December 28, 2004
The Texas A&M football team held a physical two-and-a-half hour practice under ideal conditions in shorts and shoulder pads Tuesday morning at Southern Methodist University. Selected defensive players took part in an early afternoon press conference before the team took part in the Lawry's Beef Bowl and an NBA game at American Airlines Center.
AggieAthletics.com will chronicle bowl week with photos, video and audio clips, and this daily notebook.
COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF: 4 days.
SPOTLIGHT ON TUESDAY:
- Practice No. 2 in Dallas went approximately 2 1/2 hours in excellent weather conditions at Southern Methodist University. The Aggies went through drills in shorts and shoulder pads.
- Defensive Coordinator Carl Torbush and players Jaxson Appel, Johnny Jolly, Byron Jones, Archie McDaniel and Mike Montgomery took part in A&M's Defensive press conference at the Omni Mandalay Hotel in Las Colinas.
- Later in the afternoon, the team boarded buses and headed to Lawry's restaurant to participate in the Lawry's Beef Bowl.
- Following dinner, the Aggies went to American Airlines Center to watch the Dallas Mavericks take on the Boston Celtics in NBA action.
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on Texas A&M's morning practice.
from the defensive press conference.
WHERE'S THE BEEF?
Texas A&M took its turn in the 22nd annual Lawry's Beef Bowl on Tuesday, one day after Tennessee.
The Aggies ate 512 pounds of beef to the Volunteers' 408, although A&M had a few more players participating in the event.
Leading the way was offensive lineman Aldo De La Garza, who put down four slices of the prime rib. He was looking for more to be sent his way, but the team had to get going to the American Airlines Center for the Dallas Mavericks game later that night.
A CLOSER LOOK
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ON DECK--WEDNESDAY
- Lunchtime practice at Southern Methodist University.
- Post-practice media obligations.
- News conference in Las Colinas, featuring offensive coordinator Les Koenning, Jr. and selected offensive players.
- Team visit to Children's Medical Center.
- Team/Band function at Main Event - Grapevine.
FACT OF THE DAY:
Dating back to the inaugural game in 1937, there have been 17 former Cotton Bowl players who fathered sons that also participated in the New Year's Day classic. Among this group of family members is current CBAA team selection chairman Dan Petty. Petty was a Texas lineman in the 1960 Cotton Bowl matchup with Syracuse. Son Kent followed in his dad's footsteps 32 years later as a Texas A&M quarterback, facing Florida State in '92 and Notre Dame in '93.