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i Now that the Gamecocks hav<
. wrapped up spring football practice
t the anticipation for the season opene:
* against Central Florida is building
* There are still a lot of questions to b
1 answered about the 1996 Gamecocks
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it quarterback, but overall it looks lik<
| the squad will be a lot deeper than las
season.
Last season, the Carolina defense
1 was the joke of the SEC. It doesn't tool
< like that will be the case this seasoi
t as newcomers and improved play b;
$ veterans looks to change the defensi
I in a major way.
I The defensive line, which was i
major weakness on last season's team
? will be a lot better and deeper. Thi
t addition of junior college transfe
t Michael Maddox, who was redshirte<
last year, and the improved play o
J Hemy Taylor will help to solidify thi
* defensive line.
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? iNavy transter Travis oauey, wn
didn't make the depth chart becausi
! of a injury, should make some noisi
J in the fall as should 6-foot-4-inch, 282
pound converted offensive linemai
; Patrick Garth. Maynard Caldwell an<
' Selvesta Miller are listed as the starter
- at the defensive end positions. Thi
( will be an area of concern because c
. the lack of size at this position.
The linebacking corps should be
J lot deeper and more talented than las
season despite the graduation of thre
quality linebackers. Florida transfe
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in best ability as a runner and passer
be but was unable to shake Barnhardt
in spring practice,
id At running back, Carolina returns
tie only tailback Duce Staley. Freshman
aer Steve Mixon is listed as the starting
its fullback, but that could possibly change
is, as high school All-America fullback
in, Jacob Bush reaches campus this
summer. The Gamecocks will alsc
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tig showed he could be dangerous if he
try got to the corner,
an The tight end position has become
n, a concern since sophomore Rodnej
at Brown left school this semester. Formei
ns walk-on Jason Lawson is listed as the
No. 1 tight end with freshman Trevor
as Matthews backing him up.
th Despite the offensive concerns, the
on 1996 Gamecock football team should
ck improve if the defense is stronger up
on the middle. We saw last season thai
y, a good offense is nothing without ?
ep good defense. You can have a higl
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STAFF REPORTS
The USC softball team (28-7)
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,weekly USA Today/NSCA Division I
Softball Top 25 Poll announced today.
This is the sixth consecutive week the
Lady Gamecocks have been ranked
in the top 10.
The Lady Gamecocks dropped two
games over the weekend to the then
Ne. 9 Southwestern Louisiana (No. 6
this week), 0-2 and 2-7. Carolina swept
a pair of games from Coastal Carolina,
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51 coach Joyce Compton earned ha- 450th
3 victory at USC with the game two win.
I SOFTBALL RANKINGS
1 1. Arizona 34-4
2. Washington 34-7
m 3. UCLA . 28-6
m 4. Fresno State 30-6
5. Cal St. Northridge 28-8
B 6. SW Louisiana 31-7
H 7. Cal State Flrton 32-15
8. South Carolina 26-7
9. UNLV 25-14
10. Michigan 28-9
m 11. Oklahoma 30-15
12. California 27-15
|| 13. Minnesota 27-6
14. Florida State 37-.14
15 Inwa 27-10
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play in its fifth of six in-season tournaments in 1996 this weekend at 1
North Carolina Invitational in Chapel Hill, N.C.
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116. Texas A&M 25-10
17. South Florida 36-9
18. Nebraska 25-12
19. Illinois-Chicago 21-9
20. Arizona State 22-15
21. Notre Dame 29-10
22. Indiana 23-14
5cK 23. Cal St. Scrmnto 23-18
riii 24. Hawaii 27-18
he 25. Long Beach St. 23-16
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