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By BRUCE HONICK
Sports Editor
"Very franklyl,". Coach Paul
Dietzel said, "they (Maryland)
carried the game both offensively
and defensively. We were very,
very flat and we still won; that's
what matters."
The Homecoming victory was
the first time the Carolina defense
has held its opponets scoreless
since 1967 when the Gamecocks
mauled Maryland, 31-0.
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By RODNEY SPROATT
Sports Writer
"They were ready and we were
not," freshman coach Pride Rat
terree said after the Biddies 35-21
lose to the Wake Forest Deaclets.
"We did not play as well as we
could have and I was disappointed
that we did not go after them
better."
The Biddies put the ball in the
air more than they have in past
games with satisfactory results.
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"Ray Lester has done a real fine
job this year at Maryland," Dietzel
said. The Gamecock coach
couldn't find enough superlatives
to describe Maryland's Al Thomas
and Tom Miller and concluded
"they are two exceptional running
backs."
The Gamecock mentor, who is
enjoying his most successful
season at Carolina, cited the
defensive ends of USC for doing a
"great job." He also lauded Gregg
Crabb and George McCarthy on
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"Wake Forest was set up to
protect against the run," Rat
terree said, "and we did." Jackie
Young. Biddies' quarterback,
consistently threw for long gainers
and passed for two touchdowns.
"We never gave up," coach
Ratterree stated, "I was proud of
the way we took the ball oo our 25
and drove it in for a TD in the
fourth quarter."
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defense. "Our defense played real
well," Dietzel said.
"Tommy Suggs is a great
scrambler," he said. "He just
scrambles and scrambles and
scrambles." Suggs completed 12 of
17 passes for 190 yards and threw
for one touchdown.
When asked about what he was
thinking when he threw the 51
yard bomb to Fred Zeigler that set
up a Gamecock touchdown by
Rudy Holloman. Suggs said, "I
told Fred to go for eight, but the
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Ratterree continued, "they jusi
gained momentum. got confidenc(
and we couldn't stop them. When
that happened some of our boys
broke down and just didn't per
form.
"We did learn some things from
the game and tried to utilize some
of Hagard's speed, which turned
out real well, but it was just one of
those days."
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close and he went deep.
"The defender wasn't looking
back and Fred was, so he knew
when the ball was coming and the
other man didn't." Suggs said that
at first he thought the ball was
intercepted.
When asked if he thought USC
would win the conference title,
Suggs said, "I'd hate to say
whether we are or we aren't, but
we've got a good shot at it.
"Maryland's defensive line was
really good and they had two of the
best backs we've seen (Miller and
Thomas). We both got a lot of
breaks, but the difference was that
we cashed ours in and they didn't."
Suggs was asked about the
Seminoles, Carolina's opponents
next week. He said, "I don't think
they're quite as good as last year
since they lost Sellers, but Bill
Cappleman is one of the best
quarterbacks in the country."
Dietzel said tounge-in-cheek, "I
already called up to make sure
Sellers had graduated because I'm
tired of looking at that boy.,
The Gamecock coach pointed
out that Florida State has beaten
the Gamecocks the last three years
and he said, "I would like to kind of
change that this year."
"I hate to leave the happy
confines of 'The Pit' ", Dietzel said
smiling. "It sure is great playing
before homefolks."
It's back to work this week to get
ready for FSU," Dietzel said.
Looking past the Florida State
game, Dietzel said that Tennessee
should, be rated in the top three
when the Gamecocks invade
Knoxville for the Volunteers
Homecoming.
"Wake Forest will be dangerous.
They will be in a marvelous
psychological position.
"We'll play Clemson for all the
marbles because they'll un
doubtedly be undefeated when we
meet them in the Cockpit."
He then returned to discussion of
Florida State, saying, "Florida
State will be a real big test for our
pass defense."
Peddie set.
USC's Dave Peddie set a cross
country record this week end at
Wake Forest aiding Carolina in
their first ACC win 25-30.
Presently the thin clads record
stands 3-4 over-all and 1-3 in the
coniference.
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He summorized the Maryland
win. "It was a fine victory for the
Gamecocks."
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Georgia not only socked it to
Paul Dietzel and company but also
handed the rugby team two losses.
The A team fell 24-10 even though
they moved the ball well. "The
breaks seemed to go against
Carolina all day," one player said.
Jack Clausse and Andy Gallin
scored the only tries for the
Gamecocks.
Frank Graham kicked the extra
points.
In the first game, the B team lost
12-0 losing in the second half.
Trailing only 3-0 at the half the B
team seemed to tire.
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Before the outset of the season,
Carolina players, fans and
coaches were concerned that the
Gamecocks would have to depend
on a high-scoring offense to have a
winning season.
Against Leo Hart the defense did
an adequate job, but since that
game the bulwark has become the
team's backbone, the in
strumental force which has
brought the team its 5-1 record.
The defense gave up two field
goals against UNC, gave up 41
points to Georgia but was over
extended because of mistakes
committed by the offense and
kicking units. It did a good job in
holding N.C. State and VIP in
check until a sputtering offense
came to life.
Against Maryland the defense
registered USC's first shutout in
two years, a feat seldom seen in
i record
this year. "The fourth mile is the
hardest," Peddie said, "by the
beginning of the fifth mile I know if
I can win or not."
Peddie's time of 5 minutes 28
seconds was followed closly by the
second place finisher, also from
USC, Algee Sims.
Wake Forest took the third and
fourth places and Carolina's Jack
Miller took fifth.
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football.
The team's defensive ac
complishments can be attributed
to several factors.
The tackles and ends all have
made many big plays--Jim Pope in
earlier games, Jim Poston against
State and VIP and Lucas and
Hodge against Maryland.
Enemy quarterbacks have had
mediocre success against USC's
pass defense, completing 44 per
cent of passes for an average of 104
yards rather anemic totals in this
season of Archie Mannings, John
Reaves, and Lynn Dickey.
Harassment by the defensive
line has been helpful, but the
heads-up play in the secondary by
Pat "the rat" Watson and his three
cohorts (Speedy sophs Nash,
Davies, and Harris) has been
essential.
Finally, credit must be given to
the core of the defense, the middle
guard and two linebackers
Carolina's pre-season lineup at
these all-important positions
looked most promising with the
mastodonic and maneuverable
Kevin Mooney over the center and
the talented Usher and Padget at
linebackers.
However, academics and in
juries have brought Bucker
Kohaut, Tharpe and Crabb to the
fore. Soph Greg Crabb has taken
special advantage of the op
portunity to play.
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he's shown aggressiveness and
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Offensively it seems as though
the team is barely scratching the
surface of its deep well of offensive
talent, since the Gamecocks have
averaged 18.7 points to theirop
ponents 16.5 points.
If the Cocks are to be com
petitive against these two ex
plosive teams, they will have to
open up their offense.
Thus far the Cocks have put the
ball in play 29.4 per cent via the
pass (391 plays from scrimmage
115 passes attempted.
Yet despite this intermittent
utilization of the talents of Suggs,
Zeigler, Hamric, Mitchell, the
Gamecocks have picked up only
167 fewer yards on passes than on
runs (988 on runs and 821 on
passes).
This does not mean the Cocks
will have to play "aerial basket
ball" against their two upcoming
foes, for most football fans know,
that the run and the pass are in
terdependent. Hopefully,
however, the Cocks will be a bit
more daring in their use of Sugg's
passing, as they were in last year's
games against Florida State, when
Suggs and Zeigler were matched
against Cappleman the fabulous
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