gies found them
selves shooting 74
percent, adding key
points to help them
pull out the victory.
“Whoever stepped
up to the line was go
ing to have to hit their
free throws to keep the
lead and we did,”
freshman guard Amy
Yates said. “We
stepped up and we hit
our free throws really well. The end
play was a Hide sloppy, but we still
came out on top.”
Harvey credited the bench play
for giving the Aggies a lift when they
needed it down the stretch.
“I thought we got great bench
play,” Harvey said. “Jennifer Bur
rows had an outstanding game
tonight and did a super job on both
ends of the floor.”
Along with the great perfor
mance by Burrows, freshman
guard Kera Alexander, Tucker
and Yates combined for 34
points and 13 rebounds. Fresh
man forward Prissy Sharpe
dished in eight points, five
boards and three steals.
After putting everything togeth
er, being carried by a strong defen
sive game and excellent free throw
shooting, the Lady Ags were able to
overcome adversity and chalk up a
win despite other shortcomings.
Harvey said what the team needs
to do now is put components to
gether to find another win.
“It was a tremendous win, but in
the same regard we need to build on
it,” Harvey said.
“We need to take this to Saturday
and move forward.”
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