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UV a. hn d upset. defe to Carolinc BY DOUG WILLIAMS Sports Editor Thirty-five minutes before Saturday nigl between Carolina and Virginia, fifteen of USC came out onto the field. The stadium, thougl pletely full, roared their support. The band Carolina fight song and was its usually rar selves, leading cheers and being generally sp At 12:18 in the fourth quarter, the same I streaming toward the exits. Just four minutes Gamecock quarterback Bill Troup had been tra straight times behind the line for big losses, the When the game finally came to a dismal end just a skeletal crowd of diehards sitting in I Some were yelling encouragement to their fooi Most were yelling obscenities. Last year, Carolina trounced the Cavaliers 34 after the opening kickoff in that game, the light This year, the lights also went out, but not ir electrical manner. They went out on the U: team. Against a less superior team than the Virgini ago, Carolina suffered a humiliating 24-16 loss ii Brice Stadium. The offensive line, though inexperienced, had little luck stopping thi defenders, as Troup was sacked 12 times. Need no semblance of a ground game was ever (Please See DEFEAT, Page 10) Today's Wedding Ring Tomorrow. Forever. ArtCarved wedding rings reflect your love. Your fashion sense. COLONNADE Your Way of life. V A contemporary look that saysv the two of you, now and forever. Unsurpassed in styling I' . and craftsmanship. Select your matching wedding rings from our complete ArtCarved collection. SUMNERcA tCre From the makers of Lenox China & Crystal 1423 MAIN ST. DOWNTOWN COLUMBIA PHONE 254-5377 Locally Owned & Operated Between Penney's & Phoenix Furniture it's game "s starters i not com blared the nbunctious irited. T a ans began ater, after pped three boos came. T'ou there was he stands. tall team. -14. Shortly BY STEVE PARKER s went out. Asst. Sports Editor i the same ;C football Despite the unintentional efforts of Carolina' inexperienced line to prevent him from d Gamecock quarterback Bill Troup put on a a of a year display of near-record breaking performance i Williams- In Troup's first contest at USC he coml young and record-tying 24 passes out of 47 attempts for 31 Cavalier just six short of the school record held by Suggs, including two touchdown passes and less to say, terceptions. remotely What made Troup's totals even more impress the almost nonexistant blocking supplied for hir pass attempts. Twelve times Troup was c passing and on three other occasions he was fc scramble for safety. "Their defensive line whipped the fire out offensive line," commented Coach Paul Dietzi had a bunch of green lineman and they got some inauguration. "Our passer took some lacing, but I though did a good job when he had time to pass," he add Despite the number of times the transfe) terback was sacked he still managed praise young line, "There're some real good players u They work real hard but they just need time to d The Green Bay Packers worked twenty years < blocking before they developed World Cham form, you can't expect to build an offensive line ?k two weeks." For Internati House Of Pa SPECIAL RMEERFor Students' You must ask for tli VEAL CUT LET.................. RELL IIS CHOW MEIN.... d FRIED CHICKEN..................... 1031 Assembly Street N4 9,a 3 Drawn from staff photo by Thomas A. Price. te of defeat sets record play of line "Virginia played fired up football, they came right to us from the word go. They were out to gun South Carolina down and I guess me, too," added Troup. Young, so The pressure on Troup was even greater after i aerial Carolina failed to establish a rushing attack. The Gamecock efforts aground netted a total of ten yards. leted a Also Troup's offense was forced to play catch-up i yards, football throughout most of the last three quarters of rommy the affair. two in- Wide receiver Mike Haggard, who had quite a game himself, praised Troup, "He's about the best quar ve was terback I've ever seen and all he needed to have a i on his winning attack was a split second more to pass, if that ropped much." reed to Haggard latched onto seven of Troups' passes for 110 yards, including a 37-yard scoring jaunt. of our Of Troup's 24 completions only three were quick flips 1. "We to his running backs and the rest were sent into the kind of hands of his tight end and wide receivers. Jackie Brown paced the receiving corps with nine snags for Troup 140 yards. ad. Running back Ron Parson saw flaWs in the overall quar- team spirit rather than just the poorous exhibition of or the blocking by the uffensive line. "We were just flat, not there. really up for the game at all, and they were just up for velop. it. n pass- "It's not so much that our blocking was bad, but we onship were just dead," added the transfer running back." in just Statistics and observation would indicate that the blocking was indeed bad. nalX irnal 'Grand Hotel' ncakes6and9p.m. .R.H. Theatre . WED.-THURS. 2For$ 95 Zip FRIDAY KLEEN 2 $ 951320 MaIn street 1-hour cleaning 4-hour Laundry Service Cheks ccnte am....,- c .......