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(Diseases of the stomach, colon, liver and pancreas) 2701 OSIER BLVD., BRYAN OFFICE HOURS MOM.-FRI. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. OFFICE: 774-7666 AFTER HOURS: 775-3133 Diplomate American Board of Internal Medicine fit Gastroenterology TUDENT NMENT UNIVERSITY Don’t Miss The Next EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MEETING Monday, October 12 at 8:30 p.m. in 503 Rudder Come in and join our different programs! By Anthony Wilson Sports Writer Playing in the defensive backfield is similar to Fighting on the front lines of a war — it’s no place for in experienced rookies. However, there is a difference between the two. A mistake in combat is usually not witnessed by a crowd. Sometimes the person in error is even able to crawl into the underbrush to suffer alone. However, when a defensive back makes a mistake, it occurs in the wide open spaces of the secondary for the whole world, or at least 50,000 people, to see. And then, as if the cornerback or safety doesn’t feel bad enough for failing, people say he got “burned,” or “toasted,” or “fa ced.” Texas A&M has plenty of experi ence in the secondary in seniors Chet Brooks and Kip Corrington and junior Alex Morris. However, the only member of the Aggie’s “W- recking Crew” defensive backfield who has not been beaten for a touch down is sophomore cornerback Gary Jones. “To be the youngest back there, people tend to pick on you since you’re the youngest and most inex perienced,” Jones said. “But it’s just something you have to take in stride. You’ve got to rise to that challenge or they’re gonna keep picking on you.” Actually, Jones is not totally inex- f >erienced. He saw some action at ree safety last season as a true fresh man when Corrington went down with an injury. He had 10 tackles last season and one interception that he returned 40 yards for a touchdown against Rice. After four games this season, Jones has racked up 25 tackles, 10 of which were unassisted, two pass break ups, and one interception against Southern Mississippi. Last week against Texas Tech, Jones had a career high nine tackles. Jones started summer practices listed as Corrington’s backup at free safety. By the third game of the sea son, he had moved into the starting left cornerback position. “I guess they were looking for ex perience,” Jones said. “When I came in, I was moving pretty good because I had lost 15 pounds and had a uicker feet. Over the summer, I idn’t eat as much. It’s not a big dif ference in speed, it’s just quickness. To play corner, you have to have quick feet, so they tried me over the re.” Even after the weight loss, the 6- foot-2 Jones still weighs 210 pounds and runs the 40 in 4.5 seconds. The move from safety to cor nerback has been a difficult adjust ment, Jones said. “At free safety, you get a lot more action,” he said. “Corner’s a little bit more challenging. At first when I moved to corner, I wasn’t too fond of it because moving over to a new position, it’s always hard to adapt. “I like it now. I’ve been playing it for about four weeks.” The most difficult aspect of play ing cornerback is the isolation of the position, Jones said. Because cor- nerbacks are positioned near the sidelines and are responsible for cov ering down field, they have no one to back them up and are often the last line of defense. “You’re out there all alone — like on an island,” Jones said. “It’s you and that receiver. It’s knowing that you don’t have any help deep. At free safety, you’re usually just help ing other people. Now you’re the only one —just you and the receiv er.’* Although he’s the only starting defensive back who hasn’t been burned for a touchdown, Jones doesn’t make a big deal about it. “They haven’t thrown any in the end zone with me yet,” he said. “That could be one of the reasons. But I could get beat in the next game. Everybody’s going to get beat.” Saturday’s game against the Uni versity of Houston should prove be the secondary’s biggest d of the year. Houston head cot Jack Pardee, who was an All-Amt ica linebacker at A&M in 1956,1] installed the run-and-shoot offem for the Cougars. Against week, freshman quarterback And Ware completed 25 of 62 passes 404 yards. UH receiver Jason Phillipscauji 14 passes against Baylor and It: the nation with 9.3 receptions p game. To combat the run-and-shoot,ii defensive backs have been woriii on their man-to-man technitf which they run about half the tic with zone def ense, Jones said.Jon is scheduled to cover Phillips® plans on using the bump-and-rum disrupt his pass patterns “I really prefer playing m® Jones said. “In zone, it's hotmudii a challenge. You just have tool care of a third — take care of)« zone. In man-to-man, you havetol on that guy all over the field.' 1 Jones was a highly touted terhack his senior year of school in Tyler, but he hadnoini nation to play the position onct got to college. "I don’t like getting hit,"hesii "I took a beating when 1 wasinW school. I just said when 1 gottod lege I was going to give the beams instead of getting beaten. “At quarterback, you get hit fra the blind side all the timeandw wake up the next morninghurtitj wanted to dish out a little pin# ment instead of being dished upoti Former Browns coach interested in SMU post DALLAS (AP) — A former Cleve land Browns coach said he was inter ested in talking with new Southern Methodist University Athletic Direc tor Doug Single about the school’s head football coaching job. Sam Rutigliano said Single offered him the head coaching job at North western in “June or July” 1986, but he turned it down because he didn’t believe he had time to put together the kind of staff he wanted. He said he hoped Single will con sider him for the SMU job, but that he hasn’t talked to him because he did not want to pressure him. “To be very honest, SMU, to me, has the two things that are very, very important,” said Rutigliano. “One is geography, the other is tradition.” Single told the Dallas Times Herald from his home in Evanston, Ill., that he would not confirm he is considering Rutigliano. “I’m not going to talk names,” said Single. “If Sam says he wants to be considered, that’s fine.” Rutigliano said he was intrigued by the idea of working with Single. “Doug Single and I have a very nice chemistry,” he said. “If I would have accepted the job at Northwest ern, it would have totally been be cause of him. “I think (SMU) made the right de cision in hiring (President A. Ken neth Pye). I know they made the right decision in hiring Doug Single. I had some second thoughts about not accepting the Northwestern job because of him.” Rutigliano, who coached the Browns from 1978-84, graduated from Tulsa and received his masters degree in education from Columbia. Single said earlier he will place academics above athletics while SMU tries to rebuild the football prop which was suspended for tk IS! season by the NCAA in February! major rules violations that induik cash payments to players. SMU officials later canceledik 1988 season because of harsh sau tions. "I really believe SMU hasmadti statement they want to do it the rijl way,” Rutigliano said. "I belki there are a lot of people f doing it the right way. That’s I kind of job I would like to volved in.” I m \ JUNIOR SAVINGS Spirited match-mates for juniors by Esprit Save 25% Reg. 34.00-68.00, sale 25.50-51.00. A selected group of free-wheeling cotton separates, including shirts, sweaters, skirts and pants. In a range of popular colors and styles for junior sizes 3-13 and s-m-1. 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