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Gamecock Sports Schedule ■ Women’s soccer at Davidson, Wed., 7 p.m. ■ Men’s soccer at College of Charleston, Wed., 7 p.m. Page 10 t;|]C 0aiHCCOCk , Monday, September 11,2000 Stonewalled ^ USC defense intercepts five Carter passes, shuts down Bulldogs by Kyle Almond . The Gamecock Once again, the goalposts came down in Columbia. A week after defeating New Mex ico State and ending the longest ac tive losing streak in the nation, South Carolina’s football team upset No. 9 Georgia 21-10 Saturday in front.of the second-largest crowd in school history. Derek Watson’s three touchdowns led the way for the Gamecocks (2-0, 1-0 SEC), who through two games this season have already won more games than the last two seasons com bined. The win also ended the Game cocks’ 18-game SEC losing skid. The Bulldogs (1-1,0-1 SEC), who had the best offense in the SEC last year, struggled against a swarming Carolina defense that intercepted quarterback and Heisman trophy can didate Quincy Carter five times. Geor gia finished the game with only 202 total yards offensively, less than half of what they averaged per game in 1999. “It was just a team effort,” USC head coach Lou Holtz said. “I’m very proud of this football team. We re ally believed we could win before the game.” The first series of the game left no indication, however, that it would be South Carolina’s day. Carter moved the Bulldog offense down the field with relative ease on its first posession, and Brett Milli can capped it off with a 5-yard touch down run that put Georgia up 7-0, momentarily quieting the capacity crowd of 83,605. On the ensuing kick off, how ever, Watson took over. He put the Gamecocks in Bulldog territory with a 53-yard kickoff return and followed Georgia see page ti Sean Rayford The Gamecock Georgia quarterback Quincy Carter shows his frustration after throwing his fourth interception Saturday. The Gamecocks topped the No. 9 Bulldogs, 21-10. Carter’s Heisman hopes at risk after rough game by Kyle Almond The Gamecock Quincy Carter was seeing red on Saturday - and it wasn't just the Game cocks’ new jerseys. The Heisman candidate was hum bled on Saturday by a South Caroli na defense that intercepted five of his passes and limited him to 108 yards passing on just 10 completions. To get a good idea of how special the USC defense was in the Game cocks’ 21-10 upset victory of No. 9 Georgia, Carter only threw six inter ceptions all of last season. Before the game, he had only thrown 16 inter ceptions in his entire Georgia career. It’s pretty safe to say that Carter’s Heisman campaign took a serious blow at Williams-Brice Stadium. “It’s over with," Carter said after the loss. “I have to take it like a man and step up for next week.” The junior quarterback started the game well, leading the Bulldogs to a touchdown on their opening pos session, but things quickly went down hill after that. Andre Goodman picked him off on the second Georgia possession and returned the ball 70 yards all the way to the Bulldog 7-yard line. It led to the second USC touchdown of the day, and gave them a 14-7 lead. In the second half the Gamecocks went on to intercept four more Cartel passes. Defensive end Dennis Quinn had two of the picks while safety Rashad Faison and cornerback Sheldon Brown had one each. Brown was surprised that Carter had such a poor day. "That shocked me." Brown said. "Especially because he is a Heisman candidate. Some of the passes he threw, they were not quality passes.” Defensive coordinator Charlie Strong was pleased with the way his team followed the game plan. “We just wanted to be patient and not give up the big play," he said. "They are a team that beats you on the big play, the ‘home run’. “We wanted to blitz and cover the receivers." Strong said. "We felt that our DBs could run with them.” The defensive backs did more than run with the Georgia receivers. They dominated them. The Game cocks limited Georgia playmaker Ter rence Edwards to only live catches for 49 yards. Only three other re ceivers caught a pass. "We made things happen on de fense,” South Carolina head coach Lou Holtz said. "I thought our de fense was excellent. I think we con fused [Carter| some." So far this season, the Gamecocks’ 3-3-5 defensive alignment has been effective. Last week USC shut out New Mexico State and picked off two passes. This week, against the best of fense in the SEC last season, they on ly allowed 10 points and picked oft five passes. With seven interceptions Carter see page n Game frames ——- -——^ n. ****** 31 w in— Intramural Golf Tournament ; Tournament to be held on Friday, September 29 at the Indian River Golf Club I Tee times 12:04pm - 3:00pm Two-Man Best Ball Tournament Four players/team or play as an individual. Awards for longest drive and closest to the pin. ♦ Signups being accepted now thru Thursday , Sept. 14th. $20 per person. 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