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Crims< By TONY SANTORI ad Staff Writer the On Saturday the Crimson Tide pu from the University of Alabama to gave the USC Gamecocks a les- ow son in how to play defensive ba football SEC style. 33 Sparky Woods' team could do str little with the football against the rui top-defensive team in the nation Wi as 'Bama rolled over USC, 48-7. yai South Carolina would find little sympathy from the 9th-ranked sic Tide who were celebrating Wi Homecoming on the misty, cool Te afternoon. att Alabama struck early and de often, running out to a 21-0 lead rec in the first ten minutes and never lin< lpftin O thp frO mopAol' c oof Ku oE .vvixn^ Uiv VJU11IVVUVA.O 5^1 uaviv into the game, to Uncharacteristically, Coach Gene tai Stallings' squad came out looking twi for the big play early, catching on the Gamecocks off balance. On their first possesion of the oui contest, the Crimson Tide drove . 1 87 yards in one minute and 20 ins seconds. The five-play drive was at highlighed by a 39-yard reverse mc by the explosive sophomore Ma receiver David Palmer, who car- thii ried to the South Carolina oneyard line* From the one, running- fol back David Lassie carried over tw( the right side of the line for the Al; score and 'Bama led 7-0. pla "On the first series Alabama ( came out with a good plan. Their ne< speed is such that where they Brc ftnon nr* enmotLinrt thni; talrA vpvn up c?v/iiiv^uinit:, uiwj v^an iojvc v^a Cross Country first in Citadel a> Invitational By JILL BUEHLMAN " Staff Writer B> Stc The USC men's and women's ?cross country teams dominated the ^ ^ CitadeU feitational at Charles ^ Towne Landing in Charleston Saturday. ^ The men's team finished the ex? race in first place with 25 points La] and the women's team led the race with a 30-point victory. The Gamecocks outdistanced th? second-place Duke after placing six runners in the top ten. ^ Tom Cronin led the Gamecocks ^ with his third-place finish and ^ 25:56 time in the five-mile race. I Right behind Cronin, teammates {^e Keith Gorski, Chad Lawrence, CQr Mark Cruz, Eddie Clarke, and Jared Haag earned fourth, fifth, at { sixth, seventh and ninth places j respectively. h Th p T qH \r am ppr\olrc alcn I * ?v i-JUV* J VJUUIVVVVA.O UIOU pjg claimed victory over the 11-team field. Leading USC was fourthplace winner Danielle Adams. ^ Next to Adams was fifth-placed p Tracey Capper, sixth-placed Marielle Bertrand, seventh-placed ^ac Sue McGhie, and eighth- placed Sara Singletary. The top runners ^ for the Lady Gamecocks stayed together the entire race, proving to be a key in USC's success. ffenVSHMI The time ha 199: \A/h V V I This year's is goinc; yet and we war ( an Tic vantage of it," Woods said of i opening drive. Following an exchange of nts, South Carolina was forced kick again from deep in their m territory, h'almer returned the 11 24 yards to the Gamecock -yard line. From there the Tide uck paydirt in three plays with aningback "Paint" Sherman illiams covering the final 14 rds on the ground. On Carolina's ensuing possein, starting quarterback Blake illiamson and runningback rry Wilburn botched an empted handoff and 'Bama fensive end Bryan Thornton :overed at the Carolina 14-yard e. It took Alabama only two plays capitalize on the miscue as Iback Chris Anderson carried ice, scoring from six yards out his second attempt. 'We assisted them some...witb r fumbles," Woods said. Freshman Steve Taneyhill was erted at quarterback by Woods tkin U., *- 1 A * mis junciuic uui cvjuiu nui >ve the offensive unit and irty Simpson punted for the rd time. As the second quarter began lowing three more punts and ) turnovers by the two teams, abama drove 66 yards in 5 ys for their fourth TD. Quarterback Jay Barker con- ( :ted with split end Curtis )wn for 25 yards to the South ' rolina end zone. The touch/lagic returi >14.6 million COLUMN I JIMMY DEBUTTS j iff Writer ( Earvin "Magic" Johnson became < highest-paid athlete for a single < ison on Thursday when he ned a $14.6 million contract 1 tension with the Los Angeles < I . ~ r - I -I AA A f\ r- r teis lor uie ivv^-vd season, [ohnson's cuiTent contract pays i i $2.5 million per year through < : 1993-94 season. Magic sur- J ;ses the contracts signed by Dan < uino, $5.2M; Ryne Sandberg, 1 1M; Patrick Ewing, $9.4M; and 1 c Lindros, S3.5M. ( fohnson announced his return to t NBA last Tuesday at a press tference in Los Angeles. 1 "I'm back, baby," Johnson said i he press conference. e -Je said he had been keeping in j ipe and practicing every day. j ven months earlier in the same ( m Magic stunned the world by rins because he had contracted HIV virus. J Je said he is ready to get back work with the Lakers. "I'm s k, and I'm playing and looking v vard to winning," Johnson said, f dagic's return actually began in 1 uuary when he was the starting s nt guard for the Western i iference All-Stars. In that game tl "raiarraj TTffiiHmjirgjjriuffi s come to purch< 2-1993 yearbook! lat ever you do, HURRY! 1 to +hp> mnQt r ^ W > III V/ III | V it to get your nan Spc le roll ^ a|^H| v ^ Blj|^B fP^ <i^n|^^^^VHj|^H |EwmK \ \ ? ^mgiM|li|^M^^ tim&m mk JmSM9y^^ # ?? ^ j HjB^By^P^^ Mr ^^^I|SBHHF 1 ;, ,. . \i Redshirt freshman Blake William pletion for 13 yards on Saturday a lown left 'Bama ahead, 28-0, vith almost 13 minutes left in the lalf. The Gamecock offense was is with contract ie scored 25 points, had nine issists and grabbed five rebounds. fohnson led the Western Conference to a 153-113 victory 3ver the Eastern Conference and was named MVP of the game. But the real test came in August when he played in the Summer Dlympics with the "Dream ream". Magic played as if he had lot missed a game. His skills showed no signs of deteriation. fohnson's return to the Lakers >hould put them back in contention 'or the NBA title. The Lakers barey made the playoffs last year withiut him, and were eliminated in he first round. Magic's return will fill the gap eft by Larry Bird. Bird's retirenent this summer ends the greatest jra in basketball history. The vlagic-Bird era is over, but Magic s prepared to pick up where he left iff. Magic is the highest-paid player tow, but in the crazy world of tigh-priced salaries in professional ports it will probably only be a veek before someone else will >ass him. His return should mean nore excitement in the NBA, and hould give hope to other people nfected with the HIV vims that hey should not give up on living I StBSFSB) ^se your uwesome one ne on the list. rts s over USC. y A Uknmn ^1,^ ^1 " fi~l J ~~.l * V>?" f-"> /AldUdllld IdCMTU Ull d 1IC1U gUdl Vfe before Taneyhill led the KJQI Gamecocks on their most impresHpHpHU|^^ mm sive drive of the half. The Altoona, Pa., native comy pleted 5 of 7 passes on the drive which included USC's first three UV 1st downs on the day. The march ended with a sack of Tanneyhill on a 4th and 6 /W y opportunity from the 'Bama 13 pP^PP with only six seconds left in the B In the first half, the Crimson Rj^PJF yards while ammassing 298 themselves. Included were 17 first downs for Alabama comILj pared to three for USC. l 4 After the intermission, South Carolina managed to move the Brendan Clark/The Gamecock receiver Asini Penny for a 37son had 7 attempts with 1 com- yard gain down to the Alabama gainst Alabama. . 2-yard line on the final play of the third quarter. On the next again stilled by .he Crimson lide s usc fumbled and .Bama defense and kicked .he ball away recovered. B?t a Hag for offsides tor i e tilth time. asainsl Alabama cave the Upon receiving the short punt. Gamecocks new .life. South " kS. ^ 1l Stephanie Newlin/The Gar P 11 rrK^i r taom 1 noar -t rt AVUgUJ LV^aill 111 By NANCY SALOMONSKY freshman scrum' half from Sports Editor Maryland, were also key players After two intense 40-minute for South Carolina, halves the USC Rugby team lost in "They both played a really smart overtime to Clemson Saturday, 12- game.-They have more experience 9. because they have been playing a The Gamecocks were led by full- lot longer. They both have a great back Butch Setser. Setser hit a 40- feel for the game," senior Lynn yard penalty kick in the last min- Moore said, utes of the game to tie the score. 9- The game was mostly pack 9. action. "The game was a total kicking "The Clemson pack was a lot game, no tries were scored," senior bl?eer than ours, but ours had more Wyatt Shepherd said. heart, Shepherd said. James Worsnips, an exchange South Carolina was competing student from Leeds University in 'oss ?* Steve Manning, England, and Mat! Cbelfam, a wbo broke ^located his ankle at practice Thursday night. SwfK Women Welcome To J The USC Track and A Great Way To: * Oat CO 1! \ vjtiui X^Erf * Travel All Over V W * Meet Other Ded jj 1 For More Information call 777-7925 Ask For Richard Hurst or Stop by Track Office at The Rou , 48-7 n-^l: ? ? i: ? J ...i \_aiuillld V^upil<illZ.CU WI1CI1 Brandon Bennett blasted in for the touchdown from a yard out. Simpson added the PAT, cutting the score to 41-7. Alabama added a meaningless touchdown to close out the scoring and make the final tally 48-7. The brightest light of an otherwise dark day for Sparky Woods' team was the play of the freshman signal caller Tanneyhill. Tanneyhill completed 10 out of 17 tosses for 135 yards on the afternoon without throwing an interception. Williamson could manage only one completion in seven tries for a 13 yards. A positive-sounding Tanneyhill said, "I think I definitely picked the right school. I think things will be different in a couple of years when we have more experience. Our offense did better as the game progressed, and maybe we can take that into the next game." Woods also sounded upbeat afterwards. "I was pleased to see that our team came back a little in the second half. I saw some bright spots." Unfortunately for the Gamecocks, they could gain only 43 yards on 37 carries versus the dominating Crimson Tide defense. USC dropped to 0-5 with the loss and have an open date this week before playing host to Mississippi State on Oct. 17. I The Gamecocks scored 9 points in Saturday's game against Clemson. The Tigers prevailed with a three point lead. necock overtime "Steve is one of our best runners. Hie oKepnep rooll\r hurt no n iuo u u o v ii uv i can r nun uo, Shepherd said. "This game was the best game that I have ever been involved in. Both teams were evenly matched," Moore said. "We are really looking forward to playing them again in the State Tournament (Oct. 24-25). I think that they realize that we have a much better team than we have had in the past, and we are the best team in the state," Shepherd said. The USC Rugby team has an off week and will meet St. Andrews on Oct. 13, at 7 p.m. > Try Out For Field Team! The U.S. icated Athletes ndhouse