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tM ‘dime 5 package silences Tech offense
_ iot pretty, but the Texas A&M Football
**Al|efeated high-powered Louisiana Tecli
Go '' t rortcioMo iturday.
' . " 7; al, the Aggies did not tear it up on of-
ttft _ tying effectively, but not explosively,
"OOlfefense did limit Tech quarterback Tim
''y a career low in passing. Make a notch
1 ist column for Tropical Storm Frances.
" r* wrfcc nd Dime operation
y defensive coordinator Mike Hankwitz
wist at the Tech offense. Hankwitz used
\e” defense for a significant percentage
MBfeme. The dime features one defensive
, four linebackers and six defensive
&53 wo linebackers are in a down position,
, playing rush ends.
.. ither two linebackers line up on the in
side. The single defensive lineman is at the nose
guard position. Six defensive backs blanket the
secondary to stop the pass.
This formation held Rattay to 239 yards pass
ing. (He was averaging over 500 yards per game
coming in.) It was also the first game in his ca
reer in which he did not throw a touchdown.
A&M had the dime defense, but A&M foot
ball coach R. C. Slocum said the Aggies only
used it against “Run ‘n Shoot” teams (like Hous
ton in the old Southwest Conference).
Move over Bucky?
With three touchdowns against Tech Satur
day, D’Andre “Tiki” Hardeman pulled even
with local legend and former A&M quarterback
Bucky Richardson for No. 7 on A&M’s all-time
touchdown chart.
The Tech game was the third three-touch-
down game of Hardeman’s career. He scored all
four A&M offensive touchdowns this season.
The Thierry of Relativity
Last season, junior linebacker Chris Thierry
tied for the team lead in sacks with six. This sea
son, Thierry is not even on the two-deep depth
chart. However, Slocum said the depth chart is
not always reliable, and Thierry will play in the
team’s nickel package. Slocum also said redshirt
freshman linebacker Christian Rodriguez has
moved ahead of Thierry as the primary backup
to Roylin Bradley at outside linebacker.
Rushing to judgment
If nothing else, A&M should be able to run
the ball against the Univeristy of Southern
Mississippi, their next opponent. Penn State
ran roughshod against USM, outgaining them
255 yards to 9 yards.
USM was able to throw for nearly 300 yards
against the Nittany Lions in the Eagles’ 34-6 loss.
The Last Time
A&M defeated Southern Mississippi 41-17 in
1994 on the strength of Leeland McElroy’s 100-
yard opening kickoff return and Kyle Bryant’s
61-yard field goal (a freshman school record).
Injury update
Sophomore center Toby McCarthy is ques
tionable for Saturday’s game with a calf strain.
Senior running back Sirr Parker has been ham
pered because of a hamstring injury.
MVPs vs. La Tech
Defensive backs Rich Coady and Michael
Jameson were the big winners in last Saturday’s
game against Louisiana Tech. Coady, a senior,
had six tackles and two interceptions. Jameson,
a sophomore, had eight tackles (tied for the
team lead) and three pass breakups.
Jeff Schmidt is a senior
journalism major.
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Tint
_ :areer high for kills is 11, set
.7; f Georgia Tech. She had 25
■ ■ ■ ittempts against Michigan,
her old career high of 24.
so recorded seven total
wTEOAURXjm. anc ij seven block assists
Michigan.
■kland’s job as a right out-
<* io i w qo.V'S tter is to block the oppo-
1 " left outside hitter. Corbelli
L ickland is a good blocker.
1 '' " •*' ;’s very, very athletic,” Cor-
!!> ; > .; 0f ' 'd. “She’s a great blocker. 1
she’s a deceptively great
People don’t think, given
EET YOURt'-e [51feet 11 inches], that
...is good as she is. She sur-
1 900-93J-lc a i ot ot ' hitters. They come at
$299;- in king that she’s smaller or
Mustfcq strong as others. She is
Serv-U: (6’stronger than she looks.”
—lior outside hitter Stacey
—^ said Strickland’s greatest
i^M&Mfeo the team is her blocking.
e’s smart and strong,”
said. “She gets up with her
il and she just hangs there
ocks.”
ile being recruited out of
Jchool, Strickland had her
RfiSOPtS lOP Hlf’ between A&M or Texas
ry Condos UHt.S** 1 One reason Strickland said
|j/\ (\ f j i iose A&Mwas becauseshe
■a
m.
w wvr
d to major in Veterinary
ine. Another reason is she
ipressed with A&M.
e difference between cam-
as night and day,” she said,
-ire that everyone says it, but
true. At A&M, I had a lot of
love the girls. It’s just a real
friendly place. Everybody
ut of their way to make sure
(omfortable.”
>ne of her best games at A&M,
Jjand helped the Aggies defeat
-jt Ranked Colorado last year. She
^ j§fin the second game to re-
—“Jennifer Wells, who was hav-
ifficult time. She posted three
, which helped put the Aggies
k; 14-13. Her solo block gave
;gies the win. Strickland said
hing in the game just clicked
f and was one of her most ex
times.
went in for Wells, just be-
they were kind of having a
ime blocking Colorado’s out-
itter,” she said. “It was just
ch fun. I went out there and
st thing I did was block her.
for some reason, it just
;d and every time she tried to
' me ’ * blocked it. It was just
jyich fun. It was just great, be-
a lfthn^ti she couldn’t hit it past me.”
. -..illfora sa id Strickland has im-
mmm greatly in the past two
/RPflVf'H especially in her passing,
r DCOir.^djthink she is more consistent
-- her play,” Sykora said. “She
always jump and do every-
Her aspect of the game has
Wed. She is one of the prima-
r ,.„ AS ;;5sers and her passing has im-
^qsjfkci a lot.”
ymost memorable moment
W p oe sj23C^’M was when the Aggies beat
at G. Rollie White Coliseum
rpW'eshman year. The fans and
E .DAI* ct that shews playing against
rlnssiw is biggest rival made that
Ll 30 memorable.
XdiVGf'^ was amazing how the whole
• fas/3 was pumped up and every-
Afford^’” s ^ e sa ^' "Texas was
* ft tivf^ high that year. We were to-
• EnC c nderdogs and we came out
■ inforr>l^ , i' 0,, anc i just killed them. It was
— Oflnosl spectacular thing that I
overseen.”
Oklahoma special teams contribute
TO YOUR
WORLD
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — A year
ago, not many Oklahoma players
or fans would have liked the
chances of the special teams com
ing through in order to win a game.
“No way, no way in the world,”
tight end Jason Freeman said.
Thanks in large part to Jeff Fer
guson, gloom and doom have been
replaced by bubbling optimism. Fer
guson, a redshirt freshman, handles
the punting and placekicking and
came through in a big way last week
against Texas Christian.
After dropping a punt snap and
missing a 39-yard field goal in the
first half, Ferguson punted beauti
fully in the second half, produced
a great onside kick and then won
the game with a 40-yard field goal
in the closing seconds.
The heroics were a big lift for a
unit that has been almost comical
ly bad during the past three years.
“I think it does a lot for our foot
ball team,” coach John Blake said.
“Special teams have come forth
now and made plays for us.”
That didn’t surprise Ferguson,
who kicked 21 field goals and av
eraged 41 yards per punt during
his time at Holland Hall High
School in Tulsa.
“I wasn’t really that nervous,”
he said of his game-winning kick.
“I knew as long as I kept
stretched and kept my head down
and just made a smooth kick, that
it would go through.”
Ferguson was looking for a way
to redeem himself after his two
first-half mistakes against TCU.
His dropped punt snap led to a
TCU field goal and the missed
field goal cost the Sooners three
points in a close game.
Until the final three minutes, it
appeared Oklahoma would lose in a
shutout. But Ferguson boomed a 56-
yard punt that TCU fair caught at its
9-yard line, then the defense stuffed
the Horned Frogs and forced them
to punt from their end zone.
Oklahoma took over with great
field position and scored a touch
down with 2:20 remaining to make
the score 9-7.
The onside kick was designed for
Ferguson to dribble the ball and hope
it took a big bounce. That’s exactly
what happened — the ball bounced
over the first line of TCU players and
was recovered by the Sooners.
Even Ferguson was stunned by
his good fortune.
“I really didn’t have any pressure
because it’s hard to get that perfect
bounce on an onside kick,” he said.
“When I saw that thing go up in the
air, I was just amazed myself. It was
like, ‘Oh my gosh, that’s the best
bounce I’ve ever had in my life.”
Ferguson’s chance to win the
game appeared to evaporate when
TCU intercepted a pass. But Free
man was able to strip the ball from
the defender and then recover it.
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