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Caroli BY DOUG WILLIAMS Sports Editor As the Appalachian State football team poured from its locker room at one corner of the end zone, a Mountaineer cheerleader tried to :j,. Dobby Grossman takes off seven runs in Saturday's 41 Appalachian State. The soph A SPE FOR This college n school emblem glazed in color, w reminder of youl Fill in the bottorr ad and return to possible. The mi nished to you pliments. GENTLEMEN: Without obligation Mug and informat Name School Address - Date of Birth na roll do a cartwheel halfway across the field. He fell flat on his face. Upon reaching the sideline, he attempted a somersault and once again, fell flat. In simple terms, so did the Appalachian State team. S Iad scramble un one of his terback, start -7 win over 36 yards rus more quar- touchdowns. SENIORS CIAL )flwtrsitu YO U! iug, with your handsomely ill be a pleasant r college days. portion of ti us as soon as Ig will be fur wilth our comn suANCEC OM PAN Y College Division P. 0. Box 5857 Columbia, S. C. 29250 on my part, please furnish m ion on the Senior Plan. -...CIass of - T leh .1 s to S Everyone in the stands was fully aware of the fact that Lower Rich land's B team could have given the Gamecocks a better struggle than the Mountaineers did in Saturday night's 41-7 loss. Even more evident was the fact that USC probably Thomas A. Price lig his second game, gained hing and passed for two u f t aOutleit econd could have scorred 100 points with out even breaking a sweat. A classic gridiron struggle it wasn't. Putting these two teams in the same city, to say nothing of on the same field, roughly resembled Clemson facing Oklahoma (52-3). Or Nebraska meeting a seletct group of third-gracders all stars. The Appalachian wishbone was effective as a one-legged man in a 100-yard sprint race. Early in the second quarter, the Mountaineers often shifted out of it, with the ful lback (Yes, the fullback) going in motoion. The result was 95 yards rushing. The passing attack, if pos sible, was worse, netting 52 yeards. USC was forced to punt on its first two possessions before Dobby Grossman continued his wizardry, leading Carolina to touchdowns the next four times it was on offense. Once again, Mike Haggard proved to be Grossman's favorite target, as the sophmore quarterback con nected with him on scoring plays of 27 yand six yards, the second coming on a fourth down play. In 1 between, Jay Lynn Hodgin scored 1 twice, both times from three yards i out Carolina could have easily scored 50 points by intermission. But Head Coach Paul Dietzel substituted freely, and USC held a slim 27-0 margin at halftime. Grossman ran just one series of plays in the second half, leading the Gamecocks on a 61-yard scoring drive climaxed by Hodgin's 11-yard dash. Randy Spinks scored USC's final touchdown with 5:36 left in the game. Somewhere during the sec ond half, Appalachain got on the scoreboard. Statistically-wise, the game was a resounding success...provided the opponent was Georgia or Tennes see. Hodgin gained 90 yards in 19 tries, Grossman passed for 133 and ran for 36 more. The defense absolutely throttled Applachain, as the Mountaineer statistics might GrossmE paces C BY STEVE I Asst. Sport "Dobby's the spark that puts things Paul Dietzel of his sophomore quartei Dobby Grossman's performance in C State was his second straight succes contrast to the showing of second-squ, While Grossman had little difficulty halftime lead, Troup's second half pa failure in Carolina's 21-0 loss to Missi Troup's showing in nearly an entire hi fans wondering if the Gamecocks coi not for the existance of Grossman. Troup could inspire the Carolina offe under his direction and the efforts o little more than boos from the home< As if to further exhibit the dominace inserted the sophmomore for just on responded by moving the squad in miu Grossman's success with the rollout who is surely the best pure passer o Few people suspected Troup would be opened, but Grossman's success after first three games of the campaign has (See OFFENSE, NOW SERVING BREAKFA 7:30-9:3' COLLEGE & SUMTER win ndicate. All in all, the game must e considered as a great victory for USC until one looks a bit deeper into the ability of its opponent. "Appalachian State was difficult for us; to prepare for," Dietzel admitted in his post-game com ment. "But they stayed with us and 1 admire they're spunk. It's a real tribute to them. They're line was a bit tougher than we expected. They are not a bad team and will be tough when they put things together. "People were saying 'Ap palachian State' with a certain Mike Haggard ...scores twice. nflection in their voice," he con :inued. "But they are one of the area's fastest growing schools and iave a great athletic director in Roy 'larkson and a fine coach in Jim 3rakefield." Once again, Dietzel's praise ;hifted to Grossman, who has now :hrown five touchdown passes in his last two outings. "One fellow out there makes things happen, and that's Dobby Grossman. From now n, he's not going to surprise people is much as he did against Memphis state. They knew about him tonight, but he still did a fine job. So, from the remainder of the sea son, Carolina will face some compe tent opponents. There will be no more Appalachian State's, no more easy rides. Every game will be a 'esting ground, from Miami to Clemson. And no more Appalachian State's ...until Nov. 10 of next year. in style arolina DARKER s Editor together for us," said USC Coach rback's effort Saturday night. arolina's easy win over Appalachian sful outing and was in sparkling ad quarterback Bill Troup in pacing the Gamecocks to a 27-0 ~rformance resembled his earlier ssippi three weeks earlier. ilf of play had to leave the Carolina Id have bested even weak ASU if nise to score just a single touchdown f the transfer quarterback netted :rowd. Df Grossman at the top spot, Dietzel e series inthe second half and he nmediately for a touchdown. offense has apparently left Troup, ni the team, in the roll of backup. riding the bench when the season the Troup-led offense dropped the dictated the move. Page 10) WEEKDAYS STm BURGER 0 KIaN