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BbbOCK, (AP) — Ricky
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ffeifse, aggravated a knee sprain
^■g practice
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;st Qt the season.
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Tch officials said Williams will
Kith the media at 2:30p.m. to-
a Wi,Uanis* S absence^leaves .he
ed Raiders, aiready floundenng
ftei last weekend s 21-14 loss
North Texas, in disarray. It also
dims Williams’ chances of break
ing the NCAA Division I-A rushing
record set by Texas Ricky Williams
last year.
Williams had played every game
at Tech (1-2) the past two seasons,
rushing for 1,582 yards and 13
touchdowns last year. The school
had set up a Website to chart his
progress this season called “Heis-
man Chase.”
“We couldn’t have more hope or
optimism about a player and his po
tential,” Dykes said.
Williams had missed the team’s
last two games after injuring the
knee in the opener against Arizona
State, and Dykes had listed the run
ning back as a “maybe” for Satur
day’s game against No. 5 Texas
A&M. During practice Thesday,
Williams aggravated the injury while
running in a no-contact exercise.
“He just faltered and went
down,” said tight end Kyle Allamon,
who saw a tape of the practice.
"There wasn’t any hit or contact —
He just put too much pressure on
the knee. ”
“We are just going to have play
harder,” offensive lineman Curtis
Lowery said. “We can’t get too up
set about losing one person. He isn’t
the whole team, he’s just a good part
of it. If we just go out there and give
up, then we might as well not go out
there at all.”
The decision to put Williams
back on the field seems to have been
prompted by Williams’ own com
petitive spirit.
James Easterling, one of
Williams’ backups, said that
Williams was itching to get on the
field for the last several days.
“Ricky Williams is not a quitter,”
Easterling said. “He wanted to get
back out there as soon as possible
and the coaches liked that. But
sometimes you just have to sit out
until you’re completely 100 percent
well. With a knee injury,.you can’t
try to come back too soon.”
Players did not want to criticize
coaches or players for putting the Rui
ning back on the field during practice.
“Ricky knows Ricky,” Allamon
said. “He knows his limits and
knows what he can do. It was main
ly his decision, and you can’t really
second guess yourself.”
Now Tech will have to replace a
crucial part of its offense, which was
built almost entirely around
Williams.
“It’s probably going to be like
we’ve done it in the past,” running
back coach Jack Tayrien said. “We’ll
play it by committee and go with the
hot hand.”
The committee will consist of
Shaud Williams, a freshman who
has posted 210 yards since Williams’
injury, and Easterling, who has 198
yards rushing. Also helping will be
Ricky Hunter, who has 71 yards
rushing this season.
Tech’s prospects for this weekend
don’t look good.
A&M has the nation’s top-ranked
defense and allowed just 68 yards
and one touchdown against
Louisiana Tech, Tulsa and Southern
Mississippi. Tech must also contend
with No. 15 Texas and No. 23 Okla
homa this season.
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inkin|l and ers hopes Cardinals quarterback Jake
,Vom: flui imer is willing to find out the haid way.
to. laying before the Lord saying, ‘Lord,
inked No.)l% lse let Jake throw this ball to me, because
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■v. 15 game in Arizona. He missed five games,
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ing something exciting on any play.
And Sanders loves to entertain, whether it’s
taunting opponents by holding out the ball,
high-stepping down the sidelines or doing one
of his victory dances.
As much as Sanders’ antics annoy oppo-
‘Tve got a new holy
ghost dance Vm going
to give you guys out
there on the field”
- DEION SANDERS
DALLAS CORNERBACK
nents, his ability can hurt even more.
He had five interceptions last year, his most
in four years. That’s even more impressive con
sidering he only played nine full games and
teams usually tried to avoid throwing to his side.
“Do you think they just woke up in the
morning and said, ‘well, we ain’t going to throw
at Deion?’ No, no. It got that way for a reason,”
he said.
Sanders also led the NFL last season with an
average of 15.6 yards per punt return. Sanders
took six kicks at least 30 yards, reaching the end
zone twice.
“Even if I’m not tested on defense, they have
to punt,” Sanders aid. Safety George Teague said
he expects teams to make Sanders prove he’s
100 percent healthy.
“Everybody is going to want to know how
well his toe is,” Teague said. “1 think the first
time he goes out there and snags one of those
outs or double moves or whatever they try to
give him, then they’ll all be back to the reality
that it’s the same old Deion.”
Although the Cowboys are 2-0 without
Sanders, their secondary has allowed an NFL-
worst 304 yards passing per game. Kevin Math
is and Charlie Williams have given up 11 plays
of 20 yards or more, including touchdowns of
41, 45 and 50 yards.
Dallas did not change its scheme to com
pensate for Sanders’ absence, which may have
been part of the problem. But the flip side is the
Cowboys do not have to switch back now that
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