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V-* : A W/ ? - ?jrA a Fj - m vr | BT I?i in Athlete of the Week Percy Reeves For his outstanding performance in Saturday's 45-24 victory ever The Citadel Bulldogs, Percy Reeves has been named Athlete of the Week by the I Gamecock. I me o-z, / bfb-pound junior tailback from Irmo, S.C.. had hist Hf*Qt irtrii\/ir1i/a/ narfnrmano/t A.. . ..? . ..,v.i?>uuui fjvjt ? aiai/oc uy gaining 75 yards on nine carries, including a 12 yard touchdown dash late in the third quarter. Originally a walk-on at Carolina who later earned a scholarship, Reeves has now rushed for 288 yards on 61 carries this season. j Runners-up this week include football players George Rogers and Eddie Leopard, and soccer players Victor Wikstrom and Glen Thompson. Fans anticinate Gator Bowl bid By Michelle Burchette Assistant Sports Editor The bids for post season bowl games won't be handed out until Saturday but some USC fans are confident the Gamecocks will be headed for the Gator Bowl. Thp .Iflfltcnnvillo ITla iiilti/ih IV,, ?., V.IV.IH v? 11IC1I UUUR3 IICcll uy liuit'lh during the last weekend in December, is one of several major bowl games USC is being considered for. FOLLOWING CAROLINA'S 45-24 win over The Citadel Saturday, Gamecock fans flooded local hotel with reservation requests. "Saturday night as soon as the game was over our circuits went crazy," a local Holiday Inn employee said. "We booked up all the hotels in Jacksonville." Such a large number of reservations for the Gator Bowl weekend coming in before bowl bids are announced is uncommon, according to Charles Denton, manager trainee ai me Jacksonville Beach Holiday Inn. "It's really funny," Denton said. "Somebody knows something we don't know because the bowl bids aren't out yet. "They're just making sure that if South Carolina is in the Bowl they have a room. I can't blame them." DENTON ADDED that if Carolina doesn't go to the Gator Bowl. Holidav Inn is nrpnnroH fnr :> u/nwo nf "We're asking everyone to eall us as soon as possible if Carolina doesn't make the Howl," he said. Holiday Inn was not the only hotel flooded with calls, however. Pat Kernaghan, front office manager of one Jacksonville Ramada Inn said Ramada was also booked up after Saturday 's contest. "Most of our calls have been from North Carolina and South Carolina," Kernaghan said. "The reservations from North Carolina I expect to be losing soon. They'll back out when they find out their team won't make it." IP" lIKf hOKK mflkf1 thp frin to th<? Umu;I fl-wm <?m have a healthy list of possible opponents. Among those are ranked Florida State, Alabama, Pitt, Purdue, North Carolina, Missouri, SMU, and Notre Dame. Gamecock fans will find out if their bowl bid predictions for the Dec. 29 match held true, when bids are announced Saturday night following the football game. Allen new, By Jim Corbett Staff Writer At the beginning of the season many Carolina football followers had confidence in the potent Gamecock offense, but were unsure of the untried defense. Nine games into the season, almost all doubts | have been satisfied by the fine play of the Gamecocks defensive unit. If any one person was counted on to anchor the young defense it was Chuck Allen, who has been one of the keys to unlocking what may be (JSC's best season ever. THE 6-:J, 250-pound tackle has been a tower of strength in the middle of the squad that is rated 29th in the nation in rushing defense and 30th overall. Allen, a three year starter, credits the cohesiveness of his teammates for the defensive success against such powerhouses as Southern Cal, Michigan, and Georgia. "When everyone takes care of their own responsibilities, the defense takes care of itself," Allen said. He pointed out that defensive success is like a chain reaction. If the line does their job, the linebackers can carry out their assignments, allowing the defensive backfield .to perform their functions. Allen also said emotion plays a big role. "The more emotional we arc, the better we play," commented the Anderson, S.C. native. "The better the team we're playing against, the better we play." THE GAMECOCK defense has risen to the occasion against the three nationally ranked teams they have played this season. Against Michigan, the defense bent but did not break under Wolverine pressure, recovering two fumbles within the shadow of their USC ranked 1' Bulldo After 38 years, the Georgia Bulldogs, the nation's only unbeaten-untied major team, moved into first place in T>U^ A 111 i ut: /vaauciuicu I'l'CSS college football poll for the first time since late in the 1942 season. Following Saturday's 26-21 come-from behind triumph APPo/l The Top Twenty teams in Thi Associated Press college football poll with first place votes in parentheses season's records and total points Point! based on 2019101716151413 12 11 1098765432 1 1 Georgia (54% I 9 0 O 1.299'/ 2 So California (61 7 0 1 1.1 8( 3 Florida State (3) 9 1 0 1.17; 4 Nebraska (2) 8 1 0 1.10! 3 Hiunaiiiau i u 1.06i 6 Notre Dame 7 0 1 1.04f 7 Ohio State {'/ ) 8 1 0 924'/ 8 Pittsburgh 8 1 0 86t 9 Penn State 8 10 /6f 10 Oklahoma 6 2 0 till 1 1 Michigan 7 2 0 b J'i 1 2 Baylor 8 1 0 55( 1 3 Briyham Young 8 1 0 464Vj 14 South Carolina / 2 O 452 15 North Carolina 8 1 0 444 16 Purdue 7 2 0 33? 17 UCLA 6 2 0 251 18 So Methodist 7 2 0 242 19 Mississippi State 7 2 0 221 20 Florida 6 "2 0 90Vj helps talent own goal. And when Wolverines drove inside the five yard line with less than a minute to play, the Gamecocks held, knocking away a pass in the end zone on the last play of the game to preserve what may be Carolina's biggest win in their football history. "We finally won a big game on the road with a team fighting us down to the last play," Allen said of the 17-14 victory. According to Allen, it "may have been our "S^l * I Hi ' mr sdB . - Chuck Allen is the or on this year's 1980 Gan 4th >gs top / r\\r IT I rl o r vy vi i iui iua , VICUI glc received 54 1/2 of 66 first place votes and 1,299 1/2 of i ; possible 1,320 points from ? nationwide panel of sport; ; writers and sportscasters. ! The Bulldogs were run nerup to Notre Dame a weel ago but. the Fighting Irisl 1 were held to a 3-3 tie b; Georgia Tech, a 1-7-1 team and slipped from first placi ) toKixth ; SOUT1IEKN CALIFOHN I A, fourth last week, move< into second place with first ' place votes and 1,180 point , following a 34-9 victory ove > Stanford. ' Florida State, a 31' winner over Virginia Tech \ held onto third place witl ? 1,172 points. The Seminole i received three first piac ' hn1l/?fv Nebraska moved up iron i fourth to third with two first 1 place votes and 1,105 point , for a T>5-8 rout of Kansa i State. Alabama, the No. team two weeks ago, ros from sixth to fifth with 1,06 BBB9HGBBBKHB5BS! strenc * :ed def biggest win ever. It was a boost to the whole team." Against the Trojans, Allen and company held the potent Southern Cal offense to just 23 points and started a season long tradition of goal line stands. The Gamecocks have had no fewer than eight goal line stands this season, highlighted by three heroic defensive series against Georgia in which the Bulldogs were turned away without a point before a national television audience. Mi fM.m M I' Mm * SJft >af, m HI^HK; gyy p9R& w 4 m^^S\ riwmt l( HHBl if iMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii t ' ily senior defensive Unemet lecock football team. iPfootb \ points by defeating I AllicSono OO 1 uuuioiana ouiic ^u'l. i Notre Dame was sixth j with 1,045 points, followed by s Ohio State. The Buckeyes who won a wild 49-42 slugfesl from Illinois, received the t remaining one-half first n place vote and 924 1/2 points. y "PITT.PENN STATE anc e Oklahoma rounded out tin Top Ten. Each moved up one position from last week at l If!I .A frnm A to 17th. Pitt received 861 points by trouncing s Louisville 41-23, Penn Stat( r earned 765 points for a 21-11 triumph over North Carolina 7 State and Oklahoma totalec i, (ilB points following a 21-H h victory over Kansas, s There was some shuffli.n e of positions but n< newcomers in this week'} n Top Twenty. The Second Ter consists of Michigan s Baylor, Brigham Young s South Carolina, Nortl 1 Carolina, Purdue, UCLA e S o u t h e r n Met h o d i s t 7 Mississippi State ant jthen rense Georgia scored just 13 points in the 13-10 win ovor Carolina. ALLEN SAII) physical play was the major factor in these achievements. "This defense plays more physical than anyone else we've had," Allen said. The senior pointed out that most teams use strength, not finess inside the ten yard line. Allen said most teams run preuy inucn Norm ana South," near the goal line; straight ahead plays right into Carolina's defensive strength, rather than plays that go to the outside. Allen, along with the other senior members of the football squad, will be playing in the last home game of their careers Cot....'Jo.. uci IUI UUY uj^aiuai HUM: Forest. "IT'S EXCITING this year," Allen said, looking back over his four years at Carolina. "If we have the best team Carolina's ever had, people are going to remember this team," Allen said. Coach Carlen and his staff pointed out to Allen that he had a chance to start on a team that had a chance to build a winning football tradition at South Carolina, a factor that helped influence him /a rlnniHo ortoiMct ct?/iU iiitii i\; u^aiiioi outii 'winning' schools as Georgia, Allen said. "People always remember you when your first," Allen said. If USC winds up this season as its most successful ever, Allen said, "...my whole life I'll be proud that I played on that team." Gamecock fans and players will undoubtedly be as nrnuri nf it's Hf?fnnv:n particularly Chuck Allen. What would Allen like in the last home appearance of his career? Quickly 1 breaking into a smile he said. "I'd like to win." *all poll [ Florida. Last week it was Oklahoma, Michigan, BYU, i North Carolina, South ' Carolina, Baylor, Purdue, , SMU, Mississippi State and L Florida. The UPI poll also has Georgia ranked first in the country. The Bulldogs 1 received 34 first place votes, ; compared to only four for ? second place Southern Cal. M^l 1- - r" * * i mcurasita is inira, Morula * State fourth, Alabama fifth ? and Ohio State sixth. { NOTKK DAMK dropped i from number one to number 1 seven after a 3-3 tie with ) Georgia Tech. Pittsburgh is eighth, followed by in-state ? rival Penn State and Baylor. ) Oklahoma is on top of the i second ten, followed by i Michigan, Brigham Young, and the Gamecocks. North Carolina is 15th, and Purdue i is 16th. Mississippi State, UCLA, Texas and Washington round 1 out the coaches poll.