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USC defensive tacki I Uninspired Carolina defeats Bobcats I (^ems 1 A i w v/nvfviiu 31/UI & BH Ml^Syfll plifl GamtcocK Staff Writer In all sports, especially a violent one like football, emotion often plays an important role. And according to two Gamecock offensive players, emotion was important to both the. course and outcome of Carolina's sloppy (24-7) Homecoming win over Ohio Saturday. Skip Ramsey, junior quarterback transfer from Alabama, came off the bench to replace Garry Haroer in the third miArfAP nnH the Gamecock offense en route to the win. He cited the Bobcats' emotional play as a chief reason that the game was so close for so long. "They came here ready to play, and were really enthusiastic, especially on defense. That's part of why we had so much trouble early in the game. We could have lost; it was the punt tyat turned us around," Ramsey said. "THE PUNT" was Max Runager's third quarter 62-yard cannon shot which Ohio fumbled. Carolina recovered, and a field goal resulted, making the score 10-7. Shortly thereafter, Ramsey trotted on the field to lead a touchdown march which awoke the crowd and gave Carolina a 10-point lead. "We didn't try anything really different when I went in. Coach Carlen and Coach Fliffsr caII on defeat Sunday Carolina so :: spectacle. VI VV.flt d?v? rebacfc ? oAMicocK controlled I es winning goal ^VbXSi "* Turin for U ^1905 ^BH^^BB^BBfflwsasJi^^BBBj^iiTOBi^ :; ... '*: :'::^ irterback Nigel Turpin and di the plays, and I just mp them. Ramsey said in the USC lockerroom. "On the pass to Willie Scott (a third-down 13yarder to set up the second USC touchdown), they had their linebackers coming, so he was wide open. I just threw it out there and he did tk. ?? UIC 1 CO I. About the game in general, Ramsey commented that "it wasn't really a good victory, but we needed it." Despite some sloppiness on pitch plays, Ramsey was very effective. So much so, in fact, that Jim Carlen faces a tough decision next week: Ramsey or Harper? "I'VE BEEN waiting for a chance to play, so I'm happy about today. But starting next week ... well, that's up to Coach Carlen," said Ramsey. "Whatever happens, I need to work more with the backs. My fumbles today were due to my bad timing. But with more practice 911 A ? i u get more connaent on the pitch plays." None of the Gamecocks looked particularly sharp Saturday, and the offensive linemen were no exception. One of the big men on the line is George Schechterley, and he tabbed a lack of intensity as the Carolina problem against Ohio. "We just weren't ready to play today. As it turned out, we were lucky to win. The thing that I lS soccer i y Mike Hunt Nwokocha, a 5-11, spon? Edttor senior from Onitsha, 1 ny^mnn the Tigers in the lea afternoon s Olemson- i_j n,. ocer match was qu.te a an 4,000 orange and d fans swelled USC's I ,u u- tk VJTu* ?..? coach Ibrahim Ibrahir I in the mid-October sun nAtm^ ittntn e/, nation's second-ranked di^",tcounton"1.e >t the Gamecocks We were sati8Hed nents of the classic *npp?pnt ""TEST Even though ^e ?r? nkv hv nlftv an' ** ^ll With nrt'Jllrtiv /nfhn^nfiHc drives late in the ( nd wildly enthusiast c dominated a good poi le room for the players |^atch 6 . t "We did a pretty goo many came out of ~ R ? ??? tj uamecock coach Mark to see the Tigers, , d f itely composed of era ""J"* P "We tried to counter ( A. a t * a I thought we did a pret rt the undefeated at thal i don't think ever the reason, 4,000 ??& I were able to see In- played the number two , .. . nation and got beat 2 e soccer at its finest. weaknesses sd first when midfielder f * e' i drilled the ball to the been wor8C 1,181 ab?Ut 10 Turin made several n two minutes later saves blockin? P?wer nveZd a co^er Uck J ? wjwiuiuaico UUU uieir game wnen Damien ... th taiented v AfricanClemsonplaye >al. Nwokocha headed ? tM^re?ck8oaUePaul would ^ Phy?ic?V' 81 Iv dCOi v? Stephen McCormcck ? GAMECOCK ags him down from behind finally got us moving was Max's punt. Until then, we just weren't intense," the tackle noted. "They (the Ohio defense) didn't do anything we didn't expect; we'd seen it all on the game films. We knew what we were supposed to do physically, but mentally we just weren't ready. Fortunately, Skip played well and helped charge us up." The 6-2, 250-pound transfer from Penn State helped Ramsey look good. The two long carries of the day for the Gamecocks. jonnnie Wright's 28-yard run for the final touchdown, went over Schechterley's right tackle position. LOOKING AHEAD, Schechterley observed that, "I hbye our lack of intensity is just temporary, because if it isn't, Ole Miss will kill us next week. But I think we will be back to normal for that game." For almost three quarters Saturday, Ohio University stuck close to Carolina, and emotion aDDarenMv hnH n w " rr ..?v u iui iu uu wiin mat fact. Its presence on the Ohio side and absence on the Carolina side was primarily responsible for making it an unexpectedly close, if not particularly exciting, Homecoming game. team 2-1 168-pound Clemson, indeed, played a rough Nuprin Style Of SOCC*r Rafor^o __ _ _ _ AWftVA VV/O VW ICC id?for~'cood issue<* ye^ow card warnings to the 11 past Turin Ti8ers; one to Benedict Papoola i thp onmp and another to Ogunsuyi. A conmuch as I frontation between USC's Ed Tiger head Fuc^s and Clemson's Charles n said "We Hea(^am arose when Headlam, a oringonus senior from Kingston, Jamaica, wiui Deing r ucns aurmg the match. iDortunitv to The game was marred by j several flagrant pushing and riffPiHi pon- shoving incidents by the Tigers. fast break "They have a long way to go. but ,flmp Tjcp they are a very good soccer team," rtinn'nf thp sa*d Ibrahim. Considering we weren't playing in full stride d job," said (Clemson had several jnjuries), I , Berion "I think we ^ right. our young 41 think we could give anybody in the country a match," said attack and Berson? whose team slipped to 7-1 j tv aood iob with the loss* we had anv The Gamecocks Droved th*v . ?*v waiirp WO were capable of playing with the f m in fh? nation's second best as they -1 Tf there sometimes baffled the Tigers with j " Would heads_uP defense and fancy 1 that," he footwork Clemson, however, showed their spectacular strength on defense when they shots from broke up a fast break that proved le and his to be USC's last scoring attempt. hands full Even though USC was defeAt^ i j ? runa-ci&S8 l"e strong showing against the rs. Tigers was a boost for the sical team, program, which is in its first i knew they varsity season. "We don't play lid Berson. games to get bids," Berson said.