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name is Troy Edwards
next stop is Aggieland.
Louisiana Tech receiv-
leadjjthe Bulldogs (0-2)
yle Field Saturday at
m. to take on No. 18
\&M[(0-1).
’s a rare combination of
od size and exception-
■ed,” A&M defensive
coach Larry Slade said
/ardsi, who finished the
gs’ < opening game
t Nebraska with 21
s for 405 yards, the lat
ter setting an NCAA record for
all divisions.
A&M coach R.C. Slocum
said he was
surprised
when he
saw Ed
wards’
numbers
from the
Nebraska
game.
“I’ve
never seen
that before;
[405] yards receiving by one
guy, that’s pretty impres
sive,” he said.
Louisiana Tech lost to the
Cornhuskers, 56-27, but not
before raising a few eyebrows
around the nation, including
those of Slocum.
“I think it’s helped [pre
pare] us that [Louisiana Tech]
did what they did against Ne-
SLOCUM
braska,” Slocum said.
The Bulldogs’ second loss
of the season came last Satur
day against Central Florida,
which afterwards boasted of
stopping Edwards, though
still allowing him 206 yards
on 13 catches.
In its first two games,
Louisiana Tech has averaged
559 passing yards and 45
catches per game, but the
Bulldogs’ offense is one-di
mensional, as exhibited by a
two-game total of -12 rush
ing yards.
After falling to Florida
State, 23-14 in the Kickoff
Classic, the Aggies are look
ing to avoid falling into a sit
uation similar to 1996, when
A&M fell to BYU in the
Pigskin Classic and was not
able to rebound in time for
its next game, losing to
Southwest Louisiana.
Slocum said he does not
expect a situation similar to
that of the 1996 season.
“I don’t think there will be
any kind of a hangover effect
from FSU,” he said.
In order for Slocum’s pre
diction to hold true, the Ag
gies’ young secondary will
have to respond to yet an
other early-season challenge.
Freshman cornerback Jay
Brooks, who has already de
fended one top receiver this
year in Florida State’s Peter
Warrick, said Edwards is a
different kind of receiver
compared to Warrick.
“Peter Warrick has precise
routes, but [Edwards is]
more shake-and-bake. If you
get him in the open field,
he’s going to go 80 or 90
yards,” Brooks said.
see Football on Page 10.
Louisiana Tech wide receiver Troy Edwards finds no comfort
in the aftermath of a record-setting performance at Nebraska
th?ie“ )ccer team preps for Wisconsin tourney
working to
BY DOUG SHILLING
The Battalion
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ball will roll so our speed of play is re
ally good. When we go up north, we’re
going to play on a taller grass that’s go
ing to slow the ball down and that will
be something we really have to make
adjustments to.”
The Aggies hope that the northern
grass is kind to them as they will play in
the Wisconsin Invitational at McClimon
Soccer Complex in Madison, Wis. The
Aggies play the University of Wisconsin
Badgers at 7 p.m. Friday.
Wisconsin comes into the match
with a record of 1-1 with the lone loss
coming to fourth ranked University of
Connecticut in the finals of the Con
necticut Classic.
The Badgers will rely heavily on goal
keeper Bridget Schwarting who has
been impressive in the early going.
Sophomore forward Allison Wagner, se
nior defender Shannon Brown and se
nior midfielder Lindsay Hoelter will also
be Badger players to watch.
The Ags won the only previous meet
ing with the Badgers, posting a 2-1 victo
ry last October in College Station.
On Sunday the Aggies play the Ari
zona State University Sun Devils at noon.
Arizona State (2-1), ranked seventh
in the West region, is coming off an up
set 4-2 win over the University of Mass
achusetts. The Sun Devils boast three
players who are in the top 10 in Pac 10
in scoring: Forwards Jennifer Peterson
and Karine Inoue and Midfielder Stacey
Tullock provide most of the scoring
punch for ASU.
This will be the first ever meeting be
tween the Aggies and the Sun Devils.
see Soccer on Page 10.
BY JEFF WEBB
The Battalion
R USTON, LA. — Louisiana Tech’s Troy
Edwards retreated to the home dress
ing room and slumped in a chair next
to his locker.
The senior wide receiver buried his head in
his hands and cried, telling himself it would not
happen again.
He removed his pads and jersey and left
the locker room.
Edwards refused to go to the media
room knowing the visitor’s locker room,
the home of the University of Central
Florida this particular evening, would be
close enough to hear the celebratory
cheers of UCF’s Daunte Culpepper and
his teammates.
That was too devastating a
thought for Edwards, even more
insulting than the 64-30 loss the
Golden Knights hung on the
Bulldogs earlier in the evening.
“The word respect means a lot
to me,” he said. “But you have to
earn respect. How are you going
to get respect when you’re losing?
We don’t deserve respect, any of
us, because we keep losing.
“We should have made a bowl
last year. Everybody is trying to
prove a point to beat us. We’ve got
to step up and win.”
Edwards had to earn respect
when he did not draw much at
tention at Huntington High
School in Shreveport, La.,
where he played cornerback for
three years before moving to run
ning back for his senior year.
Arkansas, LSU and Wyoming re
cruited him despite the fact he mea
sures only 5 feet 10 inches, but shied
away when Edwards’ academic
standing was in question.
“I wasn’t that big,” x
he said. “People |
doubted me and
doubted my skills.
Some of the big
schools came out there, but then backed out.
1 didn’t want to go to those schools because
they popped up too late. Tech was loyal to me
ever since I was a sophomore. They just stuck
with me, so I had to trust in them.
“Anybody can get overlooked. I don’t Hold
a grudge against any school that didn’t re
cruit me. I think it’s their fault they over
looked the talent that I have. ”
Overlooking Edwards was a costly mistake
for those schools that backed out.
He and junior quarterback Tim Rattay
have utilized their unique relationship
to accumulate for 611 yards of
Rattay’s 1114 yards passing.
Edwards set the NCAA
record for receiving yardage
against Nebraska in Tech’s
first game, catching 21 passes
for 405 yards.
Rattay and Edwards
worked with each other
four or five days each week
in one-on-one drills oyer
the summer perfecting their
timing routes and reads. *
“Tim and I are better friends
off the field,” Edwards sdid.
“We hang out and play
around. I’ll go over to
his house or he’ll go
over to mine.
“Even our girl
friends are friends. We’re really
close and it’s not just because
we play football together. He
can yell at me whenever he
wants and I’ll never get
mad.”
This season, Rattay and
Edwards seem to be the only
Bulldog players with a pro
ductive connection.
The team is 0-2 after loss
es to Nebraska and UCF, and
the defense has given up 56
and 64 points, respectively.
But don’t tell Edwards the
defense is to blame.
see Edwards on Page 10.
Jeff Webb/Thi: Battalion
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