University of South Carolina Libraries
iMAiinH Gamec becom | SHAWN SINQUE1 After a short hiding per ^ ly USC student to be on the ^ Most Wanted list is back bitches, gripes and complaii viewing pleasure. And after last Saturda needed a place to hide awa; My mom called me Sun "What's up with the footba replied that I had no clue, bv fans are calling the plays stands, there has got to be _ wrong. The point, and I do hi that our team is way too co and predictable on offense, this is the main reason whj By the fourth quarter, I calling our offensive plays. Our offense in the las games has been just that, Our defense, which hearts out, had four takes how many points did we ga * Kentuc | ACHIM HUN" "Well, I thought our fa played hard and competed v A11 hiir? oonnpiq 11\r nn fhc &AUUU1U) VO|yVVlUilJ Uil UXAV. w side of the football," Hea Coach Brad Scott said. "I wa with their performance and things that they did in t There's no doubt it was a ( ing loss, but it was to a go team. But, you look at our sc we play a lot of good teams to find a way to play a little "Offensively, a lot has but we just are not gettir duction there that we certai And thafs our main objectiv* It's to try and develop a littli sistency there, and make i first downs to keep some cL I thought that early in the % North Cj ACHIM HOT Sports Editor Ihree years ago, baske the only thing to get excitec the tiny college community Hill, N.C. The University of Norl na, for the last 36 years, has the expertise of Dean Smith tc Heel frenzy year-round. As a ^fact, if Dean Smith had retii years ago, it would have beer al type atmosphere because b used to be the heartbeat oft But with the success oi Head Coach Mack Brown ar more All-American defensive Bly, who was coached by "I Johnston of Western Bran School in Chesapeake, Va., foe gotten a fair share of the Tar Y. ^ful's time and energy right n Nonetheless, even the team's success cannot totally t x 1 . x tne pain 01 ine retirement Smith. Last year in the NCAA ment, Smith surpassed Kent end Adolf Rupp on the all-ti list with the Tar Heel's openii victory over Fairfield. The University of South ^asketball program has some I ^o the UNC program. Head C die Fogler and Assistant Cc Lebo both graduated from U "A legend has decided b Fogler said. "The record will i itself. It's just incredible. Thi in an almost perfect gradua and an impeccable record wi NCAA, and its mind-bogglin| "Thank you coach. On be! ^pf your players, managers ar I who were lucky enough to b North Carolina basketball over as head coach, thank you. W ciate all you have done for us *Hhhi :ock offense nee e less predictabl fON I None. In fact, it was negative, because passive in tl we lost two points on a safety. us in third-; On the three possessions that didn't 11 8 ^eir de iod the on- resu^ 111 dreaded two-pointer after I can't r FBI's Ten turnovers,our first-down plays went their offensi with more 88 follows ? 311 up-the-middle Mback How al its for your dive 311(1 tw0 swinS passes that gained stead? The a total of two yards. plays the co y>3 game I Conventional football wisdom tells lines. y ' us that football is played north and Memo t day to ask, S0Uth' offense, plea 11 team?" I You can go east and west until the You ha it when the nexl millennium, but if you don't go nal six gair 3 from the north and south, you won't win. ning record, something It also tells us that when your de- Kentuc fense gets a turnover, you reward them longer pushc ave one, is by going downfield on the first two always seen nservative downs and getting a score, not getting teams play i and to me, three-and-outs, putting the defense, This isi r we're 2-3. now frustrated, back on the field. ange Crush' was even If y0U watch teams like Florida, This is ] x iui ma kju, x ciiii uu ui xciiik;?occ, wiicii onense, or yc t couple of their defense gets turnovers, their of- tract, offensive, fense, smelling blood, goes for the jugu- Speakii played its ^ar* about time f< iways, and Our offense, instead, has given our ber of the Si in out of it? opponents stays of execution by being with the "U ky's passing attac j I showing on third and short was a big "Lookin factor in our performance, or lack of six opportur performance. it is my job fK n . "Defensively, I thought we had our f?othallteai otball team _ ... ? . over this sec rell against RrsUohd effort agamst a sohd quar! defensive "back who can play as good as t"wehavC; d Football [Auburn quarterback Dameyune] Craig gm.fa . s impressed P^y. They spread the field against sive butth, some of the us pretty well, and we had some good teaminthe hat game, performances out there at some posi- ing with a 1( lisappoint- tions- CecU CaldweU played very well tion od football for us out there-Cecil is really helping ttTh . hedule and us with our outside push there. 0utalot,anc . We've got "I continued to be encouraged by terback. He 1 s bit better, the improvement of our kicking game, gets the ball been said, I think our special teams were excel- ry, and their ig the pro- lent Saturday. Auburn sported one of deep, but the inly expect, the best punt and kickofif returners in underneath j this week, the conference, and Courtney Leavitt ning back is e more con- had a great day with an average of over draw play ai i few more 45 yards per kick. Steve Florio contin- "They d rives alive, ued his consistency there, and so that's off to the re s game our an encouraging sign. . time they n arolina basketball co Coach Lebo, a former player of "As a foi stball was Smith's from 1986-39 was also saddened Coach Smith 1 about in of Chapel by the retirement of Smith. head basketl ;h Carolirelied on ) feed Tar IPS^H matter of ed three i a funer- |^NbMbhHP8b asketball W imImB rNC. I football id sophoback Dre lig" Lew Hjffl Carolina ; close ties oach Ed- 9 lachJeff 9 NC. 0 retire," jpeak for 9 en factor tion rate ithin the 1 half of all id others 6 Part ?f QUALITY VALUE SER' ' 36 years y il I REED! 9H i REEDS CHARGE MAJOR CREDIT CARDS I 9 * SPORT: ds to open le to opposi te first two downs, leaving Hie award th md-long situations. Now, that is finally out < ifense that smells blood, the fans that hav eally blame the players for cause of it. ve ineptitudes. Yes. I'm tall x.ut the coaching staff m- York YankeeS an players can only run the aches send from the side- It seems pair Yankees can't win o Brad Scott ? open up the from 12-year-olds use! like Rich Garcia. ve to win four of your fi- Bernie Will tea to finish with a win- seas(m last year, ing 2-19 for the si ky and Vanderbilt are no vers, and St. Danny [Ford] Andy Pettitt as to coach best when his is not a postseaso as. ond straight year a't even counting the "Or- per-dangerous T ' schedule at the end. series? aot an option. Open up the The truth is, ,u may lose that Heinz con- flukc last season and firings that ( lg of brainless nimroda, it's could out c0, jr me to induct a new memngletonian Hall of Shame The Marlini Suck" Award. Team That Mone k concerns i g at our team now, we have receivers, and the lities left this season, and , very effectively 1 as head coach to get this the ball deep whe n to make improvements ond half of the season. We ^e" ^ speed will begin this week, and move the ball do\ a difficult opponent to play ?rhey try to 1 . Not only are they explo- ,.u1 , By maybe are the hottest a htUe blt'38 we h conference. They're play- defensive backs n it of confidence and emo- throw a lot. So w toes on defense to 1 really spread that field air attack. I Tim Couch is a fine quar- , brows extremely hard. He . ^he/?con: . to his receivers in a hur- big win, and there' offense can throw the ball catching them at y also throw a lot of short, playing with a lo stuff as well. Their run- ,. . , , , , . . ., . emotion right now, real good at running that id catching screen passes. over to defem on't always damn the hall PlaS 8 extreme!; inning back. Most of the we h&ve g?ta big in quick-outs to the wide us here this week ach resigns or ~mer player, I'm sad that olina, but I overv his decision," he si i has decided to retire as "As former ph ball coach at North Car- confident that Co? ;,C:: ; VICE ||2|| Available VtA/ =/ LAYAWAY s up, m ition Rugby w The South Carolina men's rug- ^ by squad blanked The Citadel 50-0 is week goes to a team Sunday. of the postseason and In their last two matches,~USC 31 e finally shut up be- has outscored its opponents 84-0 ^ and haven't been scored on in five " king about the New halves (200 minutes). H d their fans. Up next for the team is a cele- cq bration of the 30th anniversary of ifully obvious that the usc Clemson rugby. i without interference In the first match. Carolina ?? or paying off umpires alumni will square off against Clem- 111 son alumni, followed by South Car jams' amazing post- olina s match with ot. Andrews Pvas all of a fluke, go- (N.C.). si eries. e showed us that he Men'S G?? H n pitcher for the sec- The University of South Car . Where was the su- olina men's ^team moved up nine fo at ,u. positions and are ranked No. 12 in bi ino Martinez in this f, , , . ?, , , n ? the latest Mastercard Collegiate a? Golf Rankings. K the Yankees were a * Oklahoma St. retained its i, and all the money No. 1 ranking in the polls. Rankings fa jeorge Steinbrenner are maintained by the College Golf hi lldn't fix this. Foundation. th 9 are the new "Best This move comes after the v Can Buv" now Gamecock squad opened its season 10 with two successful tournaments E ^ last month. Carolina won their first nj kn/vrr . tournament, the Palmetto Classic re JvUvt in Charleston, S.C., and finished a close third to SEC rivals Georgia , , and Mississippi St. in the Tennessee gc y run the draw play Tournament of Champions. But they also throw ^ ^ ^ ^ marks ^ U n it's to their advan- debut of freshman Kyle Thompson the ball around and in the individual rankings. After an vn the field quickly. impressive playoff victory at the Pal- th metto Classic and a fourth-place fin- ca keep you off balance ish at the Tournament of Champiave to substitute our ons, the Easley, S.C., native ranks to lore because they do 17th nationally. _ H e have to be on our With a tie for first place at m be ready to stop their the Palmetto Classic and a Top 10 2 finish at the Tournament of Cham- te pions, sophomore Eric Ecker received ak ling off, of course, a 23 votes in the latest poll, s no doubt that we're The No. 12 Gamecocks play Oc- o\ a time when they're woer 14-id at tne itea Kiver Lias- to . r c , , sic in Dallas, Texas, t of confidence and And that has spilled ? se, where now the/re ' co t well and hard. So, ^ USC volleyball team (11challenge ahead of 3' 3"? SEC)'COming ?ffbig ^ cnaiienge anead 01 oyer gEC Wegtem foes last ?< n ie week before start kdielmingly support can continue the proud tradition of Co; lid. North Carolina basketball. for lyers, we all feel very "We wish him well and hope that its ich [Bill] Guthridge now he can see USC play more often, in | M Getfree ITluSi m at the ~ ggg| Bookstore -~?&\' A ' / ' vt ^^?pfc'.s s fortlie7(h Time ^ r?a & Rccicvc a F1 WeV '' ? with every C :tyiv 0 l^lc ^00^stc %v, ^ JPJ Sarah McLathJarj / 1^ 1 I Big fish SurJacing /' JL IV. i?tbeRadi0o|Dr'\/;< v V v 0 * - - ' - ? " * - ^ While suppli at: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH (AROLINA BOOKSTORE eekend against LSU and No. 22 rkansas, face two more Western ivision opponents this weekend. The Bulldogs of Mississippi St. id the Rebels of Ole Miss will come i the Volleyball Competition Fallty, otherwise known as "The ouse that Hudson Built," this eekend as the Gamecocks look to 0 mtinue their SEC winning streak. The Gamecocks will look to heme 5-0 in the conference for the , "st time ever. They face Mississippi St. at 7 m. Friday, and they face Missisppi at 2 p.m. Sunday. omecoming This weekend is Homecoming r USC football as they hope to eak a two-game losing streak gainst SEC Eastern Division foe entucky. Head Coach Brad Scott has not ired well in Homecoming games s first three years at the helm of le Gamecocks. His first year, the Gamecocks st in Homecoming 56-42 to the ast Carolina Pirates, after winng at LSU and improving their cord to 4-1. Scott's second Homecoming ime was a little better. The Game cks destroyed the hapless Kent olden Flashes 77-14. Last year the Gamecocks lost Mississippi St. 14-10, in a game iat served as Carolina's wake-up ill last year. So this week Scott who has had i face some tough opponents on omecoming here at South Carolii will try to even his record at 2 witn a Dig win over a not Kentucky am that is coming off a big win gainst SEC power Alabama. The Wildcats won the game in rertime last weekend in Lexingn. This year's Homecoming game ill be just as tough as hot-handl Kentucky quarterback Tim Couch imes to town. :ompiled by Achim Hunt of practice ach Smith's retirement is a great loss the University of North Carolina, basketball program and basketb all general." a ts vNV-.'t xv * w:v: Tlie Bottle &. Fresh '0P IlorSCS v ' Mercury & Smashmouth w Fush Yu Mang J luterscope .. uDonclly ' ... SugerRaf i . r_ _ : Tln'^<l rsyng.s u>r , x nuuisw crdogs "Miaulic Ise REE promotional CD )D purchased at >re! EE CD es last. One per customer