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Sports
Wednesday, August 1, 2001
THE BATTALION
Glenn begins
NFL career
Former All Big 12 linebacker starts
rookie training camp with Lions
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Mark Passwaters
The Battalion
At the beginning of last season, Jason
[Glenn already was an established member of
[the Texas A&M football team. The linebacker
was expected to be a driving force as a mem
ber of the Wrecking Crew. T his year, as a
member of the Detroit Lions, Glenn is at
tempting to establish himself again, while put
ting a leg injury, which ended an All-Big 12
senior season, behind him.
“The knee feels great; it feels just like new,”
Glenn said.
He credited, the A&M team trainers and
his surgeon for his ability to move at full speed
eight months after an injury against the Uni
versity of Oklahoma left him with two rup
tured ligaments in his left knee.
The injury, which prevented Glenn from
playing in the Aggies’ final regular-season
game against Texas and the overtime loss to
Mississippi State in the Independence Bowl,
is just one of the obstacles Glenn faces. He
also must adapt from playing on the grass of
Kyle Field to the artificial turf of Detroit’s Sil-
verdome and shifting from A&M’s 3 linemen,
4 linebackers defensp^^cheme to die Lions’
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“It’s most definitlelyfik adjustment,” Glenn
said. “It’s a different styf^, but I think I’m pick
ing it up fast. If l l'^flyFIie playbook and think
about what’s goiftg’brl I should be OK.”
Many rookies seem to be surprised by the
speed of the NFU but Glenn — perhaps
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See Glenn on Page 6.
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Former Texas A&M linebacker Jason Glenn was a sixth round pick of the Detroit Lions in the 2001 NFL draft.
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Astros make 2 deals
before deadline
Spurred into action by
trades already made by ri
vals for the National Central
title and the National
League Wildcard, the Hous
ton Astros made two trades
on Tuesday to strengthen
their pitching staff.
The Astros traded former
17-game winner Scott Elarton
to the Colorado Rockies for
Pedro Astacio.
Astacio has a record of 6-
13 with a 5.49 ERA and a 1 -8
record since June 3. However,
he was the most sought-after
pitcher on the trade market
this summer.
Elarton has struggled this
season, with a 4-8 record and
7.14 ERA.
The Astros also obtained
Pittsburgh closer Mike Williams
for pitcher Tony McKnight.
Williams has a 2-4 record with
and a 3.67 ERA. His 22 saves
are fifth in the league.
McKnight spent most of
this season at AAA New Or
leans, going 9-5 with a 4.76
ERA in 1 8 starts. He was 1 -0
in three starts with the Astros
this season.
Cowboys
Continued from Page 1
to serious knee injuries. If both
remain healthy, the Cowboys
should have one of the fastest
and most talented receiver
corps in the league.
The defense is also a ques
tion mark. The Cowboys gave
up more rushing yards than
any team in the NFL last year
and then watched Leon Lett
leave for Denver and Chad
Hennings retire. The line
backer team has been weak
ened by the injury and subse
quent release of former
Tennessee T itan Joe Bowden,
leaving former Aggie line
backer Dat Nguyen as the
team’s sole middle linebacker.
Outside of feeling the pres
sure to improve on last year’s
5-11 mark, the Cowboys have
the added pressure of owner
JerryJones’ prediction that the
team would go 10-6 and make
the playoffs.
“That’s too far down the
road. We’re still at training
camp, and we’re just tiying to
get better,” said Nguyen, in re
sponse to Jones’ statement.
Jones seemed to have
changed his tune somewhat by
the start of camp, saying, “If we
have things fall the way we
have designed and we have
continuity at quarterback, we
have a chance at a winning sea
son. On the other hand, the
risk of that not happening are
greater this year than they have
been in past years.”
Not everyone at Cowboys
camp was predicting a disap
pointing season. Former Cow
boy and University of Okla
homa coach Barry Switzer,
who visited camp on Saturday,
was optimistic about the team’s
chances.
“In pro football, you always
have surprises,” Switzer said.
“I mean, just look at who was in
the Super Bowl last year (Bal
timore and the New York Gi
ants, both of whom missed the
playoffs in 1999),”
Current Cowboys head
coach Dave Campo assessed
his team, saying “When you
know you are ready, the prac
tice intensity will match game
intensity. We are not there yet.
So I would like to see us walk
into every drill with the idea of
winning.”
The Cowboys have their
first preseason game next week
against the Oakland Raiders.
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