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FlnriH lip t VII %j W 9. football te i j Sports Editor | e(j 1 It takes a lot to get me angry, but I was put ??* in a really bad mood Monday morning after read- abo ing Scott Winters' column in the Viewpoints section of this newspaper. not After reading his attempt to try and analyze ^ the Gamecocks' performance in Athens Satur- |?n day, I was so riled up I actually paid attention in in^ statistics class, and that takes a lot of riling up. me First of all Mr. Winters, you had some good points, don't get me wrong. But what you didn't do was offer any solutions whatsoever. pla' Let me go through your column point by point g^j and offer my opinions like you so nicely did. gg( Your first moronic statement was that you > came to the conclusion that we may not win an- ^ other game the rest of the year." If the Gamecocks qua don't win another game this year, I'll drop out iYe of school and transfer to Cow Palace College up- ( state and change my major to cow clean-up. Yes, USC has a tough schedule ahead of them, 0rt but they are too good to let this season get away vac from them. Scott won't let it happen and the play- the ers won't let it happen either. fen< Carolina has a good coach, good players, great in t fans (unlike you) and will have a good season, wit] If you, or any other fans like you, think that we're going to go 1-10, we don't want you going to the games. Keep your "inebriated" self at home wei and don't embarrass us with your bandwagon self. en t Your second point about wide receiver Zola Wh Davis dropping passes is accurate, but you failed see to mention the fact that he had 10 catches against ] Central Florida and, correct me if I'm wrong, up i didn't he have the first touchdown of the game? the Thirdly, it's true the Gamecocks rushed the ball 34 times for only 56 yards, but you once again less left something out. 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AA onifioc UU t/1 lllti am's perf Then you so poetically moved to the defense I how Georgia quarterback Mike Bobo treat- d them "like preschool girls, if that." Face it, v x) was "en fuego," "in the zone," "on," or how li iut "good." - tl When a quarterback is on like that, there's c much to do about it. Granted, they hurt us h flair passes to the flats and underneath pat- y is, but what about the fact that we were miss- 1 senior linebacker Darren Hambrick? Let 1 guess, you forgot. T P What about the fact that the defense shut out >rgia in the second half. I don't care if their ctice squad was in, a shutout is a shutout. The Sl yers must be decent if they received scholar- d ps to play at the Division I level and in the s:. * Then, you really showed your ignorance by dng about the fourth and goal play in which ^ irterback Anthony Wright's pass to tight end V y Pennington fell incomplete. One, it was a good call. It's the exact play tj Carolina Panthers would run to Wesley Walls u he Dallas Cowboys would have run to Jay Noek when he played when they were down on goal line. Yes, Pennington is a converted de- . jive lineman, but you failed to mention he was 1( here because starter Jason Lawson was out 3 h a broken ankle and second-teamer Trevon ? tthews has been hobbled by a sprained ankle. 8j Scott, how could you say the special teams e "weak" once again? e Punter Courtney Leavitt punted the ball sev- j ames for a 41.6 average and a long of 56 yards. ^ at about Steve Florio's 44-yard field goal? I u nothing "weak" about that performance. [ was just mildly irritated with your column tl until the point where you started criticizing h coaching. E ifou called them "passive" and the team "worth- a i" because they kicked a field goal when they ^ e down by 19 points. Did you think that a field I would bring the Gamecocks within 16 points? 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But what really gets me is the fact that you rer idn't mention that it was fourth and a boat ride 13 rhen they made the decision to kick it. There was ttle or no chance of making the first down and Cli lie way the defense was playing, it was a solid wa all- tei But hey, Fm not mad. I just don't understand re? our reasoning. C'mon Scott, the Gamecocks are -1 in a young season. That's why they play an bol 1-game schedule. There's no need to panic yet. far t's not like they've lost 70 games in-a-row like frc 'rairie View A&M. tin It's good to have a game like this early in the eason. No, it's not good to get beat like Carolina the id, but it's good to get the mistakes out of the tor ystem early, and now Scott and his staff know allrhat they have to do to improve. Ce One last point I need to make is that I noticed ou didn't have enough testicular fortitude to run 1 a our column in my section. I'm glad you didn't ex* lough because I usually don't allow such crap n my page, which means everyone who reads gai lis paper wouldn't have gotten to see how foot- see all-illiterate you are. 0 c My advice to you, Scott, is to encourage the ^ jam instead of dogging them. It's a whole lot easjr to get things turned around if you have the upport of your fans than trying to do it with na veryone criticizing you. Do you realize how much F11 ard work and dedication it takes to be a Divi- M ion I football player? If you think their play is at the "pee-wee lev- an( 1," then they're right where your talent level is. QU1 f that's the case, I'm sure Shane Burnham ^fa wouldn't mind lining up with you one day and golg head-to-head. as 116 Now that I'm done talking to you, let me say gav lis to the true fans out there ? Carolina will ave a good season and it begins this week at . !ast Carolina. It's time to turn this thin? around nd there's no better team to do it against than le Pirates. . out So, I hope to see all of you loyal fans in 0f { rreenville Saturday, and Fm sure HI see the rest F you bandwagoners in November when we could e 7-3 heading into the Clemson game. 7* ^ xj ' -p* iiliiH BH BAliSCH I QQC & lomb i xxr UtOCYIWCOXH Arnettc lilC] Revc Anarch) ^w[^^K9m?9^^EB^ Gargoyle Vuarne 'Oakley's available but not discounted. Killer L00| Swiss S ! Mushroom < & Fnes Burger 19 ; $2.99 | re* $3-6 9 /'7 | Expires 10/1/97 ,or delivery I Eat in, carry-out,or delivery Special j TUrkeu Guro turkey breast & | "LOW F^t, LOW PfiCC" melted cheese, _ ? , , , , T, ... . . , >its served hot on I Oven baked turkey with grilled onion, lettuce, a 'cial sauce I tomato. Served with a special cucumber sauce >o : $3.29 I r*9- $3-69 /07 ! 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Hambrick broke the fibubone in his left ankle and is >ected to miss six to eight weeks. L m That means Hambrick's first ne back ? in the best possible ^ innrin ? wonlH he nnrnlinn'a Jwf t. 18 contest against the [jjf i ? kansas Razorbacks in Little HAMBRI ck. He could be sidelined as late as USC's fil two November home games, against orida and Clemson, depending on other Nature" as Hambrick calls it. "They ran the option play down the line i I was stepping out to line up with the arterback," Hambrick said of the play he s injured on. "As I was getting wide, their ht end came and cut me from the side I was trying to make the play. I guess just put his helmet on my ankle. I never v him coming." Few fans noticed when Hambrick left the d under his own power, but when No. 42 s helped onto the golf cart and taken to examined in the training room, the sell; crowd of81,908 let out a collective groan ipprehension. "I knew it was something bad," Hambrick d. "I felt a kind of pain I've never felt be I "Spiritual Qifts" St. Thomas Mc Mass Schedule: SaL Vigil Sun: 11 am&6pn Daily: Mon. - Thurs. 12: Rev. Timothy I 1610 Greene St 799-587C | PALM Partnei ) hAl3$l Body & 1 728 Pickens St. Pro 799-7363 Welcome! Sll Pfl| 8 j.1 1 F i k 1 mU ira ^^The structured tra ^with a workin training is cor lending, trus consist of an and on-the-ji service to our The Co for con busine fmanci The Re lending busine The Tr produc manag The In insura and su knowh ro qualify foi iegree in a b with a strom ocations witr services offio INI i C i >oking at a n le table now fore, so I knew something was wrong. I knew he had done something to me that wasn't going to go away." Though the Gamecock defense without Hambrick may look to outsiders like The Beatles without John Lennon, Hambrick is i confident his teammates will use this injury as a rally cry and a source of inspiration. And though the broken ankle will take away his physical presence on the field, the intangible leadership qualities Hambrick brings to the program off the field aren't going any wnere. "I'm still going to all of the practices," Hambrick said. Til be at all of the games so I'm still going to try to inspire and motivate the younger guys on this team. Fm still going to talk to them, work with them and * watch film with them. HieyVe come IPST to me before with questions 'II about different formations and how mL they should line up, or how they jS should play a certain guy, so I don't think anything's going to change As far as his future is concerned ? Hambrick was rated by several ... - /..J preseason publications as the No. CK 6 linebacker in the nation?Hambrick concedes the injury is a dis- | appointing setback. But, he makes sure to point out that the setback is temporary, nothing more. "I have to look at it like that, as just a temporary setback," Hambrick said. "I was all upset about it right when it happened, but if I'm looking at playing NFL ball one day, there are going to be many more injuries and many more setbacks. This is just the beginning so I can't get all crazy about it "I just worked so hard to play this season tn crivp mvhest pffnrt. fnr this tpnm hut sometimes things don't work out the way you want them to. You just have to deal with it and handle it like you know you should. "But I still expect to return from it this season and I'm still looking forward to reaching my future goals. Fm not going to set those goals aside because of an injury." I Thurs. Sept. 11 7 p.m. Baptist Student Union Homemade Refreshments Baptist Student Center 700 Pickens St. 799-3854 >re Catholic Center I: 5 pm Newman Club Meetings: Tues. 7 pm 1 Confessions: 15 pm Sat. 3:30 - 4:30 or by appt. 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