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Page 11 • Thursday, October 14, 1999
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Hall and Hardeman.
Bernard is grateful for the
chance, but he is just happy to still
be in football after knee injuries
nearly ended his A&M career.
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Aggie running backs to rush for
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see Bernard on Page 10.
I Selfless A&M safety
quick to credit
others for success
BY BETH MILLER
The Battalion
H e returned an interception for a touchdown
and blocked a punt against Baylor last
weekend. He broke up three passes and
posted seven tackles in 1998 against Louisiana
Tech , which was his first time to start in a college
game. In high school, he earned all-state honors
and was named MVP his senior year.
But Michael Jameson does not like to take
credit for any of it.
The Texas A&M junior safety attributes his
success to his teammates and coincidental cir
cumstances. He said sometimes he is just in
the right place at the right time.
“I don’t go out there and do things by my
self — we are all in this together,” Jameson
said. “Sometimes I may be put in the right po
sitions to make big plays, but I know other
times other people make plays, get sacks, tack
les for a loss and stuff like that, too.”
Even when he lettered in track and field in
high school, Jameson managed to turn it into
a team sport — he ran relays.
“Track relays are like football because you
are out there together,” he said. “You don’t
want to let the other three [runners] down, so
you practice and improve yourself so you
don’t let them down.”
Jameson has certainly not let his team
mates down this season. In addition to his
touchdown against Baylor, Jameson scored on
a 26-yard interception return two weeks earli
er against Southern Mississippi. He is also fifth
on the team with 28 tackles and has forced a
pair of fumbles.
A&M defensive backs coach Ron Milus said
that although Jameson is modest in his ac
complishments, he is admirable for picking up
where departed star Rich Coady and other de
fensive greats left off.
“He has become a very good football play
er,” Milus said. “In the summer, going into this
year, we told him, ‘Mike, we need to have you
JP BEATO/Tiie Battalion
Junior safety Michael Jameson has three interceptions this season, two of which he returned for
touchdowns. Jameson has posted 28 tackles in the Aggies’ five games.
gain some weight’ because he was going to be
the new piece to the puzzle back in the sec
ondary. And I know he went into the whole
thing thinking that he didn’t want to be the
weak link because we had Rich Coady back
there for so long.”
Milus said Jameson is opportunistic on the
football field and looks for chances to make
interceptions and other big plays, like his
blocked punt against Baylor.
His friend and teammate, sophomore cor-
nerback Jay Brooks, said Jameson puts his
heart and soul into everything he does — on
and off the field.
“He displays emotion in football and other
things — he puts everything in the basket,”
Brooks said. “I remember one time he was
learning logic, and he was finally understand
ing it; he was so excited:”
He said Jameson’s shining moment in his
college career was probably when he started
against Louisiana Tech in 1998.
“When he started against Louisiana Tech,
it was the expression on his face,” he said.
“His first college start — for his family to see
him on the field, it was very exciting for
him. ”
Jameson converted that excitement into
seven tackles and three broken-up passes
against the Bulldogs. He finished the season
see Jameson on Page 12.
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