The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, September 14, 1970, Page Page 4, Image 4

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an AU* Me.. ut, coeeb Pul tefor aangability to ihe chips are &ach *a the C in Carolina's opeat ls et the 1970 football sewao . to Georgia Tech. YoUow Jaet tackle Rock Per dW'l,an A1 AaerIe at his position last y*ar, wrapped his huge arms around Gomecock quarterback TO Sugg causing an in teftepte pass that killed all hope for last 'A ACC champs. t of battle the good nease come through," said DlefteL Perdeal knocked doM d jass that put us outf also pointed .to a Tech, ent (Bruce Southall) in the last quarter as a big factor in the loss. "We just couldn't stop -that ftsh back late in the game and that hurt us. ITat fine drive kept us from Southa] Gives '] Advant BY JOE GENOVA Sports Writer USC and Georgia Tech battled on even terms most of the afternoon Saturday before an 80-yard scoring drive in the fourth quarter gave the Yellow Jackets a hard fought 23-20, victory. "I was real proud of the way the boys bounced back," said Georgia Tech head coach Bud Carson. 'lhey got the score when we really needed it." The Gamecock defense held up against a powerfull Tech offense Bruce Southa: Surprise Weapon for three quarters of crowd pleasing football. Gamecock fans, some 15,000, could be heard at Grant Field over all other sounds until with 8:17 remaining in the contest and the Gamecocks in desparate need of the bail number 46, Bruce Southall, came into the game. Southall took a hand off from aarterback Eddie McAshan for qven yards to start a drive which Pedthe Gamecocks into a desperation last minute offense. McAshaan Names Sophomore quarterback Eddi McAshan, the first black playel recruited by Georgia Tech, passet for 202 yards, Including one touch down, in Tech's opening game wli over USC. ,Named as the toi sophomore prospect in the natio by Playboy nmagazine, McAsha came through with flying colorn In pre-season ratings USC ws placed 17th In the Associated Pres poll of sportswriters, and 12th t3 Street & Smith's football yearbool Suggs B& orced out of g f Coch P rge.dOVe0C ric 'ech r getting the bal unti late in the game. They stayed on the ground and ran the bal down our throat," Dietzel continued. The drive Dietael wad talking about was a time killing march in the fourth quarter with sophomore Southall doing most of the damage. Tech wasted over six minutes at a time Carolina desperately needed the ban. .."We just couldn't stop them.". said strongaide linebacker Al Usher, "they kept slipping through us for yardage." The USC defense played well for the first three quarters 'but was called on to do yeopan duty when Carolina failed to come up with any sustained offensive drives. "Our defense had to play twice as much as our offense," said Dietzel. "We couldn't take the ball away and we had very little of fense. We still have work to do on our offense," Dietzel said. USC -managed only 127. yards rushing with Billy Ray Rice the top individual with 63 yards. Carolina came out and surprised some followers by running straight at Perdoni. L ['ech age The Tech arive etided after 13 plays and better than 6 minutes had passed. "Southall was no srprise," said Carson. "He was hurt most of last season and we knew he could do the job. He looked real good in spring practice and I think he is going to help us very much this year." The 5-10 208 pound sophomore picked up a net of ~62 yards on 12 attempts to lead Tech in rushing. "Carolina's offensive line did a fine job," Carson said, "but the offense I know they have could not break loose. (Tommy) Suggs is a good quarterback but he couldn't get the big play when he needed it. "Our defense was spotty,' continued Carson,"I don't know why but It was. I guess Carolina was the cause of most of it. The: ran a lot more than I thought the: would. I didn't think they wanted t< run the bail that much." "Suggs had a couple of goo< passes dropped that could havy made a big difference had the: been completed," Carson noted "It was a hot day and I thinl everyone tired," Carson stated." believe the difference at the eni was that Southall was just gettini started when everyone else wa tiring out." Carson concluded, "Carolina ha a good team and I think they' have a good season. I Top Soph Defensive tackle Jimmy Postel a native of Canton, North Carolin was selected as an All-Americi by both Playboy and Street ar Smith. ) The opening game loss 1Georgia Tech will probably dr4 ri USC out of AP's top twenty collej ifootball squads in this weeks pc s and it is. doubtful -that Carolli S will be in United Press I y ternational's top twenty poll C.collegiate football coaches. .And out of boun< bounds under th Tech defe u1 OIetiel (behind Ford Is ci ,ina (76). Genrgle ptayl Dietzel explained the move as pound. "When you have a real good player the worse thing you can do is run away from him, he'll chase you down from behind. We ran. right at him." ..Tech jumped to the early lead on an eight-yard tesebdown pass Paul Dietzel from soph Eddie McAshan to fullback Steve Harkey that climaxed a 73 yard march In 13 plays. Jack Moore added the PAT. McAshan hit five passes in the TD drive. The speedy youngster, who has been ticketed as the man to lead Tech back to the football heights, lived up to his pre-season ratings with 202 yards on 20 completions. The loss of safetyman Tyler Hellams to mononucleosis was felt as the secondary was beaten by the Tech defenders numerous times. McAshan played brilliantly most of the time but made a couple of sophmore mistakes that helped USC take a 14-10 halftime lead. The 6-2 178 pounder hung a pair of Outsiders hand ACC 5 defeats The ACC came out on the short end of most of the opening games this week. All in all, the ACC dropped five games while winning three-all were non-conference encounters. Clemson pawed the Citadel 24-0 in Hootie Ingram's first test in Death Valley as head coach. Ray Yauger bulled over for one TD and Tommy Kendrick connected on two TD pass plays. Eddie Siegler booted a 48 yard field goal to round -out the scoring. The UNC Tar Heels ripped Kentucky 20-10 behind the brute running of Don McCauley, last year's ACC player of the yeay. Duke was nipped by a sttong Florida team 21-19 despite a s fabulous performance by Leo Hart. The Duke quarterback s completed 21 passes for 228 yards. Ninth-ranked Nebraska demolished Wake Forest 36-12 despite a superb showing by sub quarterback Jim McMahen. Villanova took advantage of five s, Maryland fumbles and clobbered a, the Terps 21 - 3. Denis O'Hara, in Maryland senior split end suffered id a torn cartilage in his right knee. Virginia upset Virginia Tech 7-0 to The only score came on a three >p yard run by Jim Lacey. ie The Richmond Spiders stunned >l1 N.C. State 21-6 behind the passing ia of Charlie Richards. Richards n- picked the State defense apart, of completing 17 of 25 passes for 191 yards. 8sv: l-mrcacniaeJ ,M+ ihth aka er) JSC floaters in the flat and the alert Gemecock defense picked them off to set up the two scores. Usher grabbed the first and raced down the right sideline for a 50 yard return to the eight. Rice sprinted the distance around right end for the score. Linebacker Gregg Crabb In tercepted the other and moved 27 yards to the Tech 49. Flye plays later Rice swept the end for an eight yard touchdown. Billy DuPre. a surprise participant, booted both extra points. "McAshan is going to be a dandy," Dietzel said. "He made a couple of bad plays that I'm sure he won't make again. "Georgia Tech's a pretty good football team. They did a good job all day. Coach Carson has a lot of good backs and they were a well coached football team," the USC mentor continued. "As for ourselves," Dietzel said, "I was very disappointed in our overall play. We thought we were in good condition but we wilted in the fourth quarter. The long drive in the fourth quarter killed us." "If we could have held on to the ball more we would have had a better chance," the dejected Dietzel said. "We turned the ball over too much and put our defense in a hole." Dietzel smiled and added, "We got whipped and there is no way you can rationalize a defeat into a win. We made too many mistakes." "If we had beaten Tech I would have been scared to death of Wake Forest," Dietzel said. "Since we lost. I'm still scared to death of Wake Forest." The Gamecocks host the Deacons next Saturday. "I hope the boys remember all the work they have put into this football season," Dietzel said, "if they dd then we will be all right." "I know the boys," Dietzel continued, "and they are not quitters. I have confidence that they will bounce back. The big thing that upsets me is that we were so close. It was a tight game." Dietzel felt that the big dif ference was the kicking game. DUTCH SQUARE 'Open 10-9:30 Mon.-Sat. LOOK WI The Cr( their n "Looki~ Offering a se4 of over 20,000 A & 5,000 8-trac ft cassette ta to choose fr4 iges pener "We lost four points in the kicking game," he said. 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