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By The Associated Press
CLEMSON ? Furman has a history of beating
Division I-A opponents who do not take the ]
seriously.
Clemson coach Danny Ford is well aware of tl
he wanted to make sure reporters knew it, too, so
a short history of Furman football during his weel
conference Tuesday.
"I'm sure everybody's going to have the ans
how we're going to beat Furman and all this
thine." Ford said "Rut let me eo hark nn inct a
of history for you 'cause I know y'all people like h
like history a lot when it's like this."
Ford then recited a list of recent upsets by the I
over some highly regarded I-A foes ? 28-23 over
1982, 17-14 over Georgia Tech in 1983, 34-30 ove
Carolina State in 1984 and 42-20 over the Wolff
next year. In 1986, the Paladins tied Georgia Tec
at Grant Field.
"All the experts that know that Clemson's goinj
the football game better go back and look at hi
Ford said, "because history could repeat itself."
The third-ranked Tigers, who play host to Fur
Saturday, are coming off a season-opening 40-7
over Virginia Tech in which the Tigers did not t
ball over and did not have a penalty called c
offense.
"What pleased us as much as anything was oui
sive preparation. No turnovers, no penalties."
Ford said he isn't taking the game lightly and
players best not, either.
While the Tigers played well against the Hoki<
said there was still room for concern in some ai
said he was worried some defensive players didn't
to their potential. He is nervous about his team's
tion of its punter, which he said is "not pitiful, b
to pitiful."
Cross coun
By RICHARD W. ROWELL
Staff writer
Inexperience is the key term in describing
USC's men's cross country team this season.
Despite this problem, talent is present and new
coach Larry Greene feels the men should be
one of the top three teams in the conference
this fall.
Both USC's men's and women's squads
open their seasons Saturday at the Wake
Forest Invitational in North Carolina. The
men will run an 8-kilometer race, while the
women will run five kilometers.
. The men's talent is built on a few returnees
from last fall and a few top recruits. Andy
Foster, the only senior this year, was one of <
two Gamecock runners to receive All- <
Conference recognition by placing eighth in
the Metro Conference Championship Meet <
last fall. Foster also received the "Gamecock I
Award" as the Most Valuable Runner of 1987. ?
Sophomore Mike Hedgecock was the other 1
Gamecock to receive All-Conference honors.
As a freshman, he placed 11th in the Metro 1
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team. Stuart Mee, from Australia, held the <
National Junior Record in the 2,000-meter ^
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Greene said he is pleased by what he has
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women is they are so close in terms of ability,"
he said.
As for his role with the team, Greene said,
"the challenge for me will be largely organizational.
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By BRANT LONG
Staff writer
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this season he said he hopes to better his
previous performances.
Foster and first-year coach Larry Greene
agree the athlete will play a key leadership role
on this year's team.
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as far as running," Foster said. "I try to lead
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in terms of experience and levels of fitness. I
have to be especially careful to allow the few
of our older and more experienced athletes to
train so that they can fulfill their goals of competing
at the national level.
"At the same time, we're going to emphasize
developmental methods for our
freshmen and sophomores and bring them
along a bit more slowly."
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Foster is the only senior on the 12-man cross
country squad, and Greene plans to feature his
talents. "Andy is the most mature and
developed runner athletically on the team,"
Greene said. "Whereas others have potential,
Andy has come of age."
Greene, who has only been at USC about
four weeks, has had a. positive influence on
Foster. "His workouts are well-suited to my
running style," Foster said, "and he also
builds my confidence."
For his last season, Foster has set many
goals. One of these is to qualify and compete
in the National Collegiate Athletic Association
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Correll.
Kenny said she believes USC's
strong freshman class could be the
key to the Lady Gamecocks' success
this season. Leading the newcomers
is Jennifer Wenzel, who will start this
weekend at middle blocker opposite
Pflughaupt.
Wenzel was All-Conference and
All-District last season for LaMoille
High School in LaMoille, 111. "She's
a fine athlete, and once she adapts to
our level of play, she's going to be
doing some great things for us,"
Kenny said.
Also new to the squad are outside
hitters Caryn Case and Deana
Hagaman and middle blocker Lisa
Guetzkow, who, at 6-foot-2-inches,
will add some heighth to the team.
Walk-ons Blaine Dougherty and Penny
Stone, both outside hitters, and
setter Amy Skidmore round out the
squad.
USC finished 3-3 in the Metro in
1987. Kenny said she expects the
Lady Gamecocks' difficult schedule
will help prepare her team for tough
conference opposition later in the
season.
"The bulk of our schedule is extremely
hard, and I think that should
challenge us and have us prepared for
the Metro," she said.
Olympics
Continued from page 8
Olympic champion, Louganis has a
good chance to win gold in both
events.
Once an Olympic diver himself,
Ableman said he was excited that he
was asked to come back to the Olympic
community.
"I dove myself in the Olympic
trials in 1984, so it's been a short
while since I've been out of it," he
said. "And it's just a high honor to
be asked to judge that."
Ableman said USC's diving team
will benefit from what he learned
during his trip to Indianapolis.
"Mostly, what I got out of it was
the inspiration. I am really looking
foward to starting this season, and I
have plans to drive my team to that
type of hype."
The Gamecock diving team could
someday produce Olympic stars,
Ableman added. "I believe in four
years that we'll have at least a couple
of divers with a chance to make the
Olympic team."
USC's swim team begins competition
Nov. 5.
Correction
The soccer photo printed in
Wednesday's paper was taken at
the Francis Marion-USC game by
Dana Purser.
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