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I < Page 14 ? November 7, 1984 Sports THE GAMECOCK Gai Associated pr< USC's Garr its No. 5 pc Huskies have ball team this four successi been second, Nebraska. Washingtoi votes and 1,1 from a natio and sportsca: Press poll fol nia. The Hu week in a she However, 1 final seconds the Longhor 1,184-1.121 1 ticipating, rei 1,032 points t crushed Iowa third to seco and 1,062 poi The next fi South Carolin The Top Twei college football theses, 1984 20 19 18 17-16 1 and rankings 1.Washington (J 2.Nebraska (4) 3.Texas (1) 4.Brigham Youn 5.South Caroli 6.Miami, Fla. ?tiid 1 fans PEP By Editor \ Giamccock e I This Sati University is USC" Giamec A win co 'C ocks and in both the [ Press colleg< More inif across Amer All seasoi name for th< appeared to after week w I no fluke. NevertheU about us has own eyes. However, of you wild Florida Stat nationwide The way I of the count Iand ethusia* be even moi We've go whole game louder than This may only add to thateveryor going to at stadium "fil Viewers a see. Think i and were int || do I he intim necocks si BSS Georgia ? tecock football team held on to BY J V"?|UI ^sition while the Washington receive become the first college foot- V, . , , ? . North Care ; season to be ranked No. 1 in . ve weeks. But Texas, which had Poims? ,a .. . . . , , , , , received 83. slipped to third place behind ed Kansas S [i received 50 of 58 first-plac<? and Georgi, received 71' 147 of a possible 1,160 points Oklahom nwiae pane, 01 sports writers anJ crushc( iters in this week s Associated U) njl; lowing a 44-14 rout ol Cantor- ,, , . . ^ ? . _ , , . C ollege dro iskics meet Southern Cal this . . ? , , to Peni )\vdo\vn lor the Rose Bowl. A ner over Ai fexas needed a field goal in the with 665 pc to edge Texas Teeh 13-10 and The Seeo ns, who trailed Washington LSU, Ohio ast week with 60 voters par- tian, Bosto :eived one first-plaee vote and Iowa, West his time. Meanwhile, Nebraska No. 1 in th> State 44-0 and elimbed from Last wee! nd with four first-plaee votes Florida, F1 nts. Iowa, Soutl ive teams ? Brigham Young, There are a, Miami, Oklahoma State and Twenty. ity teams in The Associated Press 7.Oklahoma ! poll, with first place votes in paren 8.Georgia records, total points based on 9.Oklahoma 151 14 13 12 1 1 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 10.Florida in the previous poll: 11.Florida Stal 12.LSU Record Pts Pvs 13.Ohio State 14.Southern Ci )0) 9 0 0 1,147 1 15.Texas Chris 8 1 0 1,062 3 16.Boston Colli 6 0 1 1,032 2 17.So. Method g (3) 9 0 0 1,008 4 18.Iowa na 8 0 0 921 5 19.West Virgini 8 2 0 832 6 20.Auburn lent encourages to wear black Bob MM. note: the following was a letter to The ciitor. irday's football game against Florida State probably the biggest game in the history of the ocks. uld elineh a major bowl appearance for the reassure them a position in the Top 5 or better United Press International and Associated : football polls. >oriantly. the game is going to be televised ica on ABC'-TV to millions of viewers. i long, the Gamecocks have been making a emselves. At the beginning of the season they many as being just another team, but as week /ent by, people began to realize that they were 2ss, what other people across America know , only been read or heard ? not seen with their this week the Gamecocks and every single one and crazy Carolina fans who will attend the e game at Williams-Brice Stadium will be seen on television. see it, we've got something to prove to the rest ry. 1 think we have one of the most supportive itic crowds anywhere, but this week we have to re intense. t to cheer on the Gamecocks throughout the ;, whether we are winning or losing and be ever. seem trivial, but I think our appearance could i our fine reputation. What I'm suggesting is ic wear black (especially above the waist) who is 'silllirHnvV ii'inw (''ill iiai . "? "? ? v.i v?i?T .? v_ (iii y\m 1111 (ifri?i v. Will lied with black" or a black "C arolina Wave?" cross the nation will be awestruck by what they ibout all of the times we'\e gone to Clemson imidatcd by all o! that orange. !his time, Id's lidatini; oursilw-,! \\c can do it! Son ' Pep Taik," p.)(jo 1b till rankec remained the same as last week. r need Texas-El Paso 42-9 and : remaining three first-place votes ^ points, South Carolina shaded * M ilina State 35-28 and received 921 ^ % tmi downed Louisville 38-23 and Kk 2 points, Oklahoma State trimm taie .v?-o; ana rcceviea /hi points a turned back Memphis State and .^?|||| a rebounded from its only loss 1 Missouri 49-7, moving up from 'ff '* ith with 686 point while Boston pped from ninth to 16th after los- ^ i State 37-30. Florida a 24-3 win- t$lli iburn, jumped from 13th to 10th nd Ten consists of Florida State, State, Southern Cal, Texas Chris- | * n College, Southern Methodist, L Virginia and Auburn, which was IB I | e preseason poll. i. :? a..u \i/ ? - \r: ? - ?. ? is., u wct.> /Milium, wcm viigima, orida State, I.SU, Ohio State, hiern Cal, SMU and TCU. no new teams in this week's Top 1 State 7 1 0 781 7 J 7 1 0 719 8 ' 6 1 1 686 10 6 1-1 665 13 le 6 1 1 509 14 Kg*?*' 6 11 481 15 .L 7 2 0 467 16 si 7 1 0 403 18 jmf tian 7 1 0 310 20 r-nr> nr-n ~ JPSbSKsM?* eye o-^-u zao y is, 5.2.0 164 19 6-2-1 159 17 No go a 7 2 0 102 12 USC I 6-3 0 92 11 fjrst jov ?^^^^??_____ Associa Undefeated G in front of na IBy Tracy Mixson It may not be a Clash of the Titans this Saturday when fifth ranked USC meets No. 11 Florida State University, but Gamecoek head football coach Joe Morrison said the game will nevertheless be a shootout. "They will be the best football team | we will have faced to date, no ques* tion," Morrison said. "Without a doubt they are one ot the most explosive toot ball teams in the country." At 8-0 and off to its best start ever, USC will take on the 6-1-1 Seminoles at 3:50 p.m. in Williams-Briee Stadium before a national TV audience. MORRISON SAID his squad will have to be "mentally alert, on our toes and ready to play," which is SOIlU'tllini' till' I-Illli'h fh.? Gamecocks were not lasi weekend in USC's 35-28 victory over North Carolina State. "We didn't mean to make it (the game) as exciting as we did," he said, "but it turned out OK in the end. "I think our biggest problem was poor execution on offense and missed tackles on defense. That's something we'll have to correct before meeting (running back) Greg Allen and Florida State." Allen and quarterback Eric Thomas lead the potent FSU offensive unit, ranked No. 1 in the nation in scoring and sixth in total offense. USC stands seventh in both categories. ALLEN RANKS seventh in the nation in individual rushing, averaging 121.5 yards a game. The senior tailback has gained 972 yards on 128 carries lor a 7.6 ? yard average and eight touchdowns. Thomas represents the Seminoles' other big scoring tin eat; he's ninth in the country in passing elliccncy. The junior ha- completed 69 of 1.1X passes uilh ono iMivrct'piion, I? louchdou ns anil ! ,t)S4 \ aids. Morrison said Ids delensc will bo put I fifth in inebackers James Seawright (45) and Pai vn in last Saturday's 35-28 win over the Wc ted Press Top 20 poll. amecocks tak tionally-televi: to its toughest test of the season wl it faces the Seminole offense. I Gamecock unit is rated 33rd in the i tion, compared to a top 10 rank: earlier (his year. "I think we're playing just as well we had in the past," Morrison sa "It's just that we'\e been running it different offensive sets and it take while to adjust." l'S( Will, be led by All-Amer candidate linebacker James Seawrig who racked up a career-high 29 lack lasi week against N.C". State. He n "They (Florida State) will I: football team we will have fa no question. Without a doul nnfi nf thp mnst pynlnciwo fn? _ ? ,w (t ?W% un^iiUUIVU I U* in the country." -J use head fo has 108 tackles for the year, an aver; of 13.5 a game. On offense, USC will Imvc rr? without running back Kent Hagoi who broke his left leg against Wolfpack and is out for the rest of season. "We're going to miss Kent, not o for his great playing ability, but for leadership as well," Morrison said. Quinton Lewis will move into starting spot with Anthony Smith the backup role. Thomas Dendy i Raynard Brown complete US< i ushing attack. M I I N Mi l ( HI I I and M Mold will share duties at ijuaitetba A P p ( Jqm a sy i il Vogel stop a North Carolina Sta ilfpack. The Gamecocks remain at N :e on Semi sed audiem as the two have all st he While I SU's dcl'en much attention in ing assistant head coach not to count the unit as "Our defense does id- to play good ball," B think we've only had s a our offense and dcl< well together. 1 lopefi season ? maybe thii can put it all togethei M or rison said l?s Seminoles don't line their problems this Si ID tho hnot !\J lllb UGOl IH^^Kr Dtball teams oe Morrison ^S, otball coach V : |j& last season's 45-30 Tallahassee. In that (.it) ,.r>mU!r>n/l f"' 11 V)UUO VVMIlUllItU IIJI / h1, first downs. the the "(AGAINST N.C * illy ourselves with mistak his missed field goals," h players always felt tha the the football game and in lot. I his team began md themselves last year a C"\ the\ could be success! Kepicntati\es of t (iato: ami ( it i us Ik ike S.iimd .i\ \ contest. \ I v. k, hii>;kIcast at V <() p.in )ll ' '?v ' *?-u Photo by Joe Ricker te player short of lo. 5 in this week's noles ce rason. se hasn't received 1984, Seminole's Art Baker said out. . Ii:i vi> I lii> :ihilit v aker said. "Hut I one game whore :nse have played illy sometime this s weekend ? we r." he hopes the I the solution to itui day, recalling na, JM}.loss to FSU in game the two 59 yards and 50 iTATE) we hurt es, fumbles and c said. "Bui our t t hey could w in that counts tor a to loam about nd believed thai III. * ()i ani-'.c, Siuiai. n\ !s will attend U I \ will ix-um