Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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use . "* a aflor Katf*- th footbai Carton te'nui to hav< ...turnovers 'unbelievable.' maket on con our mi Carli f USC's runningback George Rogers tries to pull away from the grip of a Georgia defender while Carolina tackle Rick Payne loses his balance in last Saturday's 15-13 loss. Carolina's runningbacks hope to gain more ground against East Carolina than the 98 yards gained last Saturday. I Gamecock Column by I ? I M?l! To more than 50,000 USC football fi disillusioned by Carolina's 15-13 loss to Ge night, it was the same old story, Once again another crucial test. After having outclassed three inferior I Carolina met a team with equal abUitj Carolina's first three opponents have a cur for this season of 3-6. Appalachian State Tech 1-2 and Miami (Ohio) 2-1, with its tw< t<*v#il I if A. a ? II lAJucgime puwernuusuH uayion ana uiui Georgia, last year's Southeastern Confer* and Sugar Bowl participant, was faced pressure last Saturday as the Gamecock af by Clemson 7-6 in Athens. Hie Bulldogs were . to play East Carolina iihiUIac W I I \ LLY WILSON Editor bles. They just don't have much couth, invariably sneak up at the most inopportu near the end of the longest drives or too so drive starts. riding on who recovers it, a fumble can cref havoc in a crowd or give loquacio taders an abrupt case of laryngitis. Saturday night both USC coach Jim Carl ist Carolina coach Pav Dve were ud to thi lones in fumbles. Neither coach wants to s ippen again. fumbled the ball 10 times against VMI," D out East Carolina's 14-13 win over VMI. Six nbles were lost. "We were just not a go 1 team Saturday night." e is correct in saying USC is the best footb tiey've played this year, East Carolina's goi ?to hold on to the football to have a chance he Gameco cks 3-2. "We're going to work mi centrating in practice this week to elimini stakes," Dye said. ;n also was unimpressed with his team's pi Bialiiwwlw ~ IBi **^ F^yMPiP^ ~r j^- m |'"f^-Z^?-Si3 :::L5f?g __ ' ~-?fe. _^^<**| [ ?apr s: when wil ?"V position of winning the b are still a powerhouse ii maturity as a football t third quarter from theii t Wm p(4 line, and in three attempt / and were forced to settle Last Saturday's C Homa/mpk fsvrv+Knll to *w yjuiitvvwn iwvmoii 19 ai\ ms who were with established collegia orgia Saturday WOuld have meant USC's Carolina failed extent that national rec football teams, Carolina's last two ye ' in Georgia. have yielded winning se aulative record won the key game that v is 0-3, Georgia average team with a m > victories over In 1975 Carolina finis! ana. record and were invite Miami (Ohio). During tt snee champion top collegiate teams, Gei with as much oniy boWi appearance u ter being upset defeated by the Redskii i forced into the vited to a bowl without h * :ern coaches last Saturday, but he had more to be concerned ab than mistakes in this week's practice. "We hadf luriiuvers, ^ariuii ?uiu, ana inai s unoeiievaDJ We had every opportunity to win it, but we gav< ne away." on Carlen's not going to be satisfied Saturday morn until the Gamecocks have worked on correct ite secondary play on pursuit, offensive line blocki ius inconsistency in gaining yards on the run and scor from one-yard lines. Sounds like a lot to accompl en in five days. Carlen agrees. eir "If they'd let us out of school, we'd start no^ lee Carlen said Monday. "We haven't proved to we're a good football team yet. We've got more ye work on than we have time." of Saturday's game should be a little different t! od last year's 35-7 Homecoming win over Virgini Carlen, more than anyone, realizes East Carolina, all with wins over N.C. State and Duke, is not cominf ng Columbia to see who's crowned USC's homecom to queen. ore "They're the best football team we've played f ate part of the season," Carlen said. "The key to th team is speed. Their defense is as good as Georgi; lay See ECU, page "^" '\^S^Kr a ^BLt jBSSntSBKM^^ wlHrai ?1 i mey win Tne I iig game on the road to prove they on their 1975 sch< i the South. Georgia proved their When they me earn when Carolina drove in the Gamecocks rever r own 20 to the Georgia one-yard of attending a bo ts USC could not score a touchdown record during the for a field goal. set up for teams arolina-Georgia game shows petition during the >t yet mature enough to compete selection commit! te powers. A win over the Bulldogs weak record of 7-4 i football team has improved to the ognition is justified. Carolina starte are under head coach Jim Carlen Hjj? ?Kre"tfu asons, yet the Gamecocks have not f the Game radd separate them from being an leaiocre rccord. * ?? * ? tied the regular season with a 7-4 d to the Tangerine Bowl to play te 1975 season Carolina lost to three andifthe^ orgia, LSU and N.C. State. In their Tu'?Inr? __.fr . receiving a bid U ^ 5arrJfn 5? Gamecocks were Bowls seemed lil is 20-7. The Gamecocks were inaving defeated any big name teams sports Z "We haven't ' le- ' , proved to me ing g we're a good ish I football team me x i to r yet'." A A "*-v ing ?Jim Carlen his leir a's. 20 I Tmmm ?j ' Vfi 9 iiiffrw Mli at 3WB *3 ri~?l>'-tx * r^77;-_ " f:BB. :--.'.---tV~ - - :rz-^rr'^-^:''i v.|g|||||5 uuiiaei idule. t a quality team in a bowl game, the ted to their usual form. What is the sense wl game if your team has an artificial regular season? Bowls are idealistically that show fine play against good com: regular season. Was the Tangerine Bowl tee correct in selecting Carolina with a ? I don't believe they were. d quickly in 1976 by defeating their first Appalachian State, Georgia Tech and tinff I)m> hnnAR anH nf cks had their annual defeat to Georgia 20that they lacked the maturity that good je* have, they lost the following week to r leading through three quarters 17-0. ore playing the last two games of the 1976 r had defeated Wake Forest and Clemson, > either the Gator, Peach, or Tangerine cely. Carolina lost its bowl opportunity See WARD, page 21