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By EARL TURNER
Gamecock Staff Writer
One is quick and fast, which
allows him to break to the outside,
while the other is a power runner
most effective on short yardage
plays.
Clarence Williams and Kevin
Long have used their two different
running styles in amassing 755 and
620 yards respectively this season,
ranking them as two of the top five
rushers in USC history.
"CLARENCE IS always running,"
said USC's offensive
coordinator Jack Fligg. "He darts
through the line and slices by the
defenders. He's a real smooth
runner."
With Long there is a contrast.
"Kevin has the tendency to stop
and cut," he said. "Kevin cuts
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stronger and can jump and jerk
away from defenders."
Because of his greater strength
Long is used more inside, but Fligg
said either man can run effectively
both inside and mitsido "Thoir
ability to run both inside and
outside helps our team. They both
have speed, they're not that much
different," he says.
Williams and Long believe they
both run by instinct. They love to
run, but they both had to work their
way inio ine running DacK position.
"I was an offensive guard at
Clinton (S.C.) High in my senior
year, but 1 wanted to play running
back," Long said. "If this guy
hadn't gotten hurt I'd probably
never known what I could do
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WILLIAMS WAS a wide receiver
until the latter part of his junior
year at Berkeley High in Moncks
Corner, S.C. Then in his senior
year, he rushed for 1600 yards.
Becoming the first backs ever to
break the 1000 yard barrier at USC
in a single season was particularly
satisfying for them, but the.
notoriety they gained has caused
them to face stacked defenses and
maneuvers aimed at stopping
them. "Nobody
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They are still having good years,
especially considering that a
number of freshmen backs are
being used. They believe it is
necessary for these backs to get
experience.
Williams praised the young
backs. "I think that they respect
Kevin and myself and are learning
from us," he said. "I don't believe
they'll have much trouble filling
our spots."
LONG AGREES with Williams.
"Any player, quite naturally,
wants to play the whole game, but
we have to realize that we're
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How else is he going to get the
experience if he doesn't get in the
game? I think that it would be
unwise of the coaches if they didn't
let them get the experience this
year."
Williams reiterates this feeling.
"That's the main thing?
experience."
Having good reserve backs also
keeps Williams and Long rested.
Hiey enjoy their status as class
backs, but they don't rest on their
laurels.
"I look forward to every opportunity
to run the ball. I want to
break one each time I get the ball,"
Williams said. "I always like to
hear the 51 Draw called in the
huddle. On this play I get a delayed
hand-off and can pick my own hole
between the down lineman."
Long also likes to hear his
number called. "In the veer you
don't always know if you're going
to get the ball or if the quarterback
is going to keep it. So when he calls
a play that you know is just a basic
hand-off, that's when you say 'Oh
wow, I know I'm going to get the
ball' and you know that you're
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THEY BOTH run, in a way that
Carolina fans have come to appreciate.
But they also enjoy
winning, which they know involves
team play. That is why you'll see
them blocking for each other and
helping their teammates in any
way they can.
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Carolina's women's tennis team
finished its fall season Tuesday
with a 6-3 win over College of
Charleston at the Sol Blatt P.E.
courts.
The win was USC's third this fall
in dual match competition. In
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Junior College and
Presbyterian earlier in the season.
In Tuesday's match, the score
was tied 3-3 at the end of singles
competition. USC's first singles
player, Cindy Kincaid, lost to
Diane Gilruth, 6-1, 6-1. At second
singles, Debra Cooper defeated
College of Charleston's Jeanine
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The remaining singles matches
were close in score as USC's Beth
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at fourth singles. College of
Charleston's Patty Anastapoulo
defeated Cindy Johnson 7-6, 6-4 at
fifth singles. At sixth singles,
USC's Susan Tinsley beat Cindy
Culbertson 6-7, 6-2, 6-1.
Doubles events determined the
outcome of the match as Carolina
won each of three events. At first 0
doubles, USC's Kincaid and
Wheeler defeated Gilruth and
Wilkerson 7-5,6-4. Cooper and Sally
Wilson beat College of Charleston's
McGrath and Herbert 7-5, 6-1 at
second doubles. USC's third
doubles team of Cissie Melson and
Ann Pasky defeated Culbertson
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