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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. They would travel great
distances to sit in mighty arenas and yell
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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necocks' record now stands at 6-9
76-58 victory-over UNC-Charlotte.
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a 6-2 junior center, leads the
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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
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