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USC Softball at Beckham Field Lady Gamecocks vs. Furman (E 5 p.m.; Radio: None USC Baseball at Sarge Frye Field No. 8 Gamecocks vs. No. 7 Clec 7 p.m.; Radio: AM-560 Pago 6 I USC's Re RICHARD MEYERS Dec. 3,1980 ? USC's George Rogers recei college football's highest individual honor wl he was named the 46th Heisman Trophy cipient Monday at New York's Downto Athletic Club. Rogers, a 6-foot-2-inch, 220-pound ser from Duluth, Ga., and the nation's leading ri er, won the award by a wide margin over Pi burgh defensive end Hugh Green and Geoi freshman tailback Herschel Walker. Tm kind of surprised I won it," Rogers sj "I thought I had a real good season, but we three games, and I thought that might be downfall. Usually the Heisman Trophy g to a team with a better record." ttogers, tne iourtn ieaaing rusnei NCAA history, received 216 first-place votes 1,128 points. Green received 861 points, including first-place votes. Walker received 683 poi and 107 first-place votes. Rogers got more votes than any other c didate in four of the six voting regions: the M Atlantic, South, Southwest and Far West. Gn took the Northeast, and fourth-place finis] Mark Herrmann won the Midwest. use rolls JEFF WALLACE Gi W March 2,1970 ? South Carolina's gt Gamecocks became only the third ACC th team to go through their conference schedule undefeated as they rolled over in North Carolina State 85-69 in the Car- th olina Coliseum Saturday. R( John Roche once again bombed the ar State defense, this time for 31 points, zo as he hit ll-of-16 shots from the floor W and nine-of-11 from the foul line. His performance moved him to fourth af among alf-time USC scorers. co Roche received unexpected help from rii John Ribock and Bobby Cremins. Ri- pe bock, who had shot just 37.5 percent U! from the floor all season, hit 5-of-6 field tv, goal attempts, while Cremins, a 51 per- th cent foul shooter connected on all seven of his free throws. * wi Ribock was also high man off the ov boards with 12 rebounds, while Tom at Owens, conference leader in that de- up partment, pulled in 10 stray shots. The pli Trustees vot( DCTCV U/UITC 1 k?kl W I IVIIIIki till June 24,1976?The Board of Trustees de decided not to pursue re-admission into the Atlantic Coast Conference ha (ACC) at a special meeting Saturday. ! The Board met four hours in exec- ha utive session and discussed the confi- en dential guidelines USC would have to meet to gain entry into the ACC. j?] USC representatives in the closed ^ meeting were Dr. John Willenborg, chairman of the faculty athletic committee, Dr. W.F. Putnam, NCAA representative, Bo Hagan, athletic direc- ^ tor Coach Frank McGuire and Coach ^ Jim Carlen. Action was then taken in open en session with an 8-5 vote in opposition of seeking re-admission. The Board stated they had with- f0] drawn their "instructions to Presi- coi dent Patterson to make application for m< re-entry into the ACC at this time." qu T.S. Marchant, Board Chairman, wil said, "We pointedly left the question AC 1 1 1' 11 I ill* i I TIT open oy including tne at tnis time, w e tu: have not made our position irreversible." However, he added the Board would s c not discuss the ACC question again in the near future. %? "Numerous factors" were involved in the Board's decision, but Marchant was unable to discuss them since the av< ACC guidelines are confidential. go According to the Columbia Record, ^ a few of the existing principles of the mg ACC: AC A member team can have only one jn, athletic director. USC has three. on The ACC requires a membership fee which "will be the sole property of isr the present institutions in the confer- pig ence.M - rec , , # ^ V* >H) nson ?fW <0^ xvugcio 10 tuc iuui ui piajci 11 vim a kj eastern University to win the Heisman ved last was Pat Sullivan of Auburn, who wc hen award in 1971. re- "The main thing on my mind all seaso iwn winning [games]," Rogers said. "I wasn't t ing about the Heisman Trophy. I just tr lior play as hard as I could. There was a lot of LSh_ sure, and I'm glad it's over." tts_ USC head football coach Jim Carler Rogers' consistency helped him win the a "I think it was his ability to gain ove weeks," Carlen said. Lost jp been very consisteni my ^ ^eserves ^'sjus " in 0?^ IBB for the Gamecocks in i for M Rogers gained 623 j jyy^k WL 3 In 1978 he rushed for 179 J ' yards. That year R nts ROGERS teamed with tailback nie Wright, who rushi ^ 903 yards, to give Carolina one of the mos ductive backfields in the nation. Carlen moved Rogers to tailback in 19' , ter a knee surgery sidelined Wright for the er Rogers rushed for 1,681 yards his junior to perfect amecocks outrebounded the husky service t olfpack, 43-36, with Vann Williford, en to-Ca ;ate s only player to get more tnan "He ree rebounds, getting 14. Altht After Carolina came out of the dress- uiar sea g room with a 33-23 half-time lead, hope tl ey proceeded to demolish State with i^g iche putting in shots from all angles, ^ q( id the Gamecocks putting up a stingy ta^e t^e ne defense that would not allow the ^ olfpack to penetrate. ^ ^ rei Coach Frank McGuire was stunned p ter the game. "I didn't think that it ren uld be done myself," he said, refer- ,aa ig to the perfect conference mark, "es- . eaajs. 1 icially by the margins we won by." ^7 * 3C's closest game was with State, a rebound ro-point decision, but all the rest of ,. ext e games were won by at least 10. fistic s^' Captain Bobby Cremins left the floor uEwe ith 4:18 iv.maining to the standing leaving ation of the packed house. Owens was the kind the foul line, and the game was held It's just 1 for a few minutes as USC's fans and on and c ayers applauded the three years of All-Ame ? down return [JSC's football and basketball sched- the play es would have to be rearranged in or- ence you r to "balance" the conference. John Hi Academic standards of USC would One ive to be equal to the ACC schools, looked al Student athletes' "philosophy would standpo ive to be similar to the other confer- schools i ice institutions." adds a r The ACC guidelines were the ma- 0f your r reason for the Boards split vote. more jnV ustees felt the criteria was vague and exciting, ird to interpret. The "We had questions about more than ^ face ^ veral criteria. We did our best to get logical w led in, but the vote shows that all of a^on ^ e board members were not satisfied," coaches archant said. jn a ^ No other alternatives to a confer- "express ce were discussed at the Board's meet- fer of Sp 3' versitv f "Some of those who presented in- 0Deratioi *mation to the Board had personal Conferen raments about other possible arrangeants," Marchant said, "but ouf only ,, j n j must ha1 estion was this: do we move forward , th the idea of possible re-entry to the sc IC or do we cease and desist this dis- na' i9ion?" lv% Coach Jim Carlen said the Board- j j lecision" doesn't matter one way or " ^t0 i other. I said before that I would 0 along with whatever the board de- nuttee on es" ofBisho; Coach Frank McGuire was un- Moncks 1 ailable for comment. Greenvill Golf Coach Don Mathis, said "The tanburg; ard's decision doesn't really affect Robert Pi f because we play an invitational for- E. Whitr it. Because of this, we still play the Votin i/^ i. TIT- 1 Ll_. 1 cinn urnr K-i learns, we are pruuauiy mure equal "?" ? our matches because we neither play lumbia, our course nor theirs." Trustee: In baseball, a conference affiliation Aiken; E i't a must to make it to the NCAA Othniel lyofifs. "We are ranked on a one-loss and D. G :ord, so a good team ^m make it to er. Sports The Gamecock ?F4, Lgs Heismau outh- second in the country, and placed seventh in | i. The the Heisman voting. >n the Rogers has rushed for more than 100 yards in 26 games at USC. The first USC player to ;hink- have his jersey-number retired while he was i ied to s^ill on the team, he gained 1,781 yards for a pres- six-yard-per-carry average this year. He scored $ 14 touchdowns to lead USC to its second con- ' l said secutive 8-3 season. j A crowd of about 10,000 greeted Rogers about r 9 P m- Monday at Columbia Metropolitan Air- 1 "He's Portas returned from New York, t and "This is one of the most emotional moments it that in my life," he said. "I've been so happy being around so many good people in Columbia and llback fang." 1977, The Heisman Trophy was named in honor rards I 1006 t^0^in Heisman, who coached at 10 ogers sc^0?ls during his 35-year career and was the 1 John- first athletic director of the Downtown Athlet- ? ed for ic Club. t pro- The 24-inch bronze trophy is on permanent display in the athletic club's lobby. Two small79 af- er repiicag wiH go to Rogers and USC. yeai* Rogers will receive the trophy Dec. 11 at the G y6ar' New York Hilton. A record with hat the 6-foot-2 guard had giv- Also in their last regu rolina. game at USC were three oti deserves it," McGuire said. Tommy Terry, Gene Spence nigh this was Cremins' last reg- Carnevale who were introd son home game, Owens said, Samehat it isn't his last home game." ^ S5 began,;the 1( tern Regionals are to be played ha*ds til USC took the 1< .liseum, and if the Gamecocks wi^ 16:50 letft ; A nri m .... i on Carolina steadily built it ACC Tournament this week ,, J >tte, they will be back on March ^^TLnd period, the .resent the conference. had leads of up to 31 poin lins, who has been ail over the Wolfpack never put on any d usually right with the other op scorer for three years, fin- T~"x 1 1 i game with 15 points and eight I )1 1 f| > | s. But Cremins also added a ra that is not seen on the sta3et CHUCK CARWEE ryone was touched seeing him Nov 4 1976 _ ^ dunl the floor," Roche said. "He is coliege basketball. And rij of guy that no one can replace. gayS uSC's big freshman the little things that he does Graziano. iff the court that not even an u\ think it was unfair rica can replace." dunk out in the first place Lew Alcinder," the 6-f( tok S~> Graziano said. AA I I Lew Alcinder, now K dul-Jabbar of the Los Ange was entering his junior yei offs, but if you are in a confer- when the dunk was abolisl i have a double chance," Coach "It should really add a 1 mton said. ment to the game. We 1 of the coaches, off the record, i. t the ACC question from a fan's SM JB int. "Playing all the big ACC is a member of the conference nore competitive spirit to all i games, and the fans become olved. It makes the games more II Board of Trustees was forced le question of re-entry in a more ay while taking into consider; ACC guidelines and the USC prepared statement, the Board ed its appreciation for the oflonsorship by Clemson Unimd for the courtesies and con from our other friends in the ^ 11 ce. ACC guidelines stated USC ve an in-state sponsor since an iool is located in South Carolieight trustees opposed to ion with the ACC were Eugene ard of Gray Court, chairman >use of Representative's Com- * i Education; James W. Cothran pville; R. Markley Dennis of Corner; Paul S. Goldsmith of e; Daniel S. Henderson of SparMichael J. Mungo of Irmo; J. sters of Hampton; and William iey Jr. of Union. ig in favor of seeking readmis e T. Eston Marchant of Co- With Q O O d chairman of the Board of s; Frampton W. Toole Jr. of OH W0dn )r. Hugh H. Wells of Seneca; H. Wienges of St. Matthews; q f 7 "| 8 rlenn Yarborough of Lancast< H El Nat Car ^ Cor leai )US( ind< m back to 0 hit ^ ^ | : -A .. g :N| ' ft.' .;: ;.S: : --. " leorge Rogers was honored with the Heismai thletic Club. He rushed for 1,781 yards and 14 1 85-69 win o ilar season the last three minutes when they her seniors, outscored USC15-2 to get the final marrand Corky gin, 85-69. uced before Although the game was decided ear ly in the second half, State continued ^g , to play extremely aggressive underFrom fhen nea^ Vann Williford, Paul Coder, s lead to 10 Anheuser and Dan Wells carrying most of the inside attack for the Gamecocks Wolfpack and Ed Leftwich doing the ts, and the outside job. Williford had 19 points, drive until Coder 15 and Leftwich 14. lot returns to c< guys who can really sky. Nate Davis and Karlton Hilton are great to watch dunking the ball," Graziano said. "I was ghtfully so, pret,ty shy in high school because the center lm WOuld always call stuff on me it , , , appeared more so than on others simi because of ply because 1 was taller-1 to Play )ot-9-inch more freely from that standpoint inside, but I probably won't dunk the ball areem Ab- over twice a game-" iles Lakers, USC captain Nate Davis said the ir at UCLA new rule may restrict play under the led. basket. ot of excite- "I believe the officials will become lave some more technical. You'll see more techIf AM TI W Mil * %?i|| Hfet 'j TVBICT m rmmm for The Gamecc If you can type at least 40 w I accuracy and are interest?* ?sday and Sunday afternoon: 12 or come by room 311 of t Monday. Seat. 6. e says the University of South olina joined the Southeastern lference in 1992, coming to the >ue from the Metro Conference. ^ was in the ACC and was an ependent before joining the Metro. Wednesday, April 1,1998 I I olumbia y* > | kfe^ \ %, SPECIAL TO THE GAMECOCK i iropny at ?ew torus uowmown touchdowns in his senior year. # ver State j Tom Riker, Carolina center, summed up the game best by saying, "We expected a tough game against State, and we got it." Now the Gamecocks must face the " tournament, with a first-round game against state rival Clemson at 1:30 on Thursday. Should USC beat the Tigers for a third time this season, they will play the winner of the Duke-Wake Forest game. allege game , nical fouls called for holding onto the rim and more charging fouls," Davis said. "I should be a more effective player because I love to jam the ball. It makes you want to play harder and should add more fun to the game." USC associate head coach Donnie Walsh doesn't think the ruling will have a drastic change on the game. | a j "I'm glad it's back into the game. It's like the homerun in baseball. I don't think it'll have a drastic effect, and you won't see many slam dunks in actual games." ===== iD # I ick pm 3 in part-time work s call Susan Paquet he Russell House ^