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The Battalion Page 7 • Wednesday, October 22, 2003
NEWS IN BRIEF
jamaar Taylor
done for the year
with knee injury
! Texas A&M senior wide
receiver Jamaar Taylor suffered
a season-ending injury to his
right knee during the Aggies’
game at Nebraska this past
Saturday.
The senior from Mission,
Texas, was injured early in the
Nebraska game and did not
record a reception. He leads the
Aggies with 25 receptions and
456 receiving yards.
Taylor finished just 36 yards
shy of the A&M school record
for receiving yards.
He played 26 games in three
seasons for the Aggies.
Longhorn running
back charged in
weekend break-in
AUSTIN (AP) — Texas run
ning back Cedric Benson was
charged Tuesday with forcing
his way into an apartment in a
search for a stolen television.
Benson was charged with
criminal trespassing, a Class A
misdemeanor punishable by up
to one year in jail and a $4,000
fine if convicted. Bond was set
at $10,000. Benson turned him
self in to the Travis County Jail
and was released, said Brian
Carney, his attorney.
“He’s a big boy,” Carney said.
“Well let the justice system take
its course.”
Carney said he had not yet
read the arrest warrant affidavit
laying out the allegations.
Benson is the leading rusher
for the No. 19 Longhorns with
498 yards and 10 touchdowns.
The Longhorns (5-2) play at
Baylor on Saturday.
The Austin American-
Statesman first reported
today that the charges would
be made. Texas coach Mack
| Brown said then that he was
am' of the situation but
declined further comment.
Carter leads by example, refuses to quit
By Troy Miller
THE BATTALION
When Texas A&M came back from
a 15-point deficit to defeat Kansas
State in double overtime to win the
1998 Big 12 Championship, the
phrase “Aggies never quit” was
thrown into the spotlight as the nation
watched one of the wildest comebacks
in college football history.
In Saturday’s 48-12 loss to
Nebraska, junior Jason Carter brought
that phrase back to life as he yelled it
to the A&M sideline after his 89-yard
kickoff return for a touchdown with
just 2:56 left to play.
“As long as there’s time on the
clock you still can put points on the
board,” Carter said. “I watched a cou
ple games this year where Michigan
threw 31 points on Minnesota to come
back and beat them, the Indianapolis
Colts came back to beat Tampa Bay.
As long as there’s time on the clock
you can’t ever give up. Going back to
1998 when the Aggies won the Big 12
Championship, they never stopped
fighting then. I’m just saying that
Aggies never quit.”
Carter has had an up-and-down
season in 2003 after changing to the
A-Back position from quarterback in
the spring. Head coach Dennis
Franchione said he wanted to utilize
Carter’s athleticism on the field at run
ning back and wide receiver, but so far
this season Carter has not been used
as he had hoped.
Against Nebraska, Carter broke out
with 185 all-purpose yards. With the
loss of senior wide receiver Jamaar
Taylor for the season due to a knee
injury suffered against Nebraska,
Carter figures to be seen more often in
the Aggie offense.
“I expected to have more touches,
but I have to play within the system,”
Carter said. “I like touching the ball.”
Carter has had a tough year of dis
tractions. With the dismissal of former
A&M qoach R.C. Slocum, Carter said
he looked at transferring to another
school, but through .encouragement
from teammates, family, friends and
the new coaching staff, he decided to
stay at A&M.
“After Coach Slocum got tired I
was thinking about leaving,” Carter
said. “Coach Fran came in and we had
a talk, and he told me he wanted me to
stick around. I trusted him and I
believed in him so I stayed.”
Once his decision to remain at
A&M was settled. Carter’s 19-year
old brother Matthew was sent to Iraq
last spring.
Now Matthew is in Germany
reading articles about his brother and
trying to watch any A&M game that
he can.
“He’s going to be home for the
Texas game,” Carter said. “Besides
my mom he might be my biggest fan.”
Now Carter’s mind and priorities
lie squarely with the Aggie football
team and the rebuilding effort under
taken by Franchione and his staff.
After adjusting to the A-back position
throughout the spring, summer and
this season, Carter will be expected to
produce more on the field as he gets
more touches.
“After the spring game, he came
out with everybody thinking that he
was going to be a big part of every
thing,” Franchione said. “Probably
what we had to do to make that hap
pen was cut back on the amount that
we wanted him to do, so he could do
more well. As a result, he’s gotten
better and improved. We’ve been in
some games now where the game
plan dictated Jason’s role because
he’s improved.”
Now Carter’s words are impacting
his teammates as much as his actions.
The kickoff return against Nebraska
was a little too late to influence the
outcome, but the message was
received loud and clear: Aggies never
quit. And they don’t figure on quitting
this season either.
“I think that just goes to show the
mentality that this team has, that we
don’t quit,” said sophomore safety
Jaxson Appel. “As long as you keep
fighting and keep fighting you have
something to build on.”
)P Beato III •THE BATTALION
Junior A-back Jason Carter returns a punt against Pittsburgh earlier this season at Kyle Field. Carter
had a breakout game' Saturday against Nebraska. He led the team with 158 all-purpose yards.
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