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By Michelle Burchette
Assistant Sports Editor
Fram the start of Saturday's
homecoming game against
Cincinnati, Carolina
manhandled the Bearcats in
a way reminiscent of their
trouncing of Wichita State
several weeks ago.
Scoring 49 points in the first
half, it looked as though
pages oi me record books
would once again be
rewritten. However, the
Gamecocks were unable to
score in the second half,
coming away with a 49-7
victory.
In Carolina's sixth win of
the season, Heisman candidate
George Rogers once
again ran for over 100 yards.
Rogers carried the ball 22
times for 128 yards, gaining
Ill yards in the first half.
More importantly the 6-2,
220-pound senior crossed the
1,000 yard mark for the third
time in his college career.
Despite the mammoth 49-7
Carolina halftime lead, Head
Coach Jim Carlen left
Rogers in the game for part
of the third quarter. Carlen
justified his action, saying
the extra rushing offered
Rogers a chance to work on
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"At the start of the second
half I felt George needed to
run more to work on not
fumbling since he fumbled
the last two games," Carlen
said. "He needed to get rid of
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HARRY SKIPPER opened
the ballgame for the
Gamecocks by partially
blocking a Cincinnati punt.
After taking the ball in
Bearcat territory, it took
only three plays to set up the
first score of the night.
Following runs bv Rnaprs
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and Johnnie Wright,
quarterback Garry Harper
kept the ball and scampered
12 yards for a touchdown.
On their next set of downs,
the Gamecocks drove deep
into Cincinnati territory
aided by 25 and 18 yard runs
by Rogers. Once again
Harper took it in for the
score, this time from two
yaids out for Carolina's
seco.id touchdown.
TRY AS THEY may,
Cincinnati couldn't salvage
the game. Bearcat quarterback
.Tohn Meinerdini?
tossed the ball into the hands
of Gamecock linebacker
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Kater returned the ball 19
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setting up a touchdown by
tailback Percy Reeves.
With 55 seconds left in the
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Behind 28-0, Cincinnati's
troubles were far from over.
The punt at the end of their
next series of downs was
blocked by junior defensive
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Teammate Chuck Finney
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to give up, however. Sparked
by tailback James Bettis,
Cincinnati drove 60 yards in
10 plays to set up their only
score. Sneaking around the
right side from the four yard
line, Bettis went in for the
touchdown putting the
Bearcats on the score board.
Carolina bounced back
with their sixth score of the
evening when Wright broke
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By Mark Platte
Representatives from five bowl games,
fittest of whom were scouting one week
early, were in Columbia Saturday night for
the Gamecocks 49-7 win over Cincinnati.
scouis irom me (iator, Tangerine, Peach,
Hall of Fame and Garden State Bowl all
expressed interest in USC's 6-1 team, fans
and George Rogers.
"Carolina is one of the teams we're high
on,M said John Lanahan of the Gator Bowl
selection committee. "You've got a potent
offense and a potential Heisman trophy
candidate in George Rogers."
Lanahan, who works for a Jacksonville,
Fla. lumber company in addition to 20 years
of volunteer service on the Gator Bowl
Committee, drove from Jacksonville and
arrived in Columbia Friday night. On
Saturday, he met with university personnel,
coaches and staff to talk about football. Any
mention of the bowl game with these people
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There is a seven man Gator Bowl selection
committee, according to Lanahan, who
will start out next week and look at teams in
the Big 8 and Big 10 conferences primarily.
Lanahan will attend the Oct. 25 TennesseePittsburgh
game and said he'll probably be
in Athens. Ga. the following week for the
I ISC-Georgia game.
LANAHAN, THK president of the Gator
Bowl selection committee in 1976, said his
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college campuses across the east coast.
One of the main issues in any howl game is
the money that is offered to the school and to
the host city's businesses, Lanahan said.
"We like to get into the fans pocketbook.
We're just another industry in our community
trying to raise money," he said. The
Gator Bowl will give each school close to
$500,000 for playing, with 25 percent of the
tickets available going to the fans of each
team. Lanahan said the Gator Bowl means
about $7 million in revenue to Jacksonville.
"George Rogers would be a tremendous
draw to the game," Lanahan said. "I think
he should win the Heisman trophy."
Perhaps the biggest attraction of having
USC in a bowl game is their fans. William
Moss, of the Hall of Fame Bowl selection
committee, said USC helped his Bowl when
they played in Birmingham last year and
the Hall of Fame Bowl helped the
Gamecocks' image.
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went to spring conference meetings, people
came up to us and said they couldn't believe
the way the USC fans stayed out in the rain
and watched the game," Moss said. The
Gamecocks lost to Missouri 24-14 at last
year's Hall of Fame game.
Moss said the Dec. 27 date of this year's
game has several advantages. "It's after
Christmas, one of the better dates for fans to
attend," he said. "Also, Birmingham is
usually a good driving distance for the two
teams."
The Hall of Fame Bowl pays $300,000 this
year to each school, an increase of $35,000
over last year.
JEFF CLARK, Tangerine Bowl
Representative and practicing attorney,
said he looks at teams with a large crowd
following when they play away games. "We
look at the fact that USC had 22,000 fans at
the Hall of Fame Bowl," Clark said. He said
Rogers would be a good draw for the people
of Orlando. The Dec. 20 Tangerine Bowl
reserves 8,60() of the 50,000 seats for each
team.
"If we could give them a bid, we'd do it
right now." Clark said. "South Carolina will
probably be in the top ten next week and
they'll probably be looking toward the Gator
or Liberty Bowl
Clark said teams with records of 7-4 or (>-5
usually aooear in the Tangerine Havme
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scouted Clemson in their loss to Duke, Clark
said they'd be a possibility. Clark said he
and about eight other scouts have to pay
their transportation to the game. "We
choose the games we want to go."
ROBERT MULCAHY, chief executive
officer of The Meadowlands sports complex
in East Rutherford, New Jersey, said the
Garden State guarantees $400,000 for each
team. "I look for a team with a wide ^oen
style that would be enjoyable to the far.. . id
a band that has color," Mulcahy said.
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Jersey was discredited by Mulcahy. "We
had 13,(KK) people come up from A'nbama
for the Rutgers game," he said, "We could
accomodate USC."
The Garden State Bowl is run by the New
Jersey Sports Authority who puts up the
$400,000.
Other teams the Garden State Bowl will
look at are Purdue, Michigan and Indiana.
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