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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.
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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(
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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
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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
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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
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"Some of those who presented in- 0Deratioi
*mation to the Board had personal Conferen
raments about other possible arrangeants,"
Marchant said, "but ouf only ,,
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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<
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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
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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."
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