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The Battalion Page 5 • Wednesday, October 29, 2003
Season is not what Fran, Aggies had in mind
Seniors to salvage what they can
in their last year with Aggies
By Troy Miller
THE BATTALION
For Texas A&M, having a disappointing
football season is not desirable by any
stretch of the imagination, but the younger
players on this team know brighter days are
on the horizon.
For seniors such as offensive lineman
Alan Reuber, this season is the end of a long
journey, and Reuber said he definitely doesn't
want to give up.
“It’s a disappointing deal, especially for
the seniors and the older guys on the team,”
Reuber said. “We really need to grind down
to get our three wins to get to a bowl right
now, and that’s really negatively affecting
the seniors on the team because this is our
last chance.”
Giving up is not in Reuber’s nature.
During his redshirt freshman season, Reuber
broke his right leg in a spring scrimmage that
resulted in having a titanium rod embedded
from his knee to his ankle which is still there.
For most, that type of injury could cause
the end of a career, but for Reuber it present
ed a challenge he was able to overcome,
eventually starting for the Aggies.
“It was a tough deal rehabbing,” Reuber
said. “I just kept working hard and did every
thing the rehab guys told me to do, and even
tually everything worked out.”
A 3-5 record with Kansas and a gauntlet
of top 25 teams including a visit to No. 1
Oklahoma awaiting the Aggies are just fur
ther challenges for Reuber. On a team that
draws leadership from sophomores and
freshmen, a booming senior voice such as
Reuber’s rmty be just what the doctor
ordered.
Keeping a senior voice on the field has
been hard all season. Two of those voices.
linebacker Jared Morris and wide receiver
Jamaar Taylor, have both been lost for the
year due to injury.
“Reuber has always been a good leader,”
said sophomore offensive lineman Aldo De
La Garza. “When we’re inside the 20 you
can just hear Reuber, ‘C’mon guys you’ve
got to focus and let’s punch it in there.’ He
really steps it up big time.”
For Reuber and the rest of the seniors this
season may have been disappointing so far,
but there is still a lot left on the schedule to
make the season a success.
“The strongest thing you ever play for is
pride in each other,” said A&M coach
Dennis Franchione. “Those seniors want to
go out on a good note. We’ve got a lot of
things left on the slate, and they’ve got to
realize that. 1 think they do.”
Although the Aggies are looking down at
the moment, A&M is on the brink of a bright
future with so many young playmakers and
game breakers. This is not lost on Reuber
and the rest of the seniors. The knowledge
that they are part of the foundation may
make the disappointment so far in 2003
worthwhile.
“Right now that’s what I’m striving on,
that’s my gasoline,” Reuber said. “What
we do now can positively affect this team
in the future, and will. We’re going to be
very, very competitive next year and in
the years to come.”
Reuber said he is confident that
Franchione will right this ship, but it will
take some time.
“Coach Fran will not quit,” he said. “He
will not stop working hard. We’re not going
to change anything we’re doing, and we’re
going to continue to get better. It helps me, as
a senior, to know that these young guys are
going to win a lot of games in the future.”
Joshua Hobson • THE BATTALION
Senior offensive lineman Alan Reuber celebrates with freshman running back Courtney Lewis after a Lewis touchdown against
Pittsburgh earlier this season. Reuber is one of many seniors on the Aggie squad trying to make the most of their final season.
Dotson returns to Waco to face charges
By Angela K. Brown
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WACO, Texas — Former Baylor
University basketball player Carlton Dotson
was returned to Waco on Tuesday, three
months after he was arrested in Maryland in
the shooting death of a former teammate, an
official said.
Dotson, dressed in a white inmate uniform
and sitting in the back seat of an unmarked
gold police cruiser, looked toward the floor
when reporters clustered around the car out-
s)de the McLennan County jail.
Dotson, 21, was indicted in August in the
death of Patrick Dennehy, 21, who had been
missing six weeks when his body was found
July 25 in a field near a rock quarry south of
Waco. The 6-foot-10 player, who shared his
apartment with Dotson since April, had been
shot twice in the head. Dotson will face
another arraignment and bail review hearing
in Waco.
Dotson had been fighting extradition since
his July 21 arrest in his home state, where he
returned in June after leaving Baylor.
Early Tuesday, Dotson left the jail in
Chestertown, Md., 55 miles
from his hometown of
Hurlock on Maryland’s
Eastern Shore, said Joseph
Flanagan, assistant state’s
attorney in Kent County.
Texas authorities arrived in
Maryland earlier this week to
prepare for the transfer of
Dotson, Flanagan said.
Dotson has appeared in court three times
as officials shuffled extradition paperwork
between Texas and Maryland. Last month,
Maryland Gov. Robert Ehrlich signed a war
rant agreeing to turn Dotson over to prosecu
tors in Texas.
DOTSON
A Kent County district judge served
Dotson with the governor’s warrant in court
earlier this month, and Dotson’s attorneys
faced an Oct. 17 deadline to file their next
appeal. But attorneys said Oct. 16 that they
would no longer try to keep Dotson in
Maryland.
Filing the appeal would have further
delayed extradition, but officials in both states
have said Dotson probably would not have
been successful.
McLennan County Sheriff Larry Lynch
said Texas authorities had 10 days from the
Oct. 17 appeal deadline to pick up Dotson.
The case has rocked the Baptist school and
its basketball program. Coach Dave Bliss and
Baylor’s athletic director resigned in August
amid revelations of NCAA violations. School
investigators said they discovered that two
players were receiving improper financial aid
and that staff members did not properly report
some players’ failed drug tests.
SPORTS
Bryant fined for
comments made
about O'Neal
EL SEGUNDO, Calif.
(AP) — Kobe Bryant was
fined Tuesday by the
Lakers for critical com
ments he made of team
mate Shaquille O’Neal, and
was listed as doubtful for
their season opener
against Dallas.
Bryant’s remarks Monday
exposed the degree of rift
between the two super-
stars. The amount of the
fine wasn’t disclosed.
The Lakers held a 20-
minute team meeting in
their locker room before
their shootaround Tuesday
morning. Teammates said
Bryant, O’Neal, Karl
IN BRIEF
Malone and coach Phil
Jackson were the only
ones who spoke.
Bryant and O’Neal didn’t
speak to reporters after the
shootaround.
McKeon will
return as Marlins
coach in 2004
MIAMI (AP) — Jack
McKeon will return to man
age the Florida Marlins
next season, owner Jeffrey
Loria announced Tuesday
during the team’s World
Series celebration party.
“I have some good news
and a little bad news. The
good news is Jack is com
ing back. The bad news is
there’s no bad news.” Loria
said, promising not to
purge the team of star play
ers next season.
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