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By DOUG AUBE
Sports Editor
For the past four football seasons,
USC fans have lived and
died with the successes and failures
of a certain quarterback by
me name 01 cms.
Now that Ellis has used up all of
his college eligibility, USC fans
are asking the question: who is going
to fill Ellis' shoes?
The everpressing answer to this
question is that either Bobby Fuller
or Wright Mitchell will step in as
quarterback but regardless of who
wins the job, the starter will be
wearing his own shoes and not
those of Ellis.
The start of the 1990 season is
less than a week away and both
Fuller and Mitchell are locked in a
fierce battle for the vacant quarterback
job.
The latest depth chart lists Fuller
as the No. 1 quarterback and
Mitchell No. 2. Head coach Sparky
Woods does not want to get into a
rotating quarterback position so
this last week of practice could
make or break either candidates
chances of starting.
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Mitchell hails from Lovett High ^
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after passing for 2,750 yards and j
23 touchdowns during his career.
Mitchell was a member of the e
Georgia North-South all-star squad
after leading his team to a 13-1 record
and a regional championship i
his senior season. I
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prospect. 1
Mitchell was red-shirted his 1
freshman year in 1988 and sat out
last season due to a back injury. t
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and and a great teacher," Mitchell
said. "It was good to be able to
play under and work under and
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sure knew what was going on," he
said. "I think that it will be hard
because there are some high expectations
for the next quarterback
but the one thing that people have
to realize is that whoever starts the
Duke game, it is not going to be
Todd Ellis. Its going to be Bobby
Fuller or Wright Mitchell."
Regardless of who wins the job,
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more balanced attack than in years
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Assistant Sports Editor
Bobby Fuller has a reason to be ]
very excited.
The junior quarterback from |
Miami is slated to start for the ,
Gamecocks on Sept. 1 when USC |
opens the football season against
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l/ukc. niai nicuiis ruuci, wihj was
used to 18,000 fans cheering him ,
on at Kidd Brewer Stadium in ,
Boone, N.C. during his two years ]
at Appalachian State, will have to j
adapt to a new scene: 2001, garnet ,
and black, and 72,400 Gamecocks.
"I'm real excited about playing," j
Fuller, who watched much of last
season's games from the press
box, said. "Last time I was in
Williams-Brice Stadium, I was get- J
ting booed. I will miss Appalachian
State but this is a real nice
place. I'm very happy here."
Early in the spring, Fuller was
recovering from a knee injury that
he said is now fine. Then, Fuller !
was battling Wright Mitchell for
the starting quarterback job. Now, :
Fuller is number one on the depth
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"The depth of teams is going to
be better," Fuller said. "The teams
are a little faster. The overall team
speed is also a lot better."
Fuller also said from what he
has seen in practice and scrimmages,
the 1990 Gamecocks will
be strong but need to eliminate
small mistakes.
"We're going to be a really
good team ... .We just have to be
sharper," he said. "We've made
some stupid mistakes and penalties
in the scrimmages. We are starting
to come together."
Fuller also likes the looks of his
teammates on offense and defense.
"Overall, we have great receivers,"
he said. "I can't say enough
about them. The offensive line is
really improved also."
Fuller also credited the seconlary,
suspect in the 1989 season,
For improvement and added that
the defensive line of this year's
squad is one of the strong points.
Of his own performance, Fuller
said he will not be running the ball
much. At Appalachian State, Fuller
threw for 2,259 yards in his two
years there, completing 53 percent
of his passes.
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