Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Alternate quarterback ' unit offensiv-e line holds of Dietzel. lullhorn ready prel SC Not ] or Leagu By FRANK WELLS Staff Writer n the wake of South Carolina's eiture of its share of last year's antic Coast Conference football wn came the news that the iecocks, along with Duke and rth Carolina, will not be eligible compete for the league cham nship this year. he three teams had not sched the minimum of six conference mes. The Gamecocks will meet only r ACC teams, but the re inder of the schedule includes ch Southeastern Conference 41rs as Alabama, LSU and nnessee. Duke, which has the best over I record in the conference since establishment 13 years ago, 54 -2, and North Carolina each will ay five league opponents. Clemson University cast the de 1iv no vote against the proposed wrgency legislation which would ve allowed the schools to count Mes outside the league as con rence contests. I. R. Ritchie, Clemson faculty Soul Gamecoci ed Wingard rolls out to pass as f the charging defensive line. >arcs the Cocks for their season -ligible ie Crown chairman of athletics, revealed that his school had voted no after a 7-0 vote favoring permission to include outside games had been released by conference president Ralph Fadum. An 8-0 vote would have been necessary for passage of the bill. "I guess this makes us the vil lains," s.aid Ritchie. lie went on to say the rules of the conference are "very clear" and were known to everyone in the league when their schedules were made out. Paul Dietzel, South Carolina's head coach and athletic director, said he was "extremely disap pointed," hut added, "it's good to find out who your friends are." It is ironical that Clemson must face all the schools to which it has denied a shot at the title - all in Death Valley. Sports Editor Donald Caugh nan will travel with the Game cocks to Baton Rouge to give readers on-the-spot coverage of the LSU clash Saturday night. USE ALL SCHOOL SUP h Car( Across fr s Drill For LSU Cla, the seCOnl with Louisiana State Saturla Coaeb Paul in the background are part 0: 01enMing tilt the teat to practice privatel SPORTSCO1 When Coach Paul Dietzel walks onto the field in Baton Rouge Saturday night, he expects LSU fans to give him "the longest boo in history." All of Louisiana has worked itself into an emo tional frenzy over the prospect of getting back at the man who, they feel, deserted them. When Dietzel left Baton Rouge to become head Noach at West Point, LSU was less than happy lbout the situation. After only three years as head ,oach, Dietzel had built. a national champion from team which for years had been the doormat of ,he Southeastern Conference. Apparently LSU fans have forgotten all this in Lheir zeal for revenge. WARM SPOT But in typical Dietzel fashion, Carolina's new tead coach still feels a warm spot in his heart for 1he fans who supported him loyally for seven years. Dietzel recalled one game in particular. "We were returning to Baton Rouge after a road game. The uirport runway was so crowded with fans who had ,ome out to welcome us home that we had to circle ror several minutes until everyone could be cleared rrom the runway. And we had lost the game!" But now those once loyal fans are on the other ;ide of the fence and their only aim is to humiliate ,he man who helped put the LSU football program Nhere it is now. If Dietzel is upset by what is awaiting him in Baton Rouge Saturday night, no one would ever (now it. "You know," he laughed, "our boys think they're roing down there for a football game, but it's -eally an uprising. The people in Baton Rouge were TBOOKI D AND NEW PLIES . . . SEE OUR USC CL( )lrna Boo] om the Cornell Arn (Gamecork photo by Finn) y night il Bato Rouge. The black curt ain an arranfgement instailld bY Dietzel to allow 1 BE By "ONAD -AGHMAN Sports Editor So happy on April 7 (when Dietzel became head coach at USC), they were going around congratu lating each other." Perhaps LSU fans are justified in the way they feel toward the man who made their football team a national power and instilled a winning spirit in the school. We feel, however, that their actions are ridiculous and will certainly not help the image of the school. SUPPORT In the Sept. 1 issue of the Baton Rouge State's Advocate, Dan Iardesty, in his column "Sports From the Press Box," urged LSU fans to give up their notions of booing Paul Dietzel. Part of that column is reprinted below: "Before you go out to Tiger Stadium to boo Diet zel, ask yourself the question: 'What has he ever (lone to hurt me? What gives me the right to boo hini ?' "The cold truth of the matter is something which 'I9 per cent of the LSU fans never have realized and might not admit even to themselves. They were angry at Paul Dietzel when he took the Army job because they were afraid! They had been way down in the football world for years and they were afraid they would sink back down after Dietzel left. "Four years and four bowl teams have answered that fear. The Tigers have continued winning and they actually have a more solid football foundation now than when he left. "Why boo Paul Dietzel? Why try to show the football world how small the football fans of Louisiana are?" We could not agree with Mr. lardesty more. )THING k Store