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Fans Leav
A man walked into the Gamecock newsroom the other day,
waiting to talk to someone. I was in the process of cleaning up
my desk and I crumpled up some paper and tried an eightfoot
jumper towards the garbage can. It caromed off.
Another miss.
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i uu snuuiu n y oui ior me DasKetoall team," he joked, and
we both chuckled. He was just another poking fun at the
team.
Why are so many people around here such fair-weather
fans? Are they embarassed to show spirit when the fortunes
of their team are down? Doesn't anybody have the guts to
keep plugging for these guys and girls that are giving their
all even when things aren't perfect?
It's a breeze to sit back there in your recliner with your
m beer and complain that the men's team is 6-11 and thp
women's is 10-4, losing four out of their last five.
The men's team has no seniors, five juniors, four
sophomores and five freshmen. That is a young team.
With youth comes problems of inexperience and a period of
learning and that is why we are 6-11 right now. Next year,
though, watch out.
Next year is when the USC basketball program finishes it's
rebuilding and is restored to its former place of national
power. You're going to have an off vpar in thp hniiHinc* r?f o
dynasty.
I don't mean to sound like a cheerleader, but how about
f getting behind the teams a little bit.
"It would be nice to get a big crowd sometime," Gamecock
Brad Jergenson said after the Georgia State win. Yup, it sure
would be nice that when CBS-TV comes to town, they can
SDan the colisfMim rrnwH and shnw that thprp pro upw fnm
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empty seats.
The coliseum holds close to 13,000. Last year, USC
averaged 6,787 for each of 16 home games. Ten years ago,
attendance averaged 12,524, just short of capacity. This year,
it looks like we won't even reach last year's average.
With the likes of Florida State, Top Ten teams Iowa and
San Francisco, and teams like Clemson and Notre Dame, we
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ii snouian t sound like 10,000, it should be 10,000. what happened
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Poor Bill Foster. He's wasting his time. He must not have One player s
realized that he was coming to one of the most apathetic five players w
universities in the country. Nobody on this campus seems to player planned
give a damn about anything except football and beating along with Phil
Clemson.
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Intramural Sports Editor ^ ^ ^ him With Only S
Ten years ago, the average crowd at a men's basketball
game was over the capacity of 12,401. This year, if we fill ud . . . . *
more man nalt of Frank McGuire Arena, it's a good crowd. agains
It's too bad. You'll be missing out next year when the men u___f? r
finish with 22 wins and an NCAA berth. All you fair-weather
fans ought to be subject to a week at Clemson and forced to
wear obnoxious orange for a week. In public. Look for the <
jurisdiction of
In my book, that comes under the term of "quitters." Hpnindint^Hp'
Granted, they may have really liked Pam Parsons and {J?. f|
respected her. But to give up just like that? Give Terry Kelly aDDjes" %re gon
a chance. People will respect somebody more for sticking ll _?
with something to restore it to respectability after a tough
loss than for just quitting when things aren't so rosy. Parsons 1 Excellent su
surely didn't recruit quitters. I who are intei
them in their
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;till recovering from the loss of Pam Parsons. i
n jilted badly in that nobody has told them
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n. They are bitter and want to end this season
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aid that after an 80-72 loss to DePaul, nearly
ere seriously thinking about quitting. This
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licia Allen and Mona Nance.
nust think that the "basketball coach in the
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Parsons leaves and the shocked Lady
at the time of her departure, lose four of six.
nd in the nation and 9-0. Now they are 10-4 and
ayers, two of them are valuable, quit, leaving
ix players. This forces him to lilt the red shirt
Dana Boyle, who is able to play. But Boyle
because of injuries and surgery since her i
gh school.
3w the women's team can get down to
i those who can't take it are now gone. Good
and the Lady Gamecocks. They'll need it
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