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If Carle, I, like a couple of thousand other seniors at Carolina, am a Carlen child. 1 was born and raised at this institution under James Anthony Carlen, and have consequently become more and more of a cynic concerning Carolina football. ir ^ Mi Wm .... ^gf Jim Carlen ... an import r I I an i Ice I I I V ) (offer* I L._? ? 77 n cantw Four years ago, Carlen brought to Carolina his impressive 62-33-5 record from Texas Tech and West Virginia. He was to be the savior of a program that could manage eight wins in the history of the school. It only seems like yesterday that Carlen and his Jeff Grantz show y ^K :.>;.:;v:.:?: :: . . yim/Jr.: :a?5?KgEft^ Brit^Antfrcw ? GAMECOCK ant year. V GO Featurina S1 Old Fashi y purchase of Cream t/ith coupon good thru Sept. 1 3) I-4Q9B in at Car went to the Tangerine Bowl with a nAurorfnl nffonoo anH a nnthintf defense. Even though the Gamecocks were totally outclassed by Miami of Ohio in a shivering Orlando stadium, folks began talking of football teams that coulu possibly keep up with USC's baseba?, anc basketball traditions. BU'. 7 & yippee to 6-5 uarien's sopho...ore year. The defense improved slightly, but the offense, namely Grantz, was gone. Carlen's first two years were strikingly similar. Start like gang busters, get beat by Georgia, fall on face. The Bulldogs seemed to seal Carolina's fate the first two years, and the third was no different. It is amazing how one game has served as a catalyst to slow Carolina the past three years. Even last year, when Georgia had IK?? uiic ui uic wuioi jrcoid v iuv;c Dooley has suffered in decades, the Buiiaogs won despite an all-out effort to give the game away. Everyone knows what happened then. 1-6 and a sunburn in Hawaii. So what about this year? Carlen, regarded as one of the best coaches in the nation, has just barely broken even in three years at the school that has become known as A J _ ^ - _ 1 -W + 4? 4 uie ?.* veyaraoi coacnes. 11 inai record slips below the .500 mark this year, Carlen may have put one foot in the proverbial grave. OD5T9J Duffy's Fame on Natural I 1 r I I j I | ;Lai ? : j I I WI1 I I I I { j (c J 1 olina, w TO SAY the least, this is an important year for Jim Carlen and the USC football team. Critics look at a coach's fourth year as the season when his first year recruits are supposed to bloom into stars. But Carlen got a late start on recruiting because he was hired in Perspectives by Mike Hunt January. Looking down the list oi eight first year signees, only one, Kick santord, has developed into a first-rate player. But, Carolina is loaded with the best athletes since he has been here; Carlen insists this may be true. The backfield is loaded with talent. Wright, Rogers, Clark, Dorsey and a walk-on named Mackie will provide all the depth the Gamecocks need at the running back positions. Returning off the injured list are two of the best receivers around in Zion McKinney and Ben Cornett, - ^4 4! ?*? !?_- r* * - nui iu mention wiiiy dcoil. THE OFFENSIVE line, which has been the target of criticism during the Carlen years, will probably be stronger than ever. So what about this year? 5-6 at the most; that is, unless the quar PX"' FF! >us Subs an* IceCream mb ?mm mmm mmm mmm ? mmm omw mm mm mmm mm ?an* m a FREI geSofl h purchase of any ffer good thru Sept. 1C m mm mam mm* mm mam mm mm mmm mm mmm mmm mam mmm mm mm 6Z9* ho can? terbacks can somehow escape the shadow of Eon Bass and are able to get the ball to the backs and receivers. Garry Harper, who will start against Furman, is under a great deal of pressure and he knows it. A supperb drop-back JV passer, Harper could supply the drive to place the Gamecocks past the quagmire of mediocrity. 1978 will be an interesting year for Carolina football. If they i viiiam oiuviv hi uic yvayo ui lilt past, they will demolish the Paladins and may even upset Kentucky. But down the road lurks a hungry Bulldog and a schedule full of ACC opponents. Therefore, weighing a potentially skillful team against a killer schedule, one question remains in the mind of this child of Carlen. If he can't win at the University of South Carolina, then who can? fcjcos ipc khja $154.95 ohmr (FREE SS.00 (ftutt coupon with M*h TI-57 purchitt . .FREE S12 95 book coupon with Mch 58/S9 purchaw ( [H P*3i*E * $53.50 ' J HP-32E $70 QQHLWl f:TTktL Packard* HP-33E $87.50 m j HP 37E $66.00 HP 29C $168.00 i HP-38E $104.50 HP-67 $385.00 < SHIPPED FREE! 1 NO SAIES TAX FOR OUT OF STATE CUSTOMERS I 1 SENO CHECK. MO, <* COO (SI.1% C O O FEE) I ^^APEX. N. C. 27M2 (till JM?*' 9 d 1 t orinK I I Stuffy's subs ] | i J with coupon) I I I to mmm mm mmm mmm mmm mmm mm mmm mm mmm mmm mm mmm mm* Bain