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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
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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.
Tressel said he made the decision to
hold Clarett out of practice after talking
to the staff.
“I think that’s what’s best to right now,” he
said. “I don’t think it would be appropriate to
talk about it beyond that.”
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