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Repeating Gamecock's cfanrlc nnlv UlUllUa uaai | By Tom Gatto Some people say history has a tendency to repeat itself, and in the case of this year's Gator Bowl, they're partially right. For the third time in the game's 38-year series, USC will be a participant. Their first appearance was in the inaugural Gator classic in 1946. In that game, USC, coached by Rex Enright, was upended by Wake Forest, 26-14. That's one part 01 nisiory Carolina would like not to repeat, since the school has never won a post-season game, going 0-5 in the process. HERE'S A rundown of USC in the bowls: In 1969, the Gamecocks captured its first and only Atlantic Coast Conference titlf. with a rprnrd Cnach Paul Dietzel had finally gotten the football program in gear, it seemed, and a win in the Peach Bowl that year would have capped things off in grand style. But such dreams were not to come true, ac Wf??t Viroinia Mountaineers pounded out a 14-3 victory. The Gamecocks would not make the post-season again until 1975, Jim Carlen's first year as head coach, when they traveled to Orlando, Fla., for the Tangerine Bowl. Their opponent was Miami of Ohio. If your mind' Christmas & mavbe our 1 will fill the ? 9 \ Books ? I /AC/ 1 m Calendars A S Galore Cw, II ] jChildron'^j we h 1 1 Cassette? J The Univers Wishing you and yours history bowl record to improve IN THAT contest, USC fell, 20-7, making it 3-for-3 in bowl losses. In 1979, Carolina wrapped up its most successful /-- ? Ail ?? !? o f rirt f Ko season lUIUII lllis ycai/ wim a IKJ uiv Hall of Fame Bowl in Birmingham, Ala., but the result again was a negative one ? Missouri 24, USC 14. One season later, Carolina had the best player in college football in tailback George Rogers. The Gamecocks repeated their win total from 1979 (eight), and were rewarded with another trip to Jacksonville for a game with Pittsburgh, led by quarterback Dan Marino and linebacker Hugh Green, who finished second to Rogers in the Heisman Trophy voting. With a national TV audience watching, the Panthers whipped the Gamecocks, 37-9. Rogers was never a factor, and Green shut down USC's attack handily. SO USC returns to the scene of past failures ? with a new cast of characters and a different antagonist in the torm of ^kianoma Diaie. dui imc mage 15 mc siiint ? 80,000-seat Gator Bowl Stadium in Jacksonville, while the show will be presented by ABC-TV. And USC fans hope Dec. 28 will not turn out to be a repeat performance of Gamecock history. imwmmimwa?wmrnm , m s a blank for I [ ift buying, jlank books u:ii IJAIA '? not, ?? m ions m SI"V? 1 ?* s?,e I I Books J | ity Bookstore all the joys of the season. Prices have incre but bowl is still By Joe Jackson Gator Bowl tickets sold for $2.50 in 1946. Although that is one-eigth of this year's $20 pri 19,000-seat Jacksonville stadium was only half full first Gator Bowl when USC lost to Wake Forest Univ tea nmcry, vjaior nuwi lniuriuauuii uiicciui s<nu, showed up, and most of them didn't pay." A GROUP of Jacksonville merchants and Lion members organized that debut of what has become tl most financially lucrative bowl in the nation. The bowl was to be called, appropriately enough, th Club Bowl. A Chicago sportswriter jokingly referred the Allaif?ator Bowl prior to the first game, and the sh version has persisted since, Emery said. The teams that played in the 1946 game split a purse, and the Jacksonville merchants lost money on t! USC and Oklahoma State University will each $900,000 for appearing in the 40th annual Gator Bo 28. MAT AVI V u oc thp nurcf* ornun cinnn tVi#? first ojt HVf * I1UO HIV pwi ov 51 Vff II kJIIIVV VKV lllllk the Gator Bowl itself has expanded to include abo? weeks of events that culminate with the game. This year's Gator Bowl program includes a 10,00 run, a college invitational golf tournament, a junior la nis tournament and a regatta, Emery said. Those fans who went to the first Gator Bowl had r races, foot races, or golf tournaments, but the 1946 g; its own Dlace in the record books. USC's Charlie Bre tercepted a Wake Forest pass and ran it back 99 3 record return that still stands, according to Emery. Besides that record, other incidents have added to tl Bowl's uniqueness among college bowls, Emery said. THE GATOR Bowl, like other bowls, is played one except for 1954 when it was played twice. 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