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Anyone at USC who calls himself a sports fan
and sits home this weekend should have his head
examined.
Seven big games in five sports highlight this
final weekend of school before Thanksgiving
break.
1 USC's women's volleyball team begins an incredible
weekend of Gamecock sports as the
Lady Gamecocks, 16-16 overall and winners of
eight of their last nine, compete in the Metro
Conference Championships in Hattiesburg,
Miss., Thursday through Saturday. Bonnie
Kenny's club, the second seed in the tournament,
is looking for their second consecutive Metro
title.
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women's swim teams face second-ranked Florida
beginning at 3 p.m. at Sol Blatt Natatorium.
USC's women's basketball team has their
season opener against South Carolina State at 5
p.m. Friday at Carolina Coliseum. Then, at 7:30
p.m., USC's men's basketball team opens their
1985-86 season against Wisconsin.
Saturday, the USC-Clemson football game at
Williams-Brice Stadium kicks off at 1:30 p.m. ?
as if it needed any more buildup. The revenge
factor after USC's last-minute win last season
has been well-documented, but developments
this past week have given this game an added
edge: the winner will play Minnesota in the Independence
Bowl.
And then there's the incident Saturday when
Clemson players embarrassed themselves badly
on national television when they attacked a
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maryiand piayer alter the game's final play.
CBS-TV cameras filmed the swarm of Tigers as
they beat the player on the head with their
helmets and were literally kicking him when he
was down.
Sure, Danny Ford had reason to be upset with
the officiating, particularly on the play that
allowed Maryland to tie the score at 31 when the
25-second clock had expired. But that's no excuse
for the Tigers' antics.
After the game, Ford,said that.wbm.qoaches
do poorly, they're fired,and.whei>fiofofees;m?ke' > '?
mistakes, they should be fired. You're right,
Danny. And when teams gang up on one player j
to perform a human sacrifice, they should be
suspended by the NCAA, or how about letting
them play four quarters without helmets. Don't
you agree, Danny boy?
Expect a bloodbath ? both on the field and in
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On to brighter notes. (JSC's soccer team con- '
tinued their winning ways, moving into the se- 1
cond round of the NCAA playoffs. But the
19-2-1 Gamecocks face a tough hurdle at 2 p.m. 1
Sunday against the 18-2-2 Tigers at Clemson and
are looking to avenge a 3-1 loss suffered at Clemson
Oct. 13. \
"Our preference is to play at home, but if it
turns out that Clemson wins, we'll come out
ready to play," said USC assistant coach Trevor 1
Adair after Sunday's win. "We'd like to get 1
Clemson back ? we feel we're just as good a '
team." 1
Head coach Mark Berson agreed, but 1
downplayed the revenge factor. "We'd like to
play at home, but if Clemson beats N.C. State,
it'd be a nice matchup for soccer in the state of 1
South Carolina."
Unfortunately for USC, the game will be 1
piayea at uiemson. The NCAA chooses the site
that can accommodate the most fans and make 1
the most money for the organization. But it's still
going to be a great game. If you have free time 1
Sunday, make the two-hour trip to Tigertown s
and catch what should be a great soccer game. s
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The winner of the USC-Clemson football game
will go to the Dec. 21 Independence Bowl and play
Minnesota according to the bowl's chairman.
If the Gamecocks and the Tigers, both 5-5, tie
Saturday in Columbia, the Shreveport, La., bowl
would look elsewhere for an opponent for Minnesota,
said bowl chairman Cecil Lloyd.
Lloyd, who is also chairman of the bowl's selection
committee, said Monday in a phone interview
that bowl officials "feel the teams (Clemson and
USC) are better than those disappointments (five
losses apiece). South Carolina was ranked (No. 17)
before the season. Clemson always has strong football
teams."
Lloyd, confirming a report Monday in The
Greenville News, said the bowl is concerned about
inviting teams with a strong football following.
Lloyd said both USC and Clemson have indicated
an interest in going to the Dec. 21 bowl "as far as
the NCAA will allow them to at this point."
Bowl invitations will be issued Saturday.
The Independence Bowl has been considering 11
teams, but Lloyd confirmed that Minnesota and the
two teams from South Carolina appear to be the
finalists.
"They both have good football traditions, and we
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Minnesota," said Lloyd. "Minnesota is 6-4 and
they play Iowa. If they beat Iowa we'll look like
geniuses."
Lloyd said winning records are important in picking
bowl teams, but the bowl has "so many extras,
people will have a good time anyway.
"There will be a lot of 6-5 teams in bowl games,"
said Lloyd.
Ultimate frisbee fir
By JOHN BOYETTE
Staff writer
Intramural playoff games for ultimate frisbee and
co-rec softbali will continue this week.
The finals of the ultimate frisbee playoffs will be
held at 7:30 p.m. today on Field F of the Sol Blatt
Physical Education Center. In last night's semifinal
games, the Warped Wafters took on Horizontal
Business, and SAE squared off against EN.
inc cnampionship games of the co-rec softball
playoffs will be held Thursday night. In the A division
at 9 p.m., Nobility will play EE Patrol. The B
division final at 10 p.m. pits Cola Magic against
Navy.
Entries for the Intramural Wrestling Meet close
Redskins' Theisman
out for six months
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON ? Joe Theismann, already the
senior starting quarterback in the National Football
League, could be six months older before he is able
to walk again. Still, he should be able to resume his
career, the Washington Redskins' physician says.
The 36-year-old Theismann sustained a compound
fracture of his lower right leg Monday night
when he was tackled by New York Giants
linebackers Lawrence Taylor, Harry Carson and
Gary Reasons in the second quarter of a Redskin
23-21 victory.
Team physician Dr. Charles Jackson, an orthopedic
surgeon, operated on the leg early this
morning at Arlington Memorial Hospital in Arlington,
Va. Jackson said Theismann would remain
hospitalized for 10-14 days. He will be olaced in a
Full leg cast for at least six weeks, then in a half cast.
"Joe is doing very well," Jackson said at about
1:30 a.m. EST after performing the operation. "We
:ook away soft tissue from around the bone, washed
he wound with many gallons of fluid, put packing
n the wound and placed the leg in a long cast.
"X-rays showed very good position of the bone,
md the prognosis is good," Jackson said.
Asked before the operation when Theismann
night be able to walk without crutches, the doctor
;aid, "We're talking about six months at least." He
laid Theismann would not be able to put any weight
>n the leg until he was placed in the half cast, but he
ully expects Theismann to be physically capable of
jlaying football after the leg heals.
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Bowl officials wanted teams within driving
distance of Shreveport because the event has been
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He said fans from South Carolina are already inquiring
in Shreveport about hotel space.
"Phones are ringing off the hook at the hotels,"
lals tonight; softba
Monday. The competitions will be held from 4:30-9
p.m. on Dec. 3-5 in Gym 308 of the P.E. Center.
The cost is 50 cents per person, and pairings will be
available Nov. 29.
The tournament is single elimination, and National
Federation wrestling rules will be used. All
participants will be placed in classes according to
weight classifications, and there is no limit as to
how many people may represent an organization in
each weiRht division. Individual winn^rc in
classification will receive a T-shirt.
Intramural notes: Mini soccer games and
volleyball matches scheduled for Nov. 26 will be
held Dec. 3, with no change in times. The intramural
office is developing a mailing list to send
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Independence Bowl scouts have been "going up
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information on upcoming events to teams that
regularly compete in the program. Any organization
or person interested in joining this list should call
the intramural office at 777-5261 and leave their
name, campus, address and phone number.
A ski trip is planned for the week of Jan. 5-9. The
trip includes four nights' lodging and four days' skiing
at three North Carolina resorts, as well as equipment,
slope and lift fees. The cost is $168 for those
needing equipment and $144 for those who have
their own. Registration is at 5 p.m. on Dec. 4 in
Room 102 of the P.E. Center. A $50 nonrefundable
deposit is required for registration. For
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