The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, October 10, 1977, Page Page 10, Image 10
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By SALLY WILSON
Sports Kditor
It was the kind of play everybody
knew was just too good to be true.
Carolina, after leading Duke 21-3
at halftime. had allowed the Blue
Devils to literally run right over
that 18-point lead to a 25-21 advantage.
However, with less than
two minutes left in the game and
the hall in the wrong hands at the
wrong end of the field, USC's Joe
MeGregor renewed Gamecock
diehards' faith in fourth-quarter
comebacks. But the faith was
short-lived.
A Duke fumble on USC's sevenyard
line was recovered by
defensive tackle McGregor.
Recovered, yes, but that's not all.
McGregor picked up the ball and
lumbered 90 yards to Duke's end
zone for what would have been a
most timely touchdown.
It wasn't to be. McGregor may
have fooled some fans and even
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referees were not in the mood for
cute plays. They didn't budge from
Carolina's seven-yard line, where
Duke fumbled. According to NCAA
rules, fumbles cannot be advanced
bv the defense.
After the game, McGregor,
wornout from playing both
lineman and one-time run
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downfield jog would produce
nothing more than a rapid heart
beat. "I knew it was a dead ball."
he said. "I guess I was just hoping
for anything."
Three other Carolina defenders,
who blocked two Duke players who
weren't taking any chances,
surrounded McGregor as he
plodded along ina somewhat
bewildered manner. McGregor
says he'd take a defensive lineman
job over runningback anyday,
thank you.
"1 ain't no speedster," he
drawled with agrin. "I really don't
like doing that. I was tired."
Mayotte
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Freshman Hodgin lost to the first
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6-4 in the round of 16. In the first
two rounds, Hodgin defeated Ken
Koling 6-1, 6-2 and Dennis
McKowen 4-6, 7-4, 7-5.
Gilbert defeated Tennessee's
Trach Delatte 6-2, 6-4 and Chuck
Davis 6-3, 7-5 before losing to
Clemson's first singles player,
Mark Biekler 7-6, 7-5. MacDonald
lost to Bob Deller 6-4,6-4 in the first
round.
Carolina was the only team to
have both doubles teams reach the
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Donald lost to the third seeded
team of Alabama's Robinson and
Mike Shore 4-6,7-6, 7-6 after having
four match points. Hodgin and
Mayotte lost to Delatte and
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"I felt all of our guys played
well," Smarr said. "If there had
been a team winner, I think we
would have won. We advanced
more players than any other
team."
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"...I ain't no speedster."
Although Carolina's defense
made big, although some bogus,
plays at the end of the fourth
quarter, USC had trouble with
basics throughout the second half.
Duke gained 209 yards for 22 points
in the second half. "Duke's a good
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kept picking us apart and kept
coming back at us.
"We should have won. Being
ahead 21-3 in the second quarter
."McGregor shook his head, then
said succinctly, "We just blew it."
USC coach Jim Carlen said the
defense just plain didn't play well
in the second half. "I was surprised
they could take the ball and move it
on us like they did in the second
nan, ne said. "We played as good
as we ever have in the first half.
But you've got to play good two
halves. 21-3 ought to be enough to
win." |
As it turned out, a 21-3 first half I
lead couldn't win the game for
Carolina. And unfortunately for
USC fans, JoeMcGregor's 90-yard
run couldn't win the game either.
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By DOUG JOLLEY
Gamecock Staff Writer
USC's men's and women's
swim team had an intrasquad
meet Saturday morning at the
Sol Blatt P.E. Center.
After trailing for eight
' events, the black team made
an impressive comeback
effort, taking the last five
events to win the meet, 73-61.
THE GARNET TEAM, led
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lead by winning the 400-yard
medley relay. The team's
winning time was 3:54.149.
In the 1000-yard freestyle,
Mary de Mackey and Bill
Humby of the black team won
over Randy Phipps and Stan
Sands of the garnet team. The
garnet team retained an 11-7
lead.
The garnet team extended
their lead in the next event,
the 200-yard freestyle, to 18-11.
Steve BreUer of the garnet
team had the winning time of
1:47.095.
The black team won the 50yard
freestyle event, but
again were unable to gain the
overall lead. Barney Giese
Fligg
surprised they scored. But
that they could come out and
outplay our defense after they
dominated play in the first half was
the thing that surprised me."
The Gamecocks must now play
their next four games on the road
against Mississippi, ' North
Carolina, N.C. State and Wake
Forst. Carlen thinks this will tell
whether the Gamkecocks are a
good football team.
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and Link Doyle had times of
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E. J. Mercer of the garnet
team had a time of 22.99.
In the 200-yard individual
medley, the garnet team
narrowly won the event as
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team members Greg Midwinter
and Rick Greene, with
times of 2:02.26, 2:03.11, and
2:04.56, respectively. The
garnet team led overall 27-24.
It was a case of the males
vs. the females in the onemeter
diving event. The allmale
garnet team prevailed
over the all-female black team
7-4. Mike Osborne had the
highest score, 177.75 increasing
the garnet team's
lead to 34-28.
BLACK TKAM member Bill
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7-4 score in 200-yard butterfly.
The garnet still led 38-35.
In the 100-yard freestyle,
Barney Giese dominated the
event, finishing almost two
second ahead of his nearest
competitor, Bill Ehrhorn, to
give his team another much
needed point to pull the black
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"We've got a tough job ahead of
us with these next four games on
the road. Mississippi will be more
than eager to meet us. But when
you look at Mississinni thov'rn tho
kind of team that can play good
football as they did when they
upset Notre Dame or they can play
mediocre football when they lost to
Southern Mississippi," Carlen
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lead the meet for the first
time, 48-47.
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loss and think about next week's
game. Like I said before the start
of the season I said there were only
two teams we were better than,
and they were Appalachian St. and
Miami (Ohio). In today's game
Duke just whipped us. As a team
we've got to put out of our minds
what happened today and concentrate
on what's ahead." he said.
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