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McNeal enjoys breakout season for Texas A&M.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Byline: Jeff Caplan
DALLAS _ On Jan. 1, 1988, when freshman quarterback Bucky Richardson propelled Texas A&M to its last Cotton Bowl victory, Reggie McNeal was 4 years old.
The Aggies' most lethal dual-threat quarterback, until now, Richardson sees in Saturday's Cotton Bowl the potential for McNeal, and A&M, to catapult out of the shadows of Oklahoma and Texas, and into a position of prominence.
"You're on a national stage in a bowl game like that," Richardson said from Houston, where he lives with his wife and three children. "Writers from all over the country will get a chance to see him play that maybe haven't seen him play very much. It's a game that can really propel him into next year. It's a big game for Reggie, but it's also a big game for A&M."
McNeal, whose exciting play defined the Aggies' improvement from a season ago, is cognizant that the course for 2005, his senior season, could be set Saturday morning in Dallas, when No. 22 A&M (7-4) faces No. 15 Tennessee (9-3) in the Cotton Bowl.
"It will set my tone for next year," McNeal said.
McNeal and the Aggies entered this season as a mystery team. Could McNeal stay healthy? Would he be another terrific runner who couldn't master the pass? Were expectations set too high?
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