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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
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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;
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; 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.'
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schools so
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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;
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le Clemson finished 2-9. about the
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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.
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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:
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appeared destined to the
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>rd Clemson plays Carolina, t!
That may be the incentive
against USC. When you
>ey your coach it should mal
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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. <
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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
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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.
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