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Carolina hp By Jeff Hartseli After 12 years as an independent, USC returned to conference membership this past April when athletic director Bob Marcum announced that Carolina would become the eighth member of the Metropolitan Cola ^ r i^gituc /Aimcuc v.uineience. Marcuin said Tuesday that the entire athletic department "really looking forward" to the ne\. letro season. The conference offers championships in men's crosscountry, women's volleyball, men's and women's basketball, baseball, men's track, men's golf, men's and women's swimming and men's and women's tennis. USCwill be the host of championships in swimming and men's golf this year, Marcum said. Head baseball coach June Raines said Running wind sprints I IC P Ino^k oil nloimro run pnrinio rliirinn hn loot nl t uoo luuiuau piaycio ium opinuo uunny uic laoi ui i tices yesterday. The Gamecocks, under first-year head i rison, prepare for their season opener against North C at wmiams brice btaaium. (JSC players sh< % Kgm^. ^ JL ... I f JBBr JF JH / ]jp USC football players display mohawk hairc From left are Emory Bacon, Ira Hillary arid Glenn By Jeff Hartsell wa A college football (cam is the last ma place one would expc t hair styling ing trends to crop up. Blow dryers and 4 combs don't fit the jock's image. lin< Nevertheless, some l SC players are fen AvrvInr inn nt*/ \t* \ rinr ? ^"- - 1 - vrtj/ii'iiiis iiv? ivnii'": iu 111 11(111 It'll fashion. Led by the mj wad's offensive anc line, about 60 Gameco.^s have shaved > most or all of the hair off their heads. Ga Some of the players chose the thu mohawk look popularized by televi- wo sion's Mr. T, while others opted for a it,' more conventional "buzz." Either 1 Spc gins first s "personally, I'm really looking forward to the year. The competition in the Metro is super." Raines said that the baseball team has scheduled 11 games with Metro opponents so far. The Gamecocks will play Virginia Tech four times, Louisville three times and Cincinnati and Tulane twice each. The conference baseball tournament will be at Florida State this year, Raines said. Head basketball coach Bill Foster called the move to the Metro Conference "a big transition. We are happy about being in the Metro. It's a great league and we look forward to becoming a part of its great tradition." Foster was also able to schedule 11 games against Metro members. The only Metro member missing from the schedule is LJf wo-a-day prac-B :oach Joe Mor B II11IIIIII III 111 11 ave heads to shi IBB HltS LeGrande y, all the players agree that one Chaiki in reason lay behind the mass shav- agreed ? team spirit. up bee 'One of the goals for the offensive is real! ; is to pull together as a team," of- C'ha sive tackle Carl Womble said. "We rison like this would give us more spirit player: i get us closer together." styles, -Vomble, a junior from Savannah, Mos said the haircuts reflect a new en- grow t isiasm on the team. "Last year, we can," .. I ^J > a l . i i_ A . r i IT i uiun i even nave mougni or doing " mc * ' he said. might reshman middle guard Tommy good.' >rtS' ? BIH GdSUII 10 IVI "We are happy about being in the Metro. It's a great league and we look forward to becoming a part of its great tradition." ? Head basketball coach Bill Foster Louisville. Three other games, not yet selected, will be designated as conference games for seeding in the conference tournament. Marcum said that other institutions, both in and out of the Metro, provided "outstanding cooperation" in accomodating USC's scheduling needs. "They understood our desire to play Metro teams," he said. 1 k?M> [/^KW jfe % VjMu V ^g "" Shl -<,f Jn30bjk,x i^BBBbk HBSI ^ ,^V lr flHrwl Wrf"; ^( r JhH **5fxSSl ^ k?I ow spirit jAlaba mmm By Mike Lough 1 here were ; : last week whei Perry Cuda u football team % According t mat ion office, w show up at t W mBmMBB spokesman sai knew the quar an coach Ray Pci reportedly ic S^ffiTr,.., guaranteed a playing time. 1 &&.; wJHHk Cuda connect rW four attempt i w o o f w h t o u e h d o \v n ^ Perkins told I 1 inV signal-ea J apparentiy t Photo U, Aiuiy ; . <7 I'ca'.i I 1)1 1 SC. "He (C nda ycai' ihe sp< pushed hard I n, who chose 1 he molwwk \le, ot Miami Dol that thfl "ot?;i?,(? ?? ,i. . . . | | uuiuiut uii uic u\i:n is ?i.->.TiM<i ause of the schedule. l:.ver> Kuly Wilson said W ly looking forward to playing.'* for admission: ikin said head coach Joe Mor- s',ould : ??' 1 lJ" ,u ryu.-y auipincu wncn lilt' * ,V IIICl s showed up with their new hair ^or ljle } but "lie got a kick out of it." between him, it of the players will probably "e Jl,sl ^ heir hair back "as fast as thev Wilson said. Chaikin said. But Womblc >.?id since he was I1 ZJamecocks start off winning, "1 'n8 l|,e progra keep it shaved. I guess ii ks Wilson said j was semetl do leiro I Marcum would not speculate on the addition of football to Metro competition, but said that the Metro Conference included "some good football programs." Women's basketball coach Terry Kelly is "very pleased to be in the Metro. It's a good move for us because the conference has very good competition, and the tournament winner gets an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament." Kelly said he was able to schedule all of the required 10 games against Metro opponents. Metro Conference members are Cincinnati, Florida State, Louisville, Memphis State, Southern Mississippi, Tulane and Virginia Tech.. USC had been independent since it left the Atlantic Coast Conference in 1971. gjife Ww VJBr HL ?1 ?KB5B5Eil,< Photo hy Andy Lavail#y ma Quarterback H fers to Carolina I a lot of raised eyebrows in Tuscaloosa, Ala., ^ former Summerville High School standout nexpectedly left the University of Alabama for I JSC o a spokesman at the school's sports inforCuda raised speculation when he failed to he team's Picture Day on Aug. 17. The d not even Cuda's roommate, Todd Roper, terback's whereabouts. g with head kins, Cuda quested a mount of gSHpf j?3 .ast season, hen IccidcJ io Sid Wilson Says Cuda will attend (JSC ) would've gotten more playing time this Vicesman said. "Hut then he was also being or the number two spot by Mike Shula (son phins head coach Don Shula)." mt athletic director for media relations Sid ednesday Cuda is going through the red tape s as a transfer student. have no problem getting in," Wilson said, e was "no problem with his grades." muaiiuu ul ua, Wilson said "It is personal I his family'and the people of Alabama. ! lecidcd that this was thr " jyiMW IV/1 111111 | 'Perry said he's been a South Carolina fan 0, and he is tremendously excited about joinim." Cuda requested no media interviews until he wn on campus.