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Football CONTINUED FROM PAGE 8 fense,” Lou Holtz said. “He’s throwing the ball well and has good touch with his passes. He’s learning to trust his reads and learning to trust his receivers. He only put the ball in danger once last week.” Skip Holtz said his father was spending most of this week in prac tice with the defensive unit — a sign of respect for Vandy’s offense but also a testament to the strides the USC offense has made recently. “We’ve been productive, and we’re starting to gel on offense,” Skip Holtz said. USC fullback Andrew Pinnock is the wild card going into Nashville. The senior received the majority of the team’s carries through the first three games, but after fumbling twice in the Georgia loss, he didn’t touch the ball once against Temple. “Andrew Pinnock is an excel lent player and is an integral part of this team and will be an integral part of this week’s game,” Lou Holtz said. “Andrew Pinnock is an excellent player and is an integral part of this team and will be an integral part of this week’s game.” LOU HOLTZ use FOOTBALL HEAD COACH Johnson expects to see Pinnock back in his regular role. “He is a big, talented football player and hard to tackle, and I ex pect to see him in the game,” Johnson said. “He has been a good player for them, and I’m sure they are trying to get him straightened out on a few things and will have him ready to go this weekend.” Pinnock has run for 100 yards in a game just twice in his colle giate career—both times against the Commodores. Pinnock rushed for 106 yards and a touchdown in last season’s meeting. Saturday’s game at Vanderbilt Stadium will kick off at 7 p.m. The game will be televised only through pay-per-view. Comments on this story?E-mail gamecocksports@hotmail.com Rothenberg CONTINUED FROM PAGE 8 There’s much more to say about these sports disasters and collisions, but you’d have to watch it for yourself to grasp the entire scope of it. I’d hate to say I delight in other people’s misery, but if people like me didn’t, there wouldn’t be a de sire for reality-type TV shows. Perhaps my sense of humor can be much too base for my own good. Yet, these are the shows one can watch over and over again and still wonder how some guy didn’t get killed doing something crazy. ESPN can learn a thing or two from TLC about what makes good sports program ming. Maybe then we’d see “SportsCenter Collisions and Crackups,” as if watching those weren’t so bad already. Rothenberg is a fourth-year sport management student. His column appears every Friday in Gamecock Sports. SPORTS CHALLENGE THE CHALLENGE: Kyle Matt Chris Maty Katie Craig The Gamecock’s readers and Almond Rothenberg Foy Hartney Smith Ray staff test their sports knowledge Sports Asst. Sports Defending Editorin Head Reader of with predictions of the Editor Editor Champion Chief Designer the Week weekend’s games. (Rankings (25-15) (29-11) (25-15) (24-16) (17-23) (25-15) are from the Associated Press.) Alabama at Arkansas Alabama Arkansas Alabama Alabama Alabama Alabama Mississippi St. at22lsu LSU LSU J-SU LSU LSU_ LSU Syracuse at Auburn_ Auburn Auburn_Auburn Auburn Syracuse Auburn Kentucky at 7 Florida_ Florida Florida Florida Florida Florida Florida 23 Oregon St. at 18 So. Cal So. Cal So. Cal So. Cal So. Cal Oregon St. Oregon St. 20 Nebraska at 19 Iowa St. Iowa St. Iowa St. Nebraska Nebraska Iowa St. Nebraska Minnesota at Purdue _ Purdue Purdue Purdue Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota Air Force at Utah_ Utah_Air Force Utah Air Force Utah_Utah_ Toledo at Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Toledo_ Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Toledo Pittsburgh USC at Vanderbilt USC USC USC USC USC USC 31-17 41-20 42-24 36-18 46-17 31-17 LAST WEEK’S WINNER: Chris Foy (8-2) - Foy edges Rothenberg with the tiebreaker, but the assistant sports editor extends his lead to a season-high four games. Foy had USC scoring 35 points against Temple, one better than Rothenberg’s 34. Both predicted Temple to score 14 points. Because of a relatively easy schedule last week, there was very little separation among the participants. Almond and reader of the week Brandon Simmons were right behind the leaders at 7-3. Hartney and Candi Hauglum, The Gamecock’s staff member of the week, went 6-4. WANT TO BE READER OF THE WEEK? 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