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will field,,a bell squad this fall. " ' b,~a the'are 3O.letterent apr. } # pres-season rester, AlMtw :starters in 1971. - t e id'lists:13 seniors - two of Whom htvneyet srned a varsity letter - 24 j.niors, 16 redshirt 6ophomores: 33 frte sophotnores upR f'oan. last year's freshman teant, and one'freshman, a 2R-year old Viet Nan war veteran who enrolled in. January. Under the new treshman eligibility rule he is eligible for varsity play. TWo of the 26 juniors are junior college graduates who did not have the benefit of spring practice with the Gamecock. squad. Possibly, one or two of the 42 incoming fresh men could make the varsity travel squad. There will' be a separate freshman team, however, and it will play a seven game schedule. The Gamecocks began spring practice last April with three major' problem areas -- the defensive secondary where four three-year starters graduated; the running back corps which was decimated by injuries last fall; and quarterback which was plagued by inconsistency in 1971. Despite the lack of game ex perience, spring practice indicated that the defensive secondary and running back situations should be improved, as should the quar terbacking, with the defensive line shaping up as the Gamecocks' strongest department and the offensive line the most questionable area. OFFENSIVE BACKS At quarterback, Bill Troup, a 6-5, 210 pound transfer from the University of Virginia, emerged from spring drills as the probable starter. Troup, of Bethel Park, Pa.. was Virginia's starter most of the year as a sophomore in 1.70, completing 93 of 184 passes for a .505 percentage, 1,289 yards and 10 touchdowns. A mid-May 1972 bridegroom. Troup sat out the 1971 season as a transfer and has junior .class eligibility. Other contenders at quarterback include senior Jackie Young who lettered in a reserve role last season, and sophomores Dobby Grossman and Andy LeHeup. Young, a two-year letterman, spent part of the 1971 season as a flanker. Two sophomores emerged from spring practice as leading con tenders for starting spots at running back. Jay Lynn Hodgin of Thomson, Ga., at tailback and Bill Cregar at fullback. Hodgin averaged 4.7 yards in rushing in last year's five game freshman season and scored two touchdowns. He was the most impressive tailback in spring practice, topped off by 128 yards *and one touchdown in 29 attempts in lea ding the Black team to a 42-23 'win in the spring intra-squad ~game. ~Cregar had a 4.3 average and ~ored three TDs as a freshman* and netted 39 yards in 13 carries in ~the spring game. Randy Spinks, who missed his ~freshman season with a knee in j)ury and was a redshirt last year. and Bosie White, who spent 28 :months in Viet- Nam before enrolling as a freshman last ZaJanuary, are in the picture at iailback, as is Ron Parson, a star .at Lees-Mc Rae Junior College who is scheduled to enroll this fall. -Russ Kuritz, a 1970 letterman, also hopes to rebound from serious ;shoulder and knee injuries that alidelined him last season. <At fullback, Cregar's biggest ~challenges come from fellow arylander Tom Amrein and Chuck Mimms, a starter dntl feled by a knee injury in the third game -last fall. Amrein had a 4.3 average and three touchdowns 'wth last year's freshmen and rushed 40 yards in 13 tries in the spring game. Mimms, who missed most of spring practice while recuperatirig, netted'-145 yards in the three games in which he ap peared last fall. RECEIVERS Although Jim Mitchell, who caught 43 passes last season and 90 in his career, is gone, the wide receiver spots appear to be well. manned for the Gamecocks. Split end Jackie Brown has caught 37 passes in two varsity seasons, 25 last year, and flanker Mike Haggard appears fully recovered from a knee injury that sidelined him after three games in 1971. Haggard nabbed only three passes last year before being hurt after hauling in 21 as a sophomore. He caught 10 for 173 yards in the spring game while Brown hauled in three for 76 yards and one touch down. Eddie Muldrow, a redshirt in 1971. will back up Brown while sophomore Tommy Middlebrooks and sophomore transfer Mike Farrell will compete with Haggard. Middlebrooks led the 1971 frosh with 18 receptions for 308 yards. and Farrell was the top receiver on the 1970 Plebe team at the U. S. Military Academy. At tight end the Gamecocks have a potential super star in 6-5, 222 pound Marty Woolbright, a former quarterback who caught 11 passes for 138 yards as a sophomore. OFFENSIVE LINE Except for Jackie Brown and tackle Darrell Austin, who has SOUTH CAROL VARSITY FOOTBA Sept. 9 -- VIRGINIA 16 --at Georgia Tech 23 -- MISSISSIPPI 30 -- MEMPHIS STATE Oct. 14 -- APPALACHIAN STATI 21 -- MIAMI OF OH IO (Homecon 28 -- at N. C. State Nov. 4-- WAKE FOREST 11 -- at Virginia Tech 18-- FLORIDA STATE 25 -- at Clemson tIE I 2400 Millwood Avenue Col. Music City at 24( like to welcome the st Icoming school year. We would also lik us for all your musical I ta es carry the laste IAll kind of lights, I poster's, incense & other accessories. I ALL 8 T R ACKS $3"9 rn Dra Roa Fish 2005 Ga - InFi eld 'yo1 been shifted to defense, the only offensive starters returning from last year are center Jimmy .Privette an.d right tackle .Dave (Junior) Cash. Privette underwent knee surgery in the spring. This means, simply, that some strange and inexperienced faces will be lined up in the interior line offensively this fall. Roger Toy, who earned a sophomore letter with the defensive platoon -- dividing his time between tackle' and end -- emerged as the top contender to take over the left tackle spot vacated by Austin. Rick Anthony, also a letterman, is a fine prospect who should start at either guard or tackle despite missing most of spring practice with a fracture of the small bone in his lower right leg. John Dubac, a junior letterman, is listed as the starter at right guard although he has had problems with both knees. If all these ailments are cleared up. the Gamecocks could start an all letterman offensive line. If not, there are some promising young prospects, most notably Jerry Witherspoon and Buck Thompson. Witherspoon will make a bid for a guard spot and Thompson swit ched from tackle to become the starting center in spring practice after Privette was injured. Whether he remains as the pivot or returns to tackle depends upon circumstances. FORCING UNIT The Gamecocks' strongest area is the "forcing unit", consisting of the five down linemen on defense and the two linebacking positions. There are at least three potential superstars lined up with this group, namely . tackles John LeHeup and Darrell Austin and INA'S 1972 LL SCHEDULE 7: 30 P.M. 2:00 P.M. 7:30 P.M. 7: 30 P.M. 7:30 P.M. iing) 7:30 P.M. 1:30 P.M. 7:30 P.N\. 1:30 P.M. 7:30 P.M. 1:30 P.M. EI mbla ,south Carolina 2920s5 236-10l3 0 Millwood Ave., would I dents of Carolina to the e to invite you to visit leeds. st in LP's & 8track ROCK JAZZ BLUES CLASSICAL Phone 256-1015I ft Beer it Beef & Chips -een Street va PoInts. ingish' strong linebacker Rick Brown. LeHeup, the 240 pound muscle man from Temple Terrace, Fla., is an. All-America candidate, a superb defensive tackle in all respects. Brown blossomed last year into super star status and at 6 4,228 has the size and speed to be a great linebacker. Austin was a sophomore star in the offensive line last year. However, the coaching staff in evaluating his abilities decided he.would be even better as a defensive player so the 6-4, 239 pound junior will team with LeHeup to form an impressive tackle tandem. The top three defensive ends -- all juniors -- return and these positions should be well manned. Bob Roe and Monty Matthews were starters last year and Jim Beard was impressive in a backup role. Phil Wallace, a swift, 196 pound junior, will man the weak side linebacker spot and based .on his sophomore performance, he'll do a good job. SECONDARY In the secondary, graduation claimed All-America Dick Harris and Jimmy Nash at the halfbacks, Tyler Hellams at rover and Bo Davies at safety. All had been starters for three years. However, spring practice indicated the situation may not be as desperate as it might seem. Tom Zipperly, the freshman team's leading rusher with 387' yards, a 4.6 average and seven touchdowns as a tailback, took over Harris' defensive left half back spot with C. A. Wilson, a "mighty mite" type . with tremendous speed and quickness offsetting lack of size at right halfback. ' Alex Dobson, a redshirt sophomore, performed well at rover in the spring and Neville Files, a senior two-year letterman who has played every secondary position, was at safety. Mel Baxley, a Columbia native who starred two seasons at Kilgore Junior College, is scheduled to enroll at South Carolina this fall and he figures prominently in defensive secondary plans. Thad Rowe, Lee Andrews and Lyn Rushing -- all three lettermen as reserves last year -- lend some experience and another possibility is Tony Jurik, ip from. the fresh man team. WEI "SUPER-COOL' FULLY ULTRA 122 25 ALL NEW team KICKING GAME The kicking game should again be adequate. Robby Reynolds averaged 2..8 on a school record 89 punts last season and frequently punted out of bounds inside the opponents' 10 yard line. Tommy Bell made 19 of 20 points after touchdown and five of 11 field goals, including a school record 52 yard effort against N. C. State. With the graduation of Harris -- who set NCAA kick return records -- there'll be a new punt and kickoff return man this fall. Zipperly, Wilson or Jurik are possibilities. For the second year in a row, the Gamecocks will play seven home games and four away. Four 1972 opponents were in bowl games after the 1971 season when the composite record of the 11 op ponents was 64-58-1. Georgia Tech and Mississippi opposed each other in the Peach Bowl; Memphis State played in the Pasadena Bowl; and Florida State helped inaugurate the Fiesta Bowl. Southeastern Conference powers Tennessee and Georgia are missing from this year's schedule but equally powerful Mississippi returns to the Gamecock slate for the first time since 1947. Coach Paul Dietzel's alma mater -- Miami of Ohio -- will be met for the first time as will Appalachian State, and Virginia Tech returns to the Gamecock schedule after a one year absence. The Gamecocks also play Virginia, N. C. State, Wake Forest and Clemson of the Atlantic Coast Conference. As to style of play, South Carolina will again play wide open football, featuring multiple for mations both offensively and defensively. The basic defense will again be the 5-4 or "50", but other alignments will often be employed. Offensively, South Carolina will use a number of formations but the "pro set" with two wide receivers, two running backs and drop back passing from the quarterback will probably be the most often used. 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