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Carolina and Clemson are two colli have not enjoyed great success rec And the old cliche that says when tl can throw out the statistics and rec< can happen, is basically not true. Since 1960 the team with the poor the game has managed to win twice, after coming into the game with a Tigers were 5-4. In 1965, USC won while Clemson was 5-4 prior to the records were very similar. HISTORICALLY, WHEN the twc game with contrasting records, as is weaker team has about a ten per ce Thus USC shmilH Hpfpat Dprnsnn K is much better than Clemson's 2-6Say what you think about cliches themselves. Any football prognost million dollars if he was 90 per cent could be the one in ten years for a i are against it. The past two games in the series I of the rivalry. Clemson finished 7-4 home in 1974 when they beat USC's Paul Dietzel's coaching finale. A j Brice Stadium the Gamecocks finis in Jim Carlen's first year here whil Carolina Forest, North Carolina State, North Carolina and Maryland. The Tigers tied Georgia Tech and Duke. "Every game we've played has been awful close except Georgia," Parker said. "We have hurt ourselves with mistakes in most." v "If you check it out they've had 1 I HI I 4 I BUY "T Ill mmmrnrn ^ *4BI ImmmEWI JH Is predit 2ge football teams who ently on the gridiron. he two rivals play you rds because anything 9 er record coming into In 1961, USC won 21-14 3-6-1 record when the 17-16 with a 4-5 record game. Even then the SINCE, 1 two breakwinning se; ? teams come into the And since 1 ; the case this year, the seasons in ;nt chance of an upset. finished 5-5 ecause their 6-4 record while USC 2 record.. Despite t! , the facts speak for - each enjoy icator would make a Their athle right all the time. This each year.' eal upset but the odds Gamecock schools so vestment, I best express the reality and was undefeated at In 74 pre 4-6 team, 39-21. It was interest oi ^ear later in Williams- television; hed 7-4 with a 56-20 win regions of I le Clemson finished 2-9. about the From Page 10 penalties and turned the ball over kind of like when we played Wake Forest Saturday," Carlen said. Carolina fumbled three times, had two intercepted passes and one blocked kick against Wake Forest. "I CAN'T SAY we're a good football team now," Parker said. i m SHIR CHRISTMAS THEM NOW O A KB ADVANTAGE < 1221 ct rivalry | Billy Baker gr Sports Editor 960 Clemson has had six winning seasons i even years while the Gamecocks have 1 asons four times and have broken even twi I960 Clemson and Carolina have not had winn the same year. However, in 1965 both scht and in 1967 Clemson had a winning 6-5 rec was 5-5. he lack of great success at the two schools tl some of the best fan followings in Ameri tic scholarship donors have been on the incre Phis may just be one of the reasons fans from and IPTAY fund raising clubs follow tl intensely. To them, football is not only an but a way of life. vious meetings, the game has mainly served F fans from the two schools while nati< audiences tune into games being played in oi :he country. Yet every year there is a unique] rivalry few can accurately explain. S "You've got to do it, and we "It haven't done it." mom Both Carlen and Parker are boil c going into Saturday's sell-out game and t with open minds. Th< "I don't think what happened to meet us (last) Saturday will have any Whih etiect on tne uaronna-uiemson 29-3, < rivalry," Carlen said. 20 la: mmm Mm >TC 1IAII ICC . i v ni,yb?i i SPECIAL R UY-A-WAY OF A SALE AND TAKE ) Main St. (Downt< outcoi Carolinians are proud fo< CAROLINA HAS AN in probably give them a Pe? mmm start in the early season, ( USC loses and finishes 6-5 top teams, Georgia and N appeared destined to the Quite frankly, USC ha schedule then Clemson I n(* tough, this gives USC a < ad r*/\ rT,V**~fc nn nnn Kn lc. x lie u> wui iu V.CII 1 uxz ng future of Red Parker as C ols on a win over USC Saturt >rd Clemson plays Carolina, t! That may be the incentive against USC. When you >ey your coach it should mal Cel. ise DURING THE YEARS about the Clemson-Carc predictable game with litt *n" will change. It will becon tracts more national atter a national champion or ? the Bowl. nai her But for now it serves tht less Carolina well. As one far luth the rest of the states wher 11 be a matter of breaks and I ;ntum," Parker said. "It'll ] own to what most games do lat's blocking and tackling." i 1:30 p.m. game is the 74th < ng between the two schools, i Clemson leads the series 41- i Carolina defeated Clemson 56- 1 it year in Columbia. < SUM $3.98 up FOR CHRIS1 OUR TIMS TO PA >wn) me )tball fans. centive to play hard. A win will ir>Ki MaxiiI KiH Aftor cnr'h a Oroat avil UUTU M1U. iillVl UUV1I ? ? vuv Gamecock fans should be upset if . After playing two of the nation's [otre Dame so competitively USC Gator Bowl. s played a much more difficult this year. When the going gets competitive edge. cruel at times. Just imagine, the lemson's head coach may depend jay. There are times, even when hat too much depends on winning, s that Clemson needs to play well are thinking about the future of ke you play harder. misconceptions have been printed \1ina riuul r\r It ic hncinnllv a /AlllLt I * T W?I J A V 1U VVIUIVUIIJ U le national interest. Maybe things le a truly great game when it atition and when its winner becomes *ains an invitation to the Orange e interests of football fans in South i said the other day, "To hell with i Clemson plays Carolina." Tiger burn Tigerbum will begin at 7:30 p.m. tonight in front of the Russell House on Green Street. After a march to the capital where students can hear head :oach Jim Carlen speak, the rally will return to an intramural field lear the Sol Blatt Physical Education Center for the burning :>f the tiger. "MAS | iY" ? V HH 1