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? ?- v<* [Pep Talk By Dave Kay f?C? Pressure placet not to lose at V With the emergence of new USC head coach Sparky Woods, many people have begun to look toward tne tuture ratner tftan continue to dwell on the tragic death of the late Joe Morrison. Granted, seven months have passed, and a new season is underway, but one person won't allow the situations surrounding his death be forgotten. She is JaVena Morrison, widow of the late coach. J. V., as she is called, is trying to bring a case against the university, saying that her husband's death was stress-related. If her point is proven in court, she is likely to receive a healthy sum of money. This may sound sinful to some of you, but I believe she has a viable case. I?m not implying that I agree with the way in which she is handling the case, but her husband's death definitely involved a great deal of stress. A lot of people argue that any Division I coaching job is accompanied with an immense pressure to win, but I think it is magnified at USC. Besides Morrison, I can name three other coaches, two in football and one in basketball, that Got a news tip? 4/so Introducing Sharor Black Hair Care Spe Hair weaving DESIGNER CUTS Relaxants - (OPTIMUM Call for appointmei ft 0 610 Harden S % Hours Mon.-Sat. 252-87: ** * * 1 ' > / ow coaches SC is too great have been virtually ruined in Columbia. Paul Dietzel is case number one. He arrived as head football coach * 1 * 1 in i?oo aiier winning a national championship at LSU. Dietzel proceeded to go 1-9 that first year, but ? Gamecock fans still had hope. In the nine years Dietzel was at the helm, he compiled a 42-53 record, with one bowl appearance; not the caliber of performance you'd expect from a man who once coached a national championship team. Following the removal of Dietzel, Jim Carlen stepped in as coach in 1975. During his seven year stint at the helm, Carlen took the Gamecocks to three bowl games, recruited a Heisman Trophy winner in George Rogers (1980) and compiled a record of 45-36. The problem with Carlen, in Gamecock Club members' eyes, was that he was too "free-spirited." He was known to have more than one woman at his side, and Gamecock supporters ? in particular the Silver Spurs ? pressured administration for his removal. See PEP TALK page 9 Call The Gamecc v?w i Robinson j [ sciolist Wave Nouveau Care Free Curls ) Head wraps (the loc a > < G HE OOPS . Company jp, j t. 5 Pts. ' 10am-6pm 34 (ov ? ? i USC head coach Sparky Woods speaks at one of his we< conferences. AP Top Twenty Record Pts 1. Notre Dame (37) 1-0-0 1,46! 2. Michigan (15) 0-0-0 1,441 3. Miami, Fla. (5) 1-0-0 1,361 4. Nebraska (3) 1-0-0 1,30: 5. Auburn 1-0-0 1,24! 6. Oklahoma 2-0-0 1,12 7. Clemson 2-0-0 1,07! 8. Colorado 2-0-0 1,06! 9. Arkansas 0-0-0 1,03! 10. Illinois 1-0-0 953 11. Syracuse 1-0-0 900 12. West Virginia 2-0-0 713 13. Southern Cal 0-1-0 647 14. Pittsburgh 2-0-0 598 15. Washington 1-0-0 514 16. Alabama 0-0-0 508 17. Tennessee 2-0-0 492 18. Houston 1-0-0 470 19. N.C.St. 2-0-0 394 20. UCLA 0-1-0 365 1 n?n* jcJc at 777-7726 [ 1 dM 'E'VEH k-# IOVED Jp #Conteiri VALUABLE COUPON l] -Ideas Moving Special 10% OFF ! 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"The fact that we, at times, leave our assignments a little bit, and kind of do our own things at times. We're not working very good as a team. We've got to be more cohesive as a team." USC travels to Morgantown, "ile photo W.V., this weekend to face the ekly press 12th-ranked Mountaineers of West Virginia. West Virginia is 2-0 and ~j coming off a 14-10 victory over Maryland. Pvs The Gamecocks, 1-0-1, battled 3 1 to a 17-17 tie against Virginia 3 2 Tech this past weekend and will be 3 3 playing in their first road game of 3 4 the season. 3 5 One of the big questions facing 1 S USC is how the defense will stop 3 10 Mountaineer star quarterback Ma5 9 jor Harris. This past season Harris 5 7 led West Virginia to the national 11 championship game against Notre 14 Dame, completing 105-186 passes 17 for 1,915 yards with 14 touch13 downs and eight interceptions on 23 the year. This past week against ? Maryland, Harris was 11-19 for 19 150 yards, with one interception, ? and he carried the ball 14 times for 22 64 yards. 25 However, West Virginia head 6 coach Don Nehlen isn't overly confident with the Mountaineer ofM me Get Introduced To Our Eight Com imatic Arts *Spec porary Sounds Trai tural Arts *Vide i and Issues -Publicity a Sl?|| CAROLINA PROGRAM UNION 1 Russell House Room 209 or call 777-7130. \ With ntier of music with the Black Swan Quartet, where tl ictured and improvisational forms of jazz. 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You'll see that a lot with Major Harris," Woods said. "He'll turn a bad one (play) into a real good one in a.hurry, and most of them he'd never seen end up making a bunch of yards or a touchdown. He's probably the best when things aren't going good. Woods said correcting the problems on defense will be the key to beating West Virginia. "I think that if we go back and play good sound defense, tackle well, and take care of our responsibilities first, then that will give us the best chance to win the ball game," Woods said. From the other perspective, Nehlen said that the USC running game will be the main concern for the Mountaineers. "They can run like the devil," Nehlen said. "It's very obvious they've got great skill. "They're a fine, fine team. They're every bit as good as we are. We haven't done hardly anything right yet." 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