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*-'v # . ? Gamecocks Bv Ray Gronberg and Haywood Taylor Last year USC faced the secomWouf schedule in the nation. This year it's much easier. The Gamecocks will meet Georgia, N Dame, Florida State and Pittsburgh, wh wcm 10 uuwi ittsi ?coauu. A preseason poll by Sports Illustr magazine includes three USC opponent Pitt, the Fighting Irish and Clemson ? i top 10. WHO WILL be Carolina's touehest o nent? Gamecock head coach Joe Mori said take your pick. '"This will be another challenging yea our young men,'* he said. "You have t excited, have butterflies before each sc and each game. You never really feel cor table but that's part of the game." "We havtf* ant tn an nnf and r ourselves for 11 Saturdays," he added, can't take anyone lightly, but neither think anyone can take us lightly." USC WILL open its season tomoi against The Citadel, the 46th meeting o) two schools. USC leads the series 37-6-.1 But Morrison doesn't focus on the pa "The Citadel throws the ball very w< he said. "Their quarterback, Robert Hill, .good one. They have some fine receivers anytime you play a passing team that thr the ball well,it can be dangerous." I ssnn i No respect Linebackers James Seawright (45) and Pa Student tick from staTt Heports Students who have not recieved tickei USC's football game against The Cil tomorrow should not panic ? itVnot late. Student tickets will be available at the ' dent ticket window on the north sid Williams-Brice Stadium until halftime o came. Naturally, the tickets won't be for tl yard line. To get better tickets for games this season, it will pay to plan ahead. TICKETS ARE distributed to stui during the week before each home g Students must be full-time, fee-paying attend the Columbia campus, have a 1984 validation sticker on the front of 1 her identification card, and an ac sticker on the reverse. Distribution begins at 8 a.m. Tuesda Russell House,room 203. Students must on the Bull Street entrance only. Students enter according to the last dij their social security numbers. For the : 18 game with Duke, students whose s security numbers end with either 2 or 3 enter room 203 between 8 a.m. and 10 face another Xc,. not ' Sept. 2: is ? ' Oct. I in its ri Oct. II ll&^:/_ -_&&- : Or.# II Oct. 2* PP?- Mfc*1'^^-'1 Nov. "son JR Nov. 1 i for Jot Morrison ?Jov* \ o get USC head football coach Nov* 3 :ason L nforAFTER AN open date the following week >rnvp fh#? nfim?*nrlcs nlnv Duke Sent. 22. The Bill "We Devils, without quarterback Ben Bennett do I will be looking to avenge last year's 31-2loss to USC. rrow Georgia, 1983 Cotton Bowl champions, F the comes to Columbia Sept. 29. The Bulldogs I. beat Carolina in Athens, Ga .last year, 31-13. st. USC will play Kansas State for Homecom;11." ine Oct. 6. The Wildcats return 16 starters. , is a including standout quarterback Stan Weber, and from 1983's 3-8 team. ows PITTSBURGH COMES to Columbia Oct liililliiifetih*. <H " *j f ^ !? ? r ul Vogei pose for the cameras with inside linebacker coach Bi ^ B bis remain ava At 10 a.m. students whose social securit ts to numbers end with 4 or 5 may enter. adel too DISTRIBUTION IS open to all studen between 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. i stu- Each student may obtain one ticket wil e of his or her ID but may get a maximum of tw f the tickets using another student's valid car* PIthpr ntxrri mau Ko ncoH /-? VMIU ????/ VV UJVU IU V1IIV1 111V/ Uldll 1U le 50 tion area. later A validated ID card must be shown at tl stadium turnstiles for admission when usii a student ticket. dents ame. STUDENTS MAY obtain a ticket for i and non-student guest through one of two way i fall A date book, containing coupons that can 1 lis or exchanged at ticket distribution for tickets tivity each home game can be purchased for $56 I this afternoon at the ticket office ( ys in Rosewood Drive. Or, a regular student ticket can I git of validated and used with a student's ID car Sept. To do this, students get two tickets ocial distribution then purchase a validation tick may for $8 at distribution. At the stadium tl a.m.; guest must be escorted through the turnstil tough schedu 4 Football Schedule I THE CITADEL 7:00 p.m. 5 open I DUKE 7:00 p.m. 9 GEORGIA 7:00 p.m. : V A MC A C CT A Tl" f.AA ? t ivniici/icj oinib /;w p.m. 5 PITTSBURGH 1:30 p.m. D at Notre Dame 1:30 p.m. 7 EAST CAROLINA 1:30 p.m. 3 at N.C. State 1:00 p.m. 10 FLORIDA STATE 1:30 p.m. 1/ Ml mavy i:ju p.m. 14 at Ciemson 1:00 p.m. 13, bringing the first of several Heisman e Trophy candidates to face the Gamecocks. :? Lineman Bill Fralic will lead 14 other return4 ing starters from last year's Fiesta Bowl team into wnuams-jtjnce stadium. USC will travel to South Bend, Indiana . Oct. 20 to play Notre Dame. The Fighting i Irish were 7-5 in 1983 with a win in the Liberty bowl. They return 17 starters, including Heisman candidate Allen Pinkett, from the team that beat USC 30-6 last year. The Gamecocks return home Oct. 27 to face a tough East Carolina squad. The Pirates return 10 starters from their 8-3 team of a year ago. ' I ^ - ,, Southern C most pxritir I ./ W out of bour jMf B HP Gilliard s P*?SfV m ^JjEBSBy i what they, d "pouni ( most the tea WBB& ^| year, w HUffiP" ^ Gilliard s , linebackers "They ca and that wt by Andy L**y interested il Gilliard i ill Michael at USC's media day Aug. 15. believes he i drills. liable for tomor y Distribution is conducted by personnel of the Athletic Ticket Office, aided b)t Student Pinvprnmpnt r\r rlicoMa/1 ~ V* MiaMVlVU ts students may get assistance by calling 777-6744. th >o ABOUT 13,000 student tickets are i. available for each home game. u- These procedures apply for home football 1e \-'|7 1904 STUDENT TICKET DIS lie e- I ;. /: ' '' " ' V:>' : : le in 1984 THK* niMirrnrifG ?,SII ? ?. AHUM fTIII IWA HI /VI another Heisman candidate when they travel to Raleigh, N.C., Nov. 3 to face North Carolina State. Wolfpack running back Joe Mcintosh will lead 14 returning starters in attempting to avenge lost year's 31-17 loss to Carolina. Nov. 10 marks the final home game of the year with USC facing a high scoring Florida State team led by all-purpose running back Greg Allen. The Seminoles, 1983 Peach Bowl PiiammAno atrAronarl m/\rA fKori 11 A v/iiuinpiv/iij| u viU5VM uiuiv man pvuiid a game en route to a 7-5 record last year. Carolina will play its final regular season games on the road. The Gamecocks will face Navy on Nov. 17, attempting once more to stop Heisman candidate running back Napoleon McCallum. Against USC last year, McCallum gained only 62 yards on 21 carries, his lowest total of the season. USC won 31-7. THE AIWA VS.IMTFMSP i . . ^ Hill UJIUIV rivalry with Clemson will be rekindled Nov. 24 at Death Valley. The Tigers return 13 starters from a 9-1-1 1983 squad. Morrison said it would be a mistake to focus too narrowly on the Gamecock's difficult schedule. "We can't worry about who we are playing," he said. "We just have to worry about ourselves. If we go out and execute and play like we can, things will take care of themselves." I ara Continued from pege 15 alifornia in Carolina's 38-14 upset ? was the ig play in which he was involved last season, intercepted the pass and retuned it to the two, I vas the turning point of the game." ONS HAVE been raised as to whether or not [>ped out of bounds during his run back of the i. Gilliard said he never knew he if he was in lot. tching replays on television, Oilliard said, "I bounds. I mean I was really out of bounds. But nts is that the ball was put on the two. If I was ias mey snouia nave just caned me out." aid this season's defense will have to rely on lo best ? hustle. ) FOR pound we're going to be smaller than ims we play. We're going to rely on what we did hich is quickness and hustle." ;aid the strength of .the defense will be in the and defensive backs. got real good depth in the backs, and the have a lot of experience." <i9 aauj me reason ne came to use was coaching staff showed the most interest in his ime to every game I played in my senior year, is really important to me. It showed they were i me." >aid he broke his nose twice last season, and might have broken it for a third time during fall row's game games. But tickets for one away game ? Clemson ? will be available. Approximately 1,800 of the tickets will go on sale at 8:30 a.m. Nov. 11 at the Carolina Coliseum box office. They will cost $15 each and will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis with a limit of one ticket per student. The Gamecock will publish camp out details later this semester. -?h\ r, i ?~*f*^Vt ?.?* ^ ~i~ -1?-9?dl L.?SsLS* ?~n ECUHITY NUMBER ___ irilllJl llll I II > ?. IJI "11.11.. 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