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F ' Sports Wednesday, October 29, 1986 ^ Q GAMECOCK? IM ? ? ? m m mmm m a > "T"s can pla\ in ABCs of U While watching the Gamecocks play football this season, it has became apparent the letter "F" represents many things. ^ The first important "f" for the Gamecocks is freshmen. Even though the likes of Oklahoma linebacker Brian Bosworth and Miami defensive end Jerome Brown can make freshmen look like fresh meat, USC's first-year players are the core of hope for Gamecock faithful everywhere. This brings us to another important "f" for Carolina ? the fans. While they may represent the only core of hope for USC's | sports department, the fans are the reason USC, or any other team, participate in intercollegiate football. As fickle as Gamecock fans may be at times, most would agree their football future is foretold by the fortunes of a fabulous foursome. At the head of that four-pack lies fantastic freshman quarterback Todd Ellis. Sought after by most major colleges, Ellis has shown he is capable of ) becoming the best quarterback the Gamecocks have ever seen. He has thrown for 1,967 yards and 14 touchdowns in only fceven games. The USC singleseason passing mark is held by Tommy Suggs who threw for 2,030 yards in 1970. Second on the list is USC's first-rate junior wingback Sterling Sharpe. Sharpe is receiving national attention for his con| sistent performances this season. He has caught 48 passes for 661 yards and 6 touchdowns. Practice makes perfect With ths 1088-67 baskotboll season just around ths corner, pracjk.1 j__ ? lies tor me uamecocKt now becomes more intense. USC's new heed coach George Felton had hit teem scrimmaging last Saturday. Tony Shaw (Wo. 15) (joss up with the bell for the white squad. Shaw hed to leave the team last year for academic reasons and will not be eble to play for the first half of this seeson, but is expected to return in the spring. No. 41, Perry Dozier; No. 44, Darryl Martin; end Terry Dozier t will be the players Felton will heve to count on to comprise his front court. They will have help from forward Bill Vernau, and John BrackinridaA. HSP.'a fir?t nam* ! Nov. 14, at home, in an exhibition against Marathon Oil. THOMAS HUMPHREY/The Gamecock ?! Did Vou Freshmt ~i Now you a H : _ f Ti g i dM issues ur ii ] yearbook i i . : Come by Russell Hoi ] to pick up I 1982-8 :i 1983-8 = 1984-8 - Portrait sittings for the t are NOW through NOV! . Russell Hot iPrvTvrvr-r'ivivtvrvi-.-ivri^ ?>nf nllr v-yj tuirv Wayne Washington f a big part SC football Another member of the foursome is USC sophomore wide receiver Ryan Bethea. Dethea, who has caught 19 passes for 449 yards and four touchdowns, is a "fine" athlete in head coach Joe Morrison's opinion. (That figures. What hasn't he called "fine.") The final figure in that fantastic foursome is freshman running back Harold Green. As his last name suggests, he is indeed "green." Fresh as Green may be, Harold has carried the ball 76 times for 254 vards and three touchdowns. His pass receptions, however, have earned him the most respect. These four players, while certainly not the only good athletes at Carolina, help USC in obtaining another of their f's. The "f" that means funds. The big "F." With exciting players like Ellis, Sharpe, Bethca and Green, Gamecock football is a very marketable product. In the past few years USC has appeared on ESPN many times and almost every car in the Columbia area sports a Gamecock bumper sticker. With television contracts and Gamecock paraphernalia all over the piace, USC is getting fat off those funds. Finally, with freshman, funds, and a fabulous foursome already spoken of, the final and most important ,4F" in Gamecock football is fun. (No, fickle fans, not the grade "F" Carolina has earned in losing the big games, but the fun accompanying the Saturday afternoons at William-Brice.) USC football is supposed to h#* firct QnH /AC# !* % UIIU IUH.IIIUM, 1UII. j ^?k alff aSsssi Jr TO&Tr r wy I y * Miss Your __ \J .O an tearf in get it back! ie Garnet & Black ire available. ase Rm 316 (afternoons) a back issue. 3 $1000 4 $1000 5 $1500 1986 87 Garnet & F31ack EMBER 7, 9 am - 4:30 pm ise Room 310 Virginia T Hokies have won both USC meets By JEFF SHREWSBURY Sports editor Virginia iccn won the second annual Carolina Invitational cross country meet at Fori Jackson for the second year in s row, outrunning the host team, use. The Hokies, No. 17 in the na tion and favored to win the Metro conference meet Nov. 8, took first place at the rain-soaked five-mile event, Saturday, with 18 points while the Gamecocks were second with 54. Rounding out the top five ol the nine teams nreipnt th** in. dependent team from Blacksburg, The Jockshop, finished third with 85, Clemson placed fourth with 111, and the University of North Carolina at Wilmington was fifth with 121. USC was without the services of two of its top runners in seniors Ken Costello and Rot Devlin. Costello was out with tendonitis and Devlin was called away to Charleston at the lasi minute. "They didn't race me because they wanted me to do well at conference," Costello said. "The> told me it was a tendon tear. 1 think I might have gotten it at Furman." Steve Taylor and Tony Williams, of VP1, finished first Intra From staff reports The intramural department wi the annual Pumpkin Run until 8 The five and two mile coursi Center. The races begin at 9 a.n Awards will be given for the b< a runner's time and first throu groups. The age divisions are 18 In other intramural actio;^, the Flag Football playoffs donflhue pionship will either be played whether the two teams wish to v, play in Williams-Brice Stadium. 1 i wh&, |jv a , i pgft^fr 9A^ J ^ ^Hk^jMK jK^|H U?JxaAA1AJU!UA!AJ^^ 1985-86 \ I ~ Garnet | & Black | Pick-up is I | continuing | in Russell e House Room 316. e ? ech takes Ca M..v uvvx/iiu v/?vi an Willi Ct duplicate time of 24:17. Both Taylor- and Williams were members of the Olympic Festival's North team last year. "It would've been pretty close if those two had been there," said I head coach Charlie Strong. "It 1 did help our other guys though, I think it gave them a lot of good i encouragment." ; , USC's top finisher was senior k transfer Tom Howe who placed lr"~ third with a time of 24:34. Kj "I really don't like the course B9j much, but I think the rain helped i I it a bit," Howe said. I The remainder of USC five j runners finished in this order: Andy Foster, eighth with 25:04; H" John Bahura, 13th with 25:25; K Luis Deza, 17th with 25:50; and i Jet I (Jrant, 21st with a time of f 26:11. , i The Gamecocks travel to {+ : Charleston, Saturday, for a f-r three-mile Charlie Post road race. Strong said it will be a prep k for the conferencc meet. t Howe said he feels USC will do ? well at the conference meet if jflgj everyone stays healthy. I "We need a good team effort," Howe said. "I think if we H| can put it together it'll be a good Si : race and we'll give Virginia Tech a run." ' "Our top four runners should I be really close," said Costello. "Our fifth man is the one we ~ have to count on If hp can ctnv r close to Virginia Tech's fifth man Out it'll be interesting." finis murals ~i ill be accepting late registrations for :30 a.m. Saturday. es will start and finish at the P.E. 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