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Gamecocks
By STEVE JOHNSON
Staff Writer
After a week of hard practices
and intense preparation, the Gamecocks
(5-4) will close out their
road schedule against their crossstate
rival, the 17th ranked Clemson
Tigers (8-2).
The rivalry, which dates back to
1896, is one of the best in college
sports.
"I'm not just going to say it's
just another game because it's
not," USC Coach Sparky Woods
said. "It's a very important football
game."
Clemson features a defense
ranked first in rushing defense and
total defense, second in scoring defense
and eighth in passing defense.
They have allowed an average
of only 70.4 yards rushing per
game and 9.4 points per game.
"They're the best defensive
team I've ever had the chance to
coach against, and I've had the
chance to coach against some
pretty good ones," Woods said.
Two of Clemson's best defensive
players are linebacker Ed
McDaniel and senior defensive end
Vance Hammond. McDaniel leads
the Tigers with 87 tackles and has
one quarterback sack. Hammond
leads the Tiger pass rush with seven
sacks and 16 quarterback pressures,
and he is third on the team
in tackles with 61.
USC will challenge Clemson's
highly touted defense with an offense
led by the nation's seventh
rated quarterback, Bobby Fuller.
He has completed 142 passes foi
1,980 yards and 13 touchdowns
this season. Fuller needs only 12C
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of USC's top ten career passers
and 222 total yards in the next twc
games to move into the ninth spot
His yardage total so far has al
ready surpassed the best singh
season totals by legendary USC
quarterbacks Jeff Grantz, Mik<
Hold and Gary Harper.
When asked if Clemson's defense
would make him nervous
Fuller said, "No, you can't reallj
be thinking about that (their No. 1
rating). You've just got to go ou
and do what you can do.
"If they try to sack me, I'm jus
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The Tigers will attempt to contain
Fuller with the nation's eighth
rated passing defense. Leading the
Tiger pass coverage is cornerback
Dexter Davis, who has broken up
nine passes and has six
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The multi-talented Chris Gardocki
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punting duties for Clemson. Gardocki
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average in the nation and has made
18 of 23 field goals, rating him
sixth in the nation in field goal
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"In my opinion, Chris Gardocki
very well might be the best football
player in college football,"
Woods said. "I don't know of any
player that does more for their
team than Chris Gardocki does for
Clemson."
A distinct challenge exists for
the USC special teams in containing
the Tigers' lethal return man,
senior flanker Doug Thomas. Thomas
is the chief reason that the Tigers
are ranked sixth in the nation
in kickoff returns. He has returned
eight kickoffs for 293 yards, two
for touchdowns and is averaging
36.6 yards per return.
Also of concern to the Gamecocks
is Clemson's offense, which
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USC travels to Raleigh, N.C.,
unday for the second round of the
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'lemson and now face the South
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N.C. State Head Coach George
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"We will be playing one of the
premier teams in the U.S.," he
said. "The experience South Carolina
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USC is the only team in the
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"It will help coming off of a
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"N.C. State is hard to predict.
They have had a chance to rest.
We're also playing up there so that
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USC swim teams
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The USC men's and women's
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Florida Gators today at 4 p.m.
at the Carolina Natatorium. The
Lady Gators are ranked seventh
nationally while the Florida
men are ranked ninth.
Both Gamecock teams are
3-1 on the season. The men are
led by Mark Smith and Rick
Havekost and the women have
been paced by Michelle Smith
and Isabelle Amould.
Surgery a success
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