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Aggies set
for Fran-tic practice
BRIAN RUFF • THE BATTALION
Texas A&M football coach Dennis Franchione begins his first fall camp at A&M today. Wednesday’s prac
tice is the first chance Franchione and his staff have had to evaluate the team in practice since April.
By Dallas Shipp
THE BATTALION
Texas A&M football coach Dennis Franchione
takes another step toward his first season today
when the Aggie football team begins fall practice.
One hundred and five players reported to camp
Tuesday night and were ready for Wednesday’s
first practice, Franchione said.
“I think they’re excited,” Franchione said.
“They’ve been anxious for a couple of weeks now,
and you get to a point in the summer where the
buildup is getting to you and you’re ready to get
out there and get started.”
That excitement may fade a bit after a few
hours in triple digit temperatures, not to mention
the fast-paced, high-repitition workouts the new
staff will require.
“Our camp will be demanding and tough,”
Franchione said. “We’ve got to develop some
mental toughness into this football team. We’re
not gonna slow down a whole lot.”
Franchione said the team caught a glimpse of
his style of practice in spring workouts, but the fall
would be a little different.
“They haven’t gone through Fran’s two-a-
days,” he said. “I think there are some days we
don’t need to be as tough as we are, but there is
rhyme to our reason and we’re trying to get them
mentally and physically prepared for the mental
toughness issues that develop in a football game.”
That mental toughness is what the Aggies
lacked last year late in ball games, including an
18-point fourth quarter lead that was blown at
Kyle Field against Texas Tech in a 48-47 over
time loss.
Franchione said he hopes to make changes so
that it doesn’t happen again.
“We have to get developed in practice so we
can finish the fourth quarter and finish the game,”
Franchione said.
Freshmen Joey Thomas and Tate Pittman did
not report to practice due to injuries. Both players
can report once school begins. Franchione said
Thomas could report before school starts if a spot
on the 105-man roster opens up.
Quarterback Competition Begins
The race for the starting quarterback position is
one of a slew of positions that will be up for grabs
beginning Wednesday. But Franchione is quick to
point out that there is no controversy at quarter
back for the Aggies.
“We have competition, not controversy,” he
said.
Sophomore Reggie McNeal and junior Dustin
Long both played last year and will both see play
ing time this year.
“Both men are going to play in the first game,”
Franchione said. “The guy that moves the chains
will get the job.”
Offensive coordinator and quarterback coach
Les Koenning Jr. said both quarterbacks will com
pete in practice for the job.
“We chart every pass play, every run check,
pass check, completion and incompletion when
we go to practice and that’s a lot that helps deter
mine which of the kids we feel like will start,”
Koenning said. “You’ve got to base it on perform
ance and the only way you do that is through prac
tice.”
Webb dismissed from team
Franchione announced at a press gathering
Monday that junior linebacker Randall Webb was
dismissed from the team due to a violation of team
policy. Franchione had suspended the linebacker
this spring indefinitely and made the move per
manent earlier this week.
No details were given as to the specific team
rules that were violated by Webb.
Byrne announces
changes in athletics
By Jeff Allen
THE BATTALION
Preparations for the 2003 football season have been
underway for several months, but with practices starting
Tuesday and the first game in the Franchione Era of Aggie
football later this month, the Athletics Department has been
busy putting the finishing touches on the long off-season.
Athletics director Bill Byrne recently summed up those
final details in an address to the public via the Internet
recently, something he says on the will become a weekly
ritual this season.
Byrne announced that the Aggies’ first two games
against Arkansas State and Utah will be televised but are
only be available on pay-per-view basis. Both games will
start at 7 p.m.
“The change (was) made to take advantage of a significant
difference in temperature and heat index,” Byme said. “We
believe (it) will reduce the frequency of heat-related medical
situations for our fans and players.”
In addition, fans can now purchase tickets online. The 12th
Man Foundation, which took charge of all athletic ticket sales
this summer, introduced a new system of 360 degree virtual
tours of the seating areas at Kyle Field. The new system will
allow potential ticket purchasers to get a panoramic view of
their potential seat.
With the good news also came a few new complications
for the department. Kyle Field was recently declared a high-
rise building, causing the structure to fall short of certain fire
and safety codes.
The building must meet Federal Disability Standards. The
press box was cleared of any possible asbestos violations.
The renovations, which will cost the department an esti
mated $8 million, and the hike in tuition, which Byme esti
mates will require $890,000 more per semester to cover ath
letic scholarships, are two reasons Byme cited for raising
football ticket prices this fall as well. On two smaller notes,
the A&M football media guide has gone through a transfor
mation this year. It is now a hard-covered “collectors item,
coffee-table style book.” The new name reflects the shift
away from the media guide style of the past; it is now called
the “Official Guide to Texas A&M 2003 Football.”
Byme also addressed the issue of the start time for the
Aggies’ showdown with Texas Tech this year in Lubbock. As
it stands, the game will begin at 9 p.m. ABC or TBS could
pick up the game for an earlier time, but that isn’t likely with
the other marquee matchups on the Big 12 schedule that day.
The late start time has made some A&M fans reconsider
the trip to Lubbock after the melee that occured in 2001 when
Tech fans tore down the goal post and carried it into a section
full of A&M fans following Tech’s 12-0 win over A&M.
“I was going to go out there, but now I’m not s\ire,” said
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happen there when the sun goes down...look what happened
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Police still looking for
gun in Dennehy murder
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP)
— Neither of two guns found
during the investigation of the
death of Baylor basketball player
Patrick Dennehy is the weapon
that killed him, the Fort Worth
Star-Telegram reported Tuesday,
citing an unnamed law enforce
ment source.
McLennan County Sheriff
Larry Lynch declined any com
ment on the whereabouts of the
gun that was used to shoot
Dennehy, who was missing
about six weeks before his
decomposed body was found in
a field July 25.
Lynch said: “We’re not going
to comment on anything in this
case. We’re not comfortable in
doing that.”
But a law enforcement official
who asked not to be identified
said forensic tests on a firearm
found near Dennehy’s body
showed it was not the gun used in
the slaying.
The 21-year-old player, a 6-
10 center, was last reported seen
on campus June 12, and his fam
ily reported him missing June
19. His body was found July 25
and his head was found July 27
near a rock quarry three miles
southeast of Waco. He died from
gunshot wounds to the head,
according to a preliminary
autopsy report.
A 9mm pistol, which was
found July 17 under a rock on the
grounds of an apartment complex
near Baylor, was not connected to
the case, the law enforcement
source told the newspaper.
Police said the gun was loaded
except for one chamber.
According to a search warrant
affidavit, Carlton Dotson, who
played basketball at Baylor last
season, told a relative that he shot
Dennehy with a 9mm gun.
Dotson, who was arrested July 21
in his home state of Maryland,
remains jailed without bond and
is awaiting transfer to Texas.
The source also was quoted as
saying investigators have cleared
two acquaintances of Dennehy
and Dotson who lived in the
apartment complex where the
9mm gun was found.
Police also have talked to and
cleared the person or people who
helped Dotson get from Virginia
Beach, Va., where Dennehy’s
Chevrolet Tahoe was found aban
doned June 25, to Dotson’s
hometown of Hurlock, Md., the
source said.
The Dallas Morning News
reported that Dotson, in a jail-
house interview last week, sug
gested that he acted in self-
defense during a confrontation.
“If someone points a gun at
you and shoots and it doesn’t go
off, what would you do?” he said.
The Waco Tribune-Herald, cit
ing an unnamed source, reported
last week that the gun found near
Dennehy’s body was his own .32-
caliber revolver and that it had not
been fired.
Authorities found a number of
live rounds from a .32 that had
been spilled from a .32-caliber
ammunition box, and they also
recovered nearby shell casings
from a 9mm pistol, the Waco
newspaper reported.
NEWS IN BRIEF
Smith apologizes to
team for comments
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Darren
Woodson didn't have to hear the
clarification from Emmitt Smith,
but the Dallas Cowboys safety
got a phone call from his former
teammate with three Super
Bowl championships.
Smith, now with the Cardinals
after being released by the
Cowboys last spring, said last
season was the worst in his
career. The comments by the
NFL's career rusher included his
diamond-among-trash reference
that he has since tried to clarify
publicly.
"He called me up and we
talked for a while. He didn't have
to put the record straight,"
Woodson said Tuesday. "I just
knew it wasn't a big deal."