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stepped in front of an errant Brian
Griese pass and made a game
saving interception to secure a 22-
20 win.
While the outstanding play
boosted his confidence, the unas
suming cornerback dismisses it as
something that goes with the job.
“That’s what we're expected to
do back here — make plays and
stop the big plays,” Williams said.
In an accurate illustration of
the changing fortunes of a corner-
back, Williams
endured a bitter
end to a trying day
in Provo, Utah
against BYU. It
was Williams cov
ering Cougar wide
receiver K.O.
Kealaluhi on the
game-winning
touchdown pass.
“They had
been running a
lot of post plays
and I kept telling
“He's backed up
some great cor-
nerbacks, and
he's been posi
tive throughout.
Larry Slade
A&M defensive backs coach
myself to stay inside,” Williams
said. “Coincidentally, that was
the first streak route they ran on
me all day. When I turned
around to look at the ball, I start
ed stumbling and lost my foot
ing, which allowed him to get
another step on me.
“It was a play that I wasn’t
expecting, but it was a play that 1
should have covered. I was think
ing about not giving up a certain
play, which in turn opened up
another one.”
Despite the heart-breaking
play, Williams has been able to
keep his perspective.
“Playing cornerback means
that you’re going to get beat
sometimes,” Williams said. “I’ve
put it behind me, but I haven’t for
gotten about it. It was just one of
those games where I was totally
out of sync with myself, the sec
ondary was out of sync with each
other, and they exploited it.”
A backup for most of his career
at A&M, Williams stepped into a
limited starting role last season.
He finished 1995 with 26 tackles
while playing in all 11 games,
starting in three.
A&M Defensive Backs Coach
Larry Slade said Williams’ ability to
maintain his confidence and
remain focused on the overall goal
is what makes him a unique player.
“He’s a team guy,” Slade said.
“As you go back and look through
his career, he hasn’t lined up and
played a lot. He’s backed up some
great cornerbacks, and he’s been
positive throughout. He has a
great deal of perseverance.”
Perseverance is just what the
green secondary needs, but
Slade believes his players will see
better days soon.
“Any time you’re dealing with
inexperience, it makes for a tougher
situation, especially in
the secondary,” Slade
said. “We have some
talented players who
are going through a
baptism by fire, but
we’re excited about
their potential.”
Though the sec
ondary took its licks
in the BYU game,
Williams said it has
learned lessons that
will help its
improvement.
“Staying with
your technique and staying
focused is the most important
thing throughout a game,” Slade
COADY
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said. “What we’re trying to do now
is get back to doing what we do
best — flying to the ball and just
having fun out there on the field.”
No pressure.
In preparation of the attack, the
Aggies have spent the last three
weeks working on eliminating
mental mistakes and communi
cation breakdowns.
“We’ve worked a lot on our dis
cipline and communication,”
Coady said. “We’ve made sure
that every play, everyone knows
their assignment, trying to get
everybody on the same page.”
Coady has surprised not only
himself as a walk-on, but his team
mates with his vast improvements.
“1 just went out and worked
hard every day,” Coady said. “All I
could do then was to wait and see
what happened from there.”
Senior cornerback Donovan
Greer said he cannot believe
Coady was not recruited by A&M
in the first place.
“It’s like night and day,” Greer
said. “He came in as a walk-on
and no one paid him much atten
tion at first. He made a lot of big
plays on the scout team and he
was quickly noticed. Now it sur
prises me that he wasn’t heavily
recruited out of high school.”
Born into a football family,
Coady went from high sc|
standout to collegiate walk
a starting defensive back at
A&M. What is next ia
Cinderella career?
If Walt Disney had a say,0
and the rest of the
ondary would overcome«
season adversity for a chain
the Big 12 Conference title.
Better make sure it is lx
midnight.
Name: Rich Coady
Year: Sophomore
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nd of state
Name: Andre Williams
Year: Senior
Position: Cornerback
Height: 5-feet-9-inches
Weight: 178
Born: April 9,1974
Major: Ag. Development
Hometown: Sherman
Honors: Prep All-American,
earned all-district MVP hon
ors in 1991
"We rose to the occasion [in a loss
to] Wisconsin, who is undefeated
now and went
from 17th to 9th
(in the polls).
We’re not discour
aged at all.”
Junior outside
hitter Kristie
Smedsrud said
the team is con
stantly citing
weaknesses and
improving them.
"After (the loss
to) Colorado State we reevaluated
our defense,” Smedsrud said. “And
we picked up our defense last
weekend. Each match, we have
stepped it up a notch. Our defense
still needs some work.”
Jennifer Wells and junior Bi
Polak are battling for thepositil Maybe. P
“We are trying to identify son But by a
one in that posildespised
and start usiim non iy aS;
more,” Corbellis L orsingv
“It was akeyposiiF
for us last !1 i dtotheC
Summer Stricklin
will start in the 6
match, then we'll|
how it goes.”
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landsts out
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Corbelli said PP ro P a
such a longtourii|°] t ’jjj ac en
ment the Lai
Aggies need to si I
mentally prepare I
"We tend to sometimes rel
a little too much duringcomf:
tition,” she said. “We need
maintain a high intensity lev
We have to be in control of ii
momentum.”
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