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AU': s recommend a fetiS I rc allowed to gn'. 5 s ssashes. kills 31 h toll rises i a flooding By Dallas Shipp THE BATTALION The same question looms over the Aggie football team this week, just as it did during the off-season. Who is going to play quarterback? Fans know little new information about the quarterback competition fol lowing the Aggies’ 26-11 win over Arkansas State Saturday night. Neither sophomore Reggie McNeal nor junior Dustin Long ever got into a flow offensively against the Indians. McNeal completed 7-of-13 passes for 82 yards with one inter ception. while Long completed 5-of-7 pass es for 44 yards with an interception of his own. But, Texas A&M coach Dennis Franchione and his staff still maintain that both quarterbacks will play, and they are willing to go the entire season switching off quarter backs if neither quar terback can show that he is better than his counterpart. “Nothing has really changed,” Franchione said. "Both guys did some good things, both guys did some things they have to do better. I think both guys will play better this week. They've got some adjustments to make and it will be important to see how they handle those adjustments on a week-to-week basis.” Les Koenning. A&M offensive coor dinator and quarterbacks coach, insists the team is indifferent when it comes to detennining a quarterback. “We tell our kids everyday you have to earn respect, it’s not given to you,” Koenning said. “You go out there and you earn the respect of your teammates, and if you do what you’re supposed to do, you’ll start. 1 don't think our team cares who the starting quarterback is.” Both quarterbacks are already viewed as leaders by their teammates, which was evident when both were elected by the team to serve as team leaders on the Leadership Council. “The team has a lot of confidence in both of us,” McNeal said. “They see both of us out there trying to lead the team. They know we can both go out and get the job done.” While the two are in a battle for playing time on the field. McNeal and Long remain good friends. “Not everyone sees what goes on off the field,” McNeal said. “Me Page IB • Wednesday, September 3, 2003 Ohio State RB restricted from practicing TTTT1 13-7 Att-Cmp HTTT 7-5 C LA RETT know we can both go f nd , Dl 1 lstin go P ut H ea * d lunch, last year he used to OUt and get the pick me up for class and job done. — Reggie McNeal Aggie quarterback go to meetings and stuff. We just help keep each other going.” Both players watch each other and give each other praise or construc- live criticism. “(McNeal) can help (me) out on dif ferent reads, something (I) might not see while (I’m) in there,” Long said. “I think that’s gonna make the team better and make both of us better because we push each other.” According to the coaching staff, they could be pushing each other on the field at the same time during a game this sea son. Franchione told reporters this sum mer that McNeal and Long could be used in a formation together, especially in red zone formations. “It will be fun for us but it will prob ably be pretty rough for the defense File photos • Graphic by: Ruben DeLuna • THE BATTALION though,” McNeal said. “They’ll have to drop back a little bit, but if they drop back and give us too much time we’re gonna pick that defense apart." Long said the Aggies had not put the play in yet. but it sounded like fun. “It adds another weapon we can use on offense,” he said. “It will make it tough on defenses because our offense has so many weapons so it’s gonna make it tough on the defense to just defend one guy.” While playing time together could be fun for the duo, both quarterbacks still have a natural competitive drive to be the go-to guy. “There are 105 guys that come in to two-a-days (hyphenate) and everyone wants to be the starter,” Long said. “We just look at it as making each other bet ter and we’ll both go out there and play. We both just want to win.” By Rusty Miller THE ASSOCIATED PRESS COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State coach Jim Tressel said Tuesday that star running back Maurice Clarett will no longer practice with the team until questions about his eligi bility are answered. Tressel said the under lying reason for his abrupt reversal from 10 days ago was that Clarett’s suspen sion would be lengthy, causing him to miss much of the season. “It appears to me — without having seen any thing official or any black- and-white indications — that the suspension is going to be significant,” Tressel said. “It’s going to be long.” Last week, Tressel and athletic direc tor Andy Geiger announced Clarett’s sus pension from the team. However, they said he would be permitted to practice while the NCAA and an Ohio State panel looked into off-the-field NCAA viola tions and charges of academic fraud. The sophomore tailback watched Saturday from the bench as the defend ing national champions defeated Washington 28-9. Just before the game, Geiger said Clarett was suspended for “multiple games” because he misled investigators. Ohio State officials are in the process of responding to several pages of the NCAA’s allegations. Clarett set Ohio State freshman records by rushing for 1,237 yards and scoring 18 touchdowns last season as the Buckeyes went 14-0. 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