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Tar H By The Associated Press Head coach Joe Morrison remembers the last ? and only time ? he and the Gamecocks played North Carolina. How could he forget? It was his debut as USC head coach. "I know we lost the ballgame," Morrison said Monday at his first weekly news conference of the football season. "I do recall that. ... I can remember them getting down there close to the north end zone and pounrtino it in r?n lis " North Carolina defeated USC 24-8, the last time the two teams met ? Sept. 3, 1983. Now, five seasons later, the roles are reversed. North Carolina has the new coach ? former Tulane coach Mack Brown. ; * *?0* | jSBF %. %. & V .5../ < -^tri t 1 ? 1 1 1 - '? . 4 , . i Season kicks off with The battle of Carolinas [h<; Ca -ru *i ! From staff reports the nij USC will open its 95th season of rison' J football 7 p.m. Saturday at Williams- Gamec 1 Brice stadium when it plays the Tar game 2 Heels of North Carolina. t0 190! ( 1 RESERVE .$ lip^M BELI i f CONTACT: CPT SCHLI eels b( Brown took over after Dick Crum resigned under pressure in December after the Tar Heels ended the 1987 season 5-6. Brown knows he is in for a tough time given that the Gamecocks are ranked No. 19 nationally and that his team will play Satur day before a capacity crowd of 72,400 in Williams-Brice Stadium. Game time is 7 p.m. "It's probably the worst opener we could have. ... We know we are going to have to play our best football game to have a chance to stay in the ballgame Saturday night," Brown said in a telephone hook-up after Morrison's news conference. "For our concerns and their strengths," he said, "we could not open up with a worst game vyill renew the battle for ?The Gamecc xolinas that last pitted these with a No. If against each other in 1983 on .^jjgjps.vyjitka ne jht of head coach Joe Mor- style ojffense. 1 s first game with the offensive coorc ocks. The Tar Heels won that the second syst< 4-8. In a series that dates back the past two se 1, UNC holds a 33-13-4 edge. chucked its "F OFFICERS' TRfl EVE IT OR NOT, IS IN CLASS Excitement and adventure is the cours tion, and Army ROTC is the name. It's tt lege elective that builds your self-co develops your leadership potential and take on the challenges of command. There's no obligation until your junior ye< means there's no reason not to try it out amJIbotc THE SMARTEST COLLEI COURSE YOU CAN TAKI ISSMAN AT 777 6542 OR VISIT US IN sat Mo t"I know we lost the coach fp;im in Amprirct nf thp thinoc do and the inexperience that we have." The Tar Heels lost 11 starters last year, in / >cks,,8-4 last season new defensive coordin i ranking, enter this Dunn's "50," which W multiple-back, pr?- enougluo put the-Xiaii t is overseen by new No. 3 spot for defense linator A1 Groh. It is ;m change for USC in *UNC finished 5-6 in : :asons. In 1987, USC Heels are playing with ire Ant" defense for coach in Mack Brown. [ I N I N G C 0 R P i ^ Jl > * 'V'^V^ > * ^ . THIS GUT ? >. e descripte one colnfidence, helps you ir, and that right now. SE * !> LEGARE COLLEGE (On the Horseshoe) rrison eluding seven on defense and quarterback Mark Maye. UNC is expected to start ki freshman Deems May at quarterback. Junior hi Jonathan Hall, who was injured a year ago tt and did not take part in spring drills, is also f? expected to see action. "Both of them will play Saturday night as b; it stands right now," Brown said, "Deems is " to start, but that could change. ta "We're not as concerned about the starter 1} right now because both will have to be ready s( to play," he said, "and both have to make ir some strides before Saturday night." Thp Tar Hfplc wnn't airing in unvpilino O something new. USC will show off its new it multiple, or pro-set, offense, having scrap- t< ped th*? "in-and-shoot. tc x 1 I I ator Joe Lee replace veteran coach Dick Cri 1 wf g0?d ...who was fired, leoocks iath? UR'MWn fbfifoTflf^a'sf] in the nation. meetingS with usc> The Jast time Gamecocks won was in 1981 w] e Tar ^ UpSet the then No. 3 Tar H( i a new head 31-13 He came in to j Crazy bird Loved by children, grown-u Cocky is one of the best mascc magic, dances, and brought Co Cocky Jr.'s bedtime on one oc about USC's mascot is there's n> him. GOT A NEWS TIF in '83 Morrison said neither team probably tiows as much about the other as it would ke, but he said that's partly because of all le recent changes in both programs and the ict it's the opening game. "I think any time you go into an opening allgame, there's some uncertainty," Mor son said. "On our part, there's some uncerlinty on what they're going to do offensiver and defensively. And there's probably >me uncertainty up there to what we're goig to be doing offensively and defensively. "But that will all unfold during the course f the ballgame. It's a tough opener for us; 's a tough opener for them. . . . They want ) get off to a good start. We want to get off ) a good start." r & Having fun up top Come Saturday, USC students will again be a part ot the .recordbreaking crowds that fill WilliamsBrice Stadium. The east upper deck of the stadium is famous ? or infamous ? for swaying when enough people jump up and down in certain sections. The sway has been checked out by a number of different engineering firms who said it was a natural sway, but USC administrators suggested strongly last season that students do not try to sway it. im, *The game is expected to sell out its V; 72,400 seats. S.C. Radio Network five"" Viir^&rryfRe'gShie. Cffice again, Bob the Fulton and Tommy Suggs will do the hen play-by-play and color commentary, sels Now the battle Will be waged to see who is the "Real" Carolina. 0 W- | MW 1^1 J M * iwl piH* ^S^Bmmr^mm ^HH jjfl IB ?&&2?i 'ITT"' '*' ' ^ydgyLL w V ' ' * A i " ps and all those in between and to side, ?ts in the nation. 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