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Page 14/The Battalion/Thursday, October 8, 1987
Aggies’ Jones relishes new defensive role
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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.”
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