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Louisiana can have long
lasting effects on victims
Chris
Ferrell
sports editor
I could sympathize with the Texas A&M
Football Team last year against South
west Louisiana, and I know I’m not alone.
In fact, I would be willing to bet that you
could go to any college campus in the coun
try and find a few people who have had a
bad night in the state of Louisiana.
The Ragin’ Cajuns struck the Aggies like a
bad batch of crawfish or one too many Hur
ricanes on Bourbon Street. The Ags, trapped
in a nightmare which seemed like it would
never end were coughing up footballs left
and right on their way to a 29-22 loss to USL.
But as anyone who has fallen victim to
Texas’ neighbor to the east can tell you, the
true hell comes that next morning. When all
of the events of the previous night begin to
sink in. You don’t feel like you can go on, and
further more, you don’t want to.
The Aggies have been living in that morn
ing-after state for the past year and Saturday
they get a chance, so many of us wish we
could have — a chance to slay its Louisiana
ghosts.
Enjoy it while
you can
How big was last
season’s victory for
USL? Not only was it
the first time the
school had ever beat
en a ranked oppo
nent (A&M was No.
25 at the time), but it
also provided a nice
picture for their me
dia guide.
The background
for this season’s guide is the scoreboard
which reads USL 29, A&M 22, and shows
mobs of fans storming the field.
It was the biggest day in USL’s football
history and one of the darkest in A&M’s.
They’re back...
The loss last year knocked A&M out of the
rankings. The Aggies had been ranked in ei
ther the Associated Press or coaches Top 25
since 1991, a span of 109 straight weeks.
This week after being unranked for al
most a full year, the Aggies returned to the
ESPN/Coaches poll at No. 22.
Several A&M players and coaches, how
ever, said the polls, especially this early in
the season, don’t mean much. Just ask the
University of Texas.
“Texas was the 11th team in the nation
and then had a bad game,” junior linebacker
Dat Nguyen said. “You know they’re a better
team than that and they fell out of the polls.
That’s unrealistic. I know they’re a Top 25
team, everyone knows they’re a Top 25 team.
They just had a bad game.”
Family ties
Three players on this season’s squad have
had older brothers play big roles for the Ag
gies as well. Sophomore linebacker Sean
Coryatt is the younger brother of Quinton
Coryatt, the player who provided the single
greatest hit in Wrecking Crew history.
Current New York Jet and former Aggie All-
American Aaron Glenn lives on in part thanks
to his brother Jason. The younger Glenn, a true
freshman has impressed coaches thus far and is
competing for serious playing time at safety.
The most intriguing story may be the
McKinney brothers, Steve and Seth. Steve is
the starting right guard and an All-Confer
ence candidate for the Aggies and his “little”
brother (Seth is is 6-foot-4 inches, 280
pounds) is a freshman center.
Coach R.C. Slocum said having an older
brother go through the program was a major
recruiting tool. While many coaches from
other schools come in and promise fun and
good times, in reality, most recruits don’t
know what to expect.
“They (recruits) go off, but they’re really
not sure what’s going to happen, what it’s re
ally like,” Slocum said. “In this case these
kids, I told them, ‘You go talk to your brother.
Please see Ferrell on Page 11.
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Courtesy Sports Information
Entering her fourth season as a starter, senior Kristie
Smedsrud has a chance to break the A&M career
records for kills and attempts.
Killer Instinct
A&M’s Smedsrud taking final
season one game at a time
By Kristina Buffin
Staff writer
S enior Kristie Smedsrud is
looking through a kaleido
scope and memories of her
career at Texas A&M are swirling
around like electrons bouncing
around an atom.
Being named Southwest
Copference Freshman of the
Year, setting an A&M season
record for aces, playing in the
Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tour
nament and recording her
1,000th career kill to become
only the seventh player in A&M
history to reach the milestone,
are just some of the memories
swirling through the tube.
The outside hitter on the
Texas A&M Volleyball Team has
begun to reflect on and sort
through these memories hoping
to add a few more this season,
her final season.
“It is really hard to put into
words the meaning she has on
this team,” coach Laurie Corbelli
said. “From the minute she joined
the team in 1994, it’s been all up
hill, even after 1995 when we went
to the Sweet Sixteen.”
Smedsrud indeed has had a
huge impact on the A&M pro
gram in the last three years, both
in terms of skill and leadership.
“She impacts this team a lot,”
junior outside hitter Stacy Sykora
said. “She is very skilled and she
leads by example because of the
skills she shows on the court.”
Leading by example is what
Smedsrud is all about. She is
not extremely vocal but she lets
her actions speak louder than
her words.
“I’m not real quiet, but I don’t
scream,” Smedsrud said. “My
words speak as my actions and if
we need to be fired up, I am will
ing to do that. I’d rather play 100
percent because that is my style.”
Her style also encompasses
winning. In the last three year§,
the Aggies have compiled a 67;-
29 record and made the trip to
the NCAA Tournament all three
seasons.
“Last year, we had a great team
but it was kind of weird,” Smed
srud said. “We lost to two teams
we shouldn’t have so we got bad
seeding in the tournament.
“It was the best match [against
Michigan State] since I have been
here, it was high caliber. It [the
loss] hurt initially but we have
been playing good, it is kind of like
a double-edged sword.”
This being her final season is
sort of a double-edged sword
for Smedsrud as well. Whereals
she has the opportunity to
close out a spectacular career
with a terrific season, Smed|-
srud must also deal with the
fact that there will not be anl-
other year to play.
“Everything is a little more spe
cial, I appreciate it more,” Smed L
srud said. “I have played so long
that I just love it, it is what I am.”'
And Smedsrud is now a part
of A&M history. But if she had |t
her way, she would continue td
be a part of that history.
“I think if she had five mor£
years of eligibility, she would
play,” Corbelli said.
But as Smedsrud gazes intp
the kaleidoscope of memories,
reality hits her that this is her last
season and then it will be time tp
move on. This realization, Cor
belli says, is what she wants all df
her plays to think about, nothing
lasts forever.
i
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