Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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. sports Sellout croi By Tom Coyne BU r? :i~ _ if. /i . .. At! jLwspnu; jjoycuic mary ween s preaiction ^ of a premature demise of Williams-Brice t^c Stadium, an overflow crowd in excess of the ^ 72,400 capacity is expected Saturday as the Gamecocks take on a heavily favored we University of Georgia team. USC Head Football Coach Richard Bell So| has said having the fans behind him is like SQ1 having an extra man on the field. The extra m< man would probably be most helpful in -a] slowing down the Bulldogs' All-American tailback, Herschel Walker. Last week. Carolina's secondary was - ? y placed to the test by the quarterbacking skills of Duke University's Ben Bennett. ^ This week, the Gamecocks' linemen will be srr put to the test with a devastating rushing attack. A key matchup will be Walker B L against USC's Ail-American candidate, defensive tackle Andrew Provence. ou In the past two years Walker has racked up 395 yards against the Gamecocks as the Herschel W? Rivalry between By Sammy Fretwell Once upon a time, in the days of drive-in resta new sensation known as Elvis Presley, som notion of starting once again a battle between states ? on the football field. A !_ ? 1J -A. wnoever mis oruuani person is siiuum m: i c* somely, for he brought together two institute learning for the purpose of a little friendly com] these plans formalized, the South Carolina-G was reborn. It's been healthy and fun for both sides, but n been an important game to win. Carolina and Georgia have played 36 times, w these games being played in the last 24 years, have dominated the series (their record since '5 4-2), but even so, USC has always gotten fin contest, and the games have usually been tight. Court grants stayt DENVER (AP) ? The turmoil over the i college football games appears iiKeiy 10 suusiue, few weeks, now that a three-judge apellate pane a stay requested by the National Collegi Association. NCAA attorneys on Wednesday filed a motior a lower court ruling which strips the organi control over college football telecasts. Several the loth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel temporary stay. The court also asked both parties to the si ditional information on specific matters. After on file, oral arguments in the case could begi Nov. 15. according to Court Clerk Howard Philli] (The ruling, in effect, reinstates NCAA contro football telecasts and apparently voids an i independently televise the Oklahoma-Southei game 0n Saturday. Karlier this week, Oklahoma and Southern C the telecast rights to their Saturday footto rvrd set for I Udogs have triumphed 13-10 and 24-0 at fiens. It will be Walker's first visit to Uiams-Brice Stadium as he plays before ; sellout crowd. Valker said he has recovered from his imb injury, and an idle week has left him 11 rested and ready to go. PI 41 can't say I will be 100 percent against nth Carolina because it (his thumb) is still *e, but I will be better physically and mtally than I was in the Brigham Young _ me," Walker said. "I can do the little t ngs better. For instance, I can catch a ss without wearing a pad." ? Walker said he had not decided whether ran will wear a pad, but Georgia Head Coach G ice Dooley said Walker would wear a the laller pad than he had in his first two are mes. sea Mthough the game is viewed by USC as e of its toughest of the season, the ath lldogs consider the Gamecocks a bit of a wit eather after defeating two nationally US alker i USC and Geort * How did the Gamecocks get uf iurants and a a^> been 17 years since t jone had the otheri neighboring suppose what motivated us f we were a senior-oriented tean varded hand- badly the week before (b >ns of higher said former USC coach Warren G f>etition. With ***,y because this was a Wally B eorgia series hard-nosed." In the game, USC used that mol lost of all it's Athens. The Gamecocks' points downs as they successfully went ith the bulk of on all three occasions. The Bulldogs The 1959 clash was more th 8 has been 18- Carolina had had up to that poinl *d ud for the Bulldogs 30-14. Georgia was rani into the game, but it was all I :o NCAA over telev televising of $250,000 ? the first time colli at least for a arrangements with broadcast o 1 has granted since the NCAA assumed contrc ate Athletic early 1950s. The station purchasing the tele ' " * ' ? -41 Al _1_ i for a stay 01 its teiecasi 10 omer uuueus act ization of its Athletic Director Wade Walker s; I hours later, Officials of KOCO and of Ka granted the dependent production company, granting of the stay in hopes of pi lit to file ad- "If the stay is upheld, we will: all briefs are said OU Provost Gerald Turnei in as soon as that the USC game would not be t ps. Richard Ferry, director of 1 over college Southern California, said the u igreement to negotiation with the full underst rn California a stay might occur." Perry recalled "a bit disto California sold Southern California would not < all game for the game to other members of th USC-Georgia g USC-Georgia facts ace: Williams-Brice Stadium Series recoi (72,400 capacity) 7 p.m. Season reci xpected attendance: 72,400 (sold out) Date: Sept. ked teams in close games. ferent alignment (eig amecock coaches are trying to prepare normally face and t ir team for Georgia's alignments, which blocking schemes." different from any USC has seen this Defensive coordinz son. would take a total te Georgia's defense has tremendous Walker. He did not* letes who are extremely quick and play quarterback, junior h aggressiveness," said Dave Fagg, be starting away fror C's offensive coordinator. "It's a dif- first time, and the crc Andrew Provence ]ia goes back a long > for that first game? After second. A blocked punt in the earl he teams had played each first tally and by early in the seco creased to 24-0. The victory shot the or this one was the fact that Associated Press Poll. t and we had been beaten Giese said that Georgia had inter y fifth-rated Army, 45-8)," game, with Butts and some of hi iese. "And, of course, it was players were not as ready as they sh utts team. It was tough and This may have been Carolina's bi a continued tradition of beating tl ? -i A ft4 rlmirriKi 11 TKa n?imA/?A/>lro Htr) nnf m IVitUUI! iu a 1*1 Will ctl uvmunn, aiiv vj??iiwwxu3 vuu hw tt came on only three touch- until 1978. For the two-point conversion Nevertheless, there were exci luckless years for USC. an likely the biggest win The 1962 game in Columbia saw ; as the birds shellacked the Carolina victory slip from the home ted 12th in the nation going scored on a touchdown pass late in JSC from the first to final tie. ision deals, awaits more ii jges had made their own USC spokesman Tim Tessalone \ utlets for football telecasts and Oklahoma would split the game 1 over such telecasts in the officials have said the university other Big Eight members. cast rights, KOCO, also sold "We are naturally pleased to rec oss the country, Oklahoma Cawood, an NCAA spokesman. "T ?id. membership to approach the appea t7. Communications, an in- anorderlv fashion." said they would appeal the j * r occeding with the telecast. . T(he N9}A 'lled lts !or? simply have to abide by it," f wtfk sf d^?f,on b* U S . "That would mean, then, B"fc'a?a o/ Albuquerque, N.M elecast " Oklahoma City after federal jud intercollegiate athletics at ruled last Wednesday in f, diversity "entered into this Oklahoma and Georgia m the.r inding that the possibility of n'?ot,alc the,r own telcvis.on cont Burciaga ruled that the NCAA's rted" earlier reports that with ABC, CBS and the Turner listribute any revenue from stituted a monopoly in violation of e Pac 10. thus were void. a me i. rd: 28-6 2 (Georgia leads) ord: USC 2 1 o n ueorgia l-u 2b jht-man front) than we hat means changes in itor Larry New said it am effort to shut down e that rookie Georgia John Lastinger, would n his home field for the >wd could be a factor. way y going led to Carolina's nd half, the lead had inGamecocks to 11th in the nal problems prior to the s players at odds. "The ^..1 J I I ft iuuiu nuvt* ueeu. ggest win ever, but as for le Bulldogs, things went in another Georgia game ting moments in those an almost certain South ! team's grasp as Georgia the game to salvage a 7-7 See "Rivalry," page 15 nformation said the California school r i revenue 50-50. Oklahoma' will split the money with eive the stay," said Dave his will permit the inuaa il from the district court in stay pending an appeal of strict Court Judge Juan Burciaga, presiding in Iges there excused themavor of the universities of suit to gain the right to racts. > $'281 million TV contracts Broadcasting System confederal anti-trust laws and ?