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By Troy Miller
THE BATTALION
The Dennis Franchione era has always
started with a rough road no matter which
football program he has taken over.
With a 2-3 record and a 59-28 drubbing
at the hands of Texas Tech, Texas A&M
doesn’t seem to be any different.
“I’m not a good loser,” Franchione said.
“Ifl was I probably wouldn’t be sitting here
today, but I've done this for 30 years. I
tow how to handle the situation; I've been
through this many times.”
Indeed Franchione has been through
tough times before.
In his first season with New Mexico,
Franchione's team went 3-8. At TCU in
1998, the Horned Frogs were 7-5 in
Franchione’s first year at the helm. A 7-5
season also awaited Franchione his first
year at Alabama.
At TCU and Alabama, the sophomore
seasons of the two Franchione Eras saw 10
»inseasons and renewed hope in those foot-
tall programs. For TCU it was an arrival to
iienational spotlight. For Alabama, it was a
ittiim to national prominence.
In both instances, the teams grew togeth-
erunder their new coaching start’s, and once
hit their stride they began leaving
opponents in their wake.
The Aggies have to find that point.
At Alabama in 2(X)1, the Crimson Tide
[hfril were expecting big things from
lieir first-year coach they hired away from
, but a 3-5 record through the first eight
James was much less than expected. Then
ie a showdown with 2-5 Mississippi
e in Tuscaloosa, Ala., in which the
Crimson Tide won 24-17, beginning a four-
pe win streak to finish the season 7-5
than Independence Bowl victory.
That2001 season put the building blocks
place for a 10-3 first-place 2002 cam-
gn despite numerous NCAA sanctions
on the Alabama program, preventing them
from playing in a bowl game and the SEC
Championship.
“Ithink the main thing is you look where
youstartand where you finish,” said defen
sive coordinator Carl Torbush, who was
Franchione for both seasons in
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Volleyball team hopes to
rebound against Tech
John C. Livas • THE BATTALION
Texas A&M sophomore safety Jaxson Appel runs back an interception against Utah.
Alabama. “Right now we have to build on
the foundation that the future is based on,
and that’s hard work, that’s discipline, that’s
doing things right, and we’re going to get
better as a football team.”
To make this A&M team turn around
like Alabama did in 2001 might be a lot to
ask for when looking at the Aggies’ sched
ule and the strength of the Big 12
Conference. The Aggies have young talent,
but inexperience, especially on defense, is
their Achilles' heel.
So far the defense, which starts just one
senior, has been a gate teetering on its
hinges, allowing opposing offenses to come
and go as they please.
There is no doubt that talent is on the rise
for the Aggie defense, but its inexperience
far outweighs its potential.
“I think that’s part of being a coach, fig
uring out what you can do and who you can
do it with,” Torbush said. “Whatever we do
we need to do it well, and we need to do it
better than we have the past few weeks.”
Despite the three-straight losses and the
dissatisfied Aggie fans, Franchione knows
that a turning point is just around the comer
for A&M, and the players feel it too.
“(Our psyche) is in a fragile state,” said
senior offensive lineman Alan Reuben “If
we don’t pick it up and leaders don’t step up
and point this team in the right direction
things could get worse, but I have confi
dence that we’re going to get focused in on
Baylor this week and move forward and put
(Texas Tech) behind us.”
By Jeff Allen
THE BATTALION
Losing three of its first five Big
12 games wasn’t on the preseason
goals sheet for the Texas A&M vol
leyball team. It would rather be
standing near the top of the league,
but after dropping consecutive
matches to the University of Texas
and Kansas State, the Aggies find
themselves in a hole as they prepare
to face a struggling Texas Tech team
tonight at G. Rollie White Coliseum.
This year has been an expand
ing list of near misses for the
No. 24 Aggies.
Of the three losses in conference
play, two have gone to a fifth game,
both road matches at Nebraska and
Texas, and the other was last
Saturday’s home loss against Kansas
State, where the Aggies fell behind
early with consecutive 30-28 losses.
“We just try to keep on finish
ing,” said sophomore liberro Holly
Clay. “We have a problem pushing
through to the end, we’re right there
with them. We need to focus on fin
ishing, our big thing is being consis
tent (throughout the match).”
But sophomore middle blocker
Jayna Baker said starting strong is
just as important.
“When we start out we give them
a couple of points there and they
aren’t noticed,” Baker said. “If we
started out like we did toward the
end they wouldn’t have the couple of
points we lost by.”
It’s clear who the leaders for the
Aggies are on the stat sheet. Much of
the on-court action has revolved
around the trio of outside hitters
sophomore Laura Jones, senior Beth
Skypala and junior Melissa Munsch.
The three hold the top spots on the
team in kills, aces and digs, while
Munsch also leads the squad in
blocks.
However, the Aggies are still
looking for the less tangible sort of
leadership to step forward.
“We don’t have someone who
can wrap their arms around the
team,” said A&M volleyball coach
Laurie Corbelli. “We’ve had people
attempt it, but it hasn’t necessarily
been consistent and I think its affect
ing our consistency in games.”
The lack of consistency does not
indicate a lack of qualified candi
dates. Corbelli pointed to the work
of senior Carol Price as a spark,
while junior Lexy Beers has also
tried to step up and be a calming
influence on the court. Corbelli said
Munsch is another veteran poised to
step into a leadership role.
“People tend to follow a leader
who is hot,” Corbelli said. “We still
have to establish the personality of a
leader fully whether their game is on
or off to be consistent ... I think
we’re getting close.”
Texas Tech is coming to College
Station with some problems of its
own, namely winning. The Red
Raiders (8-7, 0-6) have dropped
seven straight matches, including
their first six stabs at Big 12 oppo
nents. Their last attempt at netting a
Big 12 victory fell short on Saturday
as they lost to Kansas at home. The
loss came on the heels of another
disappointing home loss to Iowa
State which has won a total of six
Big 12 games since 1997.
The Red Raiders are being led
this season by junior outside hitter
Kelly Johnson. Johnson leads
Tech in both kills and digs on the
2003 season.
The Raiders won the last meeting
between the two squads last
November in Lubbock in four
games. Before that match the Aggies
had won three in a row. Tech has not
won at G. Rollie White since 1998.
The match begins tonight
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