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The jinx is over.
I Georgia has fallen.
Most of Carolina's football players were no more than a couple of
years old the last time a USC team beat the Bulldogs. But the
Gamecocks made it look so easy Saturday night that it was as if they
had been doing it all their lives.
The effortless, nearly flawless. Derformance of Carolina meant a little
more than the second win of the season for the Gamecocks. It was the
Bulldogs, if you recall, that started USC's downward slide to a 1-6 finish
last season.
But this year's 27-10 win and last year's 15-13 loss were similar in
nearly all aspects. Except one. The Gamecocks were able to convert on
turnovers.
LAST YEAR, Carolina refused to do anything with the ball after
repeated tries by Georgia to give the game away.
But this year was different. Rick Sanford intercepted a poorly thrown
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yards later, USC increased their 13-10 halftime lead to 20-10 on a Garry
Harper sneak.
And in the fourth quarter, the Gamecocks forced Georgia's leading
ground gainer, Willie McClendon, to fumble. Eight plays and 42 yards
later, the game was over.
"This is the best we've played and the best win for our team since I've
been at Carolina," said a typically unemotional Jim Carlen after the
game, uur piayers ana coacnes deserve a nana, we eliminated our
mistakes tonight and I credit the coaching staff for that."
BUT. BESIDES the coaching staff, the offensive line had to be
commended for blowing out Georgia's six-man front to make room for
George Rogers and Johnnie Wright.
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ground, had nothing but praise for their line.
"They really played super. Coming off the line and blowing the
defense back was the key to the game," said Wright.
' "I can't ask for no more. Hey, what can I say? Our line really blocked
great out there," said Rogers.
ERSKINE RUSSELL, Georgia's defensive coach, said he didn't think
USC's line would have been able to stick it to the Bulldogs like they did.
Carolina's tackles, George Schechterly and Bill Lane, thought otherwise.
{ "After the first couple of plays, we got it down. We played just like we
practice," said Lane. "We weren't actually surprised that we could
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"We moved the ball on Duke, we move the ball on Kentucky, we
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on our mistakes," said Schecherly.
If observed, the column where game mistakes are recorded would
lead one to believe that someone switched the totals. Georgia, a team
famous for its no-mistake play, turned the ball over five times as opposed
to USC's two.
And those two turnovers by Wright and Rogers, Carlen said, occurred
because both backs were worn out from playing the entire game.
But more than just not turning the ball over, Carolina dominated
Georgia in nearly every aspect of the game. First downs (27 to 10),
rushing (323 to 203), total offense (426 to 309), total plays (82 to 50) and
time of possession (USChad the ball 23:27 in the second half) all proved
Carolina's total control over the Bulldogs.
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By Brett Friedlander
Asst. Sports Editor
The year was 1959 ?19 years ago
to be precise.
The Georgia Bulldogs came to
Columbia nationally ranked with a
2-0 record. On that day, Coach
Warren Giese's Gamecocks beat
Georgia in every facet of the game
and claimed a 30-14 victory over
the Fran Tarkenton-led Bulldogs.
The year is 1978. The Georgia
Bulldogs came to Columbia
nationallv ranked (lRth hv thp
Associated Press) with a 2-0
record. Saturday night, Coach Jim
Carlen's Gamecocks beat Georgia
in every facet of the game and
claimed a 27-10 victory over the
Bulldogs.
IN BETWEEN the two games,
Carolina could manage only two
ties with Georgia. This one,
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OUTSIDE OF McCLENDON'S
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122 yards on the ground. USC's
defense also caused five Bulldog
turnovers.
Unlike the 1977 game (Georgia
fumbled nine times but still
managed to win 15-13), Carolina
took advantage of Georgia's turnovers.
According to Pyburn, that
was the difference between victory
and defeat.
"We felt like we were moving the
ball well in the first half," he said.
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