University of South Carolina Libraries
Carlen1 By John Swift Staff Writer Carolina football Coach Jim Carlen warned his team all week long that Saturday night's game against the Duke Blue Devils would not be an automatic victory. By the end of the contest, Carlen the coach proved also to be Carlen the prophet. While his squad held on for a 20-7 victory, the game was up for grabs until late in the final quarter. Carlen's concern with Duke may have stemmed from two unbelievable comebacks that the Blue Devils had made against his teams in the past. In 1977, Duke trailed Carolina 21-0 at I | A t/J II IK wins The USC men's tennis pionship at the Clemson weekend in Clemson. The Gamecocks tallied 3 championship title. Clemsoi USC's Chuck Hodgin won by defeating Furman's K Raal won the number five edging Clem son's Rich Ake singles title was captured who downed Georgia's Paul Carolina's McDonald an( five doubles crown by Rudeem and Greg Cooper 6 "This was a very good w Ron Smarr said. "This tc some excellent competitior performance. The Gameocks next ma Citrus Bowl Tennis Cb^mpi j \ SAD! IE ^ ) Because He Didn't p i Check our ( tfj Prices First I I At THE JEWELRY B 2909 PLATT SPRINGS RD "ll't Horr Than Ju gBBMBB m * v i mm:, 'T\ warned 1 halftime, but rallied in the second half and came away with a 25-21 win. Then in 1978, Duke made a long touchdown drive late in the fourth quarter to pull out a 16-12 victory over the Gamecocks. CAROLINA ENDED the streak of last minute heroics this past season when it thoroughly dominated Duke in a 35-0 victory. To Gamecock followers, this year's matchup promised to provide about the same pocnlfc A VOU1VO . Their only concern was how long George Rogers would play in a game which would "obviously" be 5 team title team captured the chamTennis Classic this past | 7 1/2 points enroute to their n finished second with 331/2. the number four singles title I enny Hirsh 6-2, 6-4. Trevor ; singles crown for USC by 16-4, 6-7, 6-2. The number six ! by USC's Brian McDonald i Groth 6-3,6-3. i Jose Neto won the number defeating Clemson's Rich -4,6-4. in for us," USC tennis coach >urnament provided us with i and I was pleased with our tch will be Oct. 23-26 at the onships in Vero Beach, Fla. Example: a B 14K 1 ?| "S" 6 9 I chain earrings \ ! H r WAREHOUSE SALE W. COLA.*9 til 6 Mon.-SaL j II Anotker J*w?try S'rore" III Mil JMI b yvy t ^ ^ ii^mra^ i? team ab decided by halftime. But Carlen realized this was an imnrnvoH Flnlro cnnnH and thus was happy to come away with a close win. "Duke played well arid they'll get better as the season progresses," Carlen said. "We weren't necessarily flat ? I credit Duke with playing a good game. (Duke Head Coach) Red Wilson is doing an excellent job." As for his own squad's performance, Carlen was quite complimentary considering the Gamecocks committed three turnovers nmtm ?1 f /wl nlmApl 1 AA anu aLLuuiuiaicu aiuiuoi iw yards in penalties. "We didn't play very sharp tonight. Everything went wrong, but we won and that's the sign of a good football team," he said. Although the Carolina offense racked up 476 yards, the Gamecocks got only two touchdowns. "We moved the football, but turned it over three times ? two times when we had a chance to score," Carlen said. "Our big problem was that our passing game aia noi m savings i innn sale 24 Ireg. 33.00 The shoes that ca and work overtim Joyce. And now 1 tastic savings. C sling back, ankle open toes. Sizes l\ j and Columbia Mi town). I A. Blondie, in blac B. Picasso, in brov C. Tora in black ar 1 out Blu< complement our running game like it did last week against (N.C.) State." wmi..i\ iHK onense naa its problems, the Carolina defense turned in another outstanding performance. "I have confidence in our defense. It was exceptional tonight except for the one play when one of our young players got beat long," Carlen said. As usual, most of the postgame chatter centered on tailback Rogers who gained 228 yards but suffered four fumbles. "George Rogers had INTERNA It > jflL SO | ,, This coupon is j^oc n p.m. and 5 p.m. j | Offer expires o<:i. : Coupon (j( BHBiHHIBin a afoot! VQfior by] in put in a full day's work e as well...Innovations by you can get them at fanchoose scooped wedges, straps, delicate cut outs, 17-10, M5-10. Downtown all (Not all colors Downk, brown and wine suede, vn, black, wine smooth id navy smooth > Devils another fine game except for the fumbles. Duke tackled the ball a good bit and caused some problems," Carlen said. "George's hands are also nrettv ha need up and he can't close down on the ball." Carlen said the attention involving Rogers' race for the Heisman Trophy may also be a factor. "There's a lot of pressure on George. He was pressing tonight, trying to live up to everyone's expectations," he said. THE VICTORY over Duke brought Carolina's record to 5-1, but Carlen still sees TIONAL HOUSE < G7 DevineSt. and 1031 As % ALL MENU ITI Between 3 p.m. an d for '/2 off on all menu 27. 1980 Not Good on Any ()tt Both Locations in <:olumt >ia cxl for i-2-:*-4 Persons on S; in ic I/. 3yce* -*? X\,. S x 'v::^ fa*'*;,. 1 0 0 } 0 <rfrro^v room for improvement. "I still think we can play better. We hope to get in the top ten, but we need to continue to play better," he said. "We need to work on our passing game. Harper has to read (defenses) better. We are getting good protection and we have good ? i f receivers. With only five games remaining in the 1980 season many Carolina fans have already started talking about going to a postseason bowl game. When questioned about his bowl preference, Carlen casually replied, "The Cincinnatti Bowl this coming Saturday night." OF FAIN?J/\Kfc,?>| semblvSt. | 50% S IMS OFF f] d5p.m. | items ... between :3 i\ I icr SjM'ciiil or oiler ' : ( iUcsi Check ! > A. \ i !" I i i j " i / B. c