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Students, fans LUKE FONASH Staff Writer As a first-time writer for this publication, picking topics to shed light on was not an easy task. Writing about predictions for the upcoming football season or tne over-publicized baseball strike can be left to the others. I wanted to write a column that makes the sports fans at the school think about how we view the athletes we cheer and boo everyday. The first major college football weekia nrvxrv tin A? Aa??aaaa1i-? ~ &I1U lO UjJUIi UO. ms LUC VJOillCL,ULRJ3 ICiAC the field Saturday against Georgia's Bulldogs, a new chapter in Carolina football history will unfold. New head coach Brad Scott came to Columbia with a vision, one filled with determination to establish our program as one of the finest in the country. Carolina fans should anticipate great things to happen under Scott, but they might not be too rosy at first. I quote my title from the vernacular of the late television broadcaster/author Howard Cosell. I think it is an appropriate title that affects many sports fans WI^ndqp -t Welcome Back US< \y 10% Discount * i iix ft <i j. ? _ turner ui ivieetin 12th St. in Trian Open Tues. <? Sat. < 791-1005 V ^Gfeat Italian Food at A 4**1 A / 9iu; Today through Wednesda; with this couf PP BOOKBAGS ? ENTII i 'Never Played today, especially many at the university. i College football has been an intimate ] part of my life for many years. I grew up ; in a household in which college football is ( a religion and the boy's from South Bend, ( Indiana were its missionaries. So when I ^ came to the University of South Carolina, I didn't know what to expect from the * Gamecock program. Three years have past and criticism has run deep. As the Gamecocks step 1 onto the gridiron, they might lag a step ' behind or things just might not go their < way. And the critics who praised Brad s Scott's men before the contest will again j show their true colors. I The love I have for college football : does not give me the undeniable right to judge and criticize athletes my age who } eat, sleep and breath a sport that is here for our enjoyment. True, things don't * always go as planned or the Gamecocks ' would be in New Orleans every year * around New Year's. J But when things are down this year, " Ininc""'] FT C Students g ^ ib /v//i icr'in w <Vi V iw ^ g St. and ^ gleCjty k *'{ V f, ? ?. ? .merican mces OFF [ tEG. PRICE t y, September 2 t >on I|1 RESTOCI^^^ W wm r : The Game' and I know there will be some season low points, we as a student body mustn't abandon the team that plays for us and jvery student that has step foot on this campus. We must never abandon a team ;hat plays for every small child in this state who has every dreamed of playing "ootball for this university. So, when the Gamecocks come down ;hat tunnel Saturday night, and when 2001 blares for miles around, believe that iach and every one of those players and staff members who have worked so hard ;o please your wanting hearts. Be objec;ive, and do not lose sight of what's mportant. The great Green Bay Packer coach /ince Lombardi once said, "Winning isn't jverything; ifs the only thing." This is he attitude that Brad Scott will instill at Carolina. It might not be prevalent on Saturday night, but keep in mind that we never played the game." Your? Hi for the new :fjj close <as (en -gff Just ask for it on y ~j V Mill ; A jpf' $ I t . You can call 1 -800MS TAKIN' A BREATHER Quarterback Steve Taneyh summer practice as the Gai season opener. nnarfuitlti wrr ??" %: <* est catalog! e of :?iirJibo? our way out of the stad \ "m'-i r ff I us new loll fre 833-47Q7! B MB 4 totem- y.WSL iill takes a break during necocks prepare for their f is as 4 A >ths. 4 4 ium. ^ 4