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"How *bout those Gamecocks?" are
the words on the sign inside the BA
Building.
I know it's too early in the season to
get too excited, but after Saturday's win
against the Bulldogs, you can't help but
get a little hyped up about the future.
It may be just me, but walking around
campus Monday, there was a general
happiness amongst the students. There
seemed to be a little more spring in their
step. Not bad for a Monday.
With the Gamecocks 2-0 for the first
time since 1990, I've heard some talk
around campus about going to a bowl.
Well, ifs a little early to be talking about
that. If USC can beat East Carolina
and Mississippi St. and start off 4-0,
then start making your hotel reservations.
In order to be eligible for a post-season
bowl, a team must win six games against
Division I-A teams. What this means
is that Clemson still needs six wins to
be eligible because Furman, who they
beat 19-3, is a Division I-AA team. With
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DWAYNE MCLEMORE
Asst. Sports Editor
Don't think for one moment the
rivalry that exists between USC and
Clemson is limited to football. For all
Gamecock athletics, ifs universal.
Tonighf s volleyball match between
the two is no exception, as the Lady
Tigers invade the new Volleyball
Competition Facility to take on the Lady
Gamecocks. Carolina Head Coach Kim
Hudson will be the first to admit this
game will be special.
"Clemson is always a veiy competitive
team, both in the ACC and nationally,"
Hudson said. "This is a good match for
us 10 get siaie-wiae recognition.
Tonight will be the first nontournament
match for Carolina. The
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tournaments that opened the season,
including a 3-1 finish this past weekend
at the Kansas State Invitational.
Carolina leads the all-time series
against Clemson 23-16. This includes a
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oh yeah, South Carolina, Clemson head
coach Tommy West has a steeper hill to
climb than any he'll find on campus.
But back to the Gamecocks. After
the game against Mississippi St., there
will be seven games left.
If Carolina starts off 4-0, winning
two of the final seven shouldn't be a
problem. Games at Kentucky and
Vanderbilt should be wins. The Arkansas
and Clemson games will be considered
a toss-up, and games against Auburn,
Tennessee and Florida could be, well,
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exposure Carolina received on
ESPN Saturday will be valuable as the
Gamecocks make a bid for the postseason.
Also, officials from the CompUSA
Florida Citrus bowl were in the press
box Saturday, and from what I overheard
of their conversation, they were pretty
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victory last season at Clemson 3-0 (157,15-7,
and 15-6).
This is a match that we can use to
continue to prepare us for SEC play,"
Hudson said.
The Lady Tigers are 6-4 on the
season, and players to watch are seniors
Tulip RnrlricniP7 anrl AsVtlpv Splf and
junior Michelle Thieke. The team is
coming off a successful season in which
it finished 23-10, and 11-3 in the ACC.
Students, faculty and staff are
encouraged to attend tonight's match
at the new facility, which begins at 7
p.m.
The Gamecock incorrectly printed
sophomore Cindy Robarge's career high
for kills in the Monday, September 16
issue. Her 19 against Boise State last
Saturday were only her season high.
Robarge's career high is 23 kills, which
she recorded last season against LSU.
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If USC goes to a bowl game this year,
win or lose, they should add Brad Scotfs
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Stadium.
In a year when they were picked to
finish no higher than 5-6 and fourth in
the SEC East, the Gamecocks are poised
to prove the critics wrong. But remember
people, ifs still early in the season, and
a lot can happen in the next two months.
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number of any team in the Southeastern
Conference. And only 12 starters return.
Nearly 50 percent of this year's team is
comprised of sophomores and freshmen.
These facts alone should be reason enough
to sing Brad Scott's praises if the
Gamecocks have a winning season.
This is Brad Scotfs team now. The
team he took to the Carquest bowl in
1994 was a team that he inherited from
Sparky Woods. The best part about the
early-season success is that next year's,
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"The Team" Only six out of24 (including
the kicking jobs) starting positions are
occupied bv seniors. Seven of those 24
spots feature sophomores or freshmen.
Oprah Winfrey might have been
talking about Carolina's football program
when she said, "The future's so bright,
it burns my eyes."
But keep in mind that this is a young
team and they will make some mistakes.
Don't expect an undefeated season,
or an SEC Championship this year. A
bowl game would be an incredible
accomplishment with the young talent
Scott has assembled this year.
It's way too early to go jumping on
the bandwagon. There are still nine
games left on the Gamecock's tough 1996
schedule.
But with a few breaks, a little luck
and solid play like they had against
Georgia, Carolina could be spending
their Winter break preparing for their
bowl game.
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JOSH PENROP Staff Writer
Consider them giantstalkers that
are hungry for recognition.
Over the "past two years, with head
coach Steve Logan at the
helm, that is essentially how ^I
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have played, and this season
looks to be no different.
Perhaps, Saturday night . (j (
coach Logan knows that when
he brings his back-to-back
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of Pirates to Columbia, that
he will not be facing giants, . 0qan
but rather a USC team with
the hearts of such that have
resulted in a pair of irepressive earlyseason
wins.
Last season, East Carolina handily
defeated West Virginia, Southern
Mississippi, Army and Standford, and
pulled off a 27-24 upset over 22nd
ranked Syracuse, on its way to compiling
a 9-3 season record. And they still could
only muster a 26th place finish from
the voters of the Associated Press poll.
Even considering these
accomplishments, Steve Logan and his
team are still not getting the respect
they deserve.
I've been here through eight years
of this and we've seen our share of
homecomings, but that seems to be
slacking off a little bit," Logan explains.
"I think at least now it means
something when people beat us. So,
we're making progress by degrees."
"Last year, we go up and beat
Syracuse and we get no recognition for
it at all."
Coach Logan will have his savvied
quarterback, Ail-American candidate
Marcus Crandell leading his multipleset
offense, in which Logan is a strong
believer.
This same offense presumably will
be giving Gamecock defensive
coordinator Wally Burnham headaches
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all this week.
"I am of the opinion that if you're
going to be a multiple set team, you
better be a multiple set team."
"If you go out and show three or
four different sets, and that's
the end of it, then veiy quickly
^ it's not very multiple. I'm
convinced of something- that
V*m defensive coordinators watch
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something ready to go that
they are not really attuned
to," a fecesious Logan said.
Xogan also offered his
comments on South Carolina's
defense, which his
quarterback Crandell will be looking
to spend all night trying to pick apart.
"From '94,1 think that they're
playing a little bit more aggressive style.
They're doing more things in the
secondary."
"Ifs going to pose more difficulties
for us than I think the ^4 scheme of
things did," Logan added.
On the other side of the ball, Logan
knows that there may be another battle
brewing within the upcoming CarolinaECU
war.
- Coach Logan gave his opinion of
USCs soon-to-be, if not already, phenom
redshirt sophomore quaterback Anthony
Wright, saying, "Anthony Wright has
changed everything they're doing down
there at South Carolina. Very quickly
he's going to be one of the best
quarterbacks in the country. He has the
mobility and the arm, and he's a
very bright young man. He is an
exquisite player."
From the looks of things so far this
season, Coach Logan better ready his
troops, because it looks like his East
Carolina Pirates might not be the only
giantstalkers to show up at WilliamsBrice
Saturday night.
Game time is 7pm Saturday night,
and will be televised in North Carolina.
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