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By CHAD BRAY
Sports Editor ]g
Next weekend, the Gamecocks
will celebrate their centennial year I
of football with the annual Garnet LmTEi
and Black game. fi?P i
They won't be alone.
In the Southeastern Conference, ]3l|i
three other teams ? Alabama, Au- /
burn and Georgia ? are also cele- ^
brating their centennials in football At Aubur
this year. George Petri
South Carolina's football prog- ball team al
ram, like other SEC schools, had Carolina an<
very humble beginnings. with his frier
In 1892, South Carolina hastily In 1892,
assembled a team without a coach dents chalk
to play Furman in Charleston on game, thus
Christmas Eve. In fact, USC had football,
to use two non-students as players. Auburn, tl
The "College Boys," as they A & M, wer
were called then, were soundly de- They beat G
featcd, 44-0, by Furman's exper- lost to Trint;
ienced team. olina 64-0.
Georgia, who also played its Alabama
first game in 1892, began after a when W.G
professor at the university decided game to the
to start an organized football team. scribed by 1
That professor, Charles Herty, as "a studci
was fascinated with the game who went l
when he was a graduate student at Alabama) ca
John Hopkins University. a great bag
Herty then coached Georgia to game in 189!
1-1 season in their first year. Alabama,
Georgia, lost to Auburn in the E.N. Beaur
first of the South, 10-0. The Bull- their first sc
dogs came back and beat Mercer mingham Hi
College, 50-0. lost to the
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sound you will be hearing the rest record for
of the basketball season and for season. The
. many seasons to come. l^eir record
The culprit? The Charlotte Hor- seum, or "1
nets, of course. known, to a
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it 2-2 that first season,
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y 34-6 and North Car's
program started
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who was coached by
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>ason. They beat Birigh
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lets boast a record of
h is already a franchise
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:y also have improved
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Club, 5-4, in their first two garni
on the same day.
The athletic club won on
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for a time.
Alabama finished their first se
son with a 14-0 rematch over ll
athletic club and a 32-22 loss
Auburn in February 1893.
This year, all four schools a
planning large celebrations
honor of their centennials.
South Carolina will kick off i
centennial with the Garnet ar
Black game at 1:30 p.m. April 1
The athletic department has inviti
all former players to the game.
"We are planning for them (tl
former players) to enter the st
dium to the music of '2001' in c
tier of the year they last played
Don Barton, chairman of the Ce
tennial Committee, said.
Honorary Chairman Talu
Gresseltc will lead the players on
ihr? fir>1H Thr? Q9-vf>:ir-nlH Ore
sette drop-kicked a field goal
bcal Clcmson 3-0 in 1920.
Auburn and Georgia officia
will begin their centennial seaso
today with a ceremony at Pie
mont Park in downtown Atlanta.
SEC officials are looking ft
ward to another sucessful P
years.
other tendencies usually associat
with strictly playoff earns, such
getting big wins on the road a
having different players step ir
the spotlight every game to he
the team when a lift is necessai
For example, in their 123-1
victory over the Orlando Ma^
Monday night, Charlotte had fi
players with 17 or more poin
While the Hornets can count
Larry Johnson and Kendall Gill
hit for 20 points a night, now I
entire team seems to have
20-point game in them.
Monday, it was Del Curry a
Muggsy Bouges' turn to shii
Curry scored 22 points, wh
Bouges pitched in 21 and dish
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no on a team.
Op Since the All-Star break, John
ry. son has averaged 22.5 points and
12 10.5 rebounds a game. The late
l'ic season surge has raised his average
ve points per game to 19, and his rets.
bounding average now lies at 11
on boards a contest,
to Johnson has now earned the rcJie
spect and fear of the rest of the
a league. He has also blitzed past
Dikcmbc (where have you been
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His impact on the Hornets can'
be measured in mere stats, though
The attitude he has imposed upoi
his fellow Hornets has made ever;
one of his teammates bette
players.
Larry is not the only Home
making an impact in the NBA sta
tistics, though. Kendall Gill i
burning the nets for an average o
20.4 points a game, among th<
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all centennials this year.
; a game.
Regardless of whether the Hor!
nets finish in the playoffs or in the
lottery this year, the future is ex)
tremely bright for Hornets fans.
The front office has Droven to be
. excellent at evaluating talent and
t drafting future superstars (see Kendall
Gill and Larry Johnson),
i Thus, no matter where Charlotte
^ finishes this year, they will be virr
tually assured of obtaining an impact
player in the upcoming draft,
t Even if they don't make it into
the playoffs, Charlotte could win
s the lottery and get a top three pick,
f If this were to occur, Shaquille
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