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Sports 8 MT Wednesday, January 22, 1986 ' 1 1 ?< snrewsDurY Divine intervention created Super Bowl Editor's note: In light of Sunday's Super Bowl game between the Chicago Bears and the New England Patriots, The Gamecock is doing its share to compete with the rest of the country's media by hyping the single greatest event of all time. Here is an offering of how the game of football may have evolved. And on the eighth day God created football. And He brought forth from nothing a field on which to place this hallowed game. He spake that it shalt be no longer than 100 yards in length and have two sacred zones at each end. And it was so. Then God created two teams of warriors to play this game for the amusement of their God and tneir tellow man. He spake that there shouldst be no more than 45 warrior-men to comprise these two factions. (In the Old Testament there were 49.) And the object of this great game was sent to the people, and they were impressed. "Go forth and score more points than thy brother." And it was further spoken that each team shalt field a squad of 11 men. These great warriors are to move, with specialized plays and trap blocks, a pigskin. They are to move this ball up and down this field until such time that they reach the opponent's end zone. And if the offensive warriorteam does at anytime reach an opponent's end zone, he shalt be given six points. Then a single man shalt be called upon to cap off his team's accomplishment by kicking such pigskinith through two upright poles for a gift of one additional point. And it was good. And then God sent a tablet that was brought down from some ice-capped mountain. And on this tablet were placed the rules for this game. And they were taken by the people and revered as law. To enforce such laws God then created, from the ribs of the Zebra, seven men to hp fr?r<?v<?r known as "Refs." And He spake that these men should have great powers over the playerwarriors. They would be able to stop all that would be done by blowing a screeching sound. And it was so. Such were the laws on this holy tablet: ? Thou shalt not transverse the neutral zone before a play hath occurred; ? Thou shalt not block thy opponent from without his sight and above his waist; ? Thou shalt not celebrate in the endzone with malicious "High Fives" as to make thy brother feel shame; ? Thou shalt respect thy sacred Zebra as it were thy own father. And it was so. And God then created two great men to lead these factions of warriors in their quest for victory. He made them wise, strong of character and not very fashion conscious. And it was spoken that they should be callcd "Coach" for all eternity. It was further said that when these great men had given all they could give to the game, they would be summoned from retirement to do beer commercials and write books. And they would. And last of all Ciod created the spectators to view this holy game. 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Preseason All-America selection Brantley Souther Gamecocks Lady Gamecocks to fa USC seeks rev By JOHN BOYETTE Sports editor Both of USC's basketball squads will try to continue their winning ways after Saturday's victories, but the competition will be tough. The men's team will seek to avenge a 73-66 overtime loss when they square off against arch-rival Clemson Thursday at 7 p.m. and the Lady Gamecocks will travel to Athens, Ga., tonight for a 7:30 p.m. contest against the No. 2 Lady Bulldogs. Head coach Bill Foster's Gamecocks arc coming off a shaky 79-73 victory over Central Florida, but turned in impressive performances against Metro Conference foes Memphis State and Virginia Tech in their previous two outings. USC is 9-6 for the season and 1-2 in Metro play. Clemson, on the other hand, has cooled off after starting the season with a perfect 11-0 mark. After defeating Wake Forest in their Atlantic Coast Con American II Keel Cri >hh H ! I E APPLICj I 0 I BEING | IstPRIi | I 2nd PRI )er and Oregano B f 3rd PRI. BY 1 i ... .' *^EH9KBSSh9BR% jhh^m^i JjtjmEf* Wk^ jB^ ;;"3?S-?i g M H K, ^';' jmBE I ^Ekr . J9 Rt RAY GRONBERGfThe Gtnwcock s continues to excel for the Lady ce No. 2 Bulldc enge again icrencc opener, the l igcrs dropp ACC games to Virginia, N.C. S Tech. In the Dec. 7 contest, USC led t the way before losing by seven ii Shaw, who has since left the I academic reasons, led USC in scor ryl Martin was the top reboundei Gamecocks were hampered by fo game, and as a result, Duane K Moye, Shaw and Martin each fou Probable starters for (JSC are M Keith James at the guard position and Linwood Moye at the forwarc Duane Kendall or Perry Dozier at For Clcmson, Grayson Marshal dleton will be in the backcourt, H Anthony Jenkins will be at the f and Glen McCants will be at cent* YTIONS NOW ACCEPTED 717 ton/i ^ ouu ZE >125 ZE ?75j Southers a for USC's i By TRACY MIXSON Staff writer Even with a concussion, Brantley Southers can give her opponents a headache. Southers, a pre-season AllAmerica forward for USC's women's basketball team, was not expected to play Saturday against UNC-Charlotte because of a mild head injury suffered three nights before against Mississippi State. Instead, she came off the bench to score 14 points and pull down seven rebounds ? not a bad night considering she suited up five minutes before tip-off. "Brantley has been outstan ding this season, especially since the Christmas holidays," Lady Gamecock head coach Nancy Wilson said. "When we lost Monica Williams to a knee injury (Dec. 21), Brantley looked at the situation, saw what we needed from her and delivered. "She's come on strong in all areas, not only offensively, but defensively as well. She's become the team leader and has been consistently productive because she plays extremely hard for 40 minutes every game." Southers said she's assumed the leadership role by trying to play solid, all-around ball. So far, her efforts have been sue r..i or i ? - cessiui. sue icacis mc squaa in scoring with a 20.7 average and in free throw percentage (37 of 41 for 90.2 percent). She is also second in rebounds (7.9), assists (44), steals (35) and field goal igs st arch-riva >ed three straight The I.ady Gar tate and Georgia after Saturday's However, the l.f he Tigers most of ranked No. 2 in I i overtime. Tony leads the series ? .earn because of victory over US ing with 14. Dar- Carolina Classic r with eight. The Katrina McCI; ul trouble in the Lady Bulldogs i endall, Linwood points per garni led out. average. Roundi ichael Foster and are forwards Te is, Darryl Martin and guards Rhoi 1 slots, and either Brantley Soutl center. leads the Lady C 1 and Larry Mid- second in rebour lorace Grant and line-up for USC orward positions Parker in the ba jr. and Tammy Har headache ipponents percentage (45.4) and is third in < assists (44). For her performances, she's twice been named Metro Conference Player of the Week and was honored as the American Sports Federation National Player of the Week in early January. While she's honored by the recognition, Southers says she would trade her individual awards for an improvement of the Lady Gamecock's 6-9 record. "Naturally I like the attention I'm getting, but I wish our record was better," she said. "After all, that's reallv what we're onf thfrr working for. "The awards arc great, but they would probably mean more if we could pull out a few more wins and stop losing so many close games." The Lady Gamecocks have lost three games by one point, including back-to-back losses to Clemson and North Carolina in December and a 63-62 decision to Metro rival Southern Mississippi Jan. 13. In those three games, Southers totaled 69 points and 31 rebounds. Despite its overall record, USC IpaHc tho Motrn uiltli r* 1 1 *-? ? ^^1, IVUVI^ I IIV- ITIVII V/ Willi a J" I I I J cl I Pv and was picked during the preseason to win the conference title. Southers said the lady Gamecocks have "better than a good chance" at taking the league championship, and *an overall winning record is si ill possible as well. See "Southers," page 9. il Clemson necocks' record now stands at 6-9 76-58 victory-over UNC-Charlotte. .j.. n..iu -? ? - ? tuy ouuuugs sianci ai 13-1 ana arc the nation by USA Today. Georgia igainst USC 3-1, including a 74-72 C in the finals of the 1983 Nikeain, a 6-2 junior center, leads the n scoring with an average of 20 i and in rebounding with a 9.6 ng out Georgia's starting line-up resa Edwards and Lisa O'Connor ida Mikes and Traci Waites. icrs, USC's All-America candidate, jamecocks in scoring (20.7) and is iding (7.9). The rest of the starting includes Mindy Ballou and Martha ckeniirf Sharnn Cnlitir>rr? a? vcy at the other forward slot. FEB.6 I 9 PM I CALL S 256-8065 I OR ENTRY I FORM I rcitv wit |