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By BRUCE HONICK
Sports Editor
It's becoming a habit: ACC team meet a SEC team.
Whammo! ACC team gets clobbered.
There's no doubt in anybody's mind that the Alantic
Coast Conference leaves much to be desired when it comes
to the grand old sport of football, now in its hundredth
year.
The reason why the ACC is so inferior is not because its
coaches cannot recruit decent material or because the
ates of North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and
irginia yield poor ball players.
The problem lies with the entrance requirements of the
leaque. It is sad how many top notch football players
bypass the ACC schools in favor of another because they
simply will not be admitted on their college board scores.
Take the case of Dennis Hughes, who is now playing in
the offensive backfield at Georgia. He's a South Carolina
boy from Seneca and wanted to play for USC badly, but he
just did not have the college boards to get in.
Then there's the highly controversial Mike Grosso af
fair. The highly talented cager was all set to play for
Carolina until the ACC officials caught wind of the fact that
his board scores were less than is required. The out
standing athlete had to play for Louisville instead.
The list is endless. South Carolina leads the conference
with a perfect 4-0 mark and is 5-1 overall, but the
Gamecocks are not rated any where near the top twenty in
the polls. Why is this? Because USC is a member of the
Atlantic Coast Conference, that's why. And the ACC is
about as low as you can get when it comes to football.
With the exception of Carolina, attendance has been
pitiful at the other ACC schools. No one wants to watch
their school play, knowing full well that their team is in
ferior to others in the nation. Paul Dietzel is a great coach
and a terrific PR man, which is why the Cockpit is filled
every home qame.
Basketball is a different story. With coaches like
McGuire, Smith and Driesell, even a league like the ACC
cannot possibly go wrong. The ACC is perhaps the
stronqest league in the nation when it comes to basketball.
I don't think basketball players are any more intelligent
than football players, which has been the belief of many
people for many years. It's just one of those miracles that
occur in the sporting world.
If one of fhe distirNguished officials of the ACC happens to
see this column, I sincerely hope he reads and heeds. Wake
up the the fact, ACC, that unless you change your entrance
requirements, a national football championship is out of
the question.
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By SCOTT DERKS
Sports Editor
In weeks past Coach Paul Dietzel
has emphasized that "this week's
game is going to be rough." Again
and again he has applied the old
adage and tried to drive the point
home that N.C. State, VPI and
Virginia Tech could win, and they
almost did.
This week with Florida State
looming ahead he never said it
once. Dietzel did not have to
convince anyone that the FSU
battle was on of the biggest
because it is.
Though end Ron Sellers has
graduated, his passing friend Bill
Cappleman is still at Florida State.
"He's a real cool 'hombre',"
Dietzel said. "They seem to run
their pass patterns deeper than
most people and Cappleman can
hit them."
The Florida State offense has
proven explosive in the past few
games when they have racked up a
4-1 record, losing only to rival
Florida.
"They may sputter around for a
while," Dietzel said, "but they are
explosive. When they need the
yardage they go to the tight end."
Jim Tyson, tight end for FSU.
has caught 29 passes in five games.
Though Florida State is not known
for its running attack, last week
FSU's Tom Bailey grabbed up 139
yards while running back Arthur
Munroe made 103.
Football
While many colleges have had to
financially pull their athletic
denartment along. the Gamecocks,
have "for the past four years. been
e:iily in the black." according to
ITSC Athletic Director Coach Paul
DiOt7el
"With the exception of only one
or two vears. the Athletic
Denartment at Carolina operated
at a deficit for fourteen yeaft
before I came here," Dietzel said.
"President .ones gave me four
tenett, when I came. First of all
that I would take orders from no
one except President Jlones.
"The second was to win my
share of games and thirdly to abide
hv tho rules of the ACC.
"Finally that he wanted to
operate the athletic department in
the black." Dietzel said.
Not only have the Gamecocks
nulled their financial heads above
water. thev have added a new
$35.000 baseball field. $35.000 track
field and spent $100.000 on the
Round House.
The money has to come from
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"They have the best running
team they havehad since we have
been playing them," Dietzel said.
"They run just enough to remind
you they can run."
Another important aspect of the
Seminoles is the professional type
offense that picks up stunts and
regularly throws swing passes to
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nnewhere. and though the
:thl(tic hudget has doubled in the
nat four years to almost $190,000
the contributions of Gamecock
Chihr members has quadrupled.
Ahimnae Jeff Hunt even gave the
-armevoeks his airplane for almost
nothina
Notice
Gator Bowl executive director
George Olsen is on the lookout for
movie films of the first Gator Bowl
game between South Carolina and
Wake Forest.
Gator Bowl headquarters in
Jacksonville, Fla. is missing films
of the 26-13 Demon Deacon win
over the Gamecocks on New
Year's Day, 1946 and Olsen has
issued an appeal for anyone having
any kind of movie film of this game
to loan it to the Gator Bowl for
copies to be made.
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fullbacks when the rush is on.
"They do the best job of picking
up your stunts," Dietzel said, "No
one can put on a hard rush. They
very seldom get to the quar
terback.
"Also, they put out five receivers
and they will force you to play their
kind of defense. They can pick you
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Another important part has been
the money made from football
games. With the first five games
(sell outs), the money situation
would appear to be better than
ever, but sadly enough it is is not
true.
With the increased enrollment
and with each student being given
a ticket to see the game for a very
small activity fee, the athletic
department's cut is less for the
man on the street.
"We could have the greatest
baseball team in the world and if
the football team did not make the
money we would go bankrupt."
The same situation is true with
basketball. "Last year we made
about $10,000 on basketball and this
year we are just trying to break
even. The ticket situation was
figured out on that basis. We
figured, how many seats,would we
give the students and still break
even?
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much ground to cover.
"Florida loosens you up with
their passing then hits you with the
running backs."
USC has lost all of the past three
contests with Florida State and
last year fell 35-28 in the late
moments of the game.
between practice sessions
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By SCOTT DERKS
Sports Editor
The Gamecock basketball team
is ranked nationally in the top two
and nearly everyone is mad.
The new coliseum, dedicated
just this month, is too small to hold
all the people who would like to see
Roach drive the baseline or Riker
do a jump shot.
The student body of 13.000 are
being allowed 6.400 seats for every
game so every student will see
about every other game.
Athletic Director Paul Dietzel
said. "I don't think there is a
school in the country who lets all of
its students in for a basketball
game. I wish there was some way
but it is not possible.
"We are trying to break even in
basketball. Dietzel said. "The
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ROTC
praised
(Continoed from page 3)
Roth officers noted the ROTC on
vanmnw has moved to establish
'"omne autonomy with the
i'iiver~ity in an attempt to curb
opposition to the program.
The AP survev also noied
fatiolnwide opposition to ROTC.
Pat Shea. student leader at
Stanford. Stated that "young
wolie are ,erious about peace and
if wIld sevem the ROTC
1-nriolIment figures show that
,;fiident don't think military
.-Wience is a wav to peace."
1,awrivnce G. McDonald. a
Vietn am war veteran. said. "Two
v.'ars in the Army made me a
natifit ;o I try to dissuade
d indinit from entering the
A'. the war continues. so does
oppowit ion to it and ROTC. In an
vffort to rectify the situation, the
,ziecial committee has made
r"coITMmendations that more
colleges and universities exercise
control -civilian control--over the
nroaran- on campus.
Irv Waits
Until Dark
(Continued from page 3)
When he went to see the movie
last ;prinu. and as Weston made
hi-. first appearance on the screen.
-,wveral friends of his who went
:ilonv became startled and said.
"therea rv." referring to Weston
mn the screen. his friends recalled
thsweek
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mm1111i t ration maior from
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ticket situation was figured out on
that basis. We figured, how many
seats could we give the students
and still break even."
Not only are the students mad,
the Gamecock club is ready to
explode. "After the faculty and
administration staff gets their
tickets (at half price) the
Gamecock club gets what is left
over." Dietzel said.
"How can you explain to a man
who has paid $100 a year for 14
years that he cannot have enough
tickets to take his two sons into the
game? We just don't have the
tickets to give him.
"The people who are really
ticked off." Dietzel said. "are the
people on the street. We built this
new coliseum and have to tell them
they cannot buy a ticket." Dietzel 9
said.
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