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Chris
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of the 5 Lpivision. Yes indeed, the Aggies are the flavor of the
,, ip | ex reek after their big win in Boulder last Saturday.
|n[iie| . It was just a few weeks ago that the Texas A&M
U ^ ootball Team was picked to battle it out for second
," nt ; /hile the Longhorns down in Austin cruised to their
111 “ 1 econd Southern crown.
IWell, what a difference a month makes. The
11 1 1 dung Ags are rolling and the Horns are hurting.
1 c • But remember the South is not a two horse race,
very op ^ re are p ie suprisingly tough Cowboys looming out
^‘8 12 pi hgj-c along with booming Sooners, Baylor (technically,
he bniv ve h ave to count them too), and an inelligible Red
i to beat [aider or two, just waiting to get their hands on A&M.
d in the iJ: Before buying your tickets to San Antonio, remem-
i 1996. ier there’s a whole lot of football yet to be played,
re one on
le said. ; A Little Off the Top
access tbigboing into the battle with the Buffaloes, offen-
hethert: iv^ coordinator and offensive line coach Steve
occasior S® shall told his men in the trenches that if the Ag-
r jiep ran for 250 yards, he would “shorten his hair
:onsiderably.” The Aggies rushed 57 times for 260
r ards in the 16-10 win. Tuesday, Marshall showed
)ffpis new hair style.
!|‘It was a little bit of a challenge,” Marshall said.
|d against an extremely good defensive line, I
ught they took the challenge very well.”
owever, the guys on the OL didn’t get to cut the
themselves, instead Marshall put his locks into
hands of a professional.
1 was in charge, this is not a democracy,” Marshall
d. “I told them, this is a one man show here.”
Deja Vu All Over Again
xcuse coach R.C. Slocum if he feels like he’s been
e before. While analyzing his team’s performance
r the weekend he said the defense was great, the
cial teams played solid and the offense was able to
the ball very well against the Buffs.
Then he said the team needed to improve the
passing game.
“We’ve been here before,” Slocum said. “But
we’re not far off.”
With the media beginning to raise the “why can’t
Slocum-coached teams throw the football” question,
Slocum said that some of college football’s legendary
coaches heard the same complaints over their careers.
Coaches such as Darrell Royal at Texas and Woody
Hayes at Ohio State both won national championships
with run based offenses.
“Tve about decided y’all can stay on my case as long
as we keep winning,” Slocum said.
Blitz is the Word
A corner blitz by sophomore Sedrick Curry helped
to set up junior safety Rich Coady’s game saving inter
ception last week. Curry’s blitz was one of the pack
ages the defense has been adding in recent weeks.
The Wrecking Crew is not quite ready to return to the
traditional “blitz first ask questions later” attack, but
the blitzes are increasing.
“We’re going to try to continue to develop the pres
sure packages,” defensive coordinator Mike Hankwitz
said. “Early in the season, we weren’t going to hang our
selves out too early. We want to develop some base de
fenses we can execute and then add to that as we go
along. We could have started the presure right away, but
I don’t think our comers would have been ready.”
Even the Wrecking Crew Needs a Breather
A key to a good defense has always been a good of
fense. If the offense is on the field for long periods of
time, it limits the opportunities the other team has as
well as gives the defense longer to rest. This was evident
last weekend when the Wrecking Crew looked like the
Crew of old, dominating Colorado and swarming to the
ball, limiting the Buffs to only 58 plays on the afternoon
and 105 mshing yards. The offense deserves some cred
it for that performance. The Aggies and their “Rushin’
Crew” won the time of possession battle, keeping the
ball for almost 34 of the game’s 60 minutes.
“If you look at that game, that was a team victory,”
Hankwitz said. “The offense ran for 260 yards and estab
lished the mentality of the game.”
Haven’t We Seen This Before
Freshman Jason Glenn was moved from strong safety
to outside linebacker this week. Glenn, who had been
battling Coady for time in the secondary, will now back
up junior Warrick Holdman at left side linebacker.
“That gives us another guy like we’ve had in the
past,” Slocum said. “You think of Marcus Buckley,
Aaron Wallace, John Roper and William Thomas, Anto
nio Armstrong, he’s one of those kinds of guys, a big
safety who comes in fast from the linebacker position.”
Chris Ferrell is a sophomore
journalism major
EIMULI
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flLre was a picture with my name
anti everything. Everyone just start-
jjm :alling me the ‘TonganTerror.’”
This season, Heimuli and the of
fensive line are off to another ex
plosive start. Through four games
its season, the Aggie backfield is
iveraging 280.5 yards per game.
iSenior left tackle Chris Ruhman
aid . he is impressed by Heimuli’s
bility and will to play.
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of the premiere guards in the Big
12 and in the country,” Ruhman
said. “How many people do you
know come in and start as a rook
ie on the offensive line at guard?”
In addition to his role on the of
fensive side of the ball, Heimuli
has another responsibility this
year. Heimuli’s cousin, Moses
Vakalahi, is a freshman offensive
lineman.
Heimuli said he feels like he
needs to look out for his 6-foot 5-
inch “little brother.”
“That’s one reason I moved to
Cain Hall,” Heimuli said “I love stay
ing off campus, but I wasn’t going to
let him stay with someone he doesn’t
know. If I was a freshman that’s what
I would want. I’m glad to have an
other Tongan around. He’s like my lit
tle brother.”
Big or little, quarterback Randy
McCown said would be happy to
have Heimuli, or any of his rela
tives, blocking for him.
“Seimisi’s a big strong guy,” Mc
Cown said. “We run a lot to the
right side. He and Cameron
(Spikes) are just two big ol’ bodies.
A running back could make a living
following those guys.”
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