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COLUMNISTS - ROBERT PREMEAUX Jr.
Updated 7:16 AM on Sunday, October 30, 2005
No-Lane offense was a dead end
By ROBERT PREMEAUX JR.
Eagle Sports Writer
The following list is inspired by Saturday's football game between Texas A&M and Iowa State at Kyle Field. Call it: Things to Do in College Station During the College Bowl Season (Because Those of Us Living There Are Gonna Have Plenty of Time to Kill in December).
1. Hang out at Post Oak Mall.
2. Feed the ducks at Texas A&M's Research Park.
click to zoom in
Eagle Photo/Butch Ireland
Texas A&M wide receiver Kerry Franks was unable to reach a second-quarter pass against Iowa State on Saturday at Kyle Field. Franks finished with three receptions for 21 yards.
3. Watch the good teams in the Big 12 Conference play bowl games on TV.
4. Catch a few movies at Hollywood 16.
5. Rent a few movies at Blockbuster or Hastings.
6. Hang out at one of local coffee shops (Suggestion: Coffee Station's cafe mochas and "Choo-choo Chino's" and Sweet Eugene's java shakes are the bomb!)
7. Volunteer for charity work - Salvation Army and Twin City Missions are two good ones.
8. Lead the Aggies to the national championship on EA Sports' NCAA 2006 on your PlayStation2, Xbox or Nintendo GameCube.
9. Wrap up this year's and next year's Christmas shopping.
10. Read.
MOST RECENT VIDEOS
• A&M-ISU Postgame Press Conference: Coach Franchione
MOST RECENT SLIDESHOW
• A&M-ISU Slideshow
11. Visit beautiful downtown Bryan - seriously, it's nice.
12. Buy your wife a special something with all the money you save thanks to A&M missing a bowl game.
13. Buy your kids a few special somethings with all the money you save on A&M missing a bowl game.
14. Start a nest egg with all the money you'll have because A&M missed a bowl game.
15. Kick start your child's college fund with all the money you save now that you don't have to travel to A&M's bowl game.
16. Take a day trip to Austin to visit majestic Darrel K. Royal-Memorial Stadium - home of the best team in Texas and the possible 2005 Bowl Championship Series champion.
17. Take a day trip to Waco to visit Floyd Casey Stadium - home of the state's rising program in college football.
18. Find a local psychologist's or psychiatrist's couch to lie down on. Spend as much time as you need there.
19. Watch Martellus Bennett play for the Texas A&M men's basketball team. He should be free of his football duties by Nov. 26.
20. Watch the A&M women's basketball team try to install a new motion offense.
21. Sell all your Jorvorskie Lane paraphernalia on eBay.
22. Visit Kyle Field for one of the numerous high school playoff games A&M will host.
23. Check out Santa's Wonderland, the big Christmas light show a few miles south of town on Texas 6.
24. Burn all your Jorvorskie Lane paraphernalia in a ceremonial sacrifice of A&M's power running game, which lasted all of two games. Use this one if No. 21 isn't enough for you.
25. Try to forget where you were on Oct. 29, 2005, the day Iowa State embarrassed Texas A&M at Kyle Field - the day the Aggies' 2005 season died.
Coming into Saturday's game, A&M coach Dennis Franchione said he liked to "maul" teams with the power running game. But on Saturday, Franchione's No. 1 mauler spent most of the day on the sidelines.
"It's the way the trend of the game got going," Franchione said when asked why Lane played so little. Franchione also pointed out Courtney Lewis' 73-yard touchdown run and said Lewis was healthy and "in a pretty good flow with what we've been doing and the situation we were in."
Anybody buy that?
In a tight first half, Lane carried the ball two times for nine yards. Just two times. In the second half, which didn't get out of hand until the fourth quarter, Lane carried two times for 13 yards.
That's four carries for the guy we were giving nicknames because he was so good - four carries for a back Franchione himself has called a 30- or even 40-carry back.
Are we missing something here?
As A&M ignored the horse it'd been riding on Saturday; Iowa State stampeded the Aggies with their horses. Running back Stevie Hicks rushed for 122 yards on 25 carries. Quarterback Bret Meyer threw for 371 yards and four touchdowns, both career highs. And receiver Todd Blythe caught eight passes for 214 yards as the Cyclones held the ball for 35 minutes, 21 seconds on offense.
By ignoring Lane and the ball-control style they used in victories over Oklahoma State and Kansas State, the Aggies put themselves in the position they couldn't afford to be in. And, barring a miracle in November, the Aggies will sit at home this bowl season because of it.
COLUMNISTS - ROBERT PREMEAUX Jr.
Updated 7:16 AM on Sunday, October 30, 2005
No-Lane offense was a dead end
By ROBERT PREMEAUX JR.
Eagle Sports Writer
The following list is inspired by Saturday's football game between Texas A&M and Iowa State at Kyle Field. Call it: Things to Do in College Station During the College Bowl Season (Because Those of Us Living There Are Gonna Have Plenty of Time to Kill in December).
1. Hang out at Post Oak Mall.
2. Feed the ducks at Texas A&M's Research Park.
click to zoom in
Eagle Photo/Butch Ireland
Texas A&M wide receiver Kerry Franks was unable to reach a second-quarter pass against Iowa State on Saturday at Kyle Field. Franks finished with three receptions for 21 yards.
3. Watch the good teams in the Big 12 Conference play bowl games on TV.
4. Catch a few movies at Hollywood 16.
5. Rent a few movies at Blockbuster or Hastings.
6. Hang out at one of local coffee shops (Suggestion: Coffee Station's cafe mochas and "Choo-choo Chino's" and Sweet Eugene's java shakes are the bomb!)
7. Volunteer for charity work - Salvation Army and Twin City Missions are two good ones.
8. Lead the Aggies to the national championship on EA Sports' NCAA 2006 on your PlayStation2, Xbox or Nintendo GameCube.
9. Wrap up this year's and next year's Christmas shopping.
10. Read.
MOST RECENT VIDEOS
• A&M-ISU Postgame Press Conference: Coach Franchione
MOST RECENT SLIDESHOW
• A&M-ISU Slideshow
11. Visit beautiful downtown Bryan - seriously, it's nice.
12. Buy your wife a special something with all the money you save thanks to A&M missing a bowl game.
13. Buy your kids a few special somethings with all the money you save on A&M missing a bowl game.
14. Start a nest egg with all the money you'll have because A&M missed a bowl game.
15. Kick start your child's college fund with all the money you save now that you don't have to travel to A&M's bowl game.
16. Take a day trip to Austin to visit majestic Darrel K. Royal-Memorial Stadium - home of the best team in Texas and the possible 2005 Bowl Championship Series champion.
17. Take a day trip to Waco to visit Floyd Casey Stadium - home of the state's rising program in college football.
18. Find a local psychologist's or psychiatrist's couch to lie down on. Spend as much time as you need there.
19. Watch Martellus Bennett play for the Texas A&M men's basketball team. He should be free of his football duties by Nov. 26.
20. Watch the A&M women's basketball team try to install a new motion offense.
21. Sell all your Jorvorskie Lane paraphernalia on eBay.
22. Visit Kyle Field for one of the numerous high school playoff games A&M will host.
23. Check out Santa's Wonderland, the big Christmas light show a few miles south of town on Texas 6.
24. Burn all your Jorvorskie Lane paraphernalia in a ceremonial sacrifice of A&M's power running game, which lasted all of two games. Use this one if No. 21 isn't enough for you.
25. Try to forget where you were on Oct. 29, 2005, the day Iowa State embarrassed Texas A&M at Kyle Field - the day the Aggies' 2005 season died.
Coming into Saturday's game, A&M coach Dennis Franchione said he liked to "maul" teams with the power running game. But on Saturday, Franchione's No. 1 mauler spent most of the day on the sidelines.
"It's the way the trend of the game got going," Franchione said when asked why Lane played so little. Franchione also pointed out Courtney Lewis' 73-yard touchdown run and said Lewis was healthy and "in a pretty good flow with what we've been doing and the situation we were in."
Anybody buy that?
In a tight first half, Lane carried the ball two times for nine yards. Just two times. In the second half, which didn't get out of hand until the fourth quarter, Lane carried two times for 13 yards.
That's four carries for the guy we were giving nicknames because he was so good - four carries for a back Franchione himself has called a 30- or even 40-carry back.
Are we missing something here?
As A&M ignored the horse it'd been riding on Saturday; Iowa State stampeded the Aggies with their horses. Running back Stevie Hicks rushed for 122 yards on 25 carries. Quarterback Bret Meyer threw for 371 yards and four touchdowns, both career highs. And receiver Todd Blythe caught eight passes for 214 yards as the Cyclones held the ball for 35 minutes, 21 seconds on offense.
By ignoring Lane and the ball-control style they used in victories over Oklahoma State and Kansas State, the Aggies put themselves in the position they couldn't afford to be in. And, barring a miracle in November, the Aggies will sit at home this bowl season because of it.