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Tailgate time
Tony Chastain and (on left), Charlie Campbell tailgat
season. New legislation could force some parties' em
Former Clemson pi
traded to New Enc
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SUWANEE, Ga. Climaxing a week of wheeli
ing, the Atlanta Falcons have waived 13-year
Yeates and starters Mike Zele and Bo Robinso
third-round draft choice Rod McSwain to New
Along with three other trades in the past f
moves constitute the most radical week of perso
since Executive Vice President Eddie LeBaron 1
club in 1977.
In cutting their roster to the National Foe
regular-season limit of 49 players Monday, the
waived rookie running back Tim Tyrrell and
linpharL-^r Havp I pvpnirk and nlaced cornerba
and tight end Ben Young on injured reserve.
COACH DAN Henning also said that tigh
Miller would have been waived if he hadn't trac
New Orleans. Henning added that the Falcons a
possibility of acquiring another running back in i
William Andrews, out for the season with a da
Although Yeates was the least surprising
veterans waived Monday, Henning called the n
difficult of the day. Yeates, a 6-0, 257-pound ?
has undergone three knee and two shoulder opei
his career and faced an uphill battle in camp '
healthier linemen.
"Yeates was the most difficult of all these i
because he works hard and displays a determinat
for the game that you like to have," Henning
was in a situation where if he practiced every da
down. We have to move along, to try to look {
little bit."
"I've played (here) 11 years, which is 11 yeai
thought I'd play," Yeates said. "I think it pro!
(Henning) as much as it hurt me."
DEFENSIVE TACKLE Zele and halfback R
as starters until they were cut, were victims of ui
nagging injuries, Henning said.
Zele, a sixth-year man, had been projected
left defensive tackle, but "he had enough nag
nothing serious but enough to hamper him ? t
sure he was going to be able to start the seas
said.
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ck Earl Jones begins a weekly series of colun
by members of The Gamecc
sports staff
it end Junior
led Sunday to In coming to Carolina, Joe M
re open to the rison became the Gamecocks' 2
the absence of head football coach and third ir
maged knee. many seasons. Some players s
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name among mey aian i ukc me uuu?.
love the most But within a year, the good i
iefensive end, in a black hat brought a winning
rations during titude to Carolina, something
with younger, Gamecocks have lacked in j
seasons. With the new attitud<
winning season to match can't
slayers today, far behind.
ion and desire While talk of a bowl bid
said. "But he ridiculous before last season, c
iy he'd get run fidence now runs high around
it the future a Roost. Recently quarterback \
Hold flatly stated, "This year w
rs more than I going to a bowl game. There's
>ably hurt him doubt."
MAYBE THAT'S pushing it at
obinson, listed stage of the game, but one thir
ncertainty over certain: before his second sea
Morrison has ended years of co
as the starting sion in Carolina's football prog
;ging things ? with a positive outlook and stab
hat we weren't ing influence.
ion," Henning As a New York Giants stan<
for 14 years, Morrison earned
the Falcons to nickname "Old Dependable"
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rinking law t<
ffect tailgater
i Staff and Wire Reports problei
hile alcohol consumers under the age Insid
9 worry about the new drinking age law, Contrc
her new form of legislation will be affec- agents
Gamecock football fans and their now- license
ous mobile tailgate parties. are sol
juth Carolina's new open-container law But
t affect in January, but Gamecock fans the ag
face the legislation for the first time this police
with USC's opening home football game ABC
t. 8. slack 1
atrol Col. P.L. Meeks said the State at the
hway Patrol is ready to enforce the new
, designed to curb the driving cocktail MA
ies so noDular before past Carolina to the
tests. street <
busine
AS MANY patrolmen as fans will be in Johi
street," he said. "But probably in the
lebody will get eaught who doesn't read would
paper or listen to the radio." on the
he state's new open-container law, which "Sti
k effect in January, prohibits consump- by the
i of alcoholic beverages in a moving vehi- some 1
"We've made several hundred cases so the pe
" said Meek, adding, "The law's pretty store t
n." "If
Jnder the law, it's illegal to have an open people
tainer nf alrnhol in a mnvine vehicle nle an
ess it's inside a compartment like the we ha
ik or a glove compartment. Violators will used t
guilty of a misdemeanor and could face a
; of up to $100 or up to 30 days in jail. DEI
-leek said the Highway Patrol has deter- Coluri
led fans cannot legally drink in a closed- would
passenger compartment of a larger traffi<
reational vehicle. And he thinks the sheer
sence of officers at the football game will manp
:p problems to a minimum. opentraffi
DESPITE THE new law, Meek said he traffi
esn't expect any major problems at "I
>C's Wiliiams-Brice Stadium wnen the fans bypr<
ur into the area from around the state will 1
tdy for an outdoor cocktail party. ,4F
"In past years, we haven't had any real drinl
ison face sophi
I PEP TALK
55 By Tracy Mixson
n reputation that has carried over to
W&L his coaching career.
H Before joining USC he resurrected
two football programs, the
first at the University of Tennessee
ing at Chattanooga. Within three
ms years, the coach brought the Moc>ck
casins to .500, and a winning tradition
was born.
In 1980 Morrison moved on to
or- the University of New Mexico to
7th aid the stumbling Lobos. After coni
as secutive 4-7 seasons, the squad
aid finished 10-1, the best mark in the
school's history.
guy
at- THE 1982 New Mexico team was
the ranked among the country's best in
)ast scoring offense, total offense,
J, a rushing offense and rushing
be defense.
Then Morrison came to USC,
was facing the second toughest schedule
:on- in the nation and not much time to
the adjust the confused Gamecocks to
like yet another coaching system,
e're But he did it. The team went 5-6,
; no a respectable mark considering the
fir/'iimcfanrpQ
Oddsmakers will tell you the
this Gamecocks will go 5-6 in 1984, bas)g
is ed on Morrison's past secondson,
season coaching records. But don't
nfu- bet on it.
ram
>iliz- THE SCHEDULE is even
tougher this year, but so is the
iout backfield. Morrison said enthe
thusiasm will be the difference, an
? a edge for USC.
ns at the stadium," said Meek.
le the stadium, the Alcoholic Beverage
>1 Commission has withdrawn its
so they can be used to enforce laws at
d locations where alcoholic beverages
d.
Nicholas Sipe, executive director of
ency, says local, state and university
will still be enforcing the laws, and the
wants those agencies to take up the
eft by his agency's diminished numbers
siauium.
IN STREET is a primary road leading
stadium, and store owners along the
;omplain their shops will probably lose
ss because of the new legislation,
n Psomas, owner of the Big Bird, said
past most motorists using Main Street
stop to purchase alcoholic beverages
ir way to the stadium.
adents have a lot of spirit and they stop
eroeerv store or bv me and nick un
beer," he said. "How can you expect
ople not to open it from the grocery
o the stadium?
they enforce the law, there'll be a lot of
: in jail, and business-wise, a lot of peoe
going to be hurt. But if it's the law,
ve to abide by it. By next year, we'll be
0 it. "
P1JTY CHIEF Brendan Galvin of the
nbia Police Department said the law
1 be enforced in the course of normal
: control activities on game days.
re're not going to devote any additional
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container law)," he said. "Because of
c problems, we devote manpower for
c control."
f arrests for the open-container law are a
oduct, so be it. It's just another law that
De enforced, like any other law.
'eople know it's the law. You can't
; in the car."
imore jinx?
"We don't have any sort of
predictions; that's a guessing
game," he said. "But, I think with
the proper attitude, hustle and
growing confidence, we'll be a bet
ter football team this season."
While many Gamecock fans are
concerned Morrison may fall victim
to a second-year slump, the coach
himself probably hasn't even
thought about it.
Instead, USC's coach is only
thinking about one goal: winning.
Tracy Mfixson is the assistant
sports editor of The Gamecock and
is responsible for coordinating the
newspaper's football coverage.
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Joe Morrison
No second-year slump
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