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ACHIM HUNT Sports Editor I ? cro th Welcome to the Coach's Corner. Each 24 week you'll read the words of Carolina St head football coach Brad Scott talking P? about the upcoming games. You can al- ju so read Coach's Corner after each ball to game to get Scott's take on The Gamecocks each week. re Every quote in Coach's Corner is from Ci Brad Scott unless otherwise noted. tw This weeks Coach's Corner focuses on a 1 Coach Scott's view of this week's opponent, Central Florida. M The Golden Knights are enteringjust ^ N their second year of Division I football, u and are coming off a heartbreaking overtime loss to SEC foe Ole Miss. The Rebels at of Ole Miss won the game 24-23 after is Central Florida quarterback Daunte ni Culpepper was tripped up on the one foot wi line to keep the Knights from pulling the stunning upset. ta Ray-Ban Boil? ^^^HJTgrS Suncloud AIHMmJ Buccl Stussy ^BMMH Oakley* QQ mmmm H IMlWi Hail not b? If you've got better things tc your checking account, the C is for you. We make it easy, w Wachovia Check Card, for free Wachovia ATM. Your card is also they take Visa ' -so you can pay pizza to car repairs right fr account, but with credit card cor you need help balancing your ch W.ichovi.i B.ink is ,i momlx-t If )IC. Accounts subj W.irhovi.i li.iril' CikJ Set vieos. Del.iw.iiu. "Central Florida you know is a dan- this year, rous football team," Scott said. "I think Manning ey proved that last Saturday night (a [against 1 -23 loss to Dip Miss). Thav had an N C that thpra ate-type effort, as far as going for two schedule t lints in the overtime, and they came up Culpeppei 3t a little bit short. They were very close da. winning that game. ?Daun. "You read their guest column and you He has gc ad that their quarterback Daunte a strong gi ilpepper tried to run the ball in on their he is tougl ro point play, and just fell short by about as a starti f??t. offense, a "Certainly UCF showed in [the Ole down thei iss] game that they are a football team ?pve h< ith a lot of capable and talented re- the presej rning players. We saw that last year." receivers ? Scott is veiy worried about his team's of the besi tility to stop Culpepper, who he thinks Scott second only to Tennessee's Peyton Man- Florida of ng as the best quarterback his team ing to be b ill face this season. the Carol "Of course they return one of the most challenge lented quarterbacks that we will face against th ^ balschTQQOI & I oc WORLDWIDE SPONSOR B -WB Arnette ifctev Revo 3BB Hoble !? 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But he is such last week. his tr ry and works the pocket so well, "Certainly I think the Ole Miss game f?mel i to sack This is his third year give9thema lot of confidence coming in bce' ,ng quarterback in a pro-style t0 play u3. The fact that they already "0 md has some great coaching haveagameundertheirbetoiaabigad. veryl vantage for Central Florida. I thought ting t sard their coaches comment in when they came in to play us last year son k ison about how they feel their they were an extremely confident foot- amou ind their quarterback are some ball team. I know [Central Florida I. t in the country." bead coach] Gene [McDowell], and he is A nows for sure that the Central a great motivator, and I'm sure that he Sfltur fense, led by Culpepper, is go- had his guys in the frame of mind that tial. I augh to stop, but he also knows our game was a great opportunity for his ^ oni ina offense is going to have a team, and I think they will be even more Fi moving the ball on the ground confident as they come in to play us tral F le Golden Knights. this year." And 1 HERE in fhe WORLD are you ! I GOING? * ? p://www. uwplatt.edu/programs/study_abroad/ $15.00 per Month | _ _ No Setup Fees CGS5ClUUU/ # 3 Months for $40.00 (prepaid) 1 Year for $140.00 (prepaid) 10 Hours per Month for $ 10.00 ISDN Access Available lMedia, Inc. Free Internet Software Elmwood Avenue No Time Restrictions ?ia,SC 29201 Web and Domain Hosting connect Your Home or Business' Local Network to the Internet via High-Speed Line. Call the Number Below for More Information. 1 u telephone banking lines are just a phone call away.You /our balance or find out if a check cleared with our Sautomated Phone Access? service. Or call I-800-WACHOVIA (1-800-922-4684) to reach || a real Wachovia banker anytime, 24 hours a day. Plus, you may qualify for special student overdraft protection, credit card and savings accounts. It's easy! (At this point in your life, shouldn't something be?) WACHOVIA le players are not the only confident olina-type te from Central Florida. The fans of the Pirates h olden Knights voted this past sum- the past cou] hat of all the games the Knights ? ,. , f . play as an underdog, the most like3 they would upset would be the several thing i nfFlnriHn (COCKS. A ' " it for all their confidence, Scott said athletes, oops are ready to go out and hit ? school ?dy else besidesMhemselves in prac- ^ave a ^ot ?f Kids that us< Ur football team has also prepared ?^ier ^V^S10] lard, and we're excited about get- staying at o play. We're eager to get our sea- "You kno) icked off. We have a tremendous a better job o! nt of respect for Central Florida, when you loo just hope that we can do the things ^ ve're supposed to do on that field ^ ~ ,. , . ff , , , . EastCarolir day mght, and play to our poten- . . .. f we can do that, then this should e heck of a football game." So, it lool nally, Scott talked about why Cen- are getting n lorida has gotten so good so fast, be a tough s le compares them to an East Car- tral Florida. pan a spec 3boni m 1 Become A Plasm AND EAKN UP TO $165 PI Who Needs Plasma? Hemophiliacs, burn victims, transplan patients are people who receive produc plasma of donors like you. Find out how you can earn an extra $: A Dw\{/icic?JnTMil Tnnrlinnl Am! 1i4*TT ni^ri - x luxcooiuxicu xxicuiuxi laciuiy auu a tail Hours 8:30-6:30 M-F BE A PLASMA DONOR...BECAUSE LIFE IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS BioM< (803) 254-2280 2: Coli vented m w Writers, Photograph Stop by the 3rd floor of Russell House < MOWING TC H ' Russell House Tli {(?)} Thurs.-Fri. Sept. 4H1FREE ADM1 ^ Soundtrack Gi 9 iam, and we all know what Lave done to the Gamecocks pie of years. lentral Florida benefits from 3. 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