| Texas A & M Aggies Football News: |
| Texas A&M head football coach Dennis Franchione surprised reporters covering Tuesdays practice when he announced, "Reggie won't play Saturday."
Franchione and offensive coordinator Les Koenning, after conferring with returning starting quarterback McNeal, decided that the risk of injury is not worth the potential upside of having him participate in the Maroon and White Game presented by Gallery Furniture. The game kicks off at 2 p.m. Saturday at Kyle Field. Franchione said McNeal has a minor bruise on his right shoulder that does not affect his throwing and is totally unrelated to the injury that required surgery and kept McNeal out of spring practice last year. "Reggie doesn't have anything to gain by participating," Franchione said. "We know fully what he can do. He'll be out there with the other quarterbacks and working with Coach Koenning like he was last year." Stephen McGee and Ty Branyon, the back-ups, have little to no experience in games. In this arrangement they will have more reps and also get the feel of being hit in game conditions. Coach Franchione named the players from the Leadership Council who will conduct the draft of the spring game teams Wednesday afternoon. Jaxson Appel, Justin Warren, DeQawn Mobley and Aldo De La Garza will draft the Maroon team. The White team will be picked by Archie McDaniel, Boone Stutz, Johnny Jolly, and Jami Hightower. Since Hightower cannot play, White will draft first. After the draft the teams will have overnight to conduct trades. The teams will be announced after practice Thursday. The coaching staff remains the same as last year: Les Koenning, Jim Bob Helduser, Stan Eggen, Lee Fobbs and Melvin Smith on one side; Carl Torbush, Kenith Pope, Mark Tommerdahl, and Chris Thurmond on the other. The entire rest of the staff -- coaches and support personnel -- will be assigned to a team, too. Franchione plans to work for the third straight year in the radio broadcast booth providing color commentary alongside play-by-play announcer Dave South and analyst Dave Elmendorf. With just one practice remaining before the Maroon and White Game presented by Gallery Furniture, the Texas A&M football team practiced Tuesday in full pads. The offense shined during the practice, especially running back Courtney Lewis. A junior from Houston, Lewis broke four long open-field runs. Courtney made some nice runs today, Dennis Franchione said. The defense had a hard time stopping him. |
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Texas A&M Aggies Football
vs. Arkansas State Indians Football
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11:59 pm
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Kyle Field
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Texas A&M Aggies Football
vs. Miami Hurricanes Football
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11:59 pm
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Kyle Field
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Texas A&M Aggies Football
vs. Army Black Knights Football
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11:59 pm
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Kyle Field
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Oklahoma State Cowboys Football
vs. Texas A&M Aggies Football
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11:59 pm
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Boone Pickens Stadium
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Texas A&M Aggies Football
vs. Kansas State Wildcats Football
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1:00 pm
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Kyle Field
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Texas A&M Aggies Football
vs. Texas Tech Red Raiders Football
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11:59 pm
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Kyle Field
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Iowa State Cyclones Football
vs. Texas A&M Aggies Football
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11:59 pm
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Jack Trice Stadium
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Texas A&M Aggies Football
vs. Colorado Buffaloes Football
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11:59 pm
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Kyle Field
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Texas A&M Aggies Football
vs. Oklahoma Sooners Football
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11:59 pm
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Kyle Field
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Baylor Bears Football
vs. Texas A&M Aggies Football
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11:59 pm
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Floyd Casey Stadium
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Texas Longhorns Football
vs. Texas A&M Aggies Football
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2:30 pm
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Darrell K Royal - Memorial Stadium
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| Senior receiver Jason Carter scored the only two touchdowns and senior Todd Pegram kicked the extra points and a field goal to complete the scoring in a two-hour full scrimmage of 91 plays Saturday at Kyle Field. This was the Aggies 12th of 15 spring practices and second scrimmage.
Sophomore quarterback Stephen McGee hit Carter on a scoring pass from three yards out and later junior quarterback Ty Branyon pushed a shovel pass to Carter for a score from nine yards. In each case the second unit offense was operating against the second unit defense. Pegram was true on a field goal of 30 yards. Earlier, sophomore defensive lineman Red Bryant blocked a 45-yard attempt by junior Layne Neumann. Before the scrimmage with live kicking got underway, the Aggies went through 16 plays of situation goal line offense and defense, and the offense scored five times. On first-and-three junior running back Courtney Lewis scored on the first play. With a third-and-goal at the two, 280-pound junior tight end Quinlin Germany lined up at fullback in a two-back set and scored. McGee then threw a short scoring pass to senior tight end Boone Stutz, and senior quarterback Reggie McNeal threw a TD pass to sophomore tight end Joey Thomas. Redshirt freshman Samson Taylor ended the goal line scoring with an option run on fourth-and-one. McNeal led the No. 1 offense on an impressive drive on the first possession of the scrimmage, starting from the 10-yard line and stalling at the defenses 28. Thats when Bryant ended the threat by blocking Neumanns field-goal attempt. McNeal hit senior receiver DeQawn Mobley for 37 yards, the longest play of the day, and McNeal finished with 8-for-12 and 97 yards. Receivers dropped two of his passes while wide open. McGee hit 5-of-6 passing for 20 yards and he netted another 20 rushing. Branyon was 2-for-6 for 20 yards. Carter caught four passes for 27 yards, Mobley two for 45, and junior Chad Schroeder two for 17 yards. Redshirt freshman Samson Taylor led all runners with 40 yards on seven carries. True freshman Keondra Smith, who entered school this semester, averaged 5 yards a carry for 25 yards net. |