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Pep Tai By Stephen Guilfoy Gamecock footbi supportive of the What I want to do is find all the people who booed Todd Ellis this past season, especially at the Florida State game. I want to find those same people who booed him and chanted for his backup, Dickie DeMasi, to be put in the game. I want to ask them if they're satisfied. USC fans are known for their devotion to all things garnet and black. USC fans are legendary for their willingness to travel and make the loudest noise. But they're not known for their class because they hoot and jeer their own players. l, myseir, nave sat arouna uie dorm room or at a table in a bar, guzzling a beer and talking about his deficiencies as a quarterback and wondering how someone else would do at that position. My detraction of Ellis came from envy, though. I can't throw a perfect spiral with a Nerf football, let alone the real thing. That, I think, is natural. But I never booed him when he needed the support of our fans. I just sat at the game and shook my head, wondering if we would score and wondering if I would be arrested for shooting tens of thousands of people who were booing him. It was natural. Back in 1985, when he first came here and we were running the veer, people were screaming at coach Joe Morrison to take out Allen Mitchell, who was playing backup for Mike Hold, and they were screaming for Morrison to dhubfc' hfs "Wifin^fs who were havirtg a little'trouble and put in this untried kid from Page High School in North Carolina. A real class act. He spoiled us. By staying healthy and by walking out of all the games under his own steam, he HHg*l|?pRf^< JH ToxicWaste Dump AMERICAN \ V CANCER T SOCIETY" DISG WH> ?-? ? />? ?ir-o \air~\) ii n WMAI MUVItlO vvwulu JUST FILL Ol CAROLINA PROC Retur 1 . 2 . 3 . ( Movies c r _> f le r ^ all fans weren't ir quarterback spoiled us. Todd Ellis was injured one other time in his college career where it amounted to something more serious than a cut or a bruise. This past season against Virginia Tech, he suffered a concussion. But he walked off the field. After he was injured, reserve quarterback Dickie DeMasi came in and led the team down the field, far enough for USC to kick a field goal that won the game, 26-24. He made one of two completions for -9 yards in that effort In the Gamecock football yearbook, DeMasi is listed as having passed in three games, completing four of six passes for 6 yards. In 1987, he hit five of eight passes for 29 yards. In those two years, he rushed 13 times for -2 yards. AnH at th#? PlnriHa Qtote oamf this past season, people were clamoring for DeMasi ? thousands of people. It was embarrassing. Not because DeMasi is a bad quarterback, but because they were clamoring for him without really knowing if he was a good quarterback, and they had a great quarterback in there trying his best. And now, all those people have what they wanted. But some are now clamoring for Pat Turner, because they didn't like Dickie DeMasi's performance Saturday, and the USC football staff is considering that option as well as others because USC has seven freshmen quarterbacks. To review, F'attuirner has completed 10 of 12 passes for 152 yards and two touchdowns when he was Ellis' backup in 1986. He also rushed for 69 yards, losing 10 from sacks for a net of 59 yards. See PEP TALK page 9 I CATCH A WAVE xj TO COLUMBIA'S HOT | SPOT. j Take advantage of our [ November Tanning Specials: J 1 MONTH 8 | Unlimited Tanning visife j $29" M-F8-8 | | The Boulevard j | Hair & Tanning Salon i 646 Sunset Blvd. 791-9931 | I J iRUNTI VT IS YOUR FAVORITE Fl 1 YOU LIKE TO SEE ON CM JT THIS FORM AND RETU a RAM UNION ROOM 209 8 n bv Tmasdaw. 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RN IT TO THE OR BOX 85141. 1989. )N~ ivities Fee. ergoes su TEDDY LEPP/The Gamecock rgery he performed Tuesday to rterback Todd Ellis' knee. rr-rrrrrrrrrrrrr r r r r r -rrrrrrr rrrrrrrrrrrrrr RE LUCKY, W -rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr rr rrrrrrrrt-rrr^rrrrrr "rrrr rrrri-r-i-t-i-rrrrrrrr Got a news tip? THEN BECOMIN< HHHHmI i on the right means earning a BSN, wr Clifton, NJ 07015. ARMY NUR3 JUST BECA MIKE RAYI NOVEMBEF GENE COTT NOVEMBEF (Z ALL ! ccessful s By CHRIS SILVESTRI Sports Editor Todd Ellis' prognosis was termed "excellent" by the operating physician following knee surgery to repair ligament damage Tuesday at the Baptist Medical Center. Dr. Robert Peele of the Midlands Orthepedic Group said the prognosis, following the two-hour surgery, was excellent for a functional recovery. "He (Ellis) is a very motivated individual," Peele said. "He'll do exactly as we ask him as far as his rehabilitation, and I expect him to have a very mobile functional knee afterwards." Peele said that one reason for the excellent prognosis was that there were no other tears found in the knee other than the original ligament damage. The rehabilitation period will take, about six months, and Ellis. who will remain at the hospital for two to three days, will be in a cast for about 3 1/2 weeks. "He will then go on a brace," Peele said, "begin some motion and begin further weighted exercises that will be a graduated and progressive thing based upon the time of the injury and the surgery and based upon his comfort." Peele added that the length of the recovery period is because of the time it requires the patients to regain their strength and endurance. 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