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By MITCH SHERWOOD
Asst. Sports Editor
A demanding schedule which
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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
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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
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By EARL TURNER Pala
Gamecock Staff Writer ques
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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
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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
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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
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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,'
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s runs for big gain against plays on the field, he
alarhian State. ^e sidelines. In adc
Carlen, who calls all
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achian State.
depth to Gaii
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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
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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
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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
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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.