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Page 9 • Tuesday, January 26, 1999
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^Countdown to Signing Day
‘wgies pleased with recruits as decision deadline approaches
STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS
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nend the 19- jhe countdown is on.
method. ^^ith only eight days left until National Signing Day, Texas A&M foot-
m by Congret all coach R.C. Slocum and his staff have been hard at work on the re-
republicans cruiung trail.
[ding. The Ri: Mrmed with a Big 12 Championship and an appearance in the Nokia
Congress also ug. Bowl, the Aggies are looking to attract a top-notch recruiting class
?fforts to letto College Station.
i differing ir far in the recruiting season, A&M has not been disappointed, re
population. eiving oral commitments from 23 players. Oral commitments are non-
linistrationshc hiding and can be switched at any time.The first day an athlete can sign
gal and risl l e ’ ;er °f intent is Feb. 3.
start preparint^J* on B w ' t * 1 their current commitments, the Aggies are currently in the
" said Houi un] ! ' n S f° r many highly regarded recruits from out of state who are still
'it, R-ill. ec ' ^ n S where they want to attend college.
probably ot t* 16 Aggie recruits are currently enrolled at A&M for the spring
>ecause mini er | ester anc i w 'h count against last year’s scholarship total,
ulems whole:® 6886 B unn * cutt signed with A&M last year, but because of a mistake
made up a h ‘Y l h e NCAA Clearinghouse, was declared academically ineligible. The
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NCAA realized their mistake during the 1998 football season and Hun-
nicutt was allowed to enroll for the spring semester.
John Kirk graduated from high school a semester early and enrolled
for the spring semester. Both Hunnicutt and Kirk will be eligible to par
ticipate in spring practice.
NCAA rules allow Division 1-A schools a total of 85 scholarships for
football in a year. A school is allowed to give a maximum of 25 scholar
ships in one year. Since two of A&M’s recruits count against last year’s
totals, the Aggies, in essence, could sign 27 players to letters of intent.
The Aggies received a pleasant surprise when quarterback Mark Far
ris decided to come to A&M after spending four years playing minor
league baseball in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization.
Farris originally signed with the Aggies in 1994 but decided to play for
the Pirates after they selected him in the first round of the major league
baseball draft.
Farris will try to follow in the footsteps of former minor-league base
ball players turned major-college quarterbacks Akili Smith from the Uni
versity of Oregon and Chris Weinke from Florida State University.
The Pirates are paying for Farris’ tuition, and he will not count against
this year’s scholarship limit.
990 count.
WBrowsing the Webb
truth proves stranger than fiction
tpting
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asketball is fake — it’s wrestling that is
real. But only Mick
Foley’s doctor knows
or {sure.
®3n a World Wrestling
fHeration pay-per-view
unday night, Foley,
mfstling as Mankind, un-
uctessfully defended his
^wF title belt against T
®ky “The Rock” Maivia.
In an “I Quit” match, a mmm
Il-ules bout ending only
vhen one of the participants pleads he can’t
(o on, Mankind took a beating only compara
ble to Texas A&M men’s basketball forward
ihanne Jones in 1998 All-Big 12 voting,
lifter being handcuffed in the ring,
dankind stood up to the brunt of 10 head
hots from The Rock’s metal folding chair he
re collapsing in surrender.
lis bloody head and face was a testament
p^vrestling’s all too-real brutal violence.
WEBB
A&M frontcourt basketball players Jones,
Aaron Jack, Jason Boeker and Joe White, who
threw the full-court pass on the final play that
won the Aggies’ thrilling last-second affair in
Waco against Baylor, attended Sunday’s World
Championship Wrestling house show.
Jones, the leading returning scorer in the
Big 12 Conference with a 18.0 points per game
average, was clad in his red and black “nWo”
Wolfpak shirt, and Boeker sported his Brett
Hart T-shirt, running up near the ring with his
camera when the ‘Hitman” made his entrance
for the main event.
Basketball and wrestling incest. It happens
everywhere.
Karl Malone joins forces with “Diamond”
Dallas Page. Dennis Rodman double-teamed
with “Hollywood” Hulk Hogan. (“Rodzilla”
was a better entertainer as a basketball player
than an athlete as a wrestler.)
But wrestling is harder than basketball. No
one puts you into a jackhammer while you’re
on the free-throw line.
You don’t have to worry about a flying-el-
bow drop off the scorer’s table when you
bring the ball up court.
When a guard diamond-cuts his way
through the lane, no one waits to send him
reeling with a “Stone-Cold Stunner.”
However in basketball, as in wrestling, if
the referee doesn’t see it, it’s not a foul.
There are more torn biceps, sprained an
kles and blown-out ACLs in a year of WCW
Monday Nitro than a season of basketball. ,
It takes real athletes to survive in wrestling,
but maybe it takes real winners to play in bas
ketball, a place where the winners are not pre
determined.
But perhaps the most interesting difference
between the two is in basketball, you don’t
have the option of saying “I Quit” to end a
match.
Bravo, Aggies.
Jeff Webb is a senior
journalism major.
Aggie Recruiting
99
Pos Name
Ht
wt
Speed
Hometown
QB
Colby Freeman
6-3
205
4.47
Brownwood, TX
RB
Maurice Harris
5-10
180
4.37
Aldine, TX
RB
Reggie Duncan
5-9
210
4.43
Killeen, TX
RB
Oschlor Fleming
5-10
195
4.45
Denton, TX
RB
Ellison Collins
6-3
190
4.42
Huntsville, TX
TE
Fred Spiller
6-5
245
4.75
Aldine, TX
TE
Tashumbrae’ Brown
6-5
240
4.76
Dallas, TX
WR
Richard Whitaker
5-9
195
4.45
Jacksonville, TX
OL
Alan Reuber
6-7
275
4.95
Plano, TX
OL
Britt Lively
6-5
290
5.0
Silsbee, TX
OL
John Kirk
6-5
290
5.2
Athens, TX
OL
James Milkavich
6-3
265
5.0
Alief, TX
DE
Shannon Mitchell
6-4
240
4.5
Navasota, TX
LB
Damien West
6-2
235
4.7
Sugar Land, TX
LB
Jared Morris
6-4
245
4.7
Brownwood, TX
LB
Toron Wooldridge
6-0
230
4.35
Houston, TX
LB
Jesse Hunnicutt
6-3
225
4.6
Canyon, TX
DB
Sam Davis
6-0
180
4.37
Humble, TX
CB
Sean Weston
5-10
170
4.4
Gardena, CA
CB
Reggie Waddell
5-11
175
4.4
Dodge City CC, KS
S
Jason Frederick
6-0
205
4.4
Houston, TX
S
Everett Smith
6-2
200
4.6
Compton, CA
S
Terrance Kiel
6-0
200
4.45
Lufkin, TX
*all oral commitments are non binding*
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