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Pep Tai
By Stephen Guilfoy
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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
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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.
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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.
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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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placing a video camera inside the
knee to view the interior structures.
Then a four- or five-inch incision
is made on the back of the
knee to go in to repair the torn
structures.
Peele said that the knee, of
course, will not be stronger than
before the operation.
"Man does not do better than
God did originally," Peele said.
At Monday's press conference
Ellis appeared to be in good spirits
and discussed his possible plans
after the surgery of law school and
the NFL.
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