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Page 3 • Monday, August 11, 2003
Fran brings August cold front to Texas
Thermometer shows drop in temperature while Fran toughens Aggies up
DALLAS SHIPP
H ow can the temperature be
105 on Wednesday and
dip into the low 40s on
Thursday in mid-August? Just
ask Coach Fran.
Texas A&M head football
coach Dennis Franchione can do
just about anything right now.
He can even lower the tempera
ture 60 degrees in August.
Franchione was upset on the
first day of practice because a
thermometer at a local business
near the Aggies’ practice facility
allowed players to see the blaz
ing hot temperature of 105 —
something he did not want on
their minds.
The next day — following a
phone call to the business — the
thermometer suddenly showed a
reading of 43 degrees...Celsius.
Franchione mentioned the
incident in his weekly “Fridays
with Fran” column on the A&M
Athletic Department’s Web site.
“We need to know who is
tough enough to focus on the
task instead of the heat,”
Franchione said. “We need to
develop as many players as pos
sible as fast as possible to have
the depth to help with the heat.”
Franchione is trying desper
ately to build a sense of mental
toughness in a team that blew
two home games late in the
fourth quarter a season ago.
A&M led Texas Tech 35-17
heading into the fourth quarter,
but then ran out of gas in the 48-
47 loss. The Aggies were
outscored 24-6 in the fourth
quarter against the Red Raiders
that day. At Kyle Field.
When Nebraska limped into
town during one of its worst
starts in school history, the
Aggies again led after three
quarters, 31-21. However,
Nebraska put up 17 in the fourth
to win the game, 38-31.
That’s not going to happen any
more. Not if it’s up to Franchione.
Franchione’s practices are so
intense, they are actually
designed to make game day a
“day off” from practice.
Franchione works the team
harder and longer than former
coach R. C. Slocum ever thought
about doing. The players can’t
even unsnap their chin straps on
their helmets between reps. That
would waste time.
In addition to the mental
toughness Franchione is trying
to build, the strength-training
program that was installed just
more than nine months ago has
produced dramatic results in the
strength of the team.
That added muscle mass is
what Franchione and his staff
believes will reduce the amount
of injuries that have plagued the
Aggies in recent years.
These two factors alone could
have been the edge they needed
last year when the Aggies lost four
games by a touchdown or less.
Although this season’s sched
ule is among the toughest in the
country, Franchione will produce.
The expectations may be
higher than reality, but in time
Franchione will rebuild the
A&M football program, which
will become a dominant force in
the Big 12 year in and year out.
While everyone wants to win
now, this season may be a warm
up to what could be an inferno in
2004, regardless of which tem
perature scale is used.
RANDAL FORD • THE BATTALION
A&M head football coach Dennis Franchione kicked off his first fall practice last week at the A&M practice fields near Kyle Field. Franchione’s
practices have been fast-paced in an effort to build the mental toughness of the Aggie football team.
Parcells ends shocking week with tough exhibition loss
Shockey plans to
By Tom Canavan
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ALBANY, N.Y. — On matters other than
football, Jeremy Shockey plans on keeping his
mouth shut for the foreseeable future.
With his coach and a team spokesman mon
itoring his every word, the outspoken New
York Giants tight end apol
ogized on Saturday for
making reported comments
about Dallas Cowboys
coach Bill Parcells, insist
ing his words were in jest.
“I apologize for every
thing I said that offended
people,” Shockey said. “I
really, at the time, it was a
laughing matter for me and I
was just having fun with it.”
Shockey is quoted as calling Parcells a
“homo” in an upcoming story in New York
magazine. He also criticized the former
Giants’ coach for retiring a couple of times,
then returning to coaching.
“Let’s see how much Parcells wins this
year,” Shockey said in the article. “I’ll make
him pay when we play them. The homo.”
Giants spokesman Pat Hanlon said Friday
that Shockey believes the writer mistook a
lighthearted conversation he was having with a
friend as being serious, and incorrectly attrib
uted the word “homo” to Shockey rather than
the friend.
keep mouth shut
Shockey said Saturday he takes responsibil
ity for his part in the conversation.
A seemingly indifferent Shockey never
mentioned Parcells directly in his latest apolo
gy for yet another poor choice of words. In
September, he made inflammatory remarks
about gays on the Howard Stem’s radio show.
Shockey, who set team records for recep
tions by a rookie and a tight end in a Pro
Bowl rookie season, reluctantly accepted
responsibility for the current situation, say
ing it was his fault for letting the reporter
“get the best of me.”
He vowed to avoid any future controversy.
“I am going to be as plain as possible,”
Shockey said. “You’ll probably never hear me
say an outrageous thing ever again. I’ll proba
bly never talk to you again.”
New York magazine spokeswoman Serena
Torrey said Friday the magazine stands by the
story and the reporting by writer Chris Smith.
Smith has worked for the magazine for 15
years. His interview with Shockey, conducted
last month, was taped, Torrey said.
Fassel didn’t think Shockey would shut
down completely with the media, but he was
confident the second-year player would tone
things down. The coach also said he did not
think the latest controversy would affect the
way Shockey plays football.
The two had a 30-minute meeting on
Saturday in which Fassel did most of the talk
ing and Shockey agreed to limit what he says
and does off the field.
Parcells fired up for practice after 13-0 loss
By Bob Baum
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
TEMPE, Ariz. — Bill Parcells will have no shortage of
ammunition when his Dallas Cowboys return to practice
this week.
He found virtually nothing encouraging in Saturday
night’s 13-0 loss to the Arizona Cardinals.
Parcells wants to win, even in the
preseason, where his career record is
40-17. His Dallas debut showed how
far he has to go to restore the
Cowboys to their accustomed glory.
“We didn’t really do much of any
thing,” he said. “We had way too many
long yardage situations, we were get
ting penalized or sacked, we dropped
balls, we couldn’t get near their quar
terback. Just pretty much everything
was poor.”
Parcells wouldn’t use the heat as an excuse, even
though it was 110 degrees at kickoff and still 107 at half
time. While his team was flat and ineffective, the
Cardinals came out aggressive, especially on defense.
“This is going to be a nasty football team,” coach Dave
McGinnis promised. “It’s going to be a nasty football
team within the boundaries of the rules that we have.
We’ve got speed on this defense and now we’ve got to get
production out of it, and I liked what I saw today.”
Arizona made a big deal out of Emmitt Smith’s debut
for the Cardinals against his old Dallas teammates, intro
ducing him last amid great fanfare.
Smith played just 41 seconds before calling it a
night. He had no gain on Arizona’s first play, then
caught a pass from new Cardinals’ quarterback Jeff
Blake and dodged three tacklers en route to an 11 -yard
gain and a first down.
“It’s kind of hard to have a big night when you only
play three plays,” Smith said, adding that it was the first
time he’d played this early in the preseason.
Parcells, meanwhile, said he had been too patient with
some players he declined to identify.
“We played a lot of people tonight for lengthy peri
ods of time, some guys we really wanted to see,”
Parcells said. “I just think I have to get back to work
and simplify things and quit kidding myself about a
couple of these guys.”
Neither Chad Hutchinson nor Quincy Carter did any
thing move ahead in the battle for starting quarterback.
Parcells had hoped to name a starter after this Friday
night’s game at home against Houston, but indicated it
could take longer after what he saw Saturday.
“I might need more than one (extra game),” he said. “I
don’t think it would be fair to decide. They didn’t get
much help.”
Hutchinson started and completed 5-of-10 for 43
yards. He fumbled the ball away the only time he was
sacked. Carter played most of the second and third quar
ters, completing 8-of-13 for 81 yards. He was intercept
ed once and sacked once. On Friday night, Carter will
get the start.
“I’m just continuing to do the best I can and grow as a
quarterback,” Hutchinson said.
Dallas managed just 199 yards, 49 on the ground. Troy
Ham brick had minus-1 yard in four carries.
“We should have performed better. There’s no excuse
for that, but it’s a work in progress,” Hambrick said. “It’s
preseason. We’ve still got a lot of work to do.”
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