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6 Vnlc hrin W WIW Ml III OUT OF BOUNDS Larry Williams Going into their critical matchup in Knoxville against the Tennessee Volunteers, the South Carolina Gamecocks needed to excecute a perfect game combined with a few mistakes from their burnt-orange counterparts. What transpired was the total opposite. The numbers don't He. 129 passing yards. Three lucky interceptions (all off tipped balls by Vol defenders). Thirty seven passes attempted for the Gamecocks. Nineteen completed. A horrible pirn ting game. A defense that allowed Tennessee to rack up 437 total yards (208 rushing, 229 passing). If there was any hope that the Gamecocks could stay on the same field with Tennessee, it was erased Saturday. Problem is. we all must wonder what would've happened if Carolina would've played like they were capable of. Would USC have won the game? Probably not. But you can bet that, if the ball would've bounced Carolina's way all day instead of Tennessee's, the scoreboard wouldn't have read 56-21 when the final ticks trickled from the clock. You can bet that many who watched the game from around the country got a bad impression of Steve Taneyhill. Three interceptions, 125 yards passing. "Hah," they must have said. "He can't cut it when playing against a big time opponent." True, Taneyhill's numbers weren't stellar by any means. But let's look at the interceptions. Never before had I seen three tipped balls at the line of scrimmage to result in THREE interceptions. Yes, Taneyhill did throw the balls, and it was his fault, but everyone should agree that it was a minor fluke for those three passes to be picked off. After playing for eight straight weeks, the Gamecocks fell apart at the hinges in Knoxville. Some of us could n 8 HAU.0 I SAI H Price Reduc | Remaining M I TOMY 9 ARMY Ml H 1621 Main St. C'O/Uhct AN HISTORIC Efficiency One Bedroc Two Bedroc Rents include all uti] All rates quoted ar< (Leases available, pric Summer $100 per mor May 1 - A Located aero University of South ( and the State Capil offers the premi downtowi (803) 791230 Pendleton Street mm m*. JL mmmm Tennessee runningback Chester rout of the Gamecocks. USC get see it coming. A fairly young team go ing through the rigors of the SEC fo nine straight weeks without an opei date should be expected to have an ol game. Ifs just too bad that the off gam had to come against the Volunteers Although I felt that the game wouli be close, I had a gut feeling that wha happened Saturday would occur. Wit] an open date to prepare, you had to be lieve that Tennessee head coach Phi Fulmer and his staff would dissect th film of the Gamecocks, find their weak nesses, and exploit them Saturday And exploit them they did. Bandit em Leonard Little rushed through the lin I w i 4 tions in all Ej asks & Wigs h ONW! E TSTORE | 252-1350 B t f\wh4> RESIDENCE $405 im $465 >m $500 iities and cable TV. 2 month to month es subject to change) Special ith discount LUgUSt 1 ss from the Carolina Horseshoe tal, Cornell Arms er location for i living. 9-1442 Columbia, SC 29201 SPOl irst in Gail Ford was one of many Volunteers that 1 i a much-needed bye week before facing h- undetected numerous times to presr sure Taneyhill. This reaped more hav- s i oc than anything. h ? If there's one question I'd like to b e ask Brad Scott, Fd question why Game- tl i. cocks abandoned the shotgun so early il d in the game. True, Luther Dixon had v t a bad snap in the first quarter, but I li d don't understand the reasoning of aban- t y doning their bread and butter that has n il gotten them this far. Why didn't they i: e abandon the passing game after Taney- b ;- hill's first interception? To compete y against the number five team in the il d country, you've gotta be on the offen- n e sive instead of the defensive. \? i ynV the Qm From KNOPF RTS ecocks '' ' '' * - * ' 'C * - i' ACHIM HUNT The Gamecock Found the end zone in the 56-21 [ No. 3 Florida Nov. 11. Saturday's game in Knoxville was upposed to be a barometer indicating low far the Gamecocks have to go to ie competitive with the "big boys" of he SEC. Judging from the 56-21 score, t appears that they have a long, long /ay. No, the Gamecocks didn't perform ike they could've. Yes, they were vicims of some bad breaks. And yes, Tentessee was the far superior team. But n fhp SrvnfViPflst.prn Hrmfprprirp t.hp est football conference in the world, ou have to exceed your expectations f you want to compete. South Caroliia didn't do that Saturday. {> m m n ! (?DI J Tuesday, October 31,1995 I V' * 1 i,. 4 sri" ? ' 1 'iff win ? i T rw i"i?wl TYSON PETTIGREW The Gamecock Mike Solano moves the ball upfield in the Gamecocks 4-1 win over Georgia Southern. Solano scored an unassisted goal in the victory. USC scorches Eagles, 4-1 Staff Reports Georgia Southern tied the game with Sixth-ranked South Carolina got two five minutes to play in the half when a goals from All-American candidate Clint long throw-in could not be cleared by the Mathis and broke a tie game at the half Gamecock defense, resulting in a onewith three second-half goals en route to touch kick by Noel Kierans for the goal, a 4-1 victory over Georgia Southern Sun- After intermission, the Gamecocks day before 1,621 fans at The Graveyard. controlled the attack out.shootin? the The victory is South Carolina's 12th j , ? ' g ? in its last 13 matches and leaves the ^ 134 and postrng three unanswered Gamecocks at 12-3 on the season. Geor- goals. Mathis notched the game-winner gia Southern falls to 5-12-2. with 26 minutes to play on an assist from "Georgia Southern, as well as David- Chuck Prosser. The goals by Mathis give son (1-0 overtime win last Wednesday), the Conyers, Ga., native 21 on the year, came in weU-prepared and played emo- tyinf,him ^ clark Brissou for most tional games, coach Mark Berson said. , . , . TT??, . , We kept our composure and played *>*>,m a 86380,1 m ^ well. Despite a defensive lapse on a set ^ce Solano hit a 25-yard blast just play which allowed their goal." inside the right post with 19 minutes left Mathis opened the scoring 25:56 in- and Prosser ended the scoring with a goal to the match off a crossing pass from off a double assist from Mathis and Nathan KristinnLarusson Watkins with 12 minutes left. Freshman Tony Soto began the play Camlina plays its next matdr Wednr*. with a long downfield pass that Larus- , x ? . , _ , ? _ son played to the touch line before pass- day at 7 P'Ia aSamst ^P1*11 at ing to Mathis for the goal. Graveyard.