TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1977
Taylor is becoming more consistent
I gotcha this time!
The Texas A&M defense, led by Kevin Monk, stops
Arkansas superstar Ben Cowins (No. 28) for a four-
yard gain. Cowins rushed for 111 yards and two touch
downs in leading Arkansas past the Aggies 26-20.
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By D.D. GRUBBS
For only the second time this sea
son, Texas A&M finds itself having
to bounce back after a loss. After
going down in defeat at the hands of
Michigan in their fourth game of the
season, the Aggies won three
straight before dropping a 26-20 de
cision to Arkansas.
Strong safety Kenneth “Pop”
Taylor has his own theory on “com
ing back” and will have it firmly in
mind this week.
“Every player should realize that
he can’t let up despite a tough loss,”
explains the junior from West,
Texas. “After we lost to Michigan,
we all knew we had to come hack
and just take the rest of the season a
game at a time. We ll have our ‘up’
moments and our ‘down’ moments,
but it’s the same for every game—
win or lose, you have to take it week
by week and keep improving as the
season goes along.”
Taylor, a 6-2, 171-pound transfer
from Navarro JC, has carried the
nickname “Pop” since his grade
school days and can’t even re
member how he got it. He became
the Aggies’ starting strong safety
during spring training last year and
according to defensive coordinator
Melvin Robertson, has improved
tremendously during the course of
the season.
“Pop has improved as much as
anybody on our football team. He
never seems to be in bad position
and not only plays the pass well, but
also gives good run support. I don’t
think he has had a bad game yet this
So far this year, Taylor has been
in on 46 tackles, broken up six
passes and made five tackles behind
the line of scrimmage—including
three QB sacks—for a minus 39
yards. One of his best individual ef
forts was three weeks ago against
SMU when he broke up a couple of
passes, had one interception and
sacked the quarterback for an 11-
yard loss. Currently, he is tied for
the team lead in interceptions with
three and has 34 yards in return
yardage.
Taylor made JC All-American at
Navarro and admits the step-up to
major college ball was a big adjust
ment.
“In junior college, we only had
two basic coverages. But here at
A&M, there are five or six more and
it’s a lot more demanding.”
In preparing for each game,
Taylor studies the films and concen
trates mainly on the opposing tight
end and quarterback.
“I don’t play much man-to-man,
mostly zone and usually I get the
tight end coming across the middle.
I watch the quarterback to see how
he looks for his receivers and if he’s
a scrambler.
The Aggies have two of their next
three games at home—against Texas
and Houston—after traveling to
Fort Worth this weekend to play
TCU. Earlier this season, the Ags
played five straight games on the
road and Taylor says the traveling
did take its toll.
“We’d pack bur stuff every week
and hop on a bus or plane and take
off—it got us down a little. Playing
at home is a big psychological ad
vantage. We hear the crowd yelling
for us, but we all know that nobody
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in the stands can come dom
make a tackle for us.”
Taylor is well aware ofhisn
sihility of anchoring the Agg
fense. This week, he has the
chore of bouncing back after ih jS PaQ®®
to Arkansas and not makingthi
take of looking ahead to the
shootout next weekend. Bui
player who “takes’em o
time,” the most important
the season is this Saturday
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