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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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^
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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.