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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.
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Faklaris moves
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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
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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
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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
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' 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.
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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
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"forward" with
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
Then he was suspended for the
rst game of this season before
lally seeing action again against
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