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GAMECOCK "It is a newspaper's duty to print the neivs, and raise bell." WILBUR F. STOREY BILL GRANT, Editor BILL OUTLAW ART FRANK Editorial Page Editor Advertising Manager Eeptember 16, 1974 Carolina football: Same old story Great GROD! Here we go again. For the benefit of newly arrived students on campus, GROD means "Get Rid Of Dietzel." It is a yearly slogan that crops up after Carolina loses its first (and sub sequent) football games each year. The Gamecock neither originated nor are we now advocating the GROD slogan, but ~ like many othei football fans at the University and across the state we are disappointed once again. Coach Paul F. Dietzel's yearly statement that one game does not make a season is a justifiable one, but saying it time after time and year after year wears the listeners sympathies down. When USC first acquired Dietzel's services in 1966, many Carolina football fans unfairly assumed we would have an instant winner and would be at the top of the rankings in a matter of several years. These ex pectations have been lingering on Dietzel's shoulders ever since. This year was to be the year. Dietzel was quoted in a local newspaper as saying Carolina is approaching its "Golden Age" in football. That "Golden Age" appears to be at least a few years away. Pre-season publications listed South Carolina's football fortunes as having good prospects for a winning year. Most forecasters predicted a 7-4 and 8-3 season as most likely. Playboy predicted a 9-2 year and a major bowl bid. Almost all of the forecasters visions included Georgia Tech as the first victim of the season for South Carolina. What makes last night's looss to Georgia Tech so disappointing is the Carolina football fan was led to believe we were going to be a national powerhouse. We may still have a winning season, but an opening loss to a team that was supposed to be in a rebuilding year has quickly brought the Gamecock football fan down off cloud nine and a victory in the orange Bowl. The Gamecock does not want to sound like Herman Helms in its criticisms of Dietzel, but frankly we are getting fed up with visions of football splendor being painted by the Athletic Department. The promises of "wait till next year" and "we are an inexperienced football team" and "that was as fine a football team as I've seen, they could have beaten anyone in the nation out there tonight" have all been over used over the past nine years. The sobering fact of the matter is South Carolina is not and probably never will be a national powerhouse in football. Once the football fan here acknowledges this, losses such as the one to Georgia Tech will be much more easy to accept. The publicity surrounding this year's football team appears to be a plJoy to fill the expanded football stadium with season ticket holders. The .Athletic Department would do well in the future to win the games first and publicize them later. --WNO - USCho From Staff Reports " ode Knoodie" announced toda that he will not cancel this Sunday's jump across the Pickens Street "gap" near the Harold Brunton Memorial bridge. The University originally refused Knoodie permission to build a launching ramp and to use the reflections pond for splash down purposes, but Knoodie ap pealed the decision to the Board of Trustees who granted him per mission when he convinced them this fad would catch on with the students and take the place of streaking on campus. Knoodie will make his jump at 6 p.m. this Sunday on a 25 cc super charged scooter complete with red, white and bulue mud flaps and fender skirts. blue In an exclusive interview with The Gamecock, Knoodie said he first became interested in jumping when he was a kid and jumped over sidewalks with his tricycle to avoid breaking his mother's back. He said his first pracical ex perience in jumping came when he was 15-years old. "I had just bought myself a used Honda motorcycle and was testing it for speed. I remember hearing a LETTERS... Freshman Observations TO THE EDITOR: Never a dull moment. This is the well-worn cliche that rings through my head following last Wednesday evening. Granted this university has no shortage of ex citing and interesting en tertainment to occupy one's leisure hours, but the night proved the icing on the cake to me, an astounded frosh. What the hell am I rambling about?' you ask. Allow me to capsulize the evening's activities in a brief chronicle. It all began at 7:30 p.m. Wed nesday last when I attended the Heep, Quatro, Willie concert at the Coliseum. Besides some hard driving rock-n-roll that just couldn't be beat, my nostrils delighted to that aromatic scent that many of us know only too well. When -this Wonder World presentation concluded at approx. 11:30 p.m.,!I began to ponder, since the night was still young and I am a devout hedonist, just what would be the most epicurean manner ini which to pass the wee hours that lay ahead. My uncertainty was short but sweet. Crossing Main Street and ap proaching the Towers complex, I noticed a large throng gathered about theperimetersof Baker Hall. Drawing within hearing distance. for my hearing had been essen tially reduced to that vague anc monotone drone which generall3 results from having been bom barded by tbose characteristic piercing wails of sound for up wards of three hours, I was af fronted by the demanding evocative cries of "panty raid." More than hundred shreikinj aficianados partook in th4 festivity, risking the battere< limbs and sore necks that ensue< from the rough treatment one wa: liable to encounter in the jumps foi the descending drawers. A impressive array of gossamei s its own d strange noise behind me and then I saw flashes of blue in my rear view mirror, which I was holding in my right hand. Itried outrunning him, but I hit a bump about a quarter of a mile down the road and flew about 50 feet in the air. When I landed, I broke my shoulder and crushed my hip, but I knew I had found what I was looking for." After recuperating for the next six months, Knoodie decided to explore this exciting hobby as a means of livelihood. Knoodie has decided to go on with the jump despite pleas not to do it from his three mistresses and 15 illegitimate children. His favorite mistress, Cornelia Sue, said she doesn't want him to make the jump, but she knows a man has got to do what he has got to do. In making a farewell speech to his children, Knoodie said he told them not to grow up and be like him because "What I'm doing may not be right for you, but it's right for me. A man has got to do what he has got to do." The details of the jump were worked out between Knoodie and Dean Brunton. It was decided last year that Pickens Street. would be lowered and a bridge would- be built to add glamour to the event. Panty raids., your-heart supporters, falsies, sanitary napkins and water drenchings were the reward for a job well done. Even the officers of the law didn't have the heart to break up this good, clean fun. After all, their red-blooded male libidos are just as subject to passionate whimsies as are those of the student body. However, to those girls whom it may concern (those who were requesting streakers) tragedyavas that the law officers just refused tc Another season in Well gang another fall season of television bonanza is upon us. So it's time once again for all of us college addicts to move. Rhoda, the new situation comedy spin off from the Mary Tyler Moore Show, appears to be headed for similar success. Valerie Harper as Rhoda, proves she can carry a show withs comedy of Lucy and the grace of Mary, all in her own unique style. The Mary Tyler Moore Company has wisely surrounded Miss Harper with a superb array of support. Nancy Walker has got to be the Queen of .mothers, she's a scream and utter delight to watch. Diavid Groh and Julie Kavner as the boyfriend and Campus , Opinion The Gamecock welcomes lette be limited to a sind,1 subject and must be signed withg the write other aliases will not be used, withheld if circumstances warra identity of writers, please inclu telephone number where you ci right to edit all letters, not for limitations. Address: Campus Columi 9Q9na. aredevil The street was lowered to give the cameras better angles with which to film the event. Knoodie plans to'counter any pain he might suffer when he lands by takinglO Quaaludes before taking off. Knoodie said he not only wants to clear the gap, but also to make it over the Humanities building and intothe reflections pond. The Marion L. Gressette Memorial Ramp has been built to help him accomplish this feat. It is 75-feet tall and built at a 90 degree angle perpendicular to the road bed below. He said he is not doing this for the money, although he admitted to signing a multi-dollar contract with Mackie Quave and WOLO-TV in Columbia. Ticket prices for observing the jump will be $1 per person or $.50 and two price tages from a "Goodie Knoodie" daredevil jumpmobile for kids aged 6 months to 70 years. The iGamecock; would like to extend our best wishes to a man who is truly doing his own thing. Strenth of convictions is becoming a lost human characteristic. A man should always do what a man has to do. .TV critic stretch their indifference that far. So come on, let's bear it! One big resounding applause to those fellows whose lusting charisma contributed to an evening that was both curiously refreshing and high py unforgettable. And to all those fun-loving-girls who so generously -donate4 their unmentionables, whether clean or dirty, hats-er "panties off'. HENRY ROHLING front of the tube sister, portray likeable characters that will mature as the series progresses. Although first shows are unfair judges, Rhoda come' across with such certainity, and with the light, warm, and realistic comedy at is found in The Mary Tyler Moore Show, you know it's going to be an instant success. Besides, after watching the hilarious acid tougue of Maude, a lItttle Rhoda is just the right cup of tea. Till then, keep the door locked, T.V. down low and don't forget them COVERS!!! DAVE TRIPP rs from readers. Letters should a maximum of 300 words. They rs true name. Pseudonyms or but the writer's name will be rat. 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