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By Johnny Boons- ]
It s hard for?a team to win a football game I
when it has trouble executing routine plays, j
Carolina had trouble with punts, passes ?
and receptions, and Florida State turned [
those mistakes into points as the 12th- .
ranked Seminoles devastated USC 56-26 at .
Williams-Brice Stadium Saturday after- ?
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"I've never been a part of anything like
that," USC Head Football Coach Richard
Bell said. "I'm disappointed and embarrassed,
and our players are embarrassed.
We can give better effort than we did
today."
THE SEMINOLES' EXPLOSIVE offensive
unit rolled up 536 total yards, 437 from
the aerial attack. USC had 290 total yards.
FSU ran 72 plays during the game, com- <
pared to USC's 90, but the Seminoles ;
averaged 7.4 yards per play, while the
Gamecocks averaged 3.2.
The Seminoles turned three interceptions
into touchdowns, a fumble into a score and
recovered a blocked punt in the end zone for
another touchdown.
"We had trouble executing," Bell said.
"Dropped balls. I don't know how many
were dropped today. Interceptions. Our
kicking game went sour.
"THAT'S ONE OF the great disappoint- I
ments," he said. "We felt at this phase, the j
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was blocked.
"I don' think it was (USC punter) Chris
Norman's fault," he said. "Against Furman,
we timed him at getting the ball off at
2.4 seconds, but today he was kicking at 1.98 i
seconds. It shouldn't be getting blocked 1
when you're getting the ball off between 1.9 <
and 2.1 seconds," Bell said.
Trailing 21-7 early in the second quarter,
the Gamecocks got back into the game when
Mark Fleetwood kicked a 25-yard field goal,
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By Jeff Rogers
Last Saturday, USC's fighting Gamecocks
were done in by Florida State's Greg Allen
in FSU's 56-26 victory at Williams-Brice
Stadium.
Allen, a sophomore tailback who play?
behind senior Ricky Williams, accounted for
45 of FSU's 99 rushing yards. He also scored
four touchdowns.
This season, Allen has scored 15 touchdowns
rushing and has caught one touchdown
pass. His 96 total points put him
amnncr the nation's ton scorers
It also earned him praise from USC head
coach Richard Bell and FSU's Bobby
Bowden.
"Both Allen and Williams are fine running
backs. They're both equally capable of
doing the job," Bell said.
"Allen's got the stuff," Bowden said.
"Power, quickness...he's got it all."
Bowden said that Allen is primarily used
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lew record for field goals in a season for a
ISC kicker, breaking the old record (13 out
f 18) set in 1976 by Britt Parrish.
After holding FSU after the ensuing
rickoff, Earl Johnson blocked a punt by
irian Harlow, the ball falling out the end
:one for a safety to cut the deficit to nine
vith 4:18 left.
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line, because of his size and strength.
Allen is 5-11 and weights 200 pounds, while
Williams is 5-11 and weights 171 pounds.
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"We're both well-rested," Allen said
speaking of himself and Williams. "I think
that we're more effective as a result."
Allen, who has averaged 15 carries a
game this season, expressed a desire to get
more attempts at gaining yards instead of
points.
"I think any running back would like to
carry the ball 25 or 30 times in a game," he
said. "I'm looking forward to getting that
many carries. I think I'd gain more yards."
Allen also attributed his successful season
to the offensive line.
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"We have a lot of freshmen who are
playing on the offensive line this year,"
Allen said. "They've come together really
well, and now they're playing like
veterans."
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HOWEVER, EMORY BACON had trouble
fielding FSU's free kick, and instead of hav
ing good field position, Carolina had the ball
at its own 15.
Three plays later, USC punted and the
Seminoles drove 48 yards, the last six coming
from Greg Allen for his third of four
touchdowns.
That gave FSU a 28-12 lead at the half, but
Loss embarrasses
By Johnny Boggs
Fans were leaving the Williams-Brice
stadium midway through the third quarter Saturday
as Florida State was still rolling,
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portion of the original 62,821 spectators
remained in stadium.
The game left USC players and fans at a
loss for words.
The Seminoles had blitzed USC 56-26,
giving the Gamecocks their most
humiliating defeat in years, and their
second 30-point loss in two weeks.
"We just went out and didn't play well and
they did," USC defensive tackle Andrew
Provence said. USC had four turnovers, all
leading to FSU scores.
"It was certainly no lack of effort on our
part," Gamecock quarterback Gordon
Beckham said. "I'm really speechless. I
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Tom Norton scored twice, end David Burr and
lead Carolina to a 4-2 win.
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"I thought we had a good chance to win,"
he said. "We were down 28-12, but turnovers
had killed us and enabled them to get good
field position and score.
"We made a few defensive adjustments
we thought might be of help to us, but the second
half was a nightmare," he said.
EARLY IN THE third period, Norman
had a punt partially blocked, and a few
plays later Seminole quarterback Kelly
Lowrey passed to Weegie Thompson for a
touchdown.
The Gamecocks could do nothing on their
next possession, but this time Norman's
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recovered in the end zone for a Seminole
touchdown.
Within one minute and 39 seconds, FSU
had scored two times and was ahead 41-12.
FSU continued its surge, adding scores by
Allen on a 12-yard run and Dennis McKinnon
on an 83-yard pass from reserve quarterback
Blair Williams to put FSU up 56-12 early
in the fourth quarter.
Carolina managed a mild comeback in the
last five minutes of the game. Glenn
LeGrande recovered a blocked punt in the
end zone, and reserve quarterback Bill
Bradshaw hit Ira Hillary for the two-point
conversion. Later, Hillary caught a six-yard
scoring strike to end the scoring.
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the end," Bell said. "We can't live on past
mistakes, and we can't live on this ball
game."
The Gamecocks, who have no chance for a
winning season, scored every possible way:
a run and PAT, a field goal, a safety, a
defensive score and two-point conversion,
and a pass.
USC plays Navy Saturday at WilliamsBrice
Stadium for its final home game of the
year.
"I look forward to playing Navy, but we
have a few questions that need to be
answered. But I live by the statement 'success
is just one step beyond failure,' " Bell
said. "We just didn't take that step today."
coaches, players
really don't know how to put my finger on
why we are playing the way we are."
"This was a great disappointment, a great
frustration," USC Head Football Coach
Richard Bell said. "I've never been a part of
a score like this one. I can't see many
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The loss ends any chance of Carolina
having a winning season. At best, it can
have a 5-6 record, but must beat Navy (a 2018
winner over Syracuse) and Clemson (a
16-13 victor over North Carolina).
FSU Head Coach Bobby Bowden gave
USC credit for scoring two touchdowns
during the last five minutes of the game.
"They're a football team that never
quits," Bowden said. "I think once Richard
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totally different team.
"South Carolina is a good team when
they're consistent," he said.
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