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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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>- 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
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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
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j against Presbyterian on Septembe
11.
Berson's 198th win was not th
\ prettiest of his career, as th
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i vantage to down Mercer Wednes
day at The Graveyard.
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i 18:01 mark when junior midfielde
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n the Gamecocks' second goal. Off
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as USC rebounded from Sunday's
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1991 record: 11-4-0
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1991 record:8-3-2
Saturday, Oct. 26
Washington vs. Adelphi - Noon
USC vs. Notre Dame - 2 p.m.
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Notre Dame vs. Adelphi - Noon
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1991 record: 5-6-1
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