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Sports I Monday, November 2, 1987 THE GAMECOCK 7 B|| use trick By RIClfAKI) HRKKN Staff Writer ) Payback is hell. The USC football team played a Halloween trick on N.C. State, treating them to a good, oldfashioned, Southern butt-kicking. The visitors from the north should have been forwarned if they came into town via 1-26. The sign that should read "Lester Hates Freeway" had a few alterations. It read "Norman Bates Freeway," as in the lead character of the Psycho movies. An arm holding a sharp kitchen utensil/murder weapon was attached to the top of the sign. Obviously, there were some pretty surly people awaiting the Wolfpack's arrival. "There's ballgamcs that you remember more vividly than others," USC head coach Joe Morrison said, referring to recent GamecoekWolfpack matchups. "I think this game's been on iheir (his team's) minds for a long time. "Football is a strange game," he said. Strange indeed. Some people said the 1986 loss to State stuck in Morrison's craw. Perhaps the 1985 loss did as well. The Gamecocks lost both on last-minute touchdown passes. ... Coombs ou From staff reports USC soccer player Gavin (\iomhv. iv. mil fur (he rt'mriindpr of the season. The junior midfielder damaged cartilage and ligaments in his right leg during the first half of the Florida International University game. "I was setting up to kick, my body went one way, and my leg went the other," Coombs said. Coombs had arthoscopic surgery Oct. 25 and is expected to resume play in January. In I9H6, Coombs finished fourth on the team in scoring and played *jsp^^ M 1 Large Pizza Wi _ 8 2 Medium Pizzas V W I 'Eat 1i:] Mo ! I 782-539? 10 A ;s, beats V "I feel like we paid ihem hack with the (48-0) shutout," Gamecock defensive back Robert Robinson said. "Everybody was kidding me in | >1 ill I III ill'UUI Ull ^illlll IclM >lill c 11 III saying 'Peebles, Peebles' and 'touchdown'." Robinson suffered two st if farms from Danny Peebles on the game's final play this past year, l itis year he was the recipient of two errant Preston Poag passes, running his career-interception total to eight. The ball bounced the Gamecocks' way most of the day. A lame-duck punt by Rodney Price took a good roll and looks like a 60-yard boomer on the stat sheet. Todd I IIis made like Mike Hold and turned a wouldho *)n_r>lnc _\/'?rvl c?wiL' intn n ivnil pletion down to the State two yard line. And USC's defense turned in a performance that sent people digging into the record books. Yes, today had been the 4()th game since the Gamecocks shut someone out (Duke in 1984). They had the Wolfpack looking more like the team that lost to hast Carolina 34-12 than the one that scored 30 first-half points on Clemson just one week ago. The statistics tell the story. N.C. ?j| . A VwLjflB KEITH JOXf S The dame* in k t for season in all 22 USC soccer games. With the NCAA tournament coming up, Coombs said he would like to play in the games but isn't upset about it. Coombs said Craig Hartman, junior replacement for Coombs, is doing a good job, and that he is confident in Hartman's ability. "I can't argue with the way rvaio ic " r.w.mtu ..7 vuji 111' > "He is moving the ball and scoring well. "As soon as 1 go through rehab, I'm going to back, and I'm going to be back at full speed." fyaife UDENT PIZZA is* tin* kSISL th 2 Toppings $4.95 OR Vith 2 Toppings $7.95 in OnJyJ n. - Sat. Sun. M - 2 AM 1 PM - 2 AM Volfpack State: three first downs, minus-13 rushing yards, four turnovers, twelve punts. '"Alter we got up by about 30, it was like their hole was already dug; we just wanted to make it deeper," defensive lineman Brendan McCormack said. Robinson said, "I wanted to keep playing and keep pushing them and run the score up." State head coach Dick Sheridan, (ho man who masterminded this past week's Wo 11 pack win and a 28-23 upset of the Gamecocks when coaching i urnian in 1983, had praise for USC's defense. "We knew they would come at us like that, and I thought we could keep them out... it was a nightmare for our quarterbacks." Kind of like Nightmare on Elm Street ? How about Friday the 13th, t'art Nine, ? Let Cocky wear the hockey mask. Now, with a Top 20 ranking, a little payback out of the way and two weeks to get ready for Wake Forest, one can't blame the Gamecocks if (hey look Halloween night off 10 do a little triek-or-treating. The Wolfpack, on the other hand, were probably licking their wounds, not baying at moons. Gamecocks By WAYNE WASHINGTON Sports editor It might have been Black Saturday for the Gamecocks, but it was Blackand-Blue Saturday for the Wolfpack of North Carolina State. In pounding the Wolfpack, the Gamecocks did anything but show their northern counterparts southern hospitality. Slowly but surely, the Wolf pack got to see just what the Gamecocks are all about. The nation's vice president was on hand for the contest. No, N.C. State, George doesn't show up for all Gamecock games; he just drops by every now and again. There were 74,2(X) spectators at Williams-Brice Stadium Saturday, the most the Gamecocks have had in attendance all season. Black balloons were flying high, and Gamecock fans were clad in all black. They seemed just as hungry for a win, if not more so, than the football piayers mey cneereu, ana most stayed for the entire game. Then there were the Gamecocks themselves. Unlike most USC-N.C. State contests, the Gamecocks showed up for the first half. N.C. State, which had its players join hands and move near the center of the field for the coin toss, was introduced to the Gamecocks rather rudely. First, there was Sterling Sharpe. The senior wingback with the youMl-never-catch-me speed took the opening kickoff and ran it back 59 Gamecock i B> I he Associated Press Wake f orest found out again J Death Valley is a scary place to pla; wear orange, but not before the De threw a scare into No. 14 C'lemson. I he Tigers, who travel to Williams on the Gamecocks Nov. 21, didn't h for Wake Forest on a warm Hallowe Instead, they relied on a pair of loi . j BRANFOR { \ TUESDAY, b i 8 PM CAROI ^ O A. . A ?* i ^ #N /"? r j oiuuerus-3>o.ui j Tickets are now availat j Office and at the Coliseui | Sponsored by | CAAGUNA i and Contempora i P I r B jf 4M A / irw uii' tjBf jfi The (.aim*cock offensive running attack > re-introdua yards for a touchdown. j Officials ruled, however, that Sharpe stepped out of bounds, and I the Gamecocks had to settle for a ' field goal. i Still, Sharpe made his presence known. He finished the game with eight catches for 118 yards. Running back Ihrold Green tied thi> tinplf-onmp tiiiirhdnun ri'i-nrd again with three. Running back Keith Bing was the man, however. He gained 93 yards on eight carries, busting up the middle for his touchdown. Cornerbaek Robert Robinson reintroduced himself to N.C. State receiver Danny Peebles. Peebles, w h o c aught the touchdown pass this past season that pan1 tlu? fLimi'iOi U th<*ir moct hitter loss, sau Robinson gain more yards than he did. Robinson picked o I" f t w o Wolfpack passes and gained more than 20 yards in return yardage. Peebles was held to 16 yards on three catches. Senior free safety Brad i-.dwards had his revenge, too. hdwards intercepted another pass and returned it 43 yards for a touchdown. Nose guard Roy Hart didn't score a touchdown, but he was chiefly responsible for the fact that the Wolfpack didn't either. The senior had eight tackles, three behind the line of scrimmage, and one sack. Riule. Real rude. future foes sqi Saturday that 'mis by Joe Henderson in ! if you don't ,or a 3,17 victory, mon Deacons 1 hc Tigers wore their which they are now 13-1 i-Brice to take u')0 made (he difference, ave any tricks '3' yards. en afternoon. Wake Forest, who plaj ng touchdown ^"?raay. nas no. nca.cn D MARSALIS ! fi '/ i j lAiipmnrri u ? \ vKzivmtzn iu j JNA COLISEUM I Public-$9.00 | >le at the Carolina Program Union \ v Box Office. $ IMP Cultural Series! >?OG??u ..NICN j ry Sounds Committee J K YORK / he iiantei m k f L c'1 was led by junior Keith Hin?. He averaged more than II yards per carry. ; 2 themselves to 'Pack I r W& BMf JHBJfe y|| Mm SA?i ** I? Jjg^^&f - ^y/ H ]8||ik ^B|v] _ _r~'_~ p_ i ^fdfltHk. *'* ' i |^ ??mm ;A vo?A //!.- (itfwnn* lISC's Sterling Sharpe left the Wolf pack on his trail on the opening kickoff. ^rr ! ? r\ uare on in ueaui v aiiey i the final period to rally 'las not defeated them in Death Valley since 1961. 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