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distribution major. “I’m excited. I got to see him
at TCU a few times and saw what he did with
them. He turned them from a 1-10 team to 10-1 a
couple years later. You don’t find many college
coaches who can do that.”
On campus, news that Franchione had arrived
at A&M quickly spread. Most students expressed
joy that the Aggies had found someone to replace
former head coach R.C. Slocum.
Justin Jones, a sophomore business major, said
some sentiment still remained for Slocum, but the
Aggie football team would benefit from a fresh
face.
“I'm still a little sad to see R.C. Slocum leave,”
Jones said. “He was a good guy. but I think it was
time for a change. We needed something different
and (Franchione) should help it. We need to be a
lot better in the Big 12, and we need to beat t.u.
I’m tired of going home at Thanksgiving £ind hear
ing a bunch of gloating.”
Franchione has a 155-73-2 record as a head
coach, and led the University of Alabama Crimson
Tide to a 10-3 record this year.
As a result, students will have high expecta
tions of Franchione at A&M. said Kevin Kolos, a
senior industrial distribution major.
“I’d like to see us go to a top-tier bowl” he
said. “Not necessarily a BCS bowl, but not the
Tangerine Bowl or the Humanitarian Bowl. I’d
like to see A&M get nine wins next year.”
Most current students were not in school the
last time the Aggies won nine games in a season.
A&M carded an 1 1-3 record during the 1998 Big
12 championship season. The Aggies finished
2002 with a 6-6 record.
“I fully expect us in three years to be where OU
and Texas are now,” Bass said. “I want the swag
ger back in the program.”
Dallas Shipp contributed to this report
Alabama
Continued from page 1
Alabama students, fans and
athletes.
Hernandez said the entire
student population seems to be
in a state of shock, in addition to
feeling betrayed by Franchione.
“I certainly don’t want them
to be that way,” Franchione said.
Franchione’s decision to leave
the Crimson Tide has many fans
fearing the worst for the future of
the Alabama football program,
which may face additional sanc
tions by the NCAA because of
recruiting violations committed
before Franchione’s term began
in 2001.
Hernandez said it will be dif
ficult to attract coaches with the
NCAA sanctions, but he said the
Alabama job is still one of the
top jobs in the nation.
“This is a prestigious job and
with it comes a lot of scrutiny
from the fans and alumni,”
Hernandez said. “Everyone is
involved with the team down
here. I don’t know what kind of
coach would come in, but I
think we can get a coach to
come here.”
With the additional NCAA
sanctions that may face
Alabama, finding a coach may be
more difficult than many
Crimson Tide fins want to admit.
A&M graduate student
Roberto Gasparini says he can
sympathize with the way
Alabama fans are feeling but
said he is still excited about
Franchione’s arrival in College
Station.
“They’re mad at him because
he said he would stick with them,”
Gasparini said. “He said he
agreed to the extension and now
he’s not signing it, 1 can under
stand them being mad at him.”
True Brown contributed to
this report.
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students’ standards and provide the students with
more knowledge,” she said. “TAKS will push the
younger kids to read and therefore help them be
successful in the future.”
TAKS will also provide better-educated students
for the state and for A&M, said Dr. Lynn Burlbaw,
associate professor of social studies education.
For current A&M students who will be teach
ing in the future, the new test will not require a
change in instructional strategies, only additional
content knowledge, Burlbaw said.
“Since all Texas students must pass the TAKS
test, they will be better prepared to attend college
in Texas,” she said. “Teachers will have to be bet
ter educated to help public school students do
well on the TAKS and will have to be more
aware of the relationship between what they are
teaching and what students will be responsible
for on the exam.”
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