From: marc@yogi.austin.ibm.com (Marc J. Stephenson)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.college
Subject: Re: Hadnot may transfer from UT to A&M
Keywords: n
Date: 13 Aug 92 15:14:54 GMT
Organization: IBM, Austin

In article <1992Aug12.145636.28605@hou.amoco.com> zcjm0f@wwnv42.uucp (CJohn Mace) writes:
>>I hope that Hadnot stays, not as much because of his value to the
>>Longhorns (I don't think he'll ever have the impact under Mackovic
>>that he did his freshman year), but more because I don't want to play
>>_against_ him if he plays on a run-oriented team. He has lots of
>>talent... and he undoubtedly _could_ stay in school at A&M ;-)
>>
>>Jay Boisseau
>>UVa Class of 1986
>>UT Class of 1993 (I think...)
>>
>>(Did the Aggies think I could really pass up on that last jab after all of
>>the inane posts regarding "tu", "t-sips," etc.? I couldn't, but at least I
>>didn't correct the grammar mistakes. ;-) Don't worry, you'll probably get
>>last laugh on November 26... sigh.)
>
>You just take the fun right out of it with the humility...  What are you
>some blue-blood or something?!?  Its your obligation as a Texan to woof,
>even if your team does suck!
>
>cmuck
>
>ps-  anyone who thinks the 'sips are going to roll over for A&M this 
>     year had better get a reality check.  But it's too early to 
>     talk about that..  Make a deal with you guys..  we will take 
>     care of the left-coast guys (Stamfurd), and you take care of
>     the right-coast guys (The ones with the skin problems, they
>     call themselves orange-men), we can meet in Miami to drive the
>     ambulances for the TCU guys (schedule a real team guys, TCU
>     hasn't even beaten A&M since '72),  then we will discuss the
>     rolling over part on Nov 26.
>     they just suffer from amnesia and have forgotten how to 

Hadnot has been indefinitely suspended from the UT football game due to his
escapades in visting A&M.  Hadnot is real upset about the timing (finals
are coming up and he's in trouble academically).  There's a real good chance
that he won't play this year, either because of the suspension or because of
the academic difficulties.  Mackovic suspended him for something like
'conduct detrimental to the team,' which seems reasonable to me.  It can't very
well be a good thing to have your players sniffing around the other programs
in the conference to see if he could get more playing time elsewhere.

By the way, nobody is accusing anybody at A&M of any wrongdoing.  Slocum
and Crow (the A.D.) acted properly in reporting the matter and refusing to
talk to Hadnot.

On Hadnot, Butch was anything but exceptional last year, and only showed
great flashes the year before.  He was injured last year, but has still been
unable to hold down a starting job this year over some capable, but not
awe-inspiring backs.  Mackovic said that he doesn't have the freshman Hadnot,
he's got the junior Hadnot, and he hasn't shown enough to hold a job.  
Presumably regarding the pass-oriented nature of his offense, Mackovic said
that if he had a running back that could run like Earl Campbell, that you
could be sure that he would get him the ball.

Regarding the strength of UT this year, it's really hard to tell.  They have
some very strong areas (linebacker and defensive backs), some suspect areas
(quarterback, defensive line, kicking), solid areas (running back), and
inexperienced areas with solid potential (offensive line).  How well those
suspect and inexperienced areas perform will dictate how far UT can go this
year.

P.S. I don't feel any responsibility to woof.  I'll leave that to Dustin.
I hardly ever find woofing to be interesting, because there's rarely any
intelligence, insight, or information behind it.  By the way, since Dustin
does seem to be the UT-woofer this season, it should be known that the Alphi
Phi Omega group that he mentions in his .sig is not a social fraternity, but
rather a co-ed service fraternity that is the closest thing that UT has to a
pep squad.  They're sort of a unique part of the student body.  Their most
visible presence is when they carry the state flag out onto the football field.
-- 
Marc Stephenson		    IBM AWD (Advanced Workstations Division - Austin,TX)
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