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Senior wide receiver Jeff Fuller

has another big season with the Aggies in sight

Bleeding maroon

“He’s an all-around receiver who can really do anything you ask him to.” - Senior quarterback Ryan Tannehill

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t’s the season opener against

Southern Methodist University for

A&M football, and senior wide

receiver Jeff Fuller — all 6 foot 4 inches

and 220 pounds of him — takes a seat

on an exercise bike behind the players’

bench shortly after kickoff.

Senior quarterback Ryan Tannehill talks with his star target, Jeff Fuller, mid-game against SMU as the receiver keeps loose on the sidelines.

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He starts to pedal, loosening a nagging left ham-string injury from fall camp. A&M’s record opening-day crowd of more than 86,000 fans are packed in, and for the hundreds sitting close to the 50-yard line, Fuller might as well be a giant on a child’s big- wheel tricycle.

“He’s like the Russian from Rocky IV,” one fan screams.

Fuller grabs six catches for 52 yards in a 46-14 victory. He’s four catches away from breaking the school record of 172 set by former A&M receiver Terrence Muprhy, or “T-Murph” as Fuller calls his good friend.

Two weeks later against Idaho — in front of an-

other sell-out crowd — Fuller snags his fourth catch of the night and goes about his business as though it were any other play. It’s not until the Twelfth Man TV informs the crowd of his record-breaking achievement that he’s aware of what just happened.

With a gig ‘em raised high in the air, Fuller takes his receiver’s stance on the line of scrimmage, ready to go for catch No. 174.

“It’s probably one of my most memorable mo-ments on Kyle,” Fuller said. “I didn’t realize I broke the record. I completely forgot before the game.”

The journey to all of those catches started in De-cember 2007 when Fuller, a University of Oklaho-ma commit at the time, made a visit with his parents

to College Station. The visit came shortly after Mike Sherman accepted the head coaching position.

With some convincing from former A&M quar-terback Jerrod Johnson, Fuller returned home later that day to McKinney, Texas, knowing that he wanted to follow in his father’s Aggie footsteps.

Fuller’s father, also named Jeff, played linebacker and safety for A&M in the early 1980s, and was draft-ed in the fifth round of the 1984 NFL draft by the San Francisco 49ers. The elder Fuller played along-side future hall of famers Joe Montana, Jerry Rice and Ronnie Lott, and won two Super Bowl titles in

thebatt.comRecruits to attend gameKyle Field will be full of students, fans and athletic recruits for Saturday’s game. An Aggie win against OSU could tip some on-the-fence athletes toward Texas A&M. Find out how head coach Mike Sherman and his staff are handling what could be the biggest recruiting game of the season online at thebatt.com.

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sports | 5Seeing stripes at MizzouTexas A&M’s volleyball team plays the Misourri Tigers Saturday. Read more about the matchup inside.

sports | 5Soccer on Cyclone watch The Aggies look to continue their conference success Friday when they welcome the Iowa State Cyclones to Ellis Field.

sports | 7OSU journalistopines Tony Slater , sports editor for The

Daily O’Collegian at Oklahoma State, gives his opinion about the Cowboys’ chances at Kyle Field on Saturday.

sports | 7White out, wave maroonCurrent and former students joined ranks with PepsiCo to raise funds for wildfi re relief through maroon towel sales. The two-dollar Towels are available for purchase on campus until the A&M-Baylor game on Oct. 15. Read more inside.

Mike Sherman strictly adheres to the mentality that the first matchup of top-10 teams at Kyle Field in 36 seasons is exactly the same as playing against Idaho or SMU. Playmaking senior free safety Trent Hunter doesn’t. Hunter said he already feels the difference on campus in anticipation of No. 8 Texas A&M’s Saturday afternoon tussle with No. 7 Oklahoma State.

“I can sit up here all day and say it’s not [different],” Hunter said. “But we all know this is conference play. It opens conference up and it’s one of those games we’ve been talking about since Big 12 media day.”

Only since Big 12 media day? How about since Oct. 2, 2010, when the Ag-gies lost a heartbreaker in Stillwater, 38-35?

“It was definitely a tough game for us,” senior quarterback Ryan Tannehill

said. “I went back and watched the game this morning and we really didn’t play well as an offense — a lot of missed blocks, just not executing well.”

The Cowboys’ defense forced five takeaways, including four interceptions. At the time, Jerrod Johnson was quarter-backing for the Aggies, while Tannehill, who caught three balls for 68 yards, lined up in the slot.

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Oklahoma State

quarterback Brandon Weeden,

left, drops back in

the pocket during

a game earlier this

season.Rick Smth — THE DAILY O’COLLEGIAN

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See OSU on page 9

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Taylor-madeopinionsI t’s been hard to keep track in recent years of how

many high profile employees have passed through

the A&M System’s doors, only to leave with little to

show for their tenure except bags of money.

With budget cuts putting a renewed scrutiny on A&M spending, there has been far too little attention directed toward our System’s high profile-earners.

Taking a brief look back at A&M’s adminis-trative history, in January 2008, A&M regents confirmed Elsa Murano as the new Texas A&M University president. It was a mere 530 days later that she amid in a flood of controversy. After reaching an agreement with System administra-tion, she took a year off while still receiving her $425,000 salary plus an additional $295,000. Wall Street critics call deals like this a golden parachute. Here in Aggieland, I’d call it a ma-roon parachute.

In the aftermath of the Murano debacle, the Board of Regents hired Jay Kimbrough, Perry’s former Chief of Staff, as special adviser to the Board. Kimbrough was compensated at $260,000, and retained the position until being named interim chancellor after Michael McKin-ney — another former Perry chief of staff — stepped down in July. Kimbrough’s salary in this position was bumped to $300,000 per year.

The first dose of tragedy here is that the $260,000 position of special adviser to the Board of Regents was so important that no replace-ment was needed when Kimbrough vacated the position in July. The second dose is the absurd severance package McKinney received, worth at least $683,000 — another maroon parachute.

When the regents confirmed John Sharp as system chancellor on Sept. 8, Kimbrough be-came deputy chancellor. Yesterday he was fired.

Chancellor Sharp said in an email to employ-ees, “I have decided that the position of Deputy Chancellor is not necessary to meet the needs of the Office of the Chancellor and the Texas A&M University System.” That means two of Kimbrough’s past three positions have been deemed unnecessary. It’s still unclear what kind of severance package he will receive.

Kimbrough told The Eagle he intends to go to the Board of Regents office “and see if there are things I can assist them with.” Maybe that special advisor position just became needed again. We’ll

see what Board Chairman Richard Box, who has served as campaign treasurer for Perry, has to say.

Finally, consider the extension and raise Coach Mike Sherman received this summer. Sherman was given a $400,000 raise to $2.2 million and his contract was extended through March 2016 with A&M holding options for 2016 and 2017. At the time, his record was 18-18 through three seasons at A&M. This announcement came just after the University finished paying Dennis Fran-chione $4.4 million through those same seasons.

Now, before anyone has an aneurysm, I like Coach Sherman. He did a great job last season and I am looking forward to a fantastic season this year. I just don’t think this was a timely move. Football programs are notorious for hav-ing a four-year coaching grace period. We just doubled down on a high-stakes hand in year three. A sub-par year and we Aggies will want blood.

This is all complicated by a move to the SEC. It’s a very competitive conference and while Ag-gies are the greatest fans on the planet, we don’t have much patience for mediocrity.

The last thing I want to see is A&M paying another coach millions of dollars per year not to work — again.

In the grand picture of A&M’s budget, our high profile employees don’t get the scrutiny they deserve. Many of us have heard these numbers in passing, but when it comes down to cutting and prioritizing our spending, there aren’t enough people asking why we keep hiring people who don’t last.

These high-salaried types won’t make or break A&M’s budget, but wouldn’t it be nice if we didn’t have so many unnecessary positions and pay so many people not to work? A cynic might even wonder if some of these positions were just political payoffs. Let’s put an end to these maroon parachutes.

Taylor Wolken is a senior economics major

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his five-year career. Bloodlines weren’t the

only factor, though, in Full-er’s commitment switch.

Sherman’s pro-style of-fense, which differs from former head coach Dennis Franchione’s option running attack, is what Fuller said ultimately made him decide on A&M — no matter how many national championships it looked like OU might win.

“I think his willingness to continue to work on his craft and try to be best he can be is the single most impressive thing that I’ve noticed with him,” Sherman said.

Last season could have been the end of Fuller’s ca-reer at A&M after he became the school’s first-ever 1,000-yard receiver. The NFL came calling, but Fuller said he had more work to do in maroon.

Fuller won’t put an ex-act number on his projected round. But he did say the suc-cess of his teammate — No. 2 NFL draft pick Von Miller — who also passed up pro football for his senior season gives Fuller reason to believe he made the right decision.

“I had a great example in Von,” Fuller said before the draft. “He decided to come back and he really helped our team improve, and I believe

he improved his position in the upcoming draft. And he’s only a few hours short of his degree.”

Fuller spent the off-season working out with Pro Bowl receiver Larry Fitzgerald.

“I learned tons of things,” Fuller said. “He’s extremely competitive, tries to beat me into the ground running and conditions wise. A great role model, great person. One of the things he said is ‘there is no substitute for work,’ which I think is incredibly true.”

The NFL hype has several college football analysts com-paring Fuller to Oklahoma State’s Justin Blackmon, last year’s Biletnikoff award win-ner for best receiver in the nation.

Fuller said he would get in touch with Blackmon af-ter the season is finished, but for now, it’s all about break-ing A&M’s losing streak against OSU.

“I haven’t had the oppor-tunity to beat them yet, and I’m looking forward to hav-ing them at home and com-ing out with a victory,” Fuller said.

Junior receiver Ryan Swope is on pace to break several of Fuller’s career marks — not that Fuller seems to mind.

“I hope Swope gets the re-cord,” Fuller said. “I’m going to do my best to make it hard as possible for him. I hope it’s one of those things that ev-erybody just keeps on beating year after year.”

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Senior wideout Jeff Fuller eclipsed the A&M career receptions record against Idaho last Saturday.


The Aggies finished its nonconference schedule with a win in straight sets against Houston Baptist Wednesday night and were able to utilize almost every player on the team. The win sends them into Big 12 Conference play with needed momentum to play some of the best teams in the country, starting with a match against Missouri.

Junior middle blocker Stephanie Minnerly said the team is excited to begin the conference schedule and show improvements in expe-rience and in depth that they were so noticeably lacking last year.

“I think we have a huge, deep bench,” Minnerly said. “We are going out and focus-ing on us, and what we do on the court. If someone is not having a good game, some-one else can come in and make a difference.”

Although Missouri is un-ranked nationally, the Tigers are 13-3 on the season and have recently proved a tough matchup for A&M.

Missouri sophomore hit-ter Lisa Hennings sets the pace for the Tigers with 3.60 kills per set, followed by

outside hitter Emily Wilson and middle blocker Brittney Brimmage with 2.79 and 2.68, respectively.

Senior hitter Brittney Brimmage and setter Molly Kreklow were named to the preseason All-Big 12 team and have showed why they belong there. Kreklow has 10.53 sets per game, while Brimmage remains one of the biggest offensive threats in the conference.

For the Aggies, senior cap-tain Kelsey Black is averaging 3.66 kills per set, while junior hitter Alisia Kastmo is swing-ing for 2.73 per game. Junior blocker Lindsey Miller is con-tributing 2.45 kills per set to the Aggies’ collective hitting percentage of .275.

The Tigers average just 12.9 kills per set in compari-son to the Aggies’ 14.2.

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The Texas A&M soccer team (6-4, 1-0 Big 12) looks to stay perfect in conference play this Friday as it plays the Iowa State Cyclones at 6:30 p.m (6-3-1, 0-0 Big 12) at El-lis Field.

The Aggies and Cyclones are both riding three-game win streaks heading into Fri-day’s match. Iowa State will open conference play against A&M coming off a 2–1 win over Toledo on Sunday and a 1–0 shutout over South Da-kota State on Friday.

A&M kicked off confer-ence play last Friday with a late 2–1 victory over Baylor, and capped off the weekend with a 13–1 win over Fordham, both of which were played at El-lis Field. The Aggies’ 13 goals and 16 assists on Sunday were team single-game highs.

Junior midfielder Chel-sea Jones and freshman for-ward Annie Kunz were both named Big 12 Players of the Week, the conference an-nounced Tuesday. Kunz was also named to the TopDraw-erSoccer.com Team of the Week, after recording her second hat trick of the season against Fordham.

“It’s nice to see our play-ers’ great performances ac-knowledged,” head coach G Guerrieri said. “Chelsea and Annie had great weekends and

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were instrumental in helping us start our Big 12 campaign off with a win.”

Jones, from Belton, Texas, netted two goals last weekend, including a game-clinching goal in the final minutes of Friday’s match against Bay-lor. Jones also scored a goal and contributed two assists against Fordham.

Eleven games into her freshman season, Kunz has tied for second in the A&M individual single-game re-cords, with her eight point performance against Ford-ham. Kunz contributed three goals and two assists in the win and netted the first goal in the Baylor victory.

“Annie’s freshman season is off to a good start,” Guerrieri said. “Her athleticism, nose

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Kunz is the Aggies’ offen-sive leader this season, with 21 points, nine goals and three assists.

Iowa State is a young team, led by sophomore forward Brittany Morgan and fresh-man forward Kaeli Flaska with three goals apiece. The Cyclones rank third in the Big 12 in saves with 38, and tie for second in shutouts, with six.

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Jobe will be challenged against the Aggies’ explosive offense. The Aggies have scored 41 goals this season, and the Cyclones have scored 14 goals. The Aggies have the series advantage at 15-1-2, where A&M has allowed only six goals by Iowa State all-time, dating back to 1996.

A&M will close out the second week of Big 12 Con-ference play Sunday, with a set 1:30 p.m. match against the Loyola-Chicago Ramblers (3-5-1, 0-0 Horizon League) at Ellis Field. The Cyclones blanked the Ramblers, 4–0, earlier this season.

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Junior forward Nora Skelton gets past a Baylor defender in the win on Sept 16.

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Junior libero Megan Pendergast receivesa serve against Houston Baptist.

The Aggies are looking for a rematch against a Missouri squad that defeated A&M in both contests last year. In their first meeting in Col-lege Station, the Tigers nar-rowly squeaked out a win in five sets.

“We have tweaked ev-ery part of our program this year and have a lot more experience going into Big 12 play,” head coach Laurie Corbelli said. “All of the five set matches just kept haunting us, but maturity is going to be a big part in conference play and I think we are going to be

much more balanced.”When the teams met again

in November at the Hearnes Center in Columbia, the Tigers swept the Aggies in straight sets. Although it is a difficult place to play, senior education major Lynsi Bain said fans are confident in the team’s ability.

“This team has been so much fun to watch,” senior education major Lynsi Bain said. “They’re playing really strong, and I think they will only get better from here. ”

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All across central Texas, some of the worst wildfires in state history have dev-astated the landscape and people’s homes.

A&M alumni and more than 25 A&M student organizations joined PepsiCo last Monday to form a plan of action for wildfire relief. The result: “White out, Wave Maroon,” for the Oct. 15 A&M- Baylor game.

Maroon towels are on sale to help the Texans in need at aggiewildfirerelief.com and at multiple locations on cam-pus, including Koldus and the Academic building. The towels cost two dollars and will be sold from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. until A&M and Baylor face off Oct. 15. Students who attend the game have also been asked to wear white shirts to repre-sent hope for Central Texas.

Bryan Burrets, class of 2007, and Jason Zimmerman, class of 2010, have handled the on-campus responsibilities of mar-keting and selling the towels to students and organizations.

“We wanted organizations to step up and own things like distributing on cam-pus and to take as much of this as possible and run with it,” Zimmerman said.

He also said the fundraiser was not only organized to help victims of this natural disaster, but to also unify Texans across all backgrounds.

All the maroon towel proceeds will benefit two different relief funds. Cen-tral Texas American Red Cross set up a fund specifically for families af-fected by the wildfires, and the Texas Wildfire Relief Fund gives money to volunteer firefighters.

PepsiCo has been the largest sponsor for the cause, donating 10,000 towels to be sold for the game.

“Pepsi has been great; they have been our biggest sponsor and have re-ally helped this organization to get off

the ground. We owe them a resounding ‘thank you,’” Burrets said.

Morgan Simmons, junior psychology major, said it’s great that A&M can use football games to support such causes.

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In light of potential conference re-alignment, Zimmerman said he wants Aggies to momentarily forget about con-ference disputes to focus on a cause to help these Texans that are in need.

“What we are trying to do with this event is show that regardless of whether we are Aggies or Bears or whatever the differences may be, we are still Texans and still recognize that there is a serious need for people within our state who have lost so much,” Zimmerman said.

Burrets said what initially made his blood boil about Baylor and the confer-ence realignment isn’t really important when you put it in perspective.

“[The towel out for wildfire relief] is a good opportunity to show everyone that Texans are about helping people, no matter what conference or school we pledge allegiance to.” Buretts said.

has plenty of talent.

His top receiver, Justin Blackmon, won the Biletnikoff Award last season, given annually to

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yards last week in Tulsa — the first time in 14 games he has not had more than 100 yards receiving, which is an NCAA record.

He’s physical, he’s elusive and he’s a terror to bring down in the open field. With-out him, the Cowboys offense would be good. With him, they’re great.

The spread was installed last season, and since that time they have averaged 45.75 points per game, scoring more than 33 in all but one game.

OSU is a team that prides itself on its offense. If you want to beat them, you have to outscore them.

Problem is, some of the top teams are capable of outscor-ing them. It’s what happened in the Cowboys’ two losses

last year.In 2010 against Nebraska

and Oklahoma, they were gashed for multiple big plays, resulting in 51-41 and 47-41 losses, respectively.

The Cowboy defense is talented but inconsistent. There are flashes of greatness, followed by mental lapses and lack of interest.

Two weeks ago, they gave up 41 rushing yards to Ari-zona. But last week, Tulsa ran for 365 yards.

If they play like they did last week, Cyrus Gray and Christine Michael will gladly dash their national champion-ship aspirations.

Protect too much against the run and let Tannehill go off, they are probably heading back to Stillwater with a loss.

And all that is what makes this game so interesting.

Both teams are talented and deep. Both teams believe they are national championship worthy. Only one team leaves on Saturday with that dream intact.

Tony Slater is the sports editor for The Daily O’Collegian

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If you haven’t heard, there is a pretty compelling matchup in College Station. You know, the first top-10 game Kyle Field has hosted in 36 years. And only the third one OSU has been a part of since Mike Gundy took over.

Regardless of your af-filiation, this is something to savor. It doesn’t come around often.

As for the game, it should be a classic. I would be surprised if it doesn’t come down to the last few posses-sions of the fourth quarter.

Texas A&M fans, I know you are confident, and you have a right to be. The Aggies feature a balanced of-fense, swarming defense and most importantly one of the best home-field advantages in the nation.

But, before you chalk this one up in the win column, there are a few things you should know aboutthe Cowboys.

They have an explo-sive offense, one that can put up 21 quick points before you even blink.

It all starts with 27-year-old quarterback Brandon Weeden. The former New York Yankees prospect fizzled out in the minor leagues, en-rolled in college and figured out he had a rocket arm.

It all came together last year, as Weeden threw for 4,277 yards and 34 touch-downs en route to All-Big 12 first team honors.

The statistics continued into this season, as he leads the nation with 1,154 yards already, but has been care-less in nonconference play. Weeden’s six interceptions are tied for most in the na-tion, which is something the Cowboys can’t afford this weekend in College Station.

Just like any quarterback, part of what makes Weeden so good is the talent he has around him. And Weeden

S crap the realignment talk, forget

the regents meetings and lose any

animosity toward rival schools.

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about football.

One for the agesTony Slater: Shootout in store at Kyle Field

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Aggies CANAggies CAN is the largest student-run canned food drive in the nation. Bringing a canned food item will allow for free admission to the soccer game against Iowa State on Friday. Donations will also be accepted at Saturday’s football game vs. Oklahoma State.


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“It’s a whole different atmosphere, a whole different vibe,” said senior de-fensive end Tony Jerod-Eddie. “Every-body’s ready.”

At the time of the 2010 A&M-OSU matchup, the defense had played under the instruction of Tim DeRuyter for three games.

Hunter said he believes that with an-other year under its belt, the defense is finally ready to fully embody the Wreck-ing Crew mentality.

“I feel like we’re a little more flexible this year,” Hunter said. “We’re able to move around and do things we weren’t able to do last year. We’re playing so much faster than we were last year and with so much confidence.”

The Aggie defense will face Oklaho-ma State quarterback Brandon Weeden, who leads the country with 384.7 pass-ing yards per game. OSU wide receiver Justin Blackmon won last year’s Bilet-nikoff Award as the nation’s top wide-

out, and has caught 23 touchdowns in his last 15 games.

The Aggies are one of three teams that rank in the top-20 nationally in both to-tal offense and total defense. Jerod-Eddie said hitting Weeden from the first whis-tle could be the game’s deciding factor.

“We can’t let him get comfortable be-cause he’ll kill us,” Jerod-Eddie said. “A sack is the dessert, but I mean knocking him down and making him know we’re coming, you know, trying to hit him ev-ery chance we get, that’s just as good.”

Tannehill said it’s important for the Aggie offense to start fast because OSU is a dangerous team.

“I think a huge advantage about this week is being able to play at home and having the great fan base behind us,” Tannehill said. “I think early if we can

get some points on the board and the defense can get a few stops then the mo-mentum will really shift our way and we can use the crowd to our advantage.”

Sherman stressed the importance of focusing on the game at hand — just like Idaho, just like SMU.

“I told the players before the game last week, ‘We have 11 one-game sea-sons the rest of the way.’ There’s no bye, there’s nothing. 11 one-game seasons and that’s the way I look at it,” Sher-man said. “This is a one-game season, and we’ve got to be 1-0 at the end of this week. By Saturday night we’ve got to be 1-0 and then we’ll worry about the next one.”

A&M’s conference season starts Satur-day at 2:30 p.m. at Kyle Field.

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OSUContinued from page 1

I told the players before the game last week, ‘We

have 11 one-game seasons the rest of the way.’

There’s no bye, there’s nothing. 11 one-

game seasons and that’s the way I look at it.”

— A&M football coach Mike Sherman

news for yousports

Big 12 commissioner steps downAt 5:20 p.m. Thursday, the Associated Press reported that Big 12 Commissioner Dan Beebe stepped down from his position. Beebe was Commissioner of the Big 12 since 2007 and was contracted with the Conference until 2015. In 2010, the Big 12 lost members Nebraska and Colorado — to the Big 10 and Pac-12, respectively — and Texas A&M recently announced its intention to join the SEC in 2012. The University of Oklahoma threatened to leave the Big 12 unless the Conference fi red Beebe and promised to regulate the new Longhorn network, according to the Associated Press. Thursday evening, Beebe agreed to resign, effective immediately. Former Big 8 Commissioner Chuck Neinas was reportedly contacted to serve as the Big 12’s interim commissioner.

campusDetails released about admin fi ringOn Wednesday, Deputy Chancellor Jay Kimbrough, who also served as interim chancellor this summer, was released from his position with the System. The Associated Press reported that Kimbrough received notice through an employee-wide email sent by A&M Chancellor John Sharp, who said his position was no longer needed. The AP reported that Kimbrough said he was “frustrated by the process” because he was not contacted by Sharp beforehand. According to the incident report fi led by UPD offi cer Scott Kelly, the A&M System’s General Counsel, Ray Bonilla, said that Kimbrough was visibly upset. “Bonilla stated that Kimbrough refused to hand over his keys and pass card and that Kimbrough brandished a knife in a non-threatening manner. According to Bonilla, Kimbrough stated ‘If anyone is man enough to take them (referring to the keys and pass card) bring it on,’” according to the report. After Kimbrough left the offi ce, he tried to return but was denied, according to the report. No charges are being fi led.

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MOTOROLA ATRIX™ 4GDual-core 1 GHz processor

AT&T STORESBryan 1801 Briarcrest Dr., (979) 777-7000 College Station 1505 Texas Ave, Ste. A , (979) 693-6214 1712 Rock Prairie Rd., (979) 695-2990

4G speeds delivered by HSPA+ with enhanced backhaul. Available in limited areas. Availabilityincreasing with ongoing backhaul deployment. Requires 4G device. Learn more at att.com/network.

AT&T is the official wireless partner of Texas A&M Athletics.

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