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I-sports
Gamecoc
I By Dennis Switzer
A Gamecock defense that allowed
the University of Richmond offense
10 football win over the Spiders Satui
On the other hand, USC was able t
considerable ease, amassing 276 ya
of its touchdowns on the ground. F
led the Gamecock ground attack wit
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early in the season, being a fresh
during practice has paid off.
"I expected to play,but not this ea
year due to somebody getting inj
hard in practice. I didn't expect to
my job at practice. You've got to <
Dendy said.
Senior fullback Carl West gained
and junior tailback Todd Berry net
and scored one touchdown. ]
Blasingame and Quinton Lewis ea<
six and seven carries, respectively.
Lewis scored two touchdowns.
The Gamecocks were plagued b
touchdown on a 59-yard punt retur
Hillary, called back because of clip
The Gamecocks finished the nigh
vards. a statistic that concerns I
Bell. '
"We can go back and say the}
there. We can try to make excuse
called. So that doesn't solve the pro
"In many, many situations thei
penalties were there. We've got to j
that will kill us in a ball game down
Richmond took the opening kickc
11 plays for the only Spider
I Napoleon DuBois connected with 1
gain in the big play of the drive
Kevin Jackson in the right corner c
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a puiu uy Liins iNunuan, uuwi
yard line by Willie Hill, put the Sp
they couldn't move. A punt b
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I USC's junior fullback Dominique
London to clear a path for USC ju
Defensive
By Jeff Rogers
The USC defensive line has pro
Ioostacie for its opponents, aiiow
eight quarters (two games) an<
University of Richmond offense i
Saturday night.
"Anytime you can hold a team
an entire game, you're doing a
coach Richard Bell.
Bell attributed the play of th
qualities.
"You must have a certain am
effort (in a defensive lineman)
have these qualities in the four
those postions."
Mike Durrah, who watches tl
inside linebacker position, agree
I 4'The whole line is outstanding
to Earl Johnson in tackles this se
"I think we're playing ven
Wright said, who starts on the
Andrew Provence and junior Eic
The rest of the line is compo
inside linebacker and sophomt
Karey Johnson at outside lineb
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pec ted to be ready for the Duke g
The defensive line is motivate
well as from within.
ks stop
only 12 yards rushing by
was the key to USC's 30rday
night.
o run on the Spiders with
rds and getting all three
'reshman Thomas Dendy
h 90 yards on 11 carries,
ay as much as he has so
man, but his hard work
rly. Maybe later on in the
ured. I've been working
play that much, but I did
io your job at practice,"
53 yards on eight carries,
ted 46 yards on 14 carries
Htelf-brothers Dominique
ch rushed for 28 yards on
y penalties, including a
n by sophomore Ira
ping.
it with 18 penalties for 231
JSC head coach Richard
i (the penalties) weren't
s for them, but they were
blem at all.
re was no doubt that the
;et that corrected because
the way," Bell said.
>ff and traveled 86 yards in
touchdown. Quarterback
Elich Scherer for a 36-yard
. One play later he found
>f the end zone.
led at the Richmond oneiders
in a hole from which
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Blassingame blocks Univers
mior tailback Todd Berry.
line pla
ved to be more than a minor
ring only one touchdown in
i 12 yards rushing by the
n the 30-10 football victory
i to just 12 yards rushing foi
good job," said USC heac
le defensive line to severa
ount of skill, but hustle anc
is also important, and w<
or five people who play ii
ic play of the line from hi;
d with Bell.
Durrah said. He is secon<
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ttaijii,wim iu.
/ well," sophomore Fran!
? defensive line with senio
:key Hagood.
sed of junior J.D. Fuller a
>re Skip Minton and senio
acker. Senior Phil Ellis, ;
mcker, is injured but is e>
lame next Saturday.
id by the rest of the team a
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over the Spiders Saturday.
Gamecocks good field positioi
later Mark Fleetwood kicked a
Gamecocks on the scoreboard.
Senior Pat Bowen intercept*
mond's next possession, setting
Lewis carried around the left si
the Gamecocks on top for good.
On the Gamecock's next p<
terback Bill Bradshaw threw
Lewis jumped over the line frc
play, leaving the Gamecock s up
USC's last touchdown of the
burst by Todd Berry that end
Field eoals of 37 and 45 vards bv
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ying big rt
"We have a friendly compe
sacks, said Provence, "but w<
out as much as possible."
i "I'm always telling the pis
game, rather than rely on the
you can get by the score of th
they say, 'If you reach for the:
still jumped pretty high.
I There are a few problems,
line. The Gamecocks were
1 penalties in the Richmond gan
were caused by the defense. V
i that the defense is playing n
3 Provence attributed the penali
1 "We need to work a lot har
said.
s The defense also found itself
the opening series of plays. /
& goals to Pacific, the Gamecoc
to score for the rest of the gam
k 86 yards for a touchdown in its
r the Gamecocks.
"The touchdown really shoe
t "We didn't take Richmond
r said. "After that score we kn
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"We missed a few assign]
touchdown, the other coaches
a town and play like they wen
!ame through for us."
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ler rushes at University of Rii
1 at their own 28. Four plays
27-yard field goal to put the
jd a DuBois pass on Rich
up tne next uamecocK score,
de from six yards out to put
)ssession, sophomore quara
38-yard bomb to Hillary.
>m one yard out on the next
> 17-7.
night came on a five-yard
ed a 13-play, 84-yard drive.
Mark Fleetwood wrapped up
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Johnnie Edmonds.
lie in Ga
tition between us for the moi
i're always helping each othc
lyers to try to play a perfe*
emotional ups and downs thi
le game," Bell said. "It's lit
stars and don't make it, you'\
, however, with the defensh
assessed over 230 yards
le, and many of these penalth
/hile other team members sa
lore aggressively this seaso
ties to mental errors,
der on(the errors),"Proven*
being scored upon with ease
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ik defense didn't allow Pacif
le. Similarly, Richmond mov<
opening series of plays again
ked me," Provence said.
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iew that we had to settle dov
rcents/' Bell said. "After tl
i just told the defense to sett
i capable of playing, and thi
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the Gamecock scoring, while
goal by Roach.
Bradshaw was 6-of-12 with
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yards. DuBois completed 14 <
one interception for the Spide
The Gamecocks continue<
plays and formations. Quart
variety makes the offense ha
"We don't have one partic
beat someone. We've got su<
execute our offense, hopefu
hard to stop because we can
said.
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DuBois ;n (JSC's 30-10 win
Richmond added a 32-yard field
one interception for 83 yards in
ion Beckham was 2-for-9 for 15
)f 26 attempts for 158 yards with
:rs.
i to use a variety of offensive
erback Bradshaw believes such
rd to stop.
:ular pass that we have to do to
;h a variety of offense that if we
lly it's designed that it's really
do so many things," Bradshaw
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nacocks, gaining 90 yards on 11