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Hunting needs to
change before it
can be considered
a sporting event
Participants shouldn’t be
allowed clothes, scent mask,
weapons in stalking animals
^ I’ll watch almost anything on
television. I’ll watch James Ervin
Toyota’s used car
infomercials. I’ll
watch Oprah. I’ll
even watch the
occasional spelling
bee, if only for
the unintentional
comedy. But never jqqg
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helpless, so betrayed _. ,
by my television, as ^
I did Friday when science
my TV turned on student
to wake me up. It
Q was stuck on the Outdoor Life
Network, and my remote control
was out of my reach. A part of me
died a little.
i nave never understood tne
appeal of watching hunting on
television. I’ve never understood
the appeal of a “sport” where half
of the participating entities don’t
even realize the game is being
played.
Ralph Wright once said
“Shooting a moose is like shooting
a parked car,” and he had a point.
If they are going to show it on
television, they might as well make
• it interesting.
Instead of following a group of
men decked out in full camouflage
hiding in some sort of camouflaged
tent watching baited animals roam
in front of them begging to get
shot, I think networks should
change things up a little bit.
First, no camouflage allowed.
In every real sport, the difference
between the teams is obvious. In
hunting, the animal can’t tell the
difference between the person
trying to kill them and the trees
surrounding that person. If the
animals are naked, the people
should be too. If the animals have
to deal with poison ivy rubbing
up against dangerous places, the
people should too.
Second, no scent hiding allowed.
Hunters use all kinds of things to
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Gamecocks
drop three
to Wildcats
^in SEC play
Rallies not enough as team
falls to 30-11 on the year
RJBembry
STAFF WRITER
The Carolina baseball team
could not get out of its own way
this weekend.
The Gamecocks were swept
on the road by the University
of Kentucky Wildcats, dropping
^USC’s record to 30-11 overall and
^10-7 in SEC play, while Kentucky
improved to 31-10 and 10-7 in the
SEC.
Carolina was being pummeled
9-2 until the top of the eighth
inning when the Gamecocks’ bats
finally woke up Friday.
Carolina tied the game heading
into the bottom of the eighth and
it would stay that way until the
bottom of the 11th.
In the 11th, Kentucky junior
John Shelby belted his 10th homer
of the year, a solo shot off Carolina
BASCBRLL • 12
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Looking back
The Gamecock remembers
the best moments of 2005-2006
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Gameco Mn back-to
back NIT championships
USC struggled! through an
up-and-down season, sweeping
Florida during the regular
season, but |>eing swept by the
likes of Tennessee, Kentucky
and GdG^PP*PHPIIPI!liecocks
turned it around in the SEC
Championship, nearly earning
an NCAA bid by exacting
revenge on the Wildcats and
Volunteers before falling to
eventual national champion
Florida in the championship
game.
Once in the NIT, the
Gamecocks knocked of Western
Kentucky at home before going
on the road to take down
NCAA bubble teams Florida
State and Cincinnati to reach
the tournament semifinals at
Madison Square Garden.
USC had an easy time from
there, beating Louisville and
Michigan by a combined 28
points to claim its second
consecutive NIT title.
Senior Tarence Kinsey and
junior Renaldo Balkman were
named to the all-tournament
team, while Balkman was named
the NIT’s Most Outstanding
Player.
Jtum Bias! THE GAMECOCK
Juan Bias / THE GAMECOCK
Steve Spurrier leads USC to bowl
game in first season as head coach
So it wasn’t the most amazing
turnaround in program history,
but USC coach Steve Spurrier
went 7-5 in his inaugural season
as a Gamecock and took the
team to a bowl game for the first
time since 2001. A second-half
collapse against Missouri kept the
Gamecocks from obtaining eight
wins but several milestones were
reached during the season.
Among them:
— The Gamecocks were one
win away from claiming the
SEC East title for the first time
in school history. A missed extra
point against Georgia led to a
two-point loss that may have been
the difference.
— USC beat Tennessee in
Knoxville for the first time since
joining the SEC in 1992. Josh
Brown kicked a 48-yard field goal
with 2:45 remaining to give the
Gamecocks the win by a point.
— Spurrier beat his old team,
the Florida Gators, 30-22. It was
the Gamecocks fifth-straight SEC
win and the first time they had
beaten the Gators since 1939.
— Redshirt freshman Sidney
Rice established himself as one of
the SEC’s elite receivers. Rice set
various school records and was the
team’s star in the Independence
Bowl, setting bowl records for
touchdown catches and yards.
Equestrian team wins second
consecutive Hunt Seat
national championship
USC’s equestrian team won
its second consecutive Hunt
Seat national title, beating
overall champion Auburn by 53
points. Auburn won the overall
title with second place finished
in Hunt Seat and Western.
In equitation on the flat,
USC got wins from Sara Lowe,
Tara Brothers and Kelley
Campbell. Lowe defeated
Natalie Burton 148-136 and
recorded the high score in the
, category. Brothers defeated.
Erin Gaddy 141-126, and
Campbell beat Jennie Reinhart
134-131. Kristen Terebesi fell
to Maggie White 148-118
but made a turn around in
over fences as she beat Cassie
McEnroe 160-75. Lindsay
Pace was the high scorer for
the competition as she posted
a 170-156 over Lauren Huelen.
Brothers lost a close matchup
to Kelly Gottfried, 156-153.
Juan Bias / THE GAMECOCK
Gamecock baseball reaches No. 1 in the national polls
USC’s baseball team was briefly
ranked No. 1, as it won its first
three SEC series. Pitcher Mike
Cisco got off to a hot start and
Gamecock freshmen Justin Smoak,
Reese Havens, and James Darnell
having led with their bats.
USC split the first series of
th$, season with Clemson, before
dropping the last two games of
the rivals’ season matchup.
Perhaps the most impressive
series of the year thus far for the
Gamecocks was a sweep of top
10 Florida. USC outscored the
Gators 31-10 in the series.
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