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Gameco h By BRANT LONG Copy Desk Chief For the fifth consecutive year, The Graveyard will be the site of one of the nation's premier collegiate soccer tournaments as USC again hosts the Met Life Classic Saturday and Sunday. This year's tourney involves the Washington Huskies, Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Adelphi Ponthero x ttiimvio, aiung wiiii uiu hum Gamecocks. USC is now 11-4 after narrowly escaping an upset bid by the Mercer Bears Wednesday, defeating the visitors 2-1. The Gamecocks are ranked 12th nationally by Soccer America. The Gamecocks are looking to repeat after winning this past year's Met Life title, knocking off UNLV 3-1 and beating Indiana in the championship game 2-1. The tournament schedule is as follows: Saturday, October 26. Washington v. Adelphi, 12 noon; USC v. Notre Dame, 2 p.m. Sunday, October 27. Notre Dame v. Adelphi, 12 noon; USC v. Washington, 2 p.m. Notre Dame is currently 9-3-1 Cleveland's c a /> -m m if you don t \ John Reese Commentary "The mistake on the lake," "The City of Pity," or just the word "Cleveland," has been the punch line to almost every sports joke since I can remember. I'm from Akron, Ohio, which is about an hour south of Cleveland. Neeldess to say I am a big Cleveland fan because I lived so close, not to mention it being an Ohio state law. Sure we have never won a Super Bowl, but I would bet no other team has lost as many AFC Championship games in the last minute as the Browns have. Who could forget "The Drive" in the 1987 Championship game between the Browns and the Denver Broncos? y Cleveland had just scored the go-ahead touchdown to give them a seven-point lead with one minute to go in the game. Anyone who has watched football in the past fl \7/a it/V* n t iiv jvaia miuwo wtiai uappvii^u next. The Broncos took the ensuing kickoff and marched 80-plus yards in less than a minute to score the tying touchdown that sent the game into overtime and spelled the end of the Brown's Super Bowl hopes. } The 1989 season offered the Browns another shot at its first Super Bowl birth. The scenario was the same as in '87. The Browns were playing the Broncos, except this game was in Denver, and this time instead of "The Chive," it was 'The Fumble" that spelled disaster for Cleveland. To set the stage, the Browns were losing by a touchdown with one minute to go in the game. Cleveland quarterback, Bernie ' Kosar, conducted one of his miracle drives and got the Browns down to the Denver 1-yard line with 30 seconds to go in the game. Usually a pretty safe call on the goal line is a handoff up the middle. Cleveland felt this way as well, so on the next play, Kosar handed off to running back Earnest Nobody reads < Advertise In The Gamecock and g? /?v As you approa ^il|b key ready. Look your car before < Safetv * Always keep y and try to stay c pulated streets. network 252-1 play sports Byner. Disaster struck, the ball slipped out of Byner's hands as soon as he hit the line. Denver recovered and ran the clock out giving them their second Super Bowl appearance in three years at the expense of my Cleveland Browns. Is it 35 or 36 games this season' Of course I'm talking about hovs many games out of first place the Cleveland Indians ended this baseball season. So what if we haven'l won a pennant in more than 3C years, not to mention the World Series in around 70. Well at least we have won the World Series before, let's see the Mariners and the Rangers say that. Of course we have Keen in the league about 60 years, more than both of these teams, but when you have had a history like the Indians, you will hang on to any cheap shot you can get. It's not that we always have bad teams. It's just that we don't play well together. For example, this past season, the Indians had one of the best offenses in the American League East, but they also had one of the worst pitching staffs in all of baseball. This year we couldn't use that excuse because the offense and defense both stunk up the league. I think the Indians will not have to worry about having bad seasons in about five years, because right now they have so few people coming to their games, they won't be able to afford to keep the team in Cleveland. You are probably wondering why I am not writing about the Cavaliers and their excuses for not bringing home the big NBA title yet Well I'm tired of making up bull-malarkey excuses, and the best thing to do is end this with Cleveland still having a little pride. l would luce to ask those or you out there who frequently use Cleveland sports as a joke, and you know who you are, to please show a little respect for the weak, I mean we know we stink, but we don't need everyone to keep reminding us. I also want to leave the Cleveland hopefuls out there with a little faithful reminder, "It may be 20-30 years, but Cleveland will rise again. Gamecock ads! But you lust did. at results! Call 777-4249 for details. ch your car, have your ; around, under and in lottinn in ^wiui ly II i. your car doors locked )n well-lighted and poAlways be aware! ft'W} it can happen 3030 to anybody! cks prep and nursing a seven-game wi streak after Wednesday's 4-1 drut bing of Georgetown. They ar coached by Mike Berticelli and ar trying to rebuild from an injury plagued 1990. The Irish are lead by goalie Bei Bader, a freshman who has hel opponents scoreless in seven o Notre Dame's last 10 games. Jeai Joseph leads the team in scorinj with 14 points. Saturday will b the first ever meeting between thi Gamecocks and the Fighting Irish. Washington started off its 199 season with a bang, winning ai early-season contest over defend ing national champ UCLA. But in juries have plagued the Huskie; and they are now 5-6-1. Head coach Ron Carter has buil the Huskies into a power in th< tough West Region. USC ant Washington have also never met Adelphi, just like Notre Dame is riding a seven-game unbeatei streak and the Panthers are fresl off of a 3-1 victory over Fairleigl Dickinson on Wednesday. Freshman sensation Tamir Daniel, whc is back from an early season hamstring injury, notched a hai i nice town, are for ]\ n trick in the win and leads th >- Panthers with six goals and foi e assists. e Adelphi head coach Bob Mon gomery notched his 150th care* victory at AU with Wednesday' -t win and looks to return to th d NCAA Tournament after an ap f pearance in 1990. n The Gamecocks are 7-0-1 i g Met Life action at The Graveyar e and are 8-2-0 at home this seasoi e USC is lead by senior captain Ar drew Coggins. The forward fror I Charleston has 11 goals and tw i assists this year for a team-leadin 24 points. Head coach Mark Berson i 5 looking to get closer to his 200t win at USC. He needs only twi t more to acheive the milestone. H ? collected his 200th career wii j against Presbyterian on Septembe 11. Berson's 198th win was not th \ prettiest of his career, as th i Gamecocks held on to a 2-1 ad i vantage to down Mercer Wednes day at The Graveyard. > USC got on the board first at thi i 18:01 mark when junior midfielde i- Ruben Tufino garnered his first o Things to Th: T i 11 l_~ ^ 11 Is ebLlIIld.lt:<J adults holdin; functionally i] : Og B UllH . -x .-. X ' Ki X L? i i',;-1- ,/.:. . t III R E S E R \ i MILLS |4 ROAD " *' . . ........ v/ |p . ' '^w"' - 'W" c ;;; ... .... .. - . _,./ . YOUR Bl /let Life ie two assists on the day, crossing tc ir freshman Bill Baumhoff streaking down the right side of the field, t- Baumhoff dribbled into the goal ir box, and beat Bear goalkeepei s Mike Potier to the left Three minutes later, the "Bolivian Connection" teamed up for n the Gamecocks' second goal. Off j of a free kick from the left side, 1 Tufino's ball was controlled by h fellow Bolivian, Hans Lohner. Lohner turned and fired a shot 0 that beat Potier to the left for the g 2-0 first half advantage. The Bears got their only goal al s the 74:00 mark, when Vince Dath ........ .. uio goi ine oaii at the top of the 0 goal box, dribbled left, then right, e and put a shot past USC goalie n David Turner, who had earlier rer placed Spencer Lueders, to narrow the lead. e e But Mercer could not equalize as USC rebounded from Sunday's 1-0 loss to Wake Forest. A large crowd is expected foi e the weekend tournament USC stur dents, faculty and staff get in free f with a USC ID. ink About... 1 that 15 million g jobs are [literate. eeTs . [ E OFFICERS : * $2750.0 & .... .y.-.-. ? >. ' ' % f ' % ' ^ / '*y/... .. ./ " "' .. . .. UNCLE WANTS [IT ONLY IF YOU' Army ROTC offers < year and three-yeai for tuition and requ and provide an allc and supplies. You'll also recei each school year effect. 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