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use gets t By MITCH SHERWOOD Asst. Sports Editor ml ? I ft it # _ i . 11 . _ mis nas Deen me year 01 upseis in coneg* and USC had its taste of disappointment S Wake Forest came into Saturday's game i record and their 10-7 upset win over USC en season with the satisfaction from defeating team. "I'M VERY drained emotionally right n< Wake Forest head coach Chuck Mills. super win for the kids." For about the first eight minutes of S; game, everything was going well for USC The offense, which had averaged 22( rushing and 119 yards passing coming into I looked its best on the opening drive. USC r ball 76 yards in 13 plays to score a to Rushing accounted for 74 of those yards. Th such gains as seven, nine and 18 yards. The was a two yard touchdown pass from Ho Kevin Long. The Gamecocks defense held the Deacon: two yards on their first possession. This w< new because the USC defense had been d season. HOWEVER, AFTER Wake Forest punt< Gamecocks took over on their 28 yard line, that had looked excellent on their oper t suddenly went stale. On first down fullh Long was stopped for no gain. Tailback Williams gained two yards on the next quarterback Ron Bass was thrown for a loss on third down. An offense which had ji yards in 13 plays went nowhere in three pla "We beat ourselves, five turnovers and punt was the whole story of the game/' head coach Jim Carlen. USC's offense which had averaged les! turnovers a game before Saturday, was i rvrtopnpp Jim Koll Irvnrf onniidh fn ennrp n JJUOOCOO ure WUll . ?v M, about two minutes left in the first quartei its first turnover when Williams fumbled < 39 yard line. USC'S DEFENSE which held Wake Fo yards total offense, stood their ground and Deacons to kick a field goal early in t quarter. USC's offense was unable to produce fol field goal and was forced to punt. USC 1 punt formation, Wake Forest put 10 me defensive line to attempt to block the p Forest's John Sabia broke through the protection and blocked Max Runager's { 4This is the first time in 11 years as a 1 - * - a ?-i?t i n 1 that I nave naa a puni diockcu, wiricii?<* Wake Forest had possession on the UJ Sports analysis Time a p By MITCH SHERWOOD Asst. Sports Editor Mike Sullivan would rather get a college de NCAA Championships. Sullivan, a junior pre-med major, used to 1 at USC until this fall when he quit. "The prob away from school so much," Sullivan said season you would be away for at least a day a two days. You just get way behind." Sullivan said he practiced about four hoi studied anywhere from 20 to 25 hours a weel< swimming. He practiced for two hours in th< two more hours in the afternoon. SUM.I VAN ALONC1 with Nancy Grimm, and Fred fthmke quit varsity sports so the ^ more. Grimm and Ehmke quit the swimming tet quit the women's tennis team. Lack of time forced Grimm to quit. "You five hours a day, and you have to budge Grimm a junior nursing major said, "The t spend . . . like going to the pool and eating . time you got down to studying, you didn't ha and you were beat." + ? J! asie u 1 ui?apj 5 football. I EPfiS Saturday. ' Bl? jj with a 4-6 ded their f a inn 9.0 I noved uchdown. . Hrv ey ran for % Wl only pass pP(BWP^W"Wt t ^ CJ n Bass to H ' l .\ T| - . jjfl m, VH. j J^|tfni| s to minus hoh||||^A|v J| as nothing oing it all jfl an offense SHI ling drive ^B|||| W^SpM ack Kevin ..----, I ' ML l Clarence five yard I |T A ~ iff ^8 jstgone76 H ys. ^mm a blocked said USC jSBEKBSSKf\ 5 than two fl[HE0 lot able to HHHHv gain. With V , USC had I ^ ^ m the USC ^1 forced the Hitting him low he sccond Defensive end Scott Blackmon (80) tackle; Forest running back Mark Cregar (43) lowing the Saturday's game at Williams-Brice Stadium. ir>^ iin in "f ? n on their line. They went 11 yards in two plays to sc unt. Wake turned out to be the game winning touchd Gamecock Hint. THE REST OF the game went somewh nY1 4* r* r. Wi i rvr> I TCP f 1K1 An ltc T\ ,vuu v""vu Mlnic iasniuii. uuv luiui/ivu uii ?to 11v_.ivl p id. and then the Gamecock defense held. On U 5C 11 yard possession of the second half, Bass threw h roblem forst ?/ The Gamecock gree than win inrl sometimes V ? irs a day and These students' problems are not uncomm i when he was athletics and academics requires wise use of I ? morning and Kay Klitzke, a pre law major, knows the diff ween athletics and academics well. "You hav your time wisely. The only time you have to O >!n L1 mIwUI frk/\^ i?aii a I t?*rvrl frvwkvi t n 11?r nVinc?!/' oyivici rjunin uigui. i iicii jruu nic m w wituionj uuu j/ujdiv ?y could study NATIONALLY. 82 percent of all scholarship i ?m and Easier graduated, a survey of 124 colleges and unive The survey, conducted by the American Coll are at the pool Program, was based on male lettermen who w ;t your time,'' at the schools in 1%8 ime you had to The survey was released in Spring 1975. Spo . . and by the in the survey were: football, basketball, bas< ive much time, and other sports -tennis, swimming, golf and v example. ^ointment WP ^JBbhh ? bKB! m.' ' - = '8? =. ; ,: Big? " M?p lie pl Spife. ; ' 1 i B Mr MMm pPHBr V- Jm mM ^ lH Si m* ' -JlW iiir HrU ' .^y|U HTjaa^ JL. KS PW ^ Trr;> ' % V/ ' SB ? ? A WM*k im 1j(:. - MU - HKMl^ ' ' ' ' (Bfawy^^??yB * KittnH Si BtSir ? 1 ^I Gen* Gaillard?THE GAMECOCK ; Wake Barber (71) comes on to assist the play. Cregar gained low in 34 yards in five attempts in Wake Forest's 10-7 upset of Charlie USC. ore what two interceptions. own. USC's two most serious scoring threats came in the fmiffV-i Aiiortor Hn nno Hr*i\;r? a d*\ uarH fiolH ana 1 wac 1 V/UI til \|UU1 VVI V/1 I V/? IV <kjll T V %4 It; J U> VI i IV?\? ?. at in the short and their last chance to win the game came in jssession the game's final minute. However, another SC's first Gamecock turnover, a pass interception in the endis first of zone ended all hopes for victory. udent athletes A The results were: r ?Football: 77 per cent graduation ^ ?Basketball: 82 per cent graduation ?Baseball: S.r? per cent graduation ?Track: 8.r> per cent graduation. ?Other sports: Kit per cent. The list of schools questioned by the American College J Testing rrogram was not releasee oecause ine testing program said the results would give those schools with high graduation rates an unfair recruiting advantage, on. Mixing A similar survey has been made at USC, however, ime. Diver Coach Harold White, IJSC athletic academic counselor, srence bet- studied the number of football players who were supposed j to budget to graduate in 1975. study is at ally ." OF THE :tf? freshmen scholarship football players in 1071, * j? 1 ?a *i? r?iU..n 11 dropped out 01 int* luoiutui I'lti^uiiii uui mc turn ?c ui thleticsare four years. -sities said. In i*>75. lf? were listed as seniors. Thirteen of 16 players *ge Testing were graduated. One player. C.A. Wilson, will graduate in ?re enrolled I )ecember. The other two players, David Spence and Robert Wood quit school, but played four years of football. rts included The remaining nine players are on scholarships, but are ball, track, not playing football because of injuries or personal Testling for reasons. b See STI DKNT ATHIJSTKS, Page 9