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/"I A TV IT OTJHLJLVX . . + Mr > > y. ^ v ; V I I ?V1 A ': :>:: As Phill Ellis displays, it was not a day for US* Weaver Fli wen in lo By JIM CORBETT Asst. Sports I ditor ATHENS, GA. USC middle guard Emanuc characterized as an "experienced and brut. Georgia coach Vince Dooley, one who woul attack von" Though Weaver's performance Saturday in victory may not indicate his temperment, ^ may turn out to be a big step toward putt in; contention for All American honors. Weaver had 10 tackles, four unnassisted. tackles in the first half against the Bulldogs pound native of New Or leans La was ononf th< figures in Carolina's fine first half defensive efi "He was getting a good jump on our snap co quarterback Buck Belue said of Weaver after tl it caused some problems." Weaver had "personal" meetings with R Herschel Walker and fullback Ronnie Stewari first two series. The plays went for a total of fo i ivixtjw wr,rtvc,n was in on a lot oi tacKJ Trophy candidate Walker said. "He's real bi and I think he's a super ballplayer." See WE/ "EOOOT * ^BHBB3BaB3BBSSBy JT ' J *^*^''' qtSSSBUa -^h s ^ VBSra^li : . . j^URBBBSBK ~~ J " B si wm s ? i mm t< % ^ ?R5 ti Z smiles. SUN Photo by RICHARD VOGtl ^ nys ^ K, nca ijuicn, kvir, page to. * Carolina's Troy Thomas upend Rulldoa ? _-J f # KAllM VIIH Villi By TKACY HELMS i FHrtnr ATHENS, GA. ? When time had expired, > JSC Quarterback Gordon Beckham was j ying on the Georgia 19-yard line below two iulldog defenders and a cloud of dust. As \ fie two Bulldogs jumped up and joined < Georgia's victory jubilation, Beckham lifted j n cIaU/Iv QnH rflonncirl on/xiimrl ^11 p wiv** mj uiive giauv.vu ai uuuu, lll\C it Oil IldU c ot happened, like it all was a dream ? a ? ery bad dream. "The whole thing was a nightmare," lOplrKa m CQlH 1 IM M vvmiuait ouiu iui^i III V/CtI UilllCt I >ckerroom. , t But it all did happen. Georgia, riding the < trengths of a solid offense and a stingy ( efense, rolled over the Gamecocks 24-0 < aturday in a contest that wasn't always c lat. Wasn't always that close, that is. c CAROLINA PENETRATED Georgia's j ?rritory only four times, never getting s loser than the Bulldog 17-yard line. The ( losest USC came to a score was when Mark ( leetwood's 34-yard field goal attempt f rifted to the left of the uprights. That at- j impt, coming with 11:28 remaining in the lird quarter, was set up by Troy Thomas' < 4-yard punt return. Thomas' weaving run < ave Carolina the ball at the Georgia 24, < 'ith the Bulldogs leading 3-0. Johnnie ( /right was hit for no gain and Terry Bishop lanaged two yards in the following plays, l javing USC with the field goal situation. j Georgia answered the USC threat quickly, i iking over the ball and marching 80 yards 1 14 plays for a touchdown. Herschel 1 /alker's three-yard burst capped the drive, i iving the Bulldogs a 10-0 advantage with 1 : 08 left in the third quarter. 1 UGA's Nate Taylor intercepted a Bishop ( ass at the 50-yard line on the following rive. Georgia then grinded out 47 yards, & M$U ^3fli :: mi s Herschel Walker as Robert Perlotte closes \TcD CnrOfS) ? ; isiiciioss) s Kinct im 9A_fl it* A-r-v including an eight-yard scoring sweep by Walker. Kevin Butler booted his second 3oint-after of the game and Georgia led 17-0 ..:*L r?r? 1 ~ * - it _ .? wilii *.! scconus remaining in me tnira period. South Carolina's second possession of the ' ) :ourth quarter ended when Chris Norm* a shanked a 24-yard punt to the USC 49. Five alays later, Buck Belue hit Norris Brown on a O? i ~ lU? 1 a <.|-Jiaiu av,ui 1115 Oil live; CU II1C CVCUlUill ?core, 24-0. HEISMAN TROPHY candidate Walker inished the game with more yardage than * A ? ?? _ ?? ne enure Carolina oiiense. waiKer accumulated 176 yards on 36 carries, while the jamecocks tallied 175 yards total offense. Sixty-nine of Carolina's yards, however, :ame in the fourth quarter, after Georgia's . fefense had made many substitutions. Carolina managed only 65 yards rushing and 110 yards passing en route to its first hutout since North Carolina's 28-0 victory >ver the Gamecocks in the 1979 season >pener. Georgia tallied 354 total yards of- I ensively, with all but 100 coming from the 'round game. m! - r i * iime oi possession tooK a Heavy toll on Carolina in the second half. The Gamecock iefense played all but 4:08 of the third quarter. Georgia held the ball for 34:52 of he game, compared to USC's time of 25:08. t * "There's no excuse for our play," Beckham offered after the game. "We're just not executing very well. There's so nany different things we're not doing." we tnought we would be able to move the )all a lot better than we did, but they were nuch quicker than we thought they were," Seckham, who completed 10 of 17 passes for W yards and one interception, added. "The Georgia defense was just too much for us. See GEORGIA, pa^e 9. j , vnx>^x^"^n%s/^ -^ ^t^^^HSBf^^ffrffMHB^^^^v: i vjiI^^I^^K^ ^x i/^w!-: '. ... .: ^ o&s '-'-v. . >'wv:<3v-:^ffi^^tt^?