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Sports a ?r; 9V' ^ ^^3; V'':* USC soccer player Dave Masur ( Warren (13) and Mon Chin (11). (Photo by Dan Langendorf) Commentary By Geo By Mike Chibbaro Sports Editor tM ?i -?- rv i ? in vYcuiiesuay & ijramecocw, c>arajar an editorial explaining why USC ri Rogers does not have a very good ct coveted Heisman Trophy in 1980. One side of her editorial was very \ other side, however, was grossly misr She charged the USC Sports Infoi wun noi adequately promoting Kogei will ultimately kill Rogers' chance i porting cast: a high-powered, co] touting, sports information departmer that the USC SIDs began their promol too late in his career. OBVIOUSLY, MS. FRELIGH had i planning, time, and effort that the US< Department has put into the promotior benefit of all those USC students whc Mc i fth 'c nHif Ari01 f fnllminnrt u 1TAU. JL & O V/Uit\il iai, 111^ L V1IU W Ilig K of the things that have been done to pn Heisman Trophy. When George Rogers was a freshms Information Department realized thai Heisman candidate on their hands. Bu someone as a Heisman candidate, yoi Heisman candidate George Roge I one of the most well known coh in America. v' ->t-S?BV;;^^^u. *1 |J|v-; ^ J? .SPSS pPB^gBK. ? 'y": b. I " finMI 16) battles for the ball with the Citadel's Tim usu defeated the Uitade/ J-U on Wednesday. srno Qft F1 him as an Ail-American. Wi began their George Rogers-A le Freligh submitted _ f .. . . c, inning back George 'Before the start of the 1 .ance of winning the f"t to media members ac: ? tained three excellent photo^ veil researched. The as "A" American Candidate presented. ?At midseason, a flier w -mation Department media on Rogers'1979 achie^ OU? *? ??...! t a. one wiuit, wuai , . r ,, s the lack of a sup- , 'Two weeks before theei pv-SDewing nlaver- to thc selectlon of the Ap al It" She also claimed f"ll,c?!or "ler tion of "Big George" statistics through the Wake I From the end of Rog< about Rogers left the USC S no idea at all of the him as an All-American a 2 Sports Information was selected the AP's fir i of Rogers. So for the Newspaper Enterprise At > were misguided by team, UPI All-American se > a summary of a few All-American second team. Dmote Rogers for the the Heisman balloting. in at USC, the Sports .. ONCE ROGERS receivec t they had a possible time was right to begin th t before you can tout ropny. u must first promote ?A flier was mailed prioi containing a color picture c jjjf jg| of the press across the co npnarttnonf olnnrl uiifli flio I VilTVlTV UAUllg W At/11 U1V I this year, have made the D three Heisman candidates ii AFTER HEADING Wc get the impression that Ro| among the American spoi weeks ago, however, meml wait to see Rogers in act flooded with promotional Carolina running back. In L billing from the local papers issue of Football News %M appear on the cover of tl Thursday's Washington Si -/m IK story on Rogers. For the pa /ooi u ": has been highlighted on th ,rs (38) is becoming This pflst Slfmn^er Iiogers lege football players states on a promotional tot NCAA. LJSC soo T lger hui By Richard Meyers Assistant Sports Editor Carolina's soccer team has played Clemson three times in two years, and each time USC has come away with nothing but frustration and a one goal loss. In the Gamecocks' inaugural season, they dropped a 2-1 thriller before 4,000 fans at the "Graveyard" to the nationally ranked Tigers. Last year, USC found itself on the short end of two 1-0 games, the second being a NCAA playoff contest. Carolina Soccer Coach Mark Berson thinks it's about time that pattern changed. He's looking for a big assist ? not from any of his players ? but from USC fans. "We love having this game home," Berson said. "We want to see every single solitary person in Columbia out here to root for us. When Clemson comes on the field Sunday, I would like to have as much support as possible. Good, clean, honest support. That means more to our players than anything else. "Having fans here Sunday is going to be a very big part of the game for our team. If we can get that 12th man on the field, with the 12th man being the Carolina fans, we're going to have a very big advantage." CAROLINA, WHICH has a 20-2 lifetime mark at the "Graveyard," will be facing a OES have a h this in mind the USC SIDs YES, GEO! 1 American campaign. to win the Hei >79 football season, a flier was he^eettfnc^ oss the nation. The flier con- have been sLi raphs of Rogers and billed him Sia - George Rogers." Also, Rogei ^ i _ / A is sent out which updated the oiaie v/i ements. Redwine s tec Schlicter wen d ot the season, the week prior be ou^ 0f ac, d UPI Ail-American teams, a sent out. It contained Rogers' Who should orestgame. Heisman? Of rs' sophomore year, nothing "?s teammate iDs office without proclaiming single athletic ndidate. The results: Rogers Congratula! t team All-American squad, working peop sociation All-American first fu' io^?m ^ :ond team, and Football News the USC Sport Rogers also finished seventh in p .. the All-American status, the i promotion for the Heisman ? to the start of the 1980 season ^ ^ f Rogers and a wpalth nf farts r .......4m ck. It was mailed to every hat has a circulation of over e mailed to over 600 members intry. Each card contained a : Football Sports Information ^Kg led to the national press which ^ , jB8L; - Heisman Update." -V e film clips are sent to selected the USC Sports Information ?gy2jj rilliant performance of Rogers It ?iiluth, Ga. native one of the top Inesday's editorial, one might ers is an unknown commodity ts media. At Ann Arbor two ers of the local media couldn't on. They said they had been information about the South >s Angeles, Rogers received top ing about Rogers. He has apnajor sporting publication in itured on the cover of the latest t has been rumored that he will e Nov. issue of Inside Sports. ir printed nearly a full page it two weeks the USC superstar i NFL Today show on CBS-TV. vas selected to tour the United p sponsored by ABC-TV and the Heismart ca of Playboy A ? cer team ioru slumping Clemson squad. After being ranked number one in the country for several weeks, the Tigers went 0-2-1 last week for their worst three game period in ten years. They now stand at 5-2-1 and are ranked 17th in the nation. The Gamecocks upped their season record to 5-3-2 with a 3-0 shutout Wednesday -i ii? J^.1 ai me i/iuiuei. Victor Wikstrom scored his seventh goal of the season with 26:39 left in the first half on an assist by David Goodchild on an indirect kick. Seven minutes later Goodchild followed with a goal of his own to give the Gamecocks a 2-0 advantage. The goal was the sophomore's eighth of the season, giving him the team lead in that category. Chris Heidelberger scored the only goal of the second half. His score came with 29:05 remaining in the game, with an assist from Wikstrom. THE CITADEL OFFENSE was kept in check the entire game by an aggressive Carolina defense. The Bulldogs did not register a shot on goal until almost 17 minute into thp matrh Thp Citfldpl was held to six shots for the game, with only one in the second stanza. USC fired 30 shots on goal and had six corner kicks compared to three for the Bulldogs. i chance IGE ROGERS does have a very good chance sman Trophy in 1980. As Ms. Freligh pointed ot to overcome, but Geroge has the ability and H-io ovnnc11m MAnncoof/\ ? 1 HIV, \. Apv/oui V/ nwv^oai j i,VJ u^ai 111C VAiUv) lllclt eked against him. *s' closest competitors are struggling. Both jrt Schlichter's team) and Nebraska (Jarvis im) were upset last week. Both Redwine and 2 injured in their defeats. Redwine is expected tion for at least two weeks. be congratulated if George Rogers wins the course, we should begin by honoring Rogers, s, and coaches for accomplishing the greatest : achievement in the history of USC sports, tions would also be in order for some hard>le behind the scenes ? Mike Nemeth, Oby rice, and Merideth Taylor ? the members of s Information Department. if |jj^ jE ill'.: ' L . 8S K:i"W M W* VHBK a . ndidate George Rogers (Photo courtesy Magazine)