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When the Kast Carolina Pirates startO'
the\ wort'a team with a mission. In an
their post season howl aspirations, they
Stmt hern Conference, attained indopc
scheduled sonic tnm'hor onimnonic
IM.'.
When Kast Carolina came to Columl:
mission was nearly accomplished. The P
N (' Slate and Duke in their first two ga
Two more victories left them und
(iamecocks were the last major lest on tl
\ \ ICTOKY over I'SC would be just u
ordered for the Pirates' football progr,
quarters of Saturday's name, it looked
mission would run its due course.
Hut as Yogi Herra once so magnified
over until it's over "
The (Iamecocks untracked their offe
quarter, scoring a touchdown and tw
iiYtTuiKiiiK r.asi i aronna. And I
ground, something the Gamecocks w
earlier in the game
I'SC offensive coach Jack Fligg said it
Gamecocks had to do.
"We decided we were going to have t
/one." Fligg said "East Carolina's rui
stout, hut in the second half we just ran
offensive line did a good job."
If you go to the well often enough, you'i
sooner or later. And the run finally cam*
"\\K H ST got tired and ran out of
roach I*at Dye said. "Wo got whipped in
game during the second half."
The Clamecock defense shut down I
offense in the last qyarter. Kxcept for
minute desperation drive. the defense fo
to punt without making even one first d
offense then responded with scoring dri
the hall
"The defense u;is playing so well t
something." I'SC quarterback Hon H
s;i
USC gome
best pick S
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(iiimccmk Staff Writers la
i ii< 11 w n.-> MM ii<111y no s;i
competition in choosing the g;
CSC Ka; t Caroline! football di
game for regional telecast.
ABC sports production per di
sonnel said Friday w
j 'p|u. activeness" of the sj
teams records and the K
pageantry of Carolina's ur
Homecoming festivities made st
the game almost impossible to < r
pass up. producer Kick o
I.aCivita said. ,h
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Till*: ONl.Y other alter pi
native considered by ABC was rt
North Carolina-Texas Tech. Hi
This name was ruled out of
because of a contract between vi
ABC and the NCAA which ci
(] their 1977 season.
attempt to holster
said goodbye to the
'ndent status and
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?ia Saturday, their
irates had silenced
lines of the season.
efeated, j(
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hat the doctor hod
Tor three
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nse in the fourth
o field goals and ECU'S Eddie H
hey did it on the defense as he goc
ere unable to do
wijs someimng the hadn't, we would I
"The defense g
o run it in the end defensive coach R
rining defense was defense. It's our jol
right at them. The field position "
Rut the scoring,
*e likely to succeed right foot of place!
i? back to Carolina. yards with 1:18 lef
tory.
gas." Pirate head
every phase of the !ll\ I'INISHKI)
Carolina record. R
Ihe East Carolina make him nervou?
the Pirates' last- "I was thinkings
reed Kast Carolina "'hat it kept me f
own The Carolina nervous after I ha
ves when they got And Parrish kne
ever gave the offi<
hat we had to do "It felt good on n
lass said. "If we looked up and it wj
ivs no team may appear on
ievision more than five w&\
lies in a two vear snan
IVxas Tech. because of its
cord. has an appearance Tfl
ohlom" said LaCivita. "It ?
so prevents Notre Dame
nm heinn on practically '*> s VI
erv week." Sports
Also, the ABC NCAA conact
prevented the telecast of I'SC
st week's USC-Georgia complc
mic because AHC "u-.-mtv tr? Hpfonm
ive Georgia for a possible big "We
inie later on in the season." anvmo
rector Jim Jonnett said. said al
Moth the producer and day
rector, while preparing the novers
eekly halftime highlight selecte
>ot. The Firman's Fund
lashback in the ABC mobile IT'S
lit outside Williams Brice anothei
artium. said the intensity theoffc
eated by the crowd provides limited
(eitement to the home second
idience According to "Kve
uCivita. fragments of fensive
*egame hysteria are was an
corded and played back , time,
irinf" ?he opening moments In thi
theteleecast to give the three fi
ewer an impression of ex- game a
tement which i
score it
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Ill
icks avoids the grasp of Carolina's
;s in for a touchdown in the second
have looked like the dogs."
ave a tremendous effort," said USC
iehard Bell. "We have to play winning
i to force punting situations and get good
for the most part, came to rest on the
[ifkpr Hritf P;irrich Hie Jn
~ ...... . .11 ion. ilia IICIU (II SJ
t in the game was USC's margin of vic1hc
game with four field goals, a new
u! Parrish said the last one really didn't
o much about what I had to do." he said,
rom being nervous. I was really more
d made the kick."
w the kick was good before the referees
cial signal
ny foot and it sounded nood." he said. "I
is headed between the uprights. I knew I
antonio gets
> basics of di
l.l.Y WILSON
F.riitor
defensive end .John Dantonio doesn't believe
X objectives when it comes to playing go
\ The simple ones will do nimlv
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decided if we didn't let their offense seo
re. our offense would move the ball." Dantor
KHit the second half of USC's 19-16 win Sati
'We knew our offense could score. The ti
were hurting them in the first half." Al
d Dantonio as Defensive Player of the (lam
i?\r. i iiini; to state a simple objective ai
r to apply it. But I'SC's defense did more th;
nse eouid have asked for. East Carolina w
to IB vards rushing and f>4 total yards in tl
half '
ryone on defense played a great game." (
tackle Jerome Provence said. "Their ph
added incentive for us to do it (score) ne
It got us more fired up "
e? second half. East Carolina's offense ma<
rst downs, two in the last 51 seconds of tl
ind one at the beginning of the second ha
esulted in a 48-yard field goal, EClJ's on
i that half
w <*
Stephen McCorm?ch--THI? GAMECOCK
quarter of Saturday afternoon's game. Hicks' run ^ *
came on a fake field goal attempt by East Carolina.
had it."
But nobody in the stadium headed for their cars until the
final seconds had ticked off the clock. East Carolina had
battled the Gamecocks on even terms throughout the game
and was capable of the big play. Carolina coach Jim Carlen
can say he told you so.
"I S.\II> it before the game and I'll say it now." Carlen
said. "This is the best team we've played so far this
season "
And tlw Pirates' Pat Dye had some nice words for the V
< iamecoeks.
"By looking at Ibis game." be said. "I would say South
Carolina has a better football team than N C. State and
Duke "
Although Dye is in a good position to know, such a
proclamation is speculative. But Dye's North Carolina
neighbors weren't the ones that blemished the Pirates'
mission
back
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?fense
"Wc decided to attack the quarterback," Dantonio
said. "We gave him more problems coming after him
and forced him to throw bad passes. Things worked
in well."
od
l>ANTON!(> recovered the fumble which put USC's
re offense on the 11-yard line in the third quarter, and he
lio collaborated on eight tackles, including two quar
ir tcrback sacks.
,r > * -
?...uv11uvvun m*i viciously excited when squirming
tC quarterbacks are sacked, defensive ends usually
ie. enjoy it. too. "It's a great feeling," Dantonio said.
"It's a one-to-one situation with the end and the
id quarterback. Every time you get him. you win a
in challenge."
its Middle guard Koscoe Watson got through East
he Carolina's offensive line twice to sack quarterback
Jimmy Southerland, and he also had eight tackk*s.
>f East Carolina coach Pat" Dye said Watsori was one
ly reason why the Pirates couldn't make the big ofxt
fensive plays. "Their noseguard (Watson) killed us,"
Dye said. "He just jumped all around. I thought we
ie could have blocked him. but we didn't."
ie Watson and Dantonio agreed the defense was
ilf successful in forcing East Carolina towards the
,y See DEFENSE, page 14