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mGarnet and Black getting
recognition after victories
What is it about the Garnet and Gamecocks failed both of them.
Black that makes it so appealing to Game three:
l op 20 voters'.' USC played Georgia close, but an
No complaints here, mind you. ineffective offense could not get the
Just wondering. Gamecocks a touchdown.
The Gamecock football team has Game four:
recovered from narrow losses in The Top 20 rumors were swirling
Georgia and Nebraska and has now after the Gamecocks used a brutal
emerged to smash Virginia Tech and defense to knock out Nebraska starVirginia.
ting quarterback Steve Taylor.
Now there are murmurs of a possi- For most of the game, the Big Red
ble position in the Top 20 and even couldn't cope with USC's jerky,
j ^predictions of a bowl bid from local frantic style of defense. Nose guard
^^portswritcrs and fans. Roy Hart kept the Gamecock defense
Two big wins, two narrow losses pumped up all day. It was a valiant
and two more big wins, and now the effort, but another fumble and inGamecocks
arc gods. terception and gave the 'Huskcrs the
Well, not quite. win.
Let's analyze the situation. USC dropped to 2-2, but there
were more cries of Top 20 potential
Games one and two: after this game than after any other
Most people expected the so far.
! Gamecocks to rip the Mountaineers Game Five:
of Appalachian State and the Cata- Homecoming. The queen. She was
J mounts of Western Carolina, and tall, with long hair . . .
'! they did. Oh, the football game!
However, quarterback Todd Ellis Well, that was a rout.
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gcrs in these burials. The offense piled up 40 points
Free safety Brad Edwards and the without running back Harold Green,
Gamecock defense undertook the but it was the defense that shined
v;f responsibility of keeping the Moun- again. Virginia Tech could only
taineers and Catamounts out of the muster a touchdown and a field goal,
endzone. and the Gamecocks moved to 3-2.
They succeedcd. Game Six:
Edwards and his defensive The Gamecocks upped their record
1 counterparts were tatamount in to 4-2 by embarrassing a weak
blasting the Catamounts and Virginia team 58-10.
^Mountaineers. Now if the Gamecocks continue to
The opposition drove up and down pound people, the Garnet and Black
the field, but could not get in the end should become more appealing to
zone. Top 20 voters.
Then came the tests. And the That wouldn't be bad at all.
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Gaining respect
USC's offense won
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When he thinks about powerful offenses, East
Carolina coach Art Baker doubts there are many
better ones in the nation than at USC, where his "The future for the "I
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"South Carolina is better on offense, because it JUSt depends OH U V
they're running the same things they did last year," basis HOW much WC Uti
Baker said. "And they've got the same people , , ,,
they're throwing to. SUld-SllOOt.
"But the biggest difference we sec in South
Carolina's football team is their defense. They're a
pressure defense, and they intimidate you. They [/<?(" / *> H
have some outstanding athletes."
Other than athletic talent, the secret this past
Saturday in USC's 58-10 blowout of Virginia was
the Gamecocks' emphasis on running from the *1* ???????????
formation instead of the pass-oriented run-and- Virginia, wc decided to go with i
shoot attack. because of the success other peopl
Asked Monday about the future of the T, football against the University ol
vjuiuciulk. coacn joc iviorrison said it will be used USC was able to balance its of
more this season, but declined to say how much time Saturday, rushing for 286 y
more. for an identical amount.
"The future for the 'I' is that it's going to be The Gamecocks came out of t
part of our offensive package," Morrison said at with a 4-2 record and no signific
his weekly news conference. "And we'll certainly Looking back at the Virginia
keep it the rest of the football season. said, "They say you're always lot
"But it just depends on a week-to-week basis in an offensive unit, and I guess th
how much we utilize it and how much we utilize the 1 can ever remember the yardage
run-and-shoot. same ? 286 yards running, 286 )
"If you're talking about last week against Morrison said the 4-3 Pirates ?
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??? team than the one that lost 38-3 here this past
season.
Morrison said Last Carolina quarterback Travis
" is that it's Hunter and fullback Anthony Simpson were both
. excellent players. The Pirate defense, he said, was
Ur Offensive a|so better because it provided so many varied
tainly keep it lineups.
caocnn |)?f Meanwhile, Baker said his team had been very
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lortunate in not having many serious injuries most
.'eek-to-week of the season. However, he said left guard Billy
lize the run- Michel suffered a knee injury and would likely miss
this game.
Baker said Hunter has gotten better each week
that he's played.
Joe Morrison "fie threw the ball better perhaps than he has at
football coach any poil1t in his carccr last wcek." hc said- "Thc
' other thing is that he runs thc option and makes
good decisions on the option."
Baker said the run-and-shoot offense used by
???? [;ast Carolina is similar in many ways to USC's
t a little bit more version. There are, however, some differences, he
le had rushing the added.
' Virginia." While both were primarily run-and-shoot teams
fense for the first this past year, Baker said the T has helped his
ards and passing team improve its running game because it lets the
quarterback use another back more often,
he Virginia game Baker said his Pirates were a better team than
ant injuries. this past year and he expected East Carolina, which
game, Morrison has had three 2-9 seasons since 1983, to post a winding
for balance ning record.
lat's the first time "There has already been significant improvebeing
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