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Tigers < p^nn^ ? |g ^ ^jj ^%f: ."U* 4HL' \JBMf W^ vMMH clemson QB Nealon Greene tli Botched i costly for NATHAN BROWN "Asst. Sports Editor For the first quarter and a half, everything looked to be going in USC's favor. Behind the roar of 83.700 fans, a new stadium record, the Gamecocks dominated the 0 Tigers. The streak of the home team losing, which now stands at seven games in this series, r ( 25% off ] I Arnette I ijjS ( 15 % \ Boll * Percen The Capstone Confei for Sizzling Summer * Conference N * Conference \ 0 * Conference \ If you are: * A rising Seni( Spring 1998 \ Average of 2. * Available to v January and A conference se A - J - - ^ _ J /ina are inieresiea in ^ job that allows you h * Develop com * Gain Professi * Become acqu * Earn excellen * Discover the * Help conferei * Receive finar and on-campi Please stop by the Ct 0 Capstone House for < L , :laimstat v, T c< Rv y|M 5 s b, d 01 BRYAN JOHNSTON The Gamecock J? irew three TDs Saturday. rick play Carolina ? q appeared to be in jeopardy, along ^ with clemson's bowl bid. USC, on the other hand, p was ready to head off to its first p bowl game since the 1995 Car- p quest Bowl and avenge its last fv two losses against Florida and Tennessee. a: Then came the loathsome, h terrible, damnable third quar- t( ter. The same 15 minutes that saw Tennessee pull away from a halftime score of 9-7 and FloriV( da expand its 14-7 half-time lead / Up to 50%ofF \ [ selected \ ) 1 N^Lots of Great^/ / tage off all suggested retail only. Expires 12/ rence Center is now accepting '98. The following positions a lanager for South Campus lanager for East Campus lanager for Central Campus )r or Graduate Student in vith a minimal Grade Point . 5 " vork 10 hours weekly beginning 10 hours + during Summer acnn an exciting summer ): munication and group leadership ski onal experience working for USC ainted with usu administrators, taci t placement and resume references inner workings of USC ice guests learn more about our univ icial rewards including $264.00 per i is dining when board operations are ipstone Conference Center in a full application packet. ebragg witnessed |R|^KX he Tigers i onsecutive I oints on I tieir way to augh loss," > ten L*-' W#1' 'uv iicau m-.^^7' rorked very ard. I lought our ids were Vic Penn Pitches motionally down the fi Bady to play might. Football is such a game f emotions. There seemed to be big turn there just before half, nd we never seemed to get it ack." The point where the tides langed in clemson's favor came ite in the second quarter. Ahead 4-6, the Gamecocks took over a its own 20-yard line. In three linutes and 37 seconds, USC rove down to the clemson 19ard line and looked to be on the srge of scoring. But on first down, the most readful play of the year was mt into the game. If the play ouid nave gone as planned, uarterback Vic Penn would and off to running back Troy [ambrick, who would flip the all to wide receiver Kerry Hood, food would then throw the igskin back across the field to enn who would scramble into le end zone. However, things didn't go s planned. The hand off to 'ambrick worked, but the toss > Hood sailed over his head. The ball dropped to the round and was immediately enaloped by a clemson player. The 9% off I / R?vo J [ 31/97. No other discounts apply. 8J5]aliP33?acB applications re available: JliiilllBiiiL, ' : H: -"i, ' ulty and staff ersity week, on-campus housing, open the north lobby of jingrigh ' * _ to sophomore Troy Hambrick c irst quarter of Saturday's 47-21 1 turnover set up a Tiger's score and gave the tean the momentum of the game. Instead of be ing aneaa Dy 14 or 11 points, tne Gamecocks went into halftime up by only one point, 14-13. "I got too intense and threw [the ball] too hard," Hambrick said. "And it went over [Hood's] head. That was a change in momentum. We had them going. They weren't stopping us. We were stopping ourselves. That was the big difference in the game. "It was just my carelessness. I get a little excited at times. I knew it was going to work because they were chasing me all over the field. I just got a little excited and threw it fcnn hicrVi " Hambrick had every right to be excited. In the first half, he was the catalyst of the Gamecocks' offense, running for 132 yards on 10 carries and for two touchdowns. With a 54-yard TD run, Hambrick had the longest TD run this season and the longest rushing TD since his 75 yarder against the Tigers last year. This rush also was the longest against M SPF Lear | Topic ' Evolutii j0k Diffusic em ^ Region? r\> Geograi Maui Jim J Y 0 U ^ geog geog geog geog im Inten ' P^" " 1^ its by ri] % IMr JP$j I BRYAN JOHNSTON The Gamecock in Hambrick's 54-yard touchloss to clemson. clemson this year. Hambrick tore up the clemson defense once more on a 35-yard TD rush. In the second half, the Tigers defense readjusted and came up with the big plays that nf/MNftl 1 a/1 fV\ OTY\ fn tnofftmr Hn pi uicm iu vivtuxj. vii Carolina's first possession of the third quarter, Penn was picked off by Tiger cornerback Antwan Edwards. This turnover set up a Tiger's TD, which was followed by another TD when clemson returned a punt 39 yards for six points. On Carolina's ensuing drive, Edwards snagged his second pickoff of the game and sprinted 43 yards for a TD. The Tigers scored again in the third to increase USC's deficit to 26 points. In the final quarter, clemson added seven more points on a rushing TD. Carolina's senior running back Scott Moritz punched in a TD from nine yards nnf fn hn'ncr the final amro tn 47 21. With the loss, the Gamecocks finished the season with a record of five wins and six losses. Scott's overall record at USC is 22-22-1. 1ING 1998 n Geography b s include: on/growth of modern roci ~ l : - jii ui iiiusiu siyies iiuni p i\ differences in pop/rock phy of the pop music indi might like thes 310b/ geol 205 3 1 Oc 343 347 ssted? Come talk and p Applies f Qamec j Applicatie Office of t Ruj The deadline Novei li For m Office of tl ppingGa Wild ride \ KFIIY MAGUIRE Staff Writer They came in as young, naive freshmen. Some of them were recruited by a different head football coach. Yet, 19 Gamecock senior football players reached the end of their careers Saturday night at WilliamsBrice Stadium. What a ride if s been. These seniors won USC its first bowl game in 19QK TVipsp rinmppnplr spninrs defeated clemson two of the past four years. The 1997 senior class consists of students, athletes and heroes. 1997 was not the season of which they dreamed, but it allowed the men to show of what courage consists, and they made some great plays while doing it. Seven members of the senior class, known as the "original seven," were recruited by former Head Coach Sparkv Woods. These seven include Scott Beebe, Ed Hrubiec, Jason Lawson, Calvin Owens, Gerrick Taylor, Travis Whitfield and Lee Wiggins. The "original seven" brought leadership through adversity to the new recruits. "It's just amazing to see all the things that have happened since the first year I got here to the last year," Taylor said. "I've been blessed so much with the opportunity to play * football. I just want to give God all the praise and glory, and as far as being a Gamecock football player, it's been the best thing that's ever happened to me." Wiggins said he has made a lot of "lifetime friends" playing on the team. Wiggins said he will miss "teammates, 2001, running out of the tunnel and fans" the most. uti. x _i : i ? ii was great piaying nere, Wiggins said. Paul Beckwith, Shane Burnham, Scott Moritz, Henry Taylor and Ben Washington were all members of Brad Scott's first recruiting class. GEOG 31 OA mSi3t y studying Pop ai ( Rock as a p lace to place Rock/rap/pi across the U.S. Mainstream jstry Economic e ;e Geography cou use and abuse of Earth's reso cartographic animation human impact on Earth water as a resource ick up a course outline - see Jal Jgj? itions are now avail or the position of ock Editor in C for Spring 1998. >ns may be picked up he Director of Studen 5sell House Suite 115. 3 for completed applic mber 25,1997 by nooi ore information, please contact the ie Director of Student Life at 777-5 mecocks ?or seniors "It's been the best four years," Burnham said. "Most people don't get to live out their dreams. This is my dream since I can remember." Burnham said he hopes he's shown people that "dedication and hard work can take you a long way." Selvesta Miller and David Herman both joined the football team and earned valuable roles in the process. Miller earned a starting position the past two years as a defensive end. "As a senior, you've just got to take every moment and enjoy the moment that you have because you nc/er know when it's going to end, and it's ended for us now," Miller said. Miller said he has been proud of how the team has changed. "When I first came here, there were a lot of individual players," he said. "It wasn't really a team thing. When we lost, there was always finger pointing. This year, we won and we lost as a team." The transfers, consisting of Darren Hambrick, Mark Love, Michael Maddox, Joey Unitas and Jesse Washington, brought new life to a team in need of a lift. These Gamecock seniors fought through adversity and injury, faced competition known throughout the nation and competed in the best college football conference. .These Gamecock seniors have shown what success can do on the field by using their celebrity to help a community in need of role models. The athletes who competed in their last Carolina football game Saturday night came to USC with different goals. They arrived as boys and will leave as men. Their sacrifice for the Carolina football team will never be forgotten. They will always remain stars in the history of Gamecock athlet ics. They have made us proud. Tjh 11:00 nd Rock Music olitical force jnk as dissent and "alternative" rock fleets of mega-concerts rsesas well... urces kubs in Callcott (777-6604) able rhfef in the t Life, ations is 1. !782.