Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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sports Old rtnlc' reunion P A ironic t< *" "T f 1 v A Carolina runninghack Spencer CU l>liull> HllLn ?11> c~? ' ? ivimri ^ rutturUHV cIS tjl Carlen say _ I I A I piavea z a By MATT VVAH |) (inniocock Staff Writer After loading Duke through the half 21-3 like a .VI team heading into their four st panics. However. Carolina played the se< well as Duke played the first, enablin Hot-ile a ?* 1 ,r"^ 111 m-it-iii ( m 25-21 before C.ameeock crowd. "There were two different ball gar today." I SC head coach Jim Carlen said as well as we can in the first half. We mo well and our defense stopped Duke effect i second half Duke stopped us from doing \ successfully in the first half." CAKOIJNA OPFAKI) I P a 21-3 lead < V2, 71 and C>R yards. The Gamecocks po: hall for 19:45 in the first half and had 219 170 yards on the I'rnnnH - __ n. wx??iu uiivi -tu y f\\"lis pi Mine Devils had the hall for only 10: IS in tl and gained only 122 yards. "We used the plays in the first half that v with Kast Carolina last week," offensive t Fling said. "In the second half Duke p defensive football. They clogged the mid' weren't able to run up the middle, and the into situations we don't like being in." Duke scored its first touchdown of the p third quarter on a Rl-yard drive in 11 fullback Ned Gonet scoring over left tackl< Devils scored a two-point conversion to pt at 21-11 with Q- to Inft in ? .. 1 II I Mil U l(UiH lt*r. Carolina had an opportunity to score ii quarter as quarterback Hon Bass comp yard pass to Gene Wilson to put the Gamec Duke 12-yard line. The drive stalled, then \ Parrish missed a 22-vard field goal. "IT WAS vorv imnnrtanl J tuiit unit wt; M'O second half to keep our momentum goii said. "We had a greit chance after Ron that long pass to Wilson, and we came up er The Blue Devils narrowed the Gameco two points after Duke drove 58 yards in 10 Gnnet carrying over left tackel to make th By VINCE MOORE Asst. Sports Editor Lockerrooms never lie about the outcome of < he losing team's dressing quarters usually res dinners' quarters is something just short of jubili And after Duke had enjoyed a second half rejuv ver Carolina Saturday, the Blue Devils' d iredictable pandemonium. AMIO THE congratulatory hand slaps and vie! n especially happy fellow by the name of Eai earn mates walkwl hv hie nam una sara iu tu bHI Bg v n ft \^g f Mark Alexan ?rk tries to Hon Hass stands back and uarterback Clark led all I'SC rushers \ 'a vumecoCI ifferent gan 17. Duke made a two point ( c arried the ball into the end zone 19. USC looked After receiving the ball, the G; raight road their only turnover when Bass t ri K^lf 4,1 * _w..v. 11(111 us on mira clown by Duke defensi g the Blue Cook returned the interception : a stunned down to give the Blue Devils a 25 "That interception was big pla nes played game." Carlen said. "We decic "We played pattern and when you're deep ii ved the ball on third down you must try some vely. In the game that you're suddenly beh vhat we did I SC IIAI) a last chance to ^ defensive right tackle Joe Mci >n drives of Duke fumhlo n ,x/ hi?v me uauiH ssessed the their own 7 yard line with 1:23 le yards with completed a 42-yard pass to Wils issing. The left in the game as he was knock ie first half the final play of the game Bass the end zone. corked well "The big difference in this ga [ n;irh .lnr?lr I- *1-- 1 " - im." nun in me second hall layed good have the ball like we did in th( die ko they said "When we had the ball in y forced us usually had second down and sh< a first down. In the second hal ,ciiv 111 tut* situations, such as second dowi plays with yards to no for a first." e. The Blue it the score FliRK thinks a hip, reason for Di the Gamecocks' inability to scor n the third "if we had continued to score so leted a 43- wne ? .ivivi uur inomemu ocks on the tinned." Fligg said. "We lost a gi LJSC's Britt won. and with Mississippi ahe< difficult to forget this loss and pre red in the <\\KI.FN SAII> Duke quarterb rig," Fligg the main factor for the Blue Dev * * vwiiipivvcva scconti naif. "Dunn is a real go npty." with his ability, he's very hard ck lead to said. "Dunn makes things happei plays with ? e score 21 who?" Cook srr "Ron who" i: a football game. While teammate of Ei iembles a morgue, the Bass pass late ir ant disarray. down. Carolina ^nation and a 25-21 win final misery a ressing room was in Gamecocks. "That's the bi knew the receiv< tory whoops, there was was going to thn 'i v-ook. une of Cook s we wanted tl ok, "Hey, Cookie. Ron terception can d( ^ssmw Bl T THERE - TTie Gamecocks second half, and Si f half," Cook said to believe that w rejuvenation. McGee sai< J .Til THE BICi(tks VJ II quarterback Mik ijr^vjjl for 74 more. Dur lyTal they kept comin w "But wc drove 8; VT^ ,-y * gave us some m< yw ^ never quit, and t Carolina coach ' ^ie Same 'n * y'ttgfe?; ' >g^V, "Their passing "But their runniri *: our throats. Dun . But in the end. i ? '* "* the Gamecocks. der-the oamecock came from an old watches the play. "Well. I noticec vith 82 vards s,aid with a srni,e things like that. I him if I could." And he did. ^ But what are ( *>i ivau. led to throw the out a your own territory thing to get hack in a ind." SmgSS^S,r vin the game when . Gregor recovered a w'Jt :ocks the football at Sjl 1 Wf'M ack Mike Dunn was *JBBf ils comeback in the ^>d quarterback and L'SC nuartof io aeiense," I'arlen coach Jack Fli n for them, I wasn't completed sev< o FUC.Ci, page 10 Devils and gall tiled from ear to ear. s USC quarterback Ron Bass, a former high school arl Cook's back in Virginia. Cook picked off an errant i the fourth quarter and returned it 30 yards for a touchwas leading 21-19 at the time, and Cook's theft was the dded to the inept second half performance of the ggest play I ever made," Cook said after the game. "I er was running an out pattern, and I decided that if Ron 3w it, I was going for the interception. hem to pass because we nepdpd n hio ninu ? ?.D . IIIIU an HI0 that. So I had to gamble." was no jubilation in the Duke locker room at halftime. 1 had dominated play in the first half, stifling the Duke ng a 21-3 lead . But it was a different Duke team in the I fortunately for the Blue Devils, a different Gamecock na) were doing some things we hadn't seen in the first . "so we had to make some halftime ad justments I haup e outsmarted them in the second half." Tike McGee explained the Blue Devils' second half 1, "We got a sustained drive after the kickoff and our jp their offense. Then the momentum changed. And this omentum." T momentum change for Duke was in the form of ;e Dunn who ended up rushing for 58 yards and passing in said although Duke moved the ball in the first half, g up short. right right down and scored in the second half, and if imentum," he said. "We just went after them and we it paid off." Jim Carlen agreed that the Duke offense took control he second half. ; game really didn't hurt us that bad," Carlen said, ig attack did. They took the football and stuffed it down n can really pick you apart." it was Cook's interception that finally meant defeat for Was Cook's timely interception any sweeter since it I high school teammate named Ron Bass? I Ron was getting prettv excited in th<? fir?? Hair ? w ..aw* null, VAIUIV . "You know, jumping up and down on big plays and t crossed my mind then that I would kind of stick it to ;ood friends for? ^ * ob^B IV Jl 9f % ir ''Wx'V !? ,%-' I '#. v Murk ATTxsndST^M^^AMBCOCK back Ron Bass seeks advice from offensive gg during Saturday's 25-21 loss to Duke. Bass pn of 14 attempted passes against the Blue tied 64 yards rushing. '