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South Cai by TIM THORSEN The Gamecocks travel to Lexington, Ky., Saturday to challenge the Kentucky Wildcats. The colossal confrontation between the unranked Wildcats and the justplain-rank Gamecocks is being touted as the SEC Game of the Week, or is that Game of the Weak? If this is the best the SEC has to offer, then I say long live the Metro Conference. Manon Rheaume became the first woman Wednesday to play in one of the major four team sports. I was thinking if she can throw a football, Clemson vs. highlights w< by ANDREW BORGERT Last weekend's bevy of topnotch football games have left most fans' heads spinning. This weekend's slate is not as eye-popping as past weekends but should still keep most football junkies satisfied. The top match-up features our old friend Clemson and Georgia Tech. Tech is still trying to figure out what hit them when they played Virginia last Saturday. Clemson has had a week off since their heartbreaking loss to Florida State. Both teams Clemson at will be fired up for the game, Houston < seeing as a loss would all but N.C. State i eliminate either of them from Iowa at the ACC championship picture. San Diego Look for the Tigers to regain their roar in Atlanta as long ' as their offense manages to take some of the pressure off the defense to keep them in the game. The big game in the SEC this week has Ole Miss playing at Georgia. After starting out the season with two big wins against AiiKnrn anrl Tulnnp thp Rphfls ont a wake-up call from Vanderbilt in their 31-9 loss. Georgia got a measure of revenge after their loss to Tennessee two weeks ago when they beat Cal State Fullerton. They will also have their way with Ole Miss. Michigan will be playing Houston and has quarterback Elvis Grbac returning from a leg injury NFL week J by ROB RODUSKY Week 4 in the National Football League is the First week teams get z bye. This is a great welcome foi some teams while others are hoping this layoff will not stop them froir smoking through opponents. The Phoenix Cardinals, injuryprone quarterback Timm Rosenbacl in particular, are very thankful foi the week off. Other teams, not tc mention fantasy league players, arc not so thankful for the bye. Foi example, the NFC East leading Dallas Cowboys and the Philadelphia Eagles have been eat ing up their competition and hope tne weeK on aoes noi maxe rneir flat. The most exciting game of thi week will pit the San Francisc< 49ers against the New Orlean Saints in the battle for first in thi NFC West this Sunday evening This game is a battle for first plao and it is at home for the Saints Look for the ferocious Saint *olina agair maybe we should offer her a scholarship. Even if she can't throw, who cares? We need some kind of gimmick to put people in the stands, and frankly, watching us get our butts kicked by some of the best teams in the nation is getting kind of old. At the beginning of the week, the L.A. Dodgeballers had committed 169 errors. That is 50 more than the second-worst fielding team in the league, Philadelphia. This year the hands-of-stone crew has managed seven three-error games, three fourerror games, two five-error games, a six-error game, and a seven-error game. Rookie outfielder Billy Ashley said "Our work habits and defensive drills are great, I don't know what happens in the game." Well, Billy, first of all, you and your hideous team can do drills Ga. Tech eekend slate that forced him to miss last week's game, against Oklahoma State. Of course his back-up did a more than adequate job, setting a school record for completions in the game. Houston looked impressive in its win over Illinois, but the Cougars Ar\ nrvt ro onAiirrh ctranrrtV? /-vr-i tho uu ,,wl ll",w ^"uu6" OUVllgUl WH UIV, defensive line to slow down the Wolverines' running attack. Out West, the big game will be UCLA vs. San Diego State. The Aztecs want to prove they arb the best team in California. They certainly have the best running back, Marshall Faulk. UCLA breathed a big sigh of relief after last Saturday's victory over BYU. The ^ ? . . i_ \\r tsruins sianing quarieioacK wayne Cook blew out his knee earlier in the week and they had to start IIHlJljfl freshman Rob Walker in his place. Walker Georgia Tech dld a tine J?b and will be at Michigan starting for the Bruins the rest Jt N. Carolina of the year. ^ Their overall Colorado talent is too Cf at UCLA ?ood ^or ^an ol. ai uulm Diego State and they will prevail. mmm>North Carolina will be playing host to North Carolina State. This is probably the biggest game between these two teams that they have played in a long time. iwiui v^cuuiiiia icaiuicd a uiuiamg running attack led by Natrone Means. State was demolished by Florida State and is ripe to be beaten again. Look for the Heels to remain unbeaten. Finally, Colorado will be playing against Iowa at home. The Buffs were lucky to get out of Minnesota with a win. Iowa is in the middle of a brutal early schedule. Coy Detmer, Ty's little brother, is off to a good start for Colorado and should propel them to a victory. four: Let the 1 defense to stop Jerry Rice and company. In the NFC Central, Tampa Bay Buccaneers Head Coach Sam Wyche is looking to stereos to help his team. After lasts weeks' problems with noise in the Metrodome, ' Wyche hopes cranking up speakers 1 in practice with screaming, whistling, booing fans will help his ' team. Maybe he should try stacking 1 those stereos in front of Detroit's endzone to stop Barry Sanders. Detroit should roll. Chicago Bears Head Coach Mike i Ditka's new attitude is probably r great for his heart. But it will not be ) good for his team if he does not get J a little bit of his old self back and r start raising hell on the sidelines. If ; this does not happen this week, look s for the Atlanta Falcons to win in soiaier rieiu. i This week looks like the one in i which the New York Jets finally crack into the win column against the Los Angeles Rams? unless, of course, Jets Head Coach Bruce 1 Coslett guarantees a victory. Green Bay quarterback Brett s Favre said during last week's come3 from-behind victory over the Cincinnati Bengals, "I felt like I s took a laxative." This week he is going to feel like he took a beating. s And he will. The Pittsburgh Steelers Spo ist Kentuck until your pathetic no baseball- Ck catching hands fall off, and you will scr still be awful. Second, what hap- ble pens in the game is, quite frankly, No your team stinks! My brother's little thi: league team could give you a run ] for your money, which is the one Fn thing the Dodgeballers have more Wi of than errors, as far as defensive Wi prowess is concerned. to And how about the worst of the rib worst, Jose Awfulman, I mean pai Offerman. The latest joke, "How do rib you spell Offerman? One O, two sin F's and about 40 E's." Nc This week's "Bonehead of the Week" goes to an unidentified Ph Clemson University student. No, Br< not just because she goes to Moo ha* U., where all dirt roads, by the way, ha< lead. No, this idiot gets the honor go; for stupidity above and beyond that of any regular Tiger. At the Mt use goes By TONY SANTORI r Staff Writer A Coach Sparky Woods' winless 1 Gamecock football team travels to ( Lexington, Ky., this weekend to take on the University of 1 Kentucky Wildcats. 1 This is to be USC's first road _r .l _ t trip ui uic scasun anci a unccgame homestand. 1 Carolina comes into action this 1 week after a heartbreaking loss to < East Carolina this past weekend. 1 USC kicker Marty Simpson, who had already made four field goals 5 in the game, could not convert on 1 two opportunities in the final 15 \ seconds as one attempt was 1 blocked and the other sailed wide ( to the right. Simpson's performance ( Saturday was one of many solid ' individual efforts turned in by * Gamecock players. Junior fullback ! Rob Deboer led the rushing attack 1 by picking up 88 yards on 1:5 car- 1 -A A iyes begin! defense should invade Lambeau Field and stay one of the few unbeaten teams in the league. I pity the poor Cleveland Browns. Denver coming off a huge loss to the Philadelphia Eagles and John Elway coming off an atrocious game. Don't expect those fools iin the "Dawg Pound" to be doing much barking on Sunday. Don't worry about a 'Drive' again. Denver wins. Those poor San Diego Chargers have to travel to Houston's 'House of Pain' this week. So what if they are good against the run. Houston quarterback Warren Moon should easily get the 123 passing yards he needs to reach 50,000 for his career. Chargers stay winless. If you want to feel sorry for a team, take the New England Patriots. They must play host to the awesome Buffalo Bills. Here's the ~ big statistic: New England has scored six points while Buffalo has scored 112. This week's Monday nighter will j be on par with last week's game in c terms of intensity. The Los Angeles Raiders are hoping to finally win a game while the Kansas City Chiefs I'.l hope a victory will keep them on h pace with Denver. While the c Raiders have the best Monday night p record ever, don't expect them to win this game. rts y: SEC ga jmson/Florida State game, she 51 earned so loud and long that she fi w a hole in her lung. Seriously! al t even I can make up something k 5 brain-dead. f> r t i ? iv a 4.* ^ 4-* nonoiauie iviciiiiuu gucs> iu oan l. incisco Giants pitcher Trevor C ilson's doctor. It seems Mr. a< lson was having routine surgery p remove a cyst from one of his h s. Instead, the doctor took out C rts of two completely healthy ii s. By the way, the doctor has b ce retired, I have been assured. I ?kidding! ~ h Sunday afternoon, the li iladelphia Eagles beat the Denver p oncos 30-0. Word is, Sparky still a ;n't figured out how Philadelphia e } enough time to kick 10 field L als. t< How 'bout those Seattle C iriners. After going on about a a hhp' ihpsk * BiSil ' s : * H " '.'" '* j m wyz v C \ p ,X- < ^ ^ y , V v, % ^ - J'on the roa ies, and senior quarterback Vright Mitchell was steady, conributing 132 yards through the air >n 12 completions in 19 attempts. The individual successes of hpgp nlavprs wptp. main mntrihn ions to USC's season-high 361/ard total offensive output versus he Pirates. The 20-point outburst vas also Carolina's high-water nark for the campaign and is mother reason for optimism this veek against the 'Cats. For the Gamecock defense, the ipotlight switches from last veek's focus on the backfield to he line this week as UK features it's new "Stack-I" offensive set to :hallenge USC's front three. After months of secrecy, Dffensive Coordinator Rick Rhoades unveiled his unusual offensive scheme in Kentucky's season opener against Central Michigan earlier in the month. In their first three games this season Hi || Kentucky vs. South Carbli Georgia Tech vs. Clemsor ll; Michigan vs. Houston i|| || North Carolina vs. NC Sta II; UCLA vs. San Diego State Georgia vs. Mississippi Notre Dame vs. Purdue Chicago vs. Atlanta New Orleans vs. San Frar Cincinnati vs. Minnesota Female goalie tj By NANCY SALOMONSKY iports Editor Manon Rheaume, goaltender for le Tampa Bay Lightning's ice ockey team, is the first woman to ompete in one of the four major rofessional team sports. Rheaume played 20 minutes and me of the \ 0-game losing streak, the owners anc nallv decided to do something Gai bout it. So, "We are changing the Oc )go, colors, and uniforms to signi- Mis / an overall change in this organi- ing ation, Daniel-son" Chief Executive the ifficer Mister Miyagi said. He off. dded that "each player must also sta, aint the fence and wax-on, wax-off Bri is car all summer." As well as the if \ iamecocks have done after chang- out lg to black uniforms, Seattle will exii e lucky to win a game next year. ter. I Tampa Bay coach Sam Wyche I ad two stereo speakers on the side- Ba; ne for Wednesday's practice. The gar urpose was to simulate the booing bea nd noise the Bucs will be subject- des d to Sunday in their game with the did -ions. This has given the Fool a fra; srriffic idea. As a special offer to Thi loach Wyche, I will tape the fans les; t the next Gamecock home game ' ' ' ' - "' ' ' aaajS^a ' :.i,;-s.:ia:'-''::;': >' :;:, v. a " <W ' ' Stephanie Newlin/The Gamecock d to battle aDDlvins the grohnd-oriented coi attack, the Wildcats have racked 3(X up an average of 182 yards per ; contest with an average of 4.3 Re yards per carry; over 50 yards we more per game and nearly a yard on per attempt more than last year at sta this stage of the season. Ind Despite their new-found running proficiency, the Kentucky hrn passing game has yet to suffer tin much in the statistics department me with both yardage per game and tw< completion rates, maintaining their an< 1991 standards. Co Most of the credit for Wildcat poi success can be attributed to the the play of quarterback Robert wc "Pookie" Jones. The talented 19^ sophomore signal caller runs the complicated triple-option offense Ea and leads UK in both passing ule yardage and rushing yardage, tel< Through three games Jones has as run 44 times for 128 yards and In two touchdowns, and has rifled 21 set na $1?| Kentucky fjjf i Clemson lilfSli | Michigan |pl|| te NC State r ||J UCLA Georgia (IIIPIIll Notre Dame Chicago isisco BUI New Orleans Cincinnati ikes to the ice fo gave up two goals in her first 2appearence in the National Hockey League. 1( "I think that she played very well in her first NHL game" a Lightning General Manager Phil li Esposito said. L She only played in the first per- oi oid and left with the game tied at f veak? 1 send him the tape. If the necocks are still winless come tober 17, the game with isissippi State should have boothat registers right up there with sound of a supersonic jet taking That, or Coach Wyche could ge practice outside Williamsce stadium the 17th. Of course, le does this, he'll have to watch for the masses of people as they t the stadium after the first quar^inally, congrats to the Green / Packers for actually winning a ne. Of course, considering they it the Bengals, they really don't erve that much praise. But they manage to lose the label "Worst nchise in professional sports". ; new owners are the 0-3, hopesi v nathetic Phoenix Cardinals. J I / i Wright Mitchell, shown here against East Carolina, looks to pass the Gamecocks past the Wildcats Saturday. Wildcats npletions in 39 attempts for I yards and one TD. Sophomore tailback Donnie HH ic cnrp to spp action this ekend after gaining 104 yards only seven carries in his first rting assignment against liana last week. rhe Gamecocks and Wildcats ^e met on the gridiron three les previously with the first eting taking place in 1937. The , 3 squads have each won once d a tied once in 1978 in lumbia as both teams scored 14 mts. Kentucky was victorious in : '37 contest, 27-7. Carolina in the most recent contest in 81, 28-14 in Lexington. Kickoff time for this SEC stern Division match is sched;d for 12:40 p.m. and will be evised hv Tpffprsnn-Pilnt Snorts their SEC Game of the Week. Columbia, the game can be ;n on WIS. 13-10 rj||-42~i& it- f. | 21-13 31-28 ; 30-26 ' | iub 42-7 m p 14? 24-20 r Tampa Bay 2. "I would grade her 7.5 out of )," Esposito said. The 20-year-old goaltender joins small group of female athletes, ke Ann Meyers and Nancy ieberman, who have participated i a major league team.