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CoifgjSSS By MIKE LOUGH Staff Writer It's amazing what a team must do to fire itself up durin the course of a game. Lone touchdown Dasses will do it. Crushing quarterbac sacks also can spark teams to comebacks. Of course altercations can make teams forget about a lack of cor fidence and get things going. Such was the case at Williams Brice Stadium Saturday. Fourth-ranked Pittsburgh showed why it is one of the to teams in the country bv moving out to a 35-0 lead early in th third quarter en route to a 42-28 win over South Carolim quarterback Dan Marina held a seminar in throwing undc pressure, completing 24-of-39 passes for 346 yards and si touchdowns. The defensive line of Pitt held the Gamecocks to minus E yards rushing and sacked quarterback Gordon Beckham 1 times for minus 104 yards. Yet, a "disagreement" between Carolina guard C<3 Danielowski and Pitt defensive tackle Phil Puzzuc awakened the Gamecock fans and ignited the offense. K'lH In urif h Di f hllf f of nl Q \r Cli ? 1 IIC VIC111ICV.U(-I\J IIATL U1C i/ailiv nun i 111, uui mut piuj (-, the offense going, making the war look a little easier to fight "I think it was one of the best things to happen to us," sai offensive tackle Chuck Slaughter. "It put a little fire in us ar made us a little mad. I think some of the players got real! mad and forgot about being scared and not knowing what I do. iney loiiense; naa a 101 01 commence uecauae uiey wci fired up." Quarterback Gordon Beckham, whose performance (1 for-34, 235 yards and three touchdowns) almost assured hi: of the quarterback spot for a while, also saw the play as a b one. "It did get us pumped up a little bit," Beckham said. "B we don't need to rely on that for help. We ought to be fired i anyway. "I think we've got a little momentum. We lost the gan and that was our main priority being out there. But in tl second half we scored some points and we got a little co r I Tiifi I Kl ! c m, : Oct. 23-25: I $ Lirr fcg? U * ?* nense mows ?igns ut fidence in ourselves that we can score." _ Beckham says that he has plenty of room for improvement. " I""" fn rfn ? Ko coifl "1'iro 11 let (Jnfta lf<vir p 1 vc gui a lung vvaj iu gu, ut oaiu. a ?*- juuv gutvu ?*.vr practicing and keep improving. I missed a lot of things ^ today." i, Danielowski wasn't proud of his involvement in the fracas, i- but admitted it was a big boost for the team. >- "I didn't plan it or anything," he said. "I felt really bad about it because I wasn't able to help the team any. r? "Hut ; HiH cflom fn aai oimrvhnHv firpH tin anH thin(Js r JLJV4I, IV U1U OVVlll iU V * VI J WVV?J x^Vi Vi?y M..V. q~ e started rolling a little better. We remembered that they're i just a bunch of guys and they can be beat." :r A reporter asked Danielowski in a kidding manner if the x Columbia native learned anything from the incident. "Well,' Danielowski said with a smile, "it's a good way to gel >2 everybody fired up." LO The Gamecocks had managed only one first down wher Danielowski and Puzzouli mixed it up. In the next twentj ?s minutes, they got 11. li Is the offense untracked now, ready to get going? "I hope we've turned the corner," Slaughter said. "I car 3t tell you one thing ? against Kentucky we'll open up with a lo more confidence than we did in this game.'' id "I think our offense has overcome a plateau that we'v< id been trying to overcome for a couple of weeks now. I jus ly hope that next week, we don't let up any." to Seven plays after the altercation, Todd Berry slippe< around right end for a touchdown. Mark Fleetwood's PA1 *e made it 42-14 with 3:50 left in the third quarter. USC defensive back (jnucK mnney picKea on a Marino pas: 7- two plays after the ensuing kickoff and the Gamecocks wen m moving again. ig Beckham then threw to Ira Hillary, who leaped to catch i and wrestled it away from a Pitt defender. Hillary took of ut and scored, completing the 42-yard touchdown play. ip While USC Coach Jim Carlen would have liked to com away with a win, he was pleased with the progress ? n if * ?nttIi/mit liMln (ho nffonco maHa *v iiiaiiv;i nun iitviv. uiv viuuiwvvi\ vitvuuv h?m?v. he "We're getting there," Carlen said. "It's not a pleasai n- way to get there, but we're getting there." ! * iPS $ EXPEDITIONS p Oct. 16-18: Camping at Pi $20, price includes trans., tents, stov Wilderness style camping) imit* I ^ , I B I 11 i Hang-gliding at Kitty Hawk >70. Drice includes trans., lessons, cam lit: 22 j 2 "' Of 1^.1 O* AA i^uv.vo. niiaiiia, un price includes round trip trans., motel 2. t :?<u. ?.11 i C.A IUI iiiuie niiu. cabi / -uiuu ui Travel Center, 2nd floor Russell He Lite In Second Halt Ff t > \ : JSiiiasS" v' SUH Photo by OUT LOWELL e USC's Gordon Beckham lets loose with a spiral as Kenny 0 Gil (68) and Mark Austin (60) try to stop the Panther pass lt rush. Beckham played all the way and completed 17 of 34 pases for 235 yards and two touchdowns. to#t##i#####9iti9i90i9 # # i t A AA 4 # 1 resents: I isgah. j I r*f C5, iai IICI 119* , Nags Head, N.C pground fees. accommodations. : by the >use. 71 : P | i * ' . ' I : ussel nouse 3 0