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ECU bi By TONY SANTORI Staff Writer Gentlemen at Columbia Metropolitan Airport do not adjust k2 y?ur radar screens! Those unidentified flying objects being spotted near Williams-Brice Stadium on Saturday night will not be aircraft of any kind. The UFO's will be coming from the arms of East Carolina University quarterbacks. At 7 p.m. Saturday, the Gamecocks will play host to the 11 pass-happy Pirates, and USC's defense, specifically the defensive backfield, must be prepared for the aerials. So far this season, ECU's quar, terbacks have put the pigskin in the air an astounding 135 times, including 77 times in their 42-21 loss to Syracuse. The Pirate offense is led by sophmore quarterback Michael Anderson. The six-foot-four, 226pounder has already broken four individual records, one of which was most passes attempted in a single game. Anderson has completed 50 of ( 96 passes for 682 yards and five touchdowns. A favorite target of his has been senior wide receiver Peter Zophy. The two have hooked up 15 times on the young campaign for a total of 166 yards and one touchdown. The Pirate receiving corps has been by no means a one-man gang. I Faklaris moves A by JILLBUEHLMAN USC soccer player Chris Faklaris has moved forward with the Gamecocks as the team jumped in rank in the Soccer America polls. Faklaris's goal in Sunday's Umbro Kickoff Classic helped lift the Gamecock'*s ranking to No. 5 in* the nation. Since he joined the team in 1991, Faklaris has scored 10 goals. "My personal goals are not to score, I just want to contribute to the team and to do my share,"'he said. Even after a disappointing tie with Davidson on Sept. 9, Faklaris holds an optimistic view of the remaining (Jamecock season. "We have a lot to improve on, but the rest of the season looks really good. We are going to con, centrate on winning against the teams in our region." In addition to playing for the USC soccer team, Faklaris plays on the U.S. National Under-Twenty Team. He is one of only 18 young men under the age of 20 to make the team. "Each game is like a try out. Every game they might cut a player and bring a new player in. It makes everyone work harder and you ' i 1 1 by TIM THORSEN That's right, due to a massive outcry from my adoring public (yeah right), the fool is back. So sit back and relax as the fool officially kicks off the weekend. I And what a weekend it should be, as the Gamecocks take it up the uh, I mean take on the Pirates of East Carolina University. No, really, it should be a great game. Just because ECU had 516 yards of total olfense against Virginia Tech i. ,1 ?. ~ iaM wcck uucmi i matter. Forget that ( the Pirates have had 300 yards or ? more of total offense in 16 straight i games. And don't worry about the r Gamecock offense, ranked last in the s SEC in total offense, rushing, pass- a ing, scoring and first downs. C F ' I guess the Pirate bus could always v wreck on the way to Williams-Brice. ^ n Out of 106 Division 1-A teams, the b Gamecocks total offense is ranked jj 103rd. Of course, I didn't expect the Virginia School for the Deaf and 1: Blind to do much on the offensive n side of the ball, anyway. On a happier note, the way the n Gamecocks are playing, I've been ri able to tailgate more in two days than I most people do all year. K Now, getting away from the n ( Gamecocks, as opposing offenses tt have been doing all year, how about tl I rings poi Ten different ECU players have caught passes this year, with seven i of the 10 catchine at least five halls each. ECU's ground attack is directed by a pair of fullbacks, senior Cedric Van Buren and sophmore j Junior Smith. And while neither < back has true big-play potential, i Coach Logan uses his runners to < balance his full-throttle aerial circus. < Despite the presence of Thorpe I Award candidate free-safety Greg 1 Grandison and Butkus Award can- j didate linebacker Jerry Dillon, the ; Pirate defense has allowed an average of 495 yards per game. ECU's 1 defense is generally considered to 1 be the weaker side of the ball. 1 Meanwhile, the Gamecocks \ stumble into action this weekend 1 after their debacle on the short end i of a 45-7 score against Arkansas 1 last Saturday. The quarterback position contin- s ues to be a problem for Coach C Sparky Woods' team. Against i Arkansas, the offense struggled \ during much of the game to the ( chagrin of Woods. The lone bright spot last week- 1 end was a fourth quarter touch- t down drive led by freshman quar- i terback Blake Williamson. The third Gamecock quarterback to lead c the offensive unit, Williamson I managed to toss a touchdown pass to sophomore wide receiver Toby t Cates. t; "forward" with 28 iSe^Z^^BBBBBSBM don't take it for granted," Faklaris v said. f While competing on the national team, Faklaris has traveled to more ii than eight different countries S including England, Ireland, Wales, C Yugoslavia, Canada, France, Belgium and Holland. In March, I the team will play for the World b Cup in Austraila. h Faklaris's soccer career began in a Illinois when he was a five- yearold little league player. He tried F playing several positions before he h found his niche as a forward where he has remained for the past 10 s< years. ir He attended Redan High School hi in Stone Mountain, Ga. There he d< hose exciting baseball pennant races? sc Pittsburgh and Toronto both hold >haky three game leads over ce vlontreal, and Baltimore, respective- ce y. I'd rather watch the second half of wi he Aikansas game than sit down and w vatch a baseball game, nowadays. A] Ilould the races possibly be more x)ring? N The Mariners have gone on one of sh heir patented 13-game losing streaks, yc .Vord out of Seattle is that those hon- B< >r-happy Japanese owners are consid- Ei :ring drastic measures. Taking a cue rom the Jackie Sherrill School of D; Coaching, and mixing it with a little cc apanese culture, the owners are Ci eportedlv coins to he sin casual ins frc >Iayers after Mariner losses. tin The American Indian Movement dc AIM) is once again preparing to tar- M ;et the Redskins and Braves for their qu nsensitive use of Native American CI licknames. Maybe it's just my insen itivity (who me?), but I wouldn't be Y< is offended by the Super Bowl the Champions or World Series partici- tht >ants using native nicknames as 1 Bs fould be by the Cleveland Indians, is, Jow that's a real embarassment, sic eing the namesake of baseball's To erennial laughingstock. I This week's bonehead of the week of > Cincinnatti's Glenn Braggs. A bo ledical exam has confirmed he tore un artilage while running the bases on a rid ome run last week. The idiot will sot ow need arthroscopic surgery on his ne< ght knee. I The starting time for the Carolina- mi Kentucky football game has been rei loved to 12:30 p.m. to accomodate str Revision. The momentous battle is Ga le SEC Game of the Week. A truly in ] Sp< tent pas Senior Wright Mitchell is expected to start Saturday against the Pirates despite his mediocre showings against Georgia and Arkansas. Freshman Mike Reddick and junior Rob DeBoer are expected to :arry the bulk of the USC rushing responsibilities when the Pirates :ome calling. DeBoer has been the workhorse pf the unit early this year, carrying Jie "rock" 18 times for 58 yards. Reddick has been a pleasant surprise for Woods averaging 7.3 ^ards per rushing attempt. Carolina's defensive unit will 'ace its biggest test yet when the 7T T oO or\r? /-? uui/uats dU/pd wniu UlC I1C1U. Jnfortunatly, the defense will be without the services of outside line)acker Lawrence Mitchell who mderwent arthroscopic surgery on lis right knee this week. The focus will be on the defensive backfield against East Carolina. Cornerbacks junior Frank \nderson and senior Rocky Clay vill be the key to success for the jamecocks. The Gamecocks and the Pirates lave met on the football field nine imes previously with USC prevailng in eight of those games. Last year in Greenville, ECU lowned USC 31-20 behind Jeff ilake's 34/ yards passing. Saturday's game will close out he Gamecocks' three-game homesand to start the 1992 schedule. lUSC Faklaris /as named the Georgia Gatorade ligh School Player of the Year. In 1990, Faklaris competed in an nternational tournament in the oviet Union as a member of the ieorgia State Select Team. Faklaris selected USC instead of Jniversity of North Carolina and forth Carolina-Greensboro because e liked the Gamecock program nd it's direction. But after his college days, aklaris said soccer will not be in is future. "I don't think that I will play occer after college. I've been playtg for so long, and it is such a ard road. I don't know if I could o it," he said. bering thought. World Cup '94: The British (socr fans) are coming, the British (socr fans) are coming! Lock up the omen, close all the pubs and see if e can schedule the game at Icatraz. Sunday's marquee matchup in the FL is the Denver at Philadelphia fHvHnu/n Thf> fnrJ hoc oItoqsIw ?/~vl<l v/'<uv/T'?. A uv n/V/i IICIO UUWU^ IV./1U >u that this game would be Super ^wl 27 1/2. Seore: Broncos 17. igles 13. The Raiders are 0-2. Word is A1 ivis had his mafia boys rough up a uple assistant coaches after the ncinnati game. We may never hear >m the dope who fumbled die overfic kiekoff again. And speaking of >pe, Todd "Nose Candy" arinovich has been named starting arterback for Sunday's game widi eveland. Remember the NFC Central? jah, the division I trashed before ; year started. Well, the leaders of i NFC Central are the 2-0 Tampa ty Buccaneers. Bringing up the rear arguably the worst team in profes>nal sports, the Green Bay Packers. >p to bottom, this division sucks. Pro Bowl comerback Darryl Green the Washington Redskins broke a ne in his arm and won't be back til next year. Until then, I say, good dance. It's a shame he didn't break nething more important, like his :k. Hopefully this will pacify the isses for another week. Please nember to send all hate mail aight to myself in care of The mecock. I would prefer you write pen rather than crayon, though. arts >sing att; - | m^m -^Swa - ~ ~if 1 I " f r ^ W *" ' te# V . .. *% trnrnmSm Gamecocks look to be ready for Pir Mitchell out wit By The Associated Press m K Arthroscopic surgery performed on South Carolina linebacker ta Lawrence Mitchell was successful, th school officials said. a Mitchell underwent surgery la Wednesday on his right knee to repair some loose cartilage and will as begin rehabilitation Thursday, Dr. ar Rod~Walters, head athletic trainer G for the Gamecocks, said. be Mitchell, a 6-foot-6 sophomore se from Conway, received the injury durin<z the Gamecocks' 45-7 loss ro fii Arkansas on Saturday. Fn The 230-pound player will miss th this week's matchup with East ta< Carolina, officials said. He will be su evaluated on a daily basis and in Put me in, Coac - ^ | ^ v * Freshman Steve Taneyhill should rr Florida vs. Tennessee nu state vs* hlorida Statef-ii Alabama vs. Arkansas Georgia Tech vs. University of V I Notre Dame vs. Michigan State East Carolina vs. University 1 I Washington vs. Nebraska ; Louisiana State vs. Auburn f|||? Brigham Young vs. UCLA I. Syracuse vs. Ohio State lllilll Denver vs. Philadelphia New Orleans ve? Atlanta ||lf||| | Washington vs. Detroit ack to I v TOjpapgf |? 'l^pi i ates' weekend match-up. ;h knee surger; ight return to play next week at entucky. Mitchell, considered one of most lented players to ever sign with e Gamecocks, has barely broken sweat on the football field in the st four years. He was academically ineligible ; a freshman at South Carolina id then played just 16 plays in the amecocks' opener In 1991 before :ing sidelined for the rest of the ason with a knee injury. 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