The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, October 14, 1998, Page Page 10, Image 10
Losing stre
asst. sports editor KELLY MAGUIRE
What is left to say? Another week,
another defeat. The 1998 football season
is Carolina's worst start since 1992
when Carolina started out 0-5.
Saturday night, the Gamecocks
nlaved a Wildcat, fnothall team, led hv
Tim Couch. The final result: a 33-28
loss.
In 1992, Carolina lost their first five
to Georgia (28-6), Arkansas (45-7), East
Carolina (20-18), Kentucky (13-9), and
Alabama (48-7).
That was until then-freshman quarterback,
Steve Taneyhill, took over the
starting role and led his team to a 5-1
finish, losing to Florida by only a fivepoint
margin.
Fast forward to 1998. The Gamecocks
are now 1-5 after losing to Kentucky.
Carolina is in the same position
they were six years age; however, this
time it's under a different head coach.
In order for Carolina to have any
chance of going to a bowl game, the
Gamecocks must win every game for
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kick-start our football team and get going.
We played improved the last two
weeks."
This Gamecock team is not giving
up hope, and they have improved, as
they showed Saturday night.
The Kentucky game was an attainable
win. Carolina received the ball
at the opening of the game and drove
down the field. However, the ball just
couldn't seem to get into the end zone.
Courtney Leavitt eventually attempted
a 36-yard field goal that sailed
wide left. Missed opportunity No. 1.
Kentucky took over at their own 18,
and the Wildcats rumbled down the
field on an 80-yard reverse play, which
gave the Wildcats the early lead, 7-0.
The next couple of series for each
team ended in punts. Phil Petty was
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then brought in to lead the Gamecock
offense, and his drive resulted in a 70yard
touchdown, courtesy of Troy Hambrick.
That play tied the game at sev
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In the second quarter, Anthony
Wright took over. He threw a short
pass to Boo Williams, who took it 63
yards, hurdling over Kentucky defenders
and giving the Gamecocks the lead, 147.
Kentucky responded quickly and
evened up the score at 14. The Wildcats
added a field goal with 24 seconds
left in the half.
Kentucky's first drive of the second
half resulted in a fourth-and-short
situation. The Wildcats went for it, but
defender Kevin Brooks broke up the
pass, giving Carolina possession at the
Kentucky 48-yard-line.
Carolina then faced a fourth-and16
situation. Leavitt came on to attempt
a 49-yard field goal, which sailed wide
right. Missed opportunity No. 2.
"[I was] very disappointed with our
field-goal kicking," Scott said.
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"We probably had three field goal
opportunities, two that we took, one
that we passed up and certainly we
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jury. The injured
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crowd. Abraham was finally taken off
the field on a stretcher. Thankfully, hell,
be OK.
"We were very thankful, of course,
that John Abraham is going to be fine,"
Scott said. "His injury doesn't appear
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Kentucky later scored another touchdown,
and after two bad snaps to Petty,
the Wildcats came up with a safety,
too. The safety made the score to 3321.
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Carolina had one last opportunity
for redemption with an onsides kick.
However, the attempt failed.
Scott praised several of his young
players who played key roles in the
game, including: Kalimba Edwards,
Kennv Harnev. Kevin House. Darion
Hutcherson, Larrell Johnson, Philip
Jones, Antione Nesmith, Melvin Paige,
Petty, and Spikes.
Carolina refuses to give up, and that
is seen through the statements of
Williams and Scott.
"I love the game of football, and Fm
going to come out and play to the last
week," Williams said. "This year, we
have a lot closer team."
"We'll continue to work, keep doing
the same thing we've been doing, try to
continue to make progress," Scott said.
"That's where we are with-this football
team at this point in our season."
Arkansas is up next for the Gamecocks.
They can prove their strength
this Saturday at Williams-Brice.
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tin from the liquor store. Otherwise, I
d have been forced to send the HBK to
inate your employment.
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rer vacuum in the Oval Office Monday
t, I won't write about that. And since the
ball team can't win a game in a
en's prison holding a carton of cigarettes
a pardon, I won't write about them eiastead,
I choose to go back about a year,
hen the nWo was one and NITRO was
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t tickets, I missed the event and had to
h it on TV. It was considerably better
the farce that would come to Columi
year later, because the action was acy
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mpanied Matt Buell to Five Points to
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irst made it out there, we saw four vi5
of loveliness that, upon further review,
ed to be the Nitro Girls. They ended up
g really nice, without the arrogance of
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in were also at the Elbow Room that
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nWo presence, and I was loving every
te of it.
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who are Horsemen fans, Ric Flair alowed
up, immediately took the stage
tarted the chant of "Double A" for the
og Arn Anderson.
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te when his eyes started following the
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over men was apparent.
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skirts and getting poor slobs that they
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