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(Left) Cade Taylor attracts passersby to his tailgate, highlighting his signature piñata.

(Bottom) Senior computer engineering major Jake Mcknight and the rest of his tailgate chat

before the Rice game.

Hours before the Aggie football team dominated Sat-urday’s game against Rice, fans achieved a victory of their own — a successful first tailgate of the season.

Underneath a canopy of trees, people weaved in and out of the tents set up throughout Spence Park. Tables were covered in food as music hummed through personal speakers. Oth-ers played cornhole, ladder golf or horseshoes with a drink in hand.

Despite the early morning, it was undeniable: Aggie tail-gaters set an energizing tone for the game.

One group, composed of students from various classes, or-ganizations and different friend groups, found themselves in the middle of the day’s excitement. Nameless, the group de-cided to call themselves “The Tailgated” Community.

“We’ll think of a better name next week,” said Jake Mck-night, senior computer engineering major.

Tyree Pasini, senior allied health major, said the group of students was full of “die hard” Aggie football fans.

“My favorite part [of today] is being around my family and seeing how excited people are for Aggie football to start,” Pasini said.

With a majority of tailgating occurring near Reed Arena, Spence Park is a coveted location for tailgaters to relax and hang out before and after the game.

Derek Halling, Class of 1994 and services librarian at the medical science library, said this first game would mark his family’s third year enjoying the “camaraderie” and “excite-ment” in Spence.

“No one can do any harm at a tailgate,” Halling said. “Ev-eryone here is friends with each other.”

Ashley Waite, Class of 2008, tailgated with friends she made during her time in Aggie Fish Club. She said the park was a place that was “steeped in tradition.”

“It’s a great mix of people and [it has] really easy access to watch the football team and band,” Waite said.

While seasoned tailgaters may boast grills to cook with or TV’s mounted to watch the game, a group of agriculture sci-ence teachers from the Houston area found a unique way to simplify their tailgate.

Cade Taylor, Class of 2010, said the group wanted to make their tailgating quick and easy.

“In Spence Park, you can’t bring out a trailer hitch or any-thing,” Taylor said. “You’ve got to make it what you can.”

The group repurposed a former receptionist desk by coating it in a maroon and white façade, adorning it with SEC logos and adding wheels to make it mobile.

Scattered on top of the desk were leftover cupcakes and cookies from their school’s teacher lounge, and drinks were stored on the inside.

“Who says you can’t bring your own bar?” Taylor said.To complete the set up, the group hung an owl piñata from

the tree branches to signify the Rice University team. Taylor Haliburton, senior agricultural science major said piñatas were already a part of their gameday tradition, but this year they found a woman in Bryan who would customize the piñata based on whomever the Aggies were playing each week.

“The tip jar set out helps pay for the piñatas each week,” Haliburton said. “Win or lose the game, we’re going to ‘beat the hell out of it.’”

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“I really like tailgating because I get to hang out with all of my friends, even if

they aren’t going to the game.”Megan Terry, senior kinesiology major

“I think that Midnight Yell would be my favorite, it’s just awesome to see all

those students come out for one thing — just to yell in the middle of the night

and just have fun.”Lauren Ramirez, freshman business

administration major

What is your favorite gameday tradition?

“I would have to say Midnight Yell because of the pure tradition

behind it, we have been doing stuff like that for a long time so I just

think it’s important.”

Alex Carroll, sophomore business administration major

“I love Midnight Yell, the times I have gone I have gotten to go with just my friends, it’s

kind of a time to hang out and practice yells and the yell

leaders tell jokes. It’s a good time.”

Thomas Salazar, freshman chemical engineering major

“It’s pretty fun to tailgate with friends before the game, and just watching the

game is always fun regardless.”Michael Steele, senior civil engineering major

“Midnight Yell, because it’s nice to get together with friends and watch the yell leaders. Everyone gets to engage

more and I get more out of it.”Selena Mares, sophomore human resources major

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GAMEDAY GARB

Aggie women across the Brazos Valley are pulling on boots, fitted tees and maroon

dresses in the name of football and fash-ion. Since women became a part of Texas A&M in 1963, gameday attire has contin-ued to draw students’ attention.

The battle between the Texas heat and current trends adds an extra challenge to the students who wish to dress up to yell with the 12th Man. Glenn Pruitt, Class of 1980 and the

owner of Pruitt’s Fabric behind Kyle Field, has been supplying women with Aggie ap-parel for years. His father opened the store in 1946, Pruitt said, and he worked in the store throughout high school and college, watch-ing the changes in gameday attire over the decades.

“There was a time when A&M dressed up for every occasion,” Pruitt said. “The girls would wear Aggie mums or cor-sages. The flowers would come from a flower shop and were probably the most expensive part of the dress. Ev-eryone dressed up really nice in the ‘70s. I wore a suit to the games but it’s too hot now to do that.”

Pruitt is no stranger to the rise and fall of the trends in game day cloth-

ing, having been in the business for so long.

“Here, lately, everybody is into chev-ron,” he said, referring to the v-shaped

print. “Maroon chevron, gray chevron. A lot of girls also like a dropped waist and

sashes or belts or bows.”The SEC is known for its students dress-ing their best at the football games, Pruitt

said, with girls adopting the style of the ‘southern belle’ or a sorority sis-ter, wearing lace, bubble necklaces

and curls. “I don’t think the [SEC style] has really

hit yet,” Pruitt said. “I think there is a little lag time here. Cost gets in the way of dress-ing nice, too.”

Jamie Reedholm, junior interdisci-plinary studies major, said her style is dependent on the weather, though dressing for the game is not a very important factor.

“I know a few girls who are willing to be so uncomfortable at games just to look cute in dresses with their hair down,” Reedholm said. “I don’t know how they do it.”

Rebekah Yates, senior accounting major said she usually wears cowboy boots, jean shorts and a maroon shirt for both comfort and appearance.

Amanda Ritzman, senior international studies major, goes exclusively for comfort when she attends a game.

“I wear a maroon tank top and usually Nike or jean shorts,” she said. “That’s the most comfortable and there are no awk-ward tan lines.”

Ritzman said girls should wear whatever they want to a game, as long as they are happy and comfortable with themselves.

Abbey Stroder, sophomore general studies major, said she enjoys the comfort provided by tank tops and shorts, but will still be dress-ing up occasionally for the fun it adds to the gameday experience.

“I will probably wear a tank or T-shirt with shorts and Chacos for half of the games, solely for comfort,” Stroder said. “Then, for the other half, I will dress up with a cute shirt, shorts and sandals or a dress and boots. Or maybe even a combo of those. I definitely am all for comfort and dressing light, but some-times it’s fun to have a nice, cute gameday look even though you’re drenched in sweat by the second quarter.”

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The No. 7 Aggies (1-0) will search for their second win Saturday as they take on the

Sam Houston State Bearkats (1-0) at 6 p.m. at Kyle Field.

The FCS matchup will mark the first full game for A&M starting quarterback and defend-ing Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel.

“[Manziel]’s focus needs to be our quarter-back and a student-athlete,” said head coach Kevin Sumlin. “He plays with a lot of emotions and a lot of passion and it’s the coaches’ job to turn that passion into a positive but not take it away, because that’s what makes him Johnny.”

Manziel will have plenty of options in the pocket against Sam Houston State. Despite the Bearkats’ defense only allowing 45 yards passing last week against Houston Baptist, A&M’s potent air raid system looks to outdo the 284 yards and four touchdowns it pro-duced against Rice.

In Manziel’s absence during the first half against Rice, the Aggies turned to their rushing attack behind senior Ben Malena and sopho-more Tra Carson. Sophomore transfer Bran-don Williams is expected to return after recov-ering from an offseason foot injury, as Malena said Williams has the opportunity to make a strong impact to the Aggie rushing attack.

“Brandon Williams brings an element to this game that you just can’t coach against and

that’s speed,” Malena said.Like last week, the Texas A&M defense

will be without defensive starters due to sus-pensions. Junior cornerback Deshazor Ev-erett will be suspended for the first half due to an NCAA rule regarding the targeting of defenseless receivers. Senior linebacker Steven Jenkins, junior defensive lineman Gavin Stansbury and sophomore cornerback De’Vante Harris will all be serving the sec-ond of a two-game suspension Saturday due to violating team rules.

Senior defensive lineman Kirby Ennis and junior safety Floyd Raven Sr., who were both suspended for the Rice game due to off-the-field issues, will return Saturday.

Ennis’ addition will serve to help an A&M front seven who struggled to stop the run last week, as they allowed 306 yards on the ground and two rushing touchdowns. The Bearkats are coming into the game with a strong rushing attack, led by senior running back Timothy Flanders. Flanders rushed for 1,713 yards and 17 touchdowns last season.

“Sam Houston State has the quarterback and the tailback back this year,” said defensive coordinator Mark Snyder. “They are all about making you think. If they do that, they’ll have success.”

Texas A&M defeated Sam Houston 47-28 last season.

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Suspensions again headline Aggies’ weekend matchup

Senior running back Ben Malena

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(Left) Senior finance

major Rebekah Yates keeps it Texas with

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THE BATTALION: In week one, seven FCS teams defeated FBS opponents. Do you think that is a motivating factor going into this week’s game for the Bearkats?

HYDE: Whenever I see that, the first thing I think about is, ‘It’s not about an FCS team beating an FBS team.’ It’s more like, ‘These are the teams [the Bearkats] play in playoffs.’

What was last year’s game against Texas A&M like for the Sam Houston State team?

There is only so much an FCS team can do against a Top-10 FBS team. I think the biggest thing that killed us was the fact that Manziel threw for over 200 yards.

What is your opinion on A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel?

He has NFL talent with a middle school mentality, in my opinion.

How much do you see the A&M suspensions giving Sam Houston a boost?

The [Sam Houston] offense might put points up (against a suspended A&M defense) but if your defense can’t contain momentum it’s going to be a blowout.

What is your prediction for Saturday’s game?

It could be like last year’s score of 47-28, but just from a sports fan’s side I’d like to see a closer score because you have the FCS national champion runner-up the last two years against an A&M team that is ranked No. 6. It’s a good matchup.

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No student section wants to see their team punt, but

when it is inevitable, it is always good to have a strong-legged punter like redshirt sophomore Drew Kaser on the team.

Kaser is aware his position doesn’t come with the glamour of a quarterback or receiver, but limited playing time due to an effective offense isn’t all bad, he said.

“Well, you know, maybe a few games I’ll go to Johnny and say, ‘Throw a few more in-

completions,’” Kaser said. “But it comes with the job and the offense. What can I say? With such a high-powered offense and such a great team, I can’t really complain.”

Standing at 6’3” and 205 pounds, Kaser was the fourth-ranked punter in the nation coming out of high school. He averaged 46 yards per punt dur-ing his senior season at Walsh Jesuit High School in Strongs-ville, Ohio, enough to earn him Cleveland Plain-Dealer All-Star Honors. With a little help from his recruiting coach, it was an easy choice for Kaser to settle on College Station.

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Kaser struggled early in his career as an Aggie. One of his biggest struggles dealt with con-sistency when it comes to the amount of yards per punt. Dur-ing his freshman year in 2011, Kaser saw action in one game, punting twice against the Idaho Vandals. During that game, he recorded a season-high 68-yard punt, but his other punt of the game only traveled 23 yards. After that game, an injury pre-

vented Kaser from seeing play-ing time in any other game.

Kaser came back his sopho-more year ready to snatch the starting punting job and not let go. But once again, consistency became an issue during spring and fall practices and he was beaten out by senior Ryan Ep-person and redshirted. Once Ep-person graduated after the 2012 season, the starting punter job became available.

“It’s definitely been a pro-cess,” Kaser said. “My freshman year, being injured and not be-ing able to play, last year look-ing like I was going to be able to play, so this year has been a blessing. I’ve been able to prog-ress my punting, my technique and really get my consistency down.”

Kaser did not disappoint in his season debut against the Rice Owls. In three opportuni-ties, Kaser averaged 62.7 yards per punt, including a net punt of 77 yards that was caught in the air and returned for a short amount of yardage.

“There are things [Kaser can do] other people just can’t do,” said special teams coach Jeff Banks. “He is hitting 68, 70-yard punts out here on the regu-lar. My challenge is, how are we going to cover that far. That’s a good challenge, but he’s that good right now.”

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““He is hitting 68, 70-yard punts out here on the regular. My challenge is how are we going to cover that far. That’s a good challenge, but he’s that good right now.

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5soccerinsiderLeaders utilize team chemistry for title push

Soccer season has kicked off and the Aggies second tour in the SEC is underway with

preseason play. After winning the SEC West and losing in

the quarterfinals of the NCAA Championships in their inaugural SEC season, the Aggies have their sights set on bigger and better things.

“We’re expecting big things for this sea-son,” said junior forward Allie Bailey. “Last year, we won the SEC West and this year we’re looking to win the whole SEC Champi-onship and our biggest goal is to win a national championship.”

Upperclassmen will play a vital role in the Aggies quest for their first national champion-ship after losing four starters to graduation last season. Led by juniors Kelley Monogue and Bailey, the 2013 Aggie squad is returning 14 letter winners, including seven starters from last year’s SEC West Championship team.

A&M will have a strong class of newcom-ers, including senior ex-tennis star Cristina Sanchez-Quintanar, who led the Aggies to a second- place finish at the 2013 NCAA tennis national championships.

“There are six freshmen, and they’re a big part of our team because we have such a small roster this year,” Bailey said. “We need ev-eryone on the team to step up and play well.”

However, playing well is only one ingredi-ent in the recipe to a postseason run. Another factor is team chemistry, something Coach G Guerrieri has established as a mainstay for

Aggie soccer. “I think, first and foremost, the team has

done a good job of welcoming and having an inviting environment for the new girls,” Guerrieri said. “Chemistry is something we put time, effort and attention to, and I think from all my years here, I can’t remember hav-ing a team with any better chemistry than this one.”

The maroon and white opened its season with a strong non-conference schedule and fell to the No. 7 Duke Blue Devils 1-0. After winning the next two games against Arizona State and UTSA, the Aggies dropped to an even 2-2 record following their loss to Pep-perdine last weekend.

“Everything we do, we have to learn from,” Guerrieri said. “I wish we weren’t having to learn from two tough losses, but sometimes those are the ones you learn the most about yourself and what you’re susceptible to, so it’s good that it happened early on in the season.”

The Aggies will next take the pitch when they host the San Diego Toreros at 8 p.m. Friday, and will open SEC play on Sept. 20 against the Tennessee Volunteers in Knox-ville, Tenn.

From Guerrieri to his players, confidence is at an all-time high with a title run in sight.

“I expect we go as far as the national cham-pionship,” Monogue said. “Obviously, that’s the biggest thing you can do and we have a lot to work on, but I wouldn’t be coming to A&M if I didn’t want to win a national championship.”

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Junior forward Shea Groom

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The states of California and Texas stand on opposite sides of almost every spec-trum, ranging from politics to eco-

nomics and even athletics. Specialists have emerged in both states, and

for junior Allie Bailey, her expertise on the Californian soccer pitch has given her a West Coast edge while competing for Texas A&M over the past three years.

The A&M women’s soccer program has competed in the Big 12 and Southeastern Conferences, or what head coach G Guerrieri referred to as “power leagues,” for the entirety of its existence.

Meanwhile, the West Coast has offered a more finesse approach for its college soc-cer teams. Transplanting Bailey’s Californian roots into the Texas soil provided the A&M soccer team with a true finesse athlete, stimu-lating a system Guerrieri has been promoting

since he helped establish the program in 1993.“I think a lot of people would consider us a

finesse team in what has always been a power conference, whether it was the Big 12 or now in the SEC,” Guerrieri said. “In a confer-ence of great athletes, we want to compete athletically but we also want to have an air of sophistication. [Bailey] comes from a finesse environment and that’s the way she’s been raised as a player.”

Hailing from San Diego, Bailey grew up learning her artistic style of play while utilizing it as a member of both her high school and club soccer teams. She served as the captain of the city’s club franchise, San Diego Surf, for seven years, which provided her with op-portunities to visit college programs around the country in the process.

During once such circumstance — a tour-nament hosted by Texas A&M — Bailey found herself captivated by the campus, peo-ple and respect for traditions.

“I played a tournament here with my club

team my junior year and that’s when I first started looking at Texas A&M,” Bailey said. “I was in contact with all the coaches after that tournament and then I came back on another unoffi-cial visit, and that’s when I decided to commit. I just don’t understand why if anyone had the opportunity to come here, why they wouldn’t come here.”

Since joining the A&M soccer pro-gram, Bailey has earned 33 starts, played in 53 matches, and tallied seven assists and 11 goals, including two game-winners.

Through Guerrieri’s system, which empha-sizes strategy and cunning over brute power, the junior forward has flourished. Bailey said her skillfulness, combined with A&M’s in-creasing adherence to the West Coast style, will allow for the Aggies to outmaneuver many SEC teams down the stretch.

“I think coming from Southern California, that’s where I started to play [with finesse] and see the game as more than just myself when I

get the ball,” Bai-ley said. “I think that’s how soccer around the world is being played, with quick pass-ing and creative play, and I think our team is getting a lot better with those qualities. It will definitely be to our advan-tage playing in the SEC, because most SEC teams have big, strong girls, so if we can play around them we’ll be very suc-cessful.”

With only two seniors on the team, Guer-rieri said Bailey has stepped into a small leadership

role, especially among the younger players. She isn’t highly vocal, and chooses instead to let her actions on the pitch speak for her.

“She’s a quiet leader,” Guerrieri said. “She’s a good teammate first and foremost, and the girls feel like they can trust her. She shows through her actions on the field in the way that she feeds other people, and combines with other players.”

According to junior forward and roommate Kelley Monogue, Bailey’s dedication to the sport, along with her ability to adjust and find open teammates, is unique not only within the SEC, but also around the country.

“She’s definitely a hard worker and she always wants to stay after,” Monogue said. “She’s very skillful and very tricky. When it comes to soccer, she’s very smart. She can play through balls with someone she knows is go-ing to be there even when they aren’t there yet. She definitely can adjust for things she sees on the field, and she knows where to go and where the open space is.”

Looking to the future, Guerrieri hopes Bai-ley’s finesse capabilities provide A&M with an advantage against the high-powered offenses of the SEC.

The head coach said Bailey’s talent at scan-ning the field and reading defensive schemes allow her a distribution skill unlike many star players in college soccer, a key factor in the Aggies success down road this season.

“She’s not just a get-it-and-go, one-versus-one type of kid — although she can do that — so she’s really good at combining and making it really tough on the opponent,” Guerrieri said. “She’s a kid that always plays with her head up, and that’s a big thing.”

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11soccerinsider6footballinsiderSuspensions plague early season matchups

The highly-anticipated SEC encore of Texas A&M and reigning Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel has

captured the attention of the national spotlight the past few weeks, but a dark side of the program has been revealed in the process.

Despite being only one game into the 2013 football season, eight separate players have received suspensions ranging from one half to two games at most, forcing at least seven starters to the bench in the Rice and Sam Houston State games.

Head coach Kevin Sumlin and athletic director Eric Hyman have sent the message that inappropriate behavior will not be tolerated within the heavily scrutinized program. Sumlin ad-

dressed the issue seriously but did so in a way that had little affect on the outcome of the first two games of the season, as no suspension will last longer than two games and all players are expected back before the nationally-touted matchup between the No. 7 Texas A&M and top-ranked Alabama.

“We have addressed [the suspensions],” Sumlin said. “One way to address it is to play the young guys that we have. It’s difficult for those guys and for us as a team, but the good news is we’re getting a lot of experience for a bunch of young, tal-ented guys that we’re going to need for the rest of the season.”

Of the eight suspended players, Johnny Manziel garnered the most national attention. After an NCAA investiga-tion into allegations regarding Manziel receiving monetary compensation for autographs came up empty, Manziel re-ceived a half-game suspension for inadvertent violation of the bylaws.

Despite the distraction of one of the nation’s top quarter-backs being suspended, the A&M staff found a replacement for their dynamic signal caller. Junior quarterback Matt Joeckel finished the Rice game with 190 yards on 14-of-19 comple-tions and one touchdown. However, the Aggies struggled early in the game, ending the first quarter down 14-7 and only leading 28-21 going into halftime.

Suspensions have impacted the defensive side of the ball more noticeably. In the season opener, the Aggies were with-out six defensive starters and allowed 509 yards of offense and 31 points to the Owls.

Junior cornerback Deshazor Everett, who was suspended for the first half against Rice, returned in the second half only

to be ejected in the fourth quarter for tar-geting a defenseless receiver and is currently suspended for the first half of the Sam Hous-ton State game.

“We’ve talked at length and that is the world we live in,” said defensive coordi-nator Mark Snyder. “We’ve told the kids, ‘That is the rule. Like it or not, those are the rules.’ I’m not going to coach our guys to blow somebody’s knees out. That’s some-body’s child. That is an alternative with this rule but we are not going to do that.”

Along with Everett, senior linebacker Steven Jenkins, junior defensive lineman Gavin Stansbury, sophomore cornerback De’Vante Harris, and redshirt freshman re-ceiver Edward Pope are facing suspensions against Sam Houston State, although all four are suspended for the entire game.

“I feel like they put themselves in a cer-tain position,” said senior defensive back Toney Hurd, Jr. “But I feel like they have learned from it. Good thing is that we have some young guys ready to step up and play for us. The coaches and the guys upstairs definitely get these young guys ready, and they also discipline the guys that got in trouble.”

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Junior corner Deshazor Everett (right) will serve a first-half suspension on Saturday.

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HEISMAN WATCH(WAY TOO EARLY)

JOHNNYMANZIEL

TEXAS A&M (1-0)SO QB #26’1 - 210

Passing: 6-8 for 94 yds, 3 TDRushing: 6 carries for 14 yds, 0 TD

OHIO STATE (1-0)JR QB #56’2 - 215

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FLORIDA STATE (1-0)FR QB #56’4 - 227

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Passing: 15-22 for 178 yds, 2 TDRushing: 17 carries for 77 yds, 0 TD

Passing: 25-27 for 356 yds, 4 TDRushing: 8 carries for 25 yds, 1 TD

Passing: 18-30 for 270 yds, 3 TDRushing: 13 carries for 42 yds, 2 TD

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Texas A&M didn’t hire (and fans don’t watch) Kevin Sumlin because they want to see grind-it-out defensive games.

We put up with the reality show that is Johnny Football because at A&M, we get to kiss our dates every time the team scores, and the Manziel-and-Sumlin show tends to score in bunches.

Still, since the NCAA hasn’t yet made a rules change, some-thing awkward happens every time we score a touchdown. It’s the last thing Kyle Field wants: Manziel’s offense leaves the field, and the defense shows up.

No one much talked about the defense last season, and they liked that just fine. This season, we’re talking about the defense. Because they’re young, because they’re talented and because they’re averaging about one suspended player per minute since the Cot-ton Bowl ended (all numbers approximate).

This defense needed to es-tablish itself and whip up some of that long-established sports cliché — “chemistry.” So far it has botched both of its Alabama

appetizers, with six starters miss-ing all or part of both games for suspensions.

But when those players return, current students might see some-thing we’ve never before seen. We might see a defense led by the secondary.

This student body, myself included, doesn’t remember the days when “Wrecking Crew” meant something around here. (If you’re that guy who still pulls out the “WC” hand signal, for this team or any of the last few, you’re wrong and you should stop. Same with those “WC” stickers people put on their cars. Don’t do it. The only time the chants have been acceptable in the 2000s: 2010 Oklahoma and Nebraska. Then and only then.)

A&M, in the 1990s, was Linebacker U — Dat Nguyen and Co. made sure of that. That’s not so hard to imagine. During my time here, with Von Miller, Sean Porter, Jonathon Stewart and Michael Hodges, the defense has leaned on its linebackers. The position breeds natural leaders. Half of them are Brian-Cushing-crazy, but we’re usually okay with

insanity in the linebacker corps.But here’s a non-exhaustive

look at the secondary in my four years here: Trent Hunter, Ter-rence Frederick, Coryell Judie, Dustin Harris, Stephen Campbell, Steven Terrell and C.J. Jones.

I like plenty of them, but where are the great Aggie second-aries? Current students have seen great Aggies and good players at cornerback and safety, but we’ve never seen an Aaron Glen or a Jason Webster.

The secondary hasn’t led the defense since Y2K. We’ve learned to distrust our pass protection. When anyone threw deep during the second-halves of the 2011 season, didn’t you know we had lost another one?

The ’90s had Glen, Webster, Kevin Smith and Patrick Bates, among others. I’m not saying this secondary has anyone approach-ing this caliber, but if it does, it’s sophomore Deshazor Everett.

The same Everett who sealed the Alabama game with a goal-line interception after getting burned throughout the fourth quarter.

The same Everett who was

named third-team preseason All-SEC but started the season with a half-game suspension for getting tangled up in some off-season as-sault ugliness.

The same Everett who re-turned to the Rice game with Manziel and was pitched a quarter later for targeting.

That penalty means Everett is forced to sit out the first half Saturday against Sam Houston. So his first full game will be Alabama, which allows for plenty of “a leader’s return” tweets if not a ton of fanbase confidence.

He’s the wildcard, but the player who has most impressed me throughout the fall camp practices and preseason press conferences is senior nickel corner Toney Hurd Jr.

With Swope, Spencer Nealy and Stewart out, the team needed vocal leaders. Hurd is that leader, as is running back Ben Malena. If there is glue on this roster capable of binding the talent of Everett, De’Vante Harris, Otis Jacobs, Howard Matthews, Floyd Raven, Alex Sezer and Noel Ellis — it’s Hurd.

He’s not the most talented

player at his position, and he knows it. But he’s the only player in the secondary without a question mark dangling from his head.

He has experience and he’s not suspended. He’s the leader and Everett is the anchor.

The rest are a good bunch. The second-best player on the second-ary is Harris, who is suspended for two games. Kam Miles, Sezer and Ellis show promise as freshmen. Junior Clay Honeycutt came out of nowhere as the fall camp revelation and nabbed a starting spot from Raven.

This unit could be terrible. Harris might not develop from the good cover corner who can’t tackle. Everett might not play up to his talent. Hurd might not be able to hold all the young egos together.

But if we’re to see, in our time in Aggieland, a secondary capable of turning around a game with a big play, grounding an opponent’s pass attack, providing the steady hand in locker-room leadership — this could be that year.

Mark DoréManaging Editor

@Mark_Dore

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To the general public, and to sev-eral college football writers who touched on it in the past week, Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel is a villain.

Think Scar in Disney’s The Lion King — hungry for a higher position and willing to do whatever it takes to get there.

While I don’t buy into this narrative, I can hear a host of East Coast sports fans claiming, “That spoiled Jaaahny Manzeel is a frickin’ bum.”

Those are the type of folks forcing horns on Johnny’s head and placing a pitchfork into his Heisman-clutching claws. It’s out of our hands and into those of the people who control so much of our sports world today: the media and fans from the highest populated regions of our country.

But did taunting a player in garbage time and spurring the NCAA on a rule that we all agree shouldn’t exist warrant this kind of response? Surely Manziel could have acted differently in so many of his off the field (and now on the field) actions but this — this seems the most overblown of them all. This coming from the same guy who sent Manziel out the door after an ill-advised tweet this summer.

But in comparison to college football’s most hated characters in history, Manziel’s actions may seem minuscule.

• Miami University and “The U”, 1980s – Jimmy Johnson took over as head coach in 1984 and quickly turned the Hur-ricanes into a group of stellar athletes with

few rules. It quickly became the “it” school and with it came allegations of crime and drug use along with pay-for-play scandal from a rap artist. The Miami players embraced the mentality of being bad and many hated them for it.

• Brian Bosworth, Oklahoma line-backer, 1984-86 – Bosworth reveled in the bad boy role. Confidently cocky he sported a mohawk before they became faux’s and was banned from the 1987 Orange Bowl for steroid use. His play in the pro game didn’t help his cause toward backing up his antics but in his prime Bosworth was one of the most feared tacklers of his college football era.

• Maurice Clarett, Ohio State running back, 2002 – As a true freshman Clarett led the Buckeyes to an overtime upset victory for the National Championship against Mi-ami in 2002. From there it was all downhill as he publicly bashed school officials, was accused of cheating in school and eventu-ally dismissed from the university. Clarett left a bad taste in most college football fans mouths. One that has hardly faded.

• Cam Newton, Auburn quarterback, 2010 – Initially a Florida Gator, New-ton was arrested for stealing a laptop as a freshman. By way of Blinn College he then became a National Champion at Auburn. What marred Newton’s fame was allegations of his father accepting large amounts of money for his collegiate services. The allegations were never proven once he bolted for the NFL but Newton’s

name was the first to come up alongside Manziel when he was accused of being paid for autographs.

• Nick Saban, Alabama head coach, 2007-present – Nick Saban has never been involved in criminal charges or cheat-ing, but he is one of college football’s most hated men. Why? All the Alabama headman does is win football games that generated the friendly nickname of “Nick Satan.” Whether it was at LSU or Alabama he could retire as the most accomplished college football coach of all-time. Some people may not want that title taken away from Paul “Bear” Bryant and that’s exactly why so many can’t stand him. You’ll find few who don’t respect him though.

• The Bowl Championship Series, a.k.a. “The BCS” – Since 1998, at the infancy of the digital era, computers have decided what two teams will play for a national championship in any given season. Can you see why this system became the ugliest kid in the history of ugly people? Ask fans of Florida State (2000), Nebraska (2001) and USC (2003) how they feel about computers deciding they didn’t qualify despite finishing No. 1 in the hu-man polls each respective year. While the BCS is on it’s way out, it may be seen as a worse bully-villain combo than any player who ever actually played the game.

Dig deep enough into the archives of the Internet and you can find many details but

when we search Johnny Manziel’s name 10, maybe 20, years from now what will he be remembered for?

While many try to change who Manziel is, wanting him to be more like Florida’s Tim Tebow or more like a Manning brother, I hope he isn’t remembered for an autograph gesture or taunting in garbage time.

Those aren’t villainous acts. Cheating the game, jail time and pay-for-play allegations turn you from good to evil.

I hope Manziel is instead remembered as the first freshman quarterback to win the Heisman Trophy. A player so fearlessly captivating that he played with a will to win that made ages 12 to 70 say, “I’ve never seen anything like this before.”

By my call, Manziel can continue to play with the same edge and fire he showed a week ago. That same competitive nature led him to college football’s 2013 Mount Rushmore a year ago and it’s why his team-mates love him as the quarterback of this Aggie squad.

Let those who feel offended continue to do so, because if that spark from Manziel continues, he’ll leave College Station as the most memorable and accomplished player ever given the “villain” tag in college football and you might look back actually enjoying what you witnessed.

THE VILLAIN PECKING ORDER

Sean LesterSports Desk Assistant

@s_lester14

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