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bjpont: ^jx *"C KA s Bevan Funderburi football Championship ? season. (Photo by Steve i Nation's leadii Cil By Mark Gilliam St.iff Writer "I feel mvsell that I am the best running back in the nation." the nation's leading rusher said. No. this week it's not George Rogers, but instead The Citadel's outspoken Lyvonia "Stump" Mitchell. The 5-9, 188 senior comes to Columbia for Saturday's i_uni.es i againsi tne nationally ranked Gamecocks, with 1,264 yards and an average of 158 yards per game. "A couple of weeks ago, <iil Brandt (vice president of the Dallas Cowboys) said the only difference between Mitchell and Rogers is about, lour inches and 40 pounds," Citadel's coach. Art Baker said. "Well, the difference between the whole Citadel team and Carolina is about that per man," he joked. "Mitchell is a tremendous running back, USC Coach .Jim Carlen said. "You can bank on them (Citadel) coming to play. Being a military institution, they'll get after you from start to finish." "Our players can't help I ~ NCAA RUSHIK Mitchell-The Citadel Roqers South Carolina 1 Allen Southern Cal McNeil UCLA Red wine Nebraska Walker Georgia Brooks Auburn Lawrence Va. Tech 1 jjjj.. . f i ffftllirlA m * .^?' r* t - ' ?-svk scampers for yardage in Ti game. KA defeated SAE 1 Oryden) ng rusher coma tadel's ? but get excited when you have the nation's number one rusher," Baker said. "It's something everyone can have great pride in and something that gives the school recognition it might not always get. But we can't let it effect our play selection, because we must also realize that we have an opportunity to have one of the best years a Citadel team has ever had, and that must be our top priority ." T 11 K BULLDOG'S KEC'OIU) is identical to Carolina's ? six wins, two losses, and no ties. Citadel has a five game winning siruiiK auer losing 10 Appalachian State and Wake Forest earlier. "I'm not at all concerned with the teams we play. I'm more concerned with our guys emotions," Carlen said in relation to the Georgia loss. "This is an unusual group. So I told them that we'd grieve until Wednesdav. and then we'd put the Georgia game behind us and start getting ready to play Citadel," he added. Last week the USCJG LEADERS yards avy av(J- Per game 1264 6.0 158 0 257 6.2 157.1 1080 43 154.3 867 5.6 144 5 859 7.5 143.2 1096 5.9 137.0 1050 5.4 131.2 024 4.8 128 0 _ ~^_J i& ..- iJr P"i y hursday night's Intramural 2-0 to cap an unbeaten s to use jtump M Georgia game was called "the battle of the running backs,'' between Herschel Walker and George Rogers. The two fellow Georgians both played excellent games. This week, Rogers faces another fellow Georgian who also runs the ball ? Stump Mitchell. The game, however, will probably alter statistics in the NCAA rushing category. Rogers has 1,257 yards and is XC\ ^ W x^xl BppaL Wm me usu soccer team Wednesday at "The Gi Gamecocks' fifth straight i chances for an NCAA p/a Langendorf) KAcc over 6 By Jim Corbett Staff Writer Kappa Alpha scored twc touchdowns to defeat Sigma 12-0 Thursday night to ca tramural Flag Football cham Quarterback Keaver Pri( Iialph Roe with an eight yard midway through the third qi KA the lead. KA added anotht the fourth period on an ele\ from Prickett to wide receive clinch the victory. SAE, the Cinderella team playoffs which was unranked ; action began, started off the ball control running attack. S, AL ?- At? J i jusi mree passes in ine iirsi i never get rolling against tl defense, which shut down threat QB Adger Rice. KA moved the ball sporadic* half, but put points on the bi termission. Prickett comple passes, with eight second hall Bevan Funderburk caught i tosses including a 24 yard co kept the second scoring drive a The cold, damp evening 1 teams, and several catchabl dropped. Tough defense by Si the high scoring KA passin) didn't stop KA from scorin downs, a feat they suc< complished in each game this< KA's Hpf^n<;p nn th*? nthor [iichell: averaging 157.1 yards per game. Carolina's defense, more than ever, ean assist Rogers. By containing Mitchell, Rogers could statistically become the nation's leader. ROGERS, THE SCHOOL'S leading career rusher, has accumulated 4,567 career yards. He ranks eighth on the all-time NCAA r* o tpUi M/t v.ai tti i uaiilllg Llldl I, UI1U should end his collegiate f ' 111 W'&iS - $ % >' 8 ^defeated Hart wick 2 0 raveyard." ft was the iptl 5A1 ) second half Alpha Epsilon pture the Inpionship. :kett hit end scoring strike uarter to give ?r score late in 'en yard pass r Bill Duffy to of this year's as post-season game with a AE attempted lalf and could he tough KA SAE's main illy in the first oard after inted 11 of 23 ' completions, five of those mpletion that tlive. lindered both le balls were \E hampered I attack, but g two touch:essfully ac>eason. I m career as the I all-time rusher As Carol in leading scorer rushed for ove 18 straight gan 29 career touch USC sophon Carl West ( significant playing time ii of the season. / yards per car scored touchdi of 84, 58 and 39; Soc hoi By winning nesday's 2-0 i College, Cam running for the "Beating H; against a very Mark Berson h:?vi? tr\ >?( iA/in and it increased their yoff bid. (Photo by Dan we can close w Sophomore < Wednesday 19 Keilly. The no; TI1K CONTI Wikstrom note remaining to p Freshman G nets for the ( shutout was '1 seventh overal The Warrioi Carolina. ftacl use NOW st 11-4-1. "In my mine years," Bersoi the game and number l(> teai "Thompson John Nitardy back. Hut it wa The Clamecf Sunday with Charleston at' J J % ires title E, 12-0 allow SAE inside the twenty yard line, and recorded their ninth shutout of the season. r7n o Tall A rf/\o I uiii^ ZiUiu ui;ia i c*u v.i ucacu nit i\n ^uai inii: this year. A tape of the championship final will be broadcast on Friday, November 14 at 5 p.m. in the Golden Spur. KA advanced to the finals for the second straight year by beating AFROTC 16-0. Quarterback Keaver Prickett threw scoring strikes of 15 and 19 yards to end Rob Roe, who also caught both PAT tries in the second quarter. A safety in the first quarter had put KA up 2-0. Onartorhaplf ArlcJor* IJinn on .^1.. VV.I UUVII nvi^vi IV11.V lUVtU OV/ Jdt VIA for one TD and passed for two others, the last a 7 yard toss to Tom Foster as Sigma Alpha Epsilon defeated Moore Alumni 18-12 in overtime to gain the finals. FINAL MEN'S POLL Record Points 1) KAPPA ALPHA (7) 10-0 70 2) SIGMA ALPHA EPSILON 6-3 f>3 3) MOORE ALUMNI 7-1 51 4) AFRO 5-1 47 5) SIGMA Clll 5-1 42 G) AFROTC 5-3 35 7 1 ?k\inU/ni<"M M l/'lllMf r .? , < m;?v ililil'/ >-? 8) SKOAL 5-2 25 9) PHI KAPPA SIGMA 1-2 14 10) SIGMA NU 5-2 ? i the best' sJCAA's fourth Baker, former assistant to Carlen at Texas Tech, ia's all-time respects Carlen and the , Rogers has Gamecocks. r 100 yards in "I've never gone into any les and scored football game feeline we idowns. couldn't win," Baker said, nore fullback "South Carolina has perhaps rould see a its best team ever, and that's amount of a credit to the excellent job 1 the duration .Jim has done." Averaging 13.1 "We're not going up there ry, West has (Columbia) just to play well, awns on runs We are going up there to yards. win," he said. :cer team >es for bid By Richaid Movers Assistant Sports Editor five consecutive games, including Wedlpset victory over 12th ranked Hartwick Una's soccer team has slipped into the ;ir second consecutive NCAA playoff bid. artwick is a very convincing win lor us powerful national team," Gamecock coach said. "I think the NCAA committee would t the fact that we've won five in a row and if ith a win, that's going to be a factor." Chris Heidelberger scored USC's first goal :33 into the match off an assist from Torn il was Heidelberger's fourth of the season. :ST remained 1-0 until forward Victor hed his eighth goal with less than 15 minutes lay. lenn Thompson played the entire game in the iamecocks, and recorded four saves. The Thompson's fourth in five games and his 1. rs fired eight shots on goal to eight for i team had three corner kicks. ands at 11-5-2 while the Warriors dropped to 1, that's as well as we've played here in three w said. "We controlled the field, the tempo of i -i i mum our piayers came out and dared tne ri in the country to play on the field, did another excellent job, and Boo Westin. and Eric Ilawkes were tremendous in the is just a great overall team effort." >cks close out their regular season schedule a 2:00 p.m. contest with the College of 'The Graveyard."