Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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sports Errors plague f/j Carolina H By VINCE MOORE Asst. Sports Editor It was the kind of football game ^ that causes coaches to have i. sleepless nights. The kind of game ||iiS?|tl| that ages even the youngest fresh- |M|jl|Si man players and increases the risk , EH of heart attacks in the stands. ' ByJ Each snap of the ball usually had something to do with the outcome of the game. Third-and-six suddenly looked like the length of the CjHggf > - * * iit-iii. ami a inree-point lead ^ seemed insurmountable. |?lt IT WAS a game marred with mistakes and timely penalties. With (he drop of a flag, first-and ens became 3rd-and-20s. Scoring drives stopped inside the op- jBg||g ponent's five-yard line. It was two teams trying very |B|||1|||| hard not to lose. And when Georgia left the field Saturday night with a BHU 15-13 margin, that was the story. They had succeeded in not losing. , "We had the opportunities to win ni8ht s the ball game," Carolina coach 'im Carlen said after the game. i nere s no ooudi aoout that. We just d That was true. Georgia fumbled the hall alio They turned the hall over to Carolina six time game, usually stopping a sustained Georgia ( Rut the Gamecocks made the mistake of proverbial gift horse in the mouth and couldi when they needed to. In fact, Carolina shared I role by giving the Bulldogs three fumbles terception. Rut a blitzing, stunting Georgia defense tool* credit. "TIIKY FORCKI) the turnovers," USC quar Boss said. "And that's what a good defensive do "They're tight up the middle and they took av on the corners. The Georgia defense played I've got to give them credit." Rut even with a tough, veteran defense lik Carolina's ground game became suspect Satu The Gamecocks could manage only 98 yards ...in ?< c: i ciugni uuiiniu me nru* 01 scrimmage 42 yards. In the third quarter, the Gamecocks had a fi on the Georgia one-half-yard line. Three r Carolina was on the Georgia three. They settk goal. "AI.TIIOl'GII our passing was good," Carle running game was weak. We always have a c scoring in close. It's been that way ever sin here at Carolina. "We let the penetration get us on the gc elsewhere. That shouldn't happen. I credit defense, but we're a better team than that on th "We'll have that corrected if we have to pi tackle next week."' With the running game all but nullified, the were forced to go to the air. Bass performed hitting 17 of 32 for 177 yards, but the airways ai place to travel for an entire game. Like a boxi his knockout punch in the last rounds, USC's p; lacked its usual crispness in the final momen "When you start making a living by the th going to die by it," Carlen said. "You have to and we just didn't do it." ! ?* wini>' it wt.*i%/?.'!? n^;i i ? ^ ??.?' < >?>^ '> A *111 l-A/ftClM ITApldllK second-half emphasis on stopping the pass. "They began double covering the wide ret said. "They felt like if they could stop m (McKinney), they could cut the passing gam< "The defense really disguised themselves secondary was willing to give you the shor wouldn't let you beat them deep." See CARL orsey finds an opening in the Georgia defense di inie. But holes in the notorious "Junkyard Dog' idn't do it." | ?s during the M drive. iinming me B H Vt capitalize | ? |f| $ G the gift horse and one in- By matt waiii) .some of the Gamecock SUff Writer Vince Dooley has accompli . , . ,, his career as head football ^ ! I Bulldogs' 15-13 victory over C; team should co,legiltc win. "I didn't pay too much attei vay the pitch next win being my 100th," Dc really well. was to have my team ready I Carolina team." e Georgia's, irday night. T1IE BULLDOGS entered in 48 rushes Dooley thinks a major reason for a loss of for USC was their loss last we "Our team didn't realize J irst-and-goal they beat us," he said. "Losii ushes later, playing South Carolina and id for a field think they had to play good foo "In a way I'm glad our tea: helped us get ready to play n said, "our lifficult time ce I've been |n a way, I'm gla >al line and the Georgia to Clemson beco e run. ay tackle-toget ready to pla^ Gamecocks aamiraoiy, tonight and Alab "e not a safe 57 er who loses n issing game Week. its. irow, you're run the ball Alabama, the following week.' This season Georgia has ph offense with sophomore quarte h\ Georgia's Southeastern Conference Pla; Dooley believes, with time, Py :eivers," he le and Zion "PYBYKN IS very young an J off. to mature," Dooley said. "Th umll rru? 1 * ?v.i. me- c?uu yuu eaii uase mai on youn t stuff, but time to mature and the only w them play." KN, page 13 Although the Bulldogs have BP ^ HB iring Saturday few and far between. The G ' defense were ground as they lost to Ge . welcomes >n loss riled * offense, their their 10-2 sea "1 can onh shed many things throughout "They faced) /tAQ/ik r** r1 ? 1 '* >.vaui ai uwrgia, ana me Ron Bass is arolina marked Dooley's 100th under pressu players force ntion this past week about my end of the ga >oley said. "My main concern USC has tl to play against a tough South quarter as the unable to sco "I think th( the game with a 1-1 record, stand against i the Bulldogs were prepared said. "If we hi ek to Clemson in Athens, Ga. game would h low good Clemson was until of our defens< lg to Clemson and faced with treme pressu Alabama made our players thall in nrrfpr ?'!? " use HEAI) m lost to Clemson because it plimented Ge South Carolina tonight and fense down in down to theii Georgia get to d our team lost our backs wer Dooley thin! of the game. use it helped US "Wewantec wanted victor r , - can to win a fo f South Carolina ofmvninvnr? . " V I J V/1 w it most." ama the following coming to pla? -Vince Dooley "eveky ti fans just go ci know possible, team and I km ijcu wuii iiracucauy a new go wild when rback Jeff Pybyrn replacing I>ooley cred yer of the Year liay Goff. present, for hi burn can be as good as Goff. Georgia. "I'm very p d you can see he'll need time Georgia," he ere were plenty of fumbles coaches, playt g people playing. They need me here in th< ay you get maturity is to let Georgia footbe happier that i a young and inexperienced caliber of Sou ERV Kl jHQSBflHBngaSS^K^^M^^^^^HBEnHK^ %. nS|g3 I | >fV' AB^ BLf^u|^B|^^^H0|^^HH^Hfl^^^H^^^nA *v- BB E? ^ F1^'. yMBSfe* MHwB^ M m KM Mark AlexanderTHE GAMECOCK amccocks could only manage 98 yards on the argia. 15-13. 100th win; Bulldogs defense returned nine of eleven starters from ison last year. / say praise for our defense," Dooley said, a very experienced offense in South Carolina, a good quarterback and has" excellent poise re and he and a few other Smith r?miina d our defense to play their best towards the me." ieir best opportunity to score in the third ;y drove to the Georgia one-yard line and were re a touchdown in three tries. ; turning point of the game was our goalline South Carolina in the third quarter," Dooley ad let them score I think the complexion of the lave changed. I can only compliment the play i for the kind of poise they showed under exre." 1 FOOTBALL fOACII Jim Carlen also comopflia'c *tnni? i _ J ' 1 4 4 * v. (> " o uciciisc, i nuir ueiense snui oui 01the second half," Carlen said. "When we got one-yard line in the third quarter we let 0 much penetration from their defense so that e unable to find a hole to run through." Kg Georgia just outfought Carolina at the end 1 to win so badly.'It was a case of what team y more," he said. "We fought as hard as we otball game. We never gave up and I'm proud for the extra effort they gave when we needed Bulldogs have dominated the series with lold a 26-4-2 advantage, Dooley does not enjoy y the Gamecocks at Williams-Brice Stadium. IMK we play South Carolina in Columbia the razy and back their team the best way they he said. "It's great to see fans support their >w every time we come to town their fans just we step on the field." ited the support of his players, both past and is 100th collegiate victory in his 14 years at leased with winning my 100th game here at said. ,4I would just like to credit all the ;rs, and especially the fans who h?v#> hf?irwl ? 14 years that I have been associated with ill. I'm very happy to win 100 games, but even my 100th win came against a team of the th Carolina."