Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Tech While BY GEORGE MORRIS ATLANTA--Georgia Tecn quarterback Danny Myers scored three touchdowns and ran the wishbone offense to perfection in leading the Yellow Jackets to a' 35-20 .smashing of Carolina Saturday night at Grant Field. Myers, a converted defensive back, and David Sims each ran for more than 100 yards through a Gamecock defense that appeared helpless in its attempts to stop them. In a somber Carolina dressing room, Paul Dietzel summed the game up this way; "You can't beat anybody you can't slow down. It wasn't a case of stopping them, we didn't even slow them dow. And we blew a lot of opportunities. You have to give Georgia Tech a lot of credit, they did a heck of a job. They played real well." "As for ourselves, we played well in spurts, and you can't win when you just play good in spurts. We just couldn't keep up the momentu and we blew op portunities time after time. I guess the story of the game was our failing to get the ball in the end zone once we got in the position to score." The statistics, which often are of consolation to the losing team when they mnake the game seem closer than the point spread, of feredUSC no comfort in this game. We H 2 DENIM BE] JACKET WAy 3 Stripa PE A-Ni ARMY. 32IE ASSnSI 5ets rec4 buryinj DIETZEL If anything they were more em barrassing than the score itself. Under Myers direction, th( Ramblers wrecked the Carolina defense for a school record 48 rushing yards and a total offense ol 518 yards. Another school recorc of 29 first downs was set. [ave Them In For You 000 PAI LL BOTTC ELI BOTTOMS IN DENIMS i - Corduroy - All Colors - Al HIP HUGGERS - DLUBBER BRAND - ALL' JTS BELL B4 H DENIM WIDE SELL I hTICUEI TUOUSERS ......... MIAKS TR'OUSERS ........... rICUJE TROUSERS * JACK ET NAVY SURPLU! YELLOW FRONT ST N.Y ST. )rd I Usc After taking the opening kickoff, Tech got its attack rolling im mediately, taking only nine plays to drive 80 yards with Sims ending the effort with a two-yard run for the score. Only three times during the drive was Carolina defensn able to hold Tech to less than five yards on a play. Carolina, on the other hand, had troublr getting' its vaunted veer offense moving. dzel played both Jeff Grantz and Ron Bass at quarterback and both directed the team to withih field goal range in the first quarter, but placekicker Bobby Marino missed both at tempts. USC's defense, however, seemed to be adjusting to the Tech wishbone, and stopped the Jackets twice. The Tech offense got rolling again in the second period, as Tech coach Pepper Rodgers called the plays from the sidelines. Myers ran the ball well, and on the only third-down situation Tech facde, he pitched the ball out to Sims, who rambled 15 yards. to set up the touchdown. Andy LeHeup returned the ensuing kickoff 35 yards to the Tech 32-yard line. Now Carolina's offense began to resemble the one that scored almost 32 points per game in 1973. Grantz, at last showing the brilliance of last year, guided the team for the score.Marino found the mark on Continued on Page Eight Stock FR IM BAGGIE Whites BOTTOMS ISizes )TTOMS BOTTOMS ........26 .e42 S .. SIZES. 26 to42j STORE ORE AT Pb.- AL.3.46A James P. Hersh Asst. Sports Editor An article that appeared in the Houston Post Tuesday reported the World Football League's Detroit Wheels were moving to Shreveport, La., and Paul Dietzel had been offered a job as its coach. The WFL called the report premature and Dietzel said he had not been contacted about a contract. In addition, Dietzel called the story "wild-hair speculation." "I learned a long time ago I had better not comment on a story from a reliable source," Dietzel said. However, it was later learned that information in the article, written by the Post's Dale Robertson, came from Mickey Cox, a WFL consultant who owns the franchise rights for Louisiana. Dietzel recruited Cox Interestingly, Cox played football at Louisiana State University from 1961-64 and was recruited by Dietzel, who was still coaching at LSU when Cox was a fresh man. According to the Post article, Cox was to become the Sheveporl team's president and general manager. Several attempts to reach Cox, who works out of the WFL's Houston regional office, to comment on the story were unsuccessful. Secretaries in the Houston office said Cox was out of town and that for most of last week he was in Shreveport. In a column written last week by Shreveport Journal Sports Editor Jerry Byrd, Cox is quoted as saying that Robertson, the Post writer, "did an awful lot of speculating" in the article. However, there was no elaboration as to what portions of the story, including the Dietzel offer, he considered speculation. Dietzel, when questioned by a Gamecock reporter Saturday, said, "Ihaven't seen or heard from him (Cox) in a long time. I don't even know what business. he is in." Bradshaw reportedly contacted Meanwhile, the Post has stood by its story, which said Pittsburgh Steeler quarterback and Dietzel "have been offered contracts by the (Shreveport) club." According to a Houston source, Cox said he had contacted Dietzel and that Cox thought "it would take him about $1.5 million to get Dietzel away from South Carolina." The Shreveport franchise, considered almost a sure thing last Monday, has since fallen through, the source said, after the main investor, Frank Matthews, one of the wealthiest lumbermen in Louisiana, withdrew from the deal after his name appeared in the Post article. Matthews was reported to be ready to finance two-thirds of the deal. "The Post story raised a big stink within the league and it's an unfortunate situation for everyone involved because Shreveport had a good situation for the league," the source said. Assuming Robertson's reporting was accurate, the Houston source said he thought Cox could have been speculating in portions of the information given to Robertson. "He (Cox) might have become overzealous in the excitement of getting the team," the source said. "He could have thought, 'I played for Dietzel; I can get him to coach.' "Cox apparently said some things that weren't true. For instance he said Bradshaw was interested in playing in Shreveport. Hell, Bradshaw has a five-year contract with the Steelers." According to the source, Shreveport is stRil under consideration for a team by the WFL, alsng with Charlotte, N.C., and Little Rock, Ark. But, it is expected the only place Dietzel is coasidered for a coaching position is Louisiana, where he is well known from cnohng at LSU.