Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Steve Parker Troup options out When Carolina's football Gamecocks opened their season last year against a visiting squad from Virginia, hopes for a highly successful season were present in all those who gathered to watch the event. And one of the major reasons for those optimistic thoughts was a transfer quarterback from that same Virginia school, Bill Troup. Troup's reputation preceded his appearance on the field here at Carolina. Touted as the strongest and most prolific passing quarterback in USC's history, Troup was expected to provide a remedy for the misery of the previous year's squad--lack of a capable field general. Well, in retrospect, all those dreams died in that season opening game as Troup was sacked eight times verus the Cavaliers and the Gamecock squad was upended by a weak Virginia product, 21-16. Troup's personal showing was respectable, he completed 24 passes of 47 attempts for an impressive 318 yards, just six yards shy of the school's passing mark. But it was obvious right then and there, that the young, inexperienced offensive line of Carolina could not provide the type of protection that a passer of Troup's dropback style required. And it was equally obvious that Troup could not wait for them to mature in their talent. The next week against Georgia Tech, Troup was knocked out of the game when his protection failed, and the showing with Mississippi illustrated the offensive trend as they gained one first down the entire evening. Carolina was 0-3, the offense was going nowhere, and Troup's only move ment was down to the turf in an opponent's grasp week after week. Program changes forced Coach Paul Dietzel, citing the inexperienced line, benched Troup in favor of rollout quarterback Dobby Grossman, whose scrambling tactics could sometimes ellude a hard rush. Dietzel announced at the close of the disappointing 4-7 season that the Gamecocks would switch to a veer offense for next year; an offense that requires a quick, agile, running quarterback--like Grossman--rather than the (See PARKER, Page 11) BLOOD DONORS NEEDED! IMMEDIATE CASH - PAYMENT II 4 Age Limitations, 18-60 NEW HOURS . 9:30 a.m. 'til 5 p.m. Mon.-Fr. CAROLINA BLOOD BANK ' I 1317 Taylor 253-6232 _ -* BF e C . w S.B "Todays Sarch for 1973.12:1al.m Kevin Joyce fires a blind pa, der Euglish (not pictured) for ket in Wednesday's win ove When the Rams' Daryl Brown Fordham zone when they were ahead 69-56 with seven minutes left in the game. "If you're going to go anyplace in the tournament," Frank McGuire said after the game, "you better play a good man-to-man." So while Carolina was practicing for the play-offs, Fordham closed the gap to three points, 75-72, with 16 sec onds left. The game still not in hand, Carolina managed to get the ball across the time line where Mike Dunleave was trapped by Fordham's Daryl Brown and Hey ward. With a five-second violation nearing, Dunleavy wisely bounced the ball off Brown's knee out of-bounds with four seconds left. The ensuing in-bounds pass went to Dunleavy, who was fouled inten An St NE ARE AN THE'R RELATE[ ANNUAL II If a steady salary of $400 a month and paid-up tuition will hellp you continue your p)rofessional training, the scholarships just made pos sible by the Uniformed Services Health Professions Revitalization Act of 1972 deserve your close attention. Because if you are now in a medical, osteopathic, dental, veteri nary, podiatry, or 01) tometry school, or are work ing toward a PhD in Clinical Psychology, you may qualify. We make it easy for yo0u to com plete yiourn studies. You're commissioned as an officer as soon as you enter the prio gram, but remain in student status until graduation. A nd, during ear-h year oun wil be Sixth sense is to Alexan- to help out Fi an easy bas- USC captain r Fordham. lane. left English falls ___ tionally by Brown with two seconds to go. The Brooklyn freshman made his two foul shots to settle the issue, giving the Gamecocks their 19th win of the season and the ninth con secutively. "It was a little different playing man-to-man," Joyce said. "But I don't think I missed those one and-ones because I was tired." Those one-and-ones were missed when Carolina had a seven-point lead with two minutes left. Had he made them the Gamecocks could have sewed the game up sooner than they did. An aura of anticipation of a post season tournament bid obviously ran through the Coliseum during the game. important announcement to ev udent in the health profession; EW SCHOLARSHII IAILABLE IMMEDI ' COVER TUITIO1 i COSTS AND PR 2COME OF $5,30( on active duty (with extra pay) for 45 days. 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English, even though he did play a fine game, blew some short shots that he normally makes, and Brian Winters also missed some that he usually doesn't. "We looked a little tight there at the end," McGuire admitted. "It was," he said, saying the obvious, "a pressure game." ery PS ATELY. lAND DVIDE AN ) AS WELL. biard, expensive training. Now we are in a position to. give you some help. Mail in the coupon at your earliest :onvenience for more detailed information. A::"ed Foree- Scho'-r-hi1,- C-C N-33 4 Universal City. Texas 7814M I dex me infom ation, for the following Media l/O te i rat i fl entalI Vt eo a aJ P iatry* ( please p'rintl ) Soc. See Address City ________________________ State zip' E~nrolled at ________________ (School) "I Monthl (Year) (Degree) Dae,fti h (Month) (Day) (YearI