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use fool i^amecocHs to playtough schedule By MITCH SHERWOOD Asst. Sports Editor A demanding schedule which ? rv uiuuucs uic lues ui ixuire uume, r. Georgia, and Mississippi should j make Jim Carlen's second year at Carolina more challenging than last year. M Besides playing a tougher ' schedule, Carlen will be faced with at least equaling last year's record S of 7-5, including a trip to a bowl game. "Wp rilnv four anorl fpnmc in a - I J O " t row with three of them on the road; I would assume we are underdogs j in most of them," said Jim Carlen, B head football coach. After playing Georgia Tech in * Atlanta Saturday, USC is home gg against Duke and then back to road games with Georgia and Baylor the following two weeks. Georgia Tech?Sept. 11 After defeating Appalachian state Saturday, the Gamecocks jgg will have their real test Saturday against an improved Georgia Tech team. Offensively, the Tech wishbone, which was third in the nation last year in rushing, has David ! | Sims and Adrian Rucker returning fr at halfbacks. Sims set a school record last year by averaging 8.2 yards a carry. Returning at fullback are Tony Head and Pat Moriarty, who combined to help g the Tech running game succeed in 1975. *SS The quarterback situation is a A question mark with four his sophomores competing for the job. use Bucky Shamburger and Bob T Payneare are two leading can- 0ut didates for the position. ger Defensively, the Yellow Jackets return three regulars to the secondary. Lucius Sanford, who is a candidate for all-American, uor returns at linebacker along with P*a Bob Bowen. Ste Duke?Sept. 18 E USC comes home the following cua week and plays Duke, the thii See FOOTBALL, Page 21 44 Mentally ai By EARL TURNER Pala Gamecock Staff Writer ques his 1< For Ron Bass USC's 21-10 win over Appalachian State proved M9K that he can provide the Gamecocks S| with offensive leadership despite H past injuries. ra "I had put a lot of time into 3g| rehabilitating my knee, and it felt HH good getting something out of all jgjp my work," Bass said. Mr j Prior to spring practice, Bass WM had planned to spend some time laBS with his brother in California this M summer. However, a pulled hamstring suffered in practice forced him into an extensive . training program to help ^ strengthen himself since a knee bw operation kept him out of action uunrig iii? enure iuyd season. This program consisted of a mile run each day, various leg exercises with weights, followed by a series Bas; of 40-yard wind sprints. App Bass said the win over Ap tball: the c ;"M? WHP&. Br' BfcJfTiMre P j|^k Y jS Hffii^ ?taitttfHSHR*k Mw., \^ ^itftfHi aBBk> <v ^mns^^vv^tlk ^?it^wc?'?'?w??<i?miii><i>nnw< iiiiiii> m???^www?<n>m^imwmwimipmilm^lwim Appalachian's Quinton McKinney tackles US( picked up yardage in USC's 21-10 win oyer Appal ^reshmen add MITCH SHERWOOD t. Sports Editor pparently, head football coach, Jim Carlen, thir 25 freshman recruits as nine of them are pre d on the Gamecock varsity. en freshmen made the varsity squad^but Jeff K< with an injury. The other nine are Bret Bond, Sp 1 Cornett, Steve Dorsey, Zion McKinney, Tir >coe Watson, Steve Swinehart and Nat Veal, f ond string quarterback while Clark is third stri sey is at fullback behind Kevin Long and P ying flanker. Cornett is second string tight end urart ff Uft V defensively, Watson is behind Bubba Shugar ird and Singleton is second string left linebac d string strong safety. I think we have a good group of freshmen anc rid physically, chian State answered my legs after testini tions about the durability of action," he said. 14II ?g. "I now have confidence in confidence in practi you have to ad lib breaks down. You action to really get Pl jP PLy*jm Bass is optimist iPTE ?BX team's chances for f especially confide I^K99P defense, and punter kIm PI "We were given goo< WBWB Sra a11 Bass (Appalachian State! and' easy yardage,' ** ' ^jww8l8i6W6iW6wiwiSe**>?x<w,,.-y.. J?l? Seldel?THE GAMECOCK Although BaSS 1111 s runs for big gain against plays on the field, he alarhian State. ^e sidelines. In adc Carlen, who calls all hallenge i irwBHM Mm \ ^w / m bmb l ^'+ m mfc M Mil, a Gene Oaillard-THE GAMfccoch :'s Kevin Long after Long achian State. depth to Gaii TheG iks highly of sently being Jfcl mm endziorski is | encer Clark, I m n Singleton, > Swinehart is made the varsity," said Ji: ing tailback, think they all will contribuU tfcKinney is rate how good of a recruitin behind Don here two years." Carlen's recruits include t at middle Georgia; five players each ker. Veal is and one player each from sylvania. 1 10 of them See ] yu lion Jttass g them in live Grantz, who quarterbacked t's hard to get Gamecocks last year, has beei ce. In a game great value to Bass. "Jeff if the guard working mostly with the youn need the live backs, but during the games into shape." keeps an eye out for patterns in . . .. defense on key situations, like tl ic about the and shortBass said success. He is ? . . . - caicnes mem doing the same tl nt about the tjme then he'll get the w MaxRunager. to Coach Carlen.? i field position said. "They Bass views his misfortune of i were always year lightheartedly. "While in infirmary I met some people 1 had a horse," he said. "If he ays, "The line ches them doing the same tl rw*pivprs nro ? 1??1 " - ? ~ ~ caul UII1C, U1CII lie 11 gei me V. akes my job to Coach Arlen." nore, though, I Bass views his misfortune of t all. It's quick year lightheartedly. "While in he continued, infirmary I met some oeonlp ist execute the a horse," he said. "When 1 has help from we^ enough they took me ridir lition to Coach really enJoy riding horses nc the plays, Jeff But for now he is ready to is now ! Gamecocks face Ga. Tech Saturday By SALLY WILSON Asst. Sports Editor Georgia Tech, a school rich in football tradition, will play Carolina this Saturday in Atlanta ai i:zu p.m. in an AbC regionally televised game. The series record between the two schools is 9-5 in favor of Georgia Tech. Carolina won last year's contest 23-17 at Williams Brice Stadium. "I think they (Georgia Tech) are definitely one of the top 15 teams in the country," USC head coach Jim 2 J II A i 1 A. Al v.?ii icu suiu. m icasi mey seern to be in most preseason publications I've seen." Georgia Tech, under head coach Pepper Rodgers, finished last season with a 7-4 record and was ranked third in offense in the nation. The Yellow Jackets will run a wishbone offense and alternate a 5-2 and 4-3 defense in their season opener Saturday. Carolina travels to Atlanta with a 1-0 record after defeating Appalachian State 21-10 on Sept. 4. In See GA. TECH, Page 19 tiecocks >amecock | torts I I m Carlen, head football coach. "I i something to our team but I don't g year we had until they have been six players each from Ohio and from South Carolina and Florida; i Michigan, Maryland, and PennFRESHMAN RECRUITS, Page 20 i is back the football and is glad to have been i of successful in his first game. He is looks forward to this season and is ger glad to be participating. he the Off the field, Bass is a journalism rird student and hopes to pursue either he a broadcasting or advertising Hug career when his football days are ord over. "I like radio better than television right now, probably because I've had more radio courses, but I have a lot of time to re decide what I want to do," he said, who c.at. Bass hails from no particular Jin? place, since his father was in the or service and the family was constantly moving. Bass has worked hard to prepare for this season. "We had a pretty . ? good game last week against an g0J Appalachian team that was even * better than last year, but we all >w* feel that the real test will come play against Georgia Tech," he said.