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University officials fear
goalpost three-peat
■ Possible injuries
worry administration
by Brandon Larrabee
The Gamecock
The high stakes of Saturday’s show
down between the Gamecocks and
Arkansas has once again started a buzz
about tearing down the goalposts.
But after a University of Georgia
student was injured when students there
tore down the goalposts after beating
Tennessee last Saturday, university of
ficials have become concerned about
students’ safety.
Talk of tearing down the goalposts
again heightened after a comment Lou
Holtz made at his Monday press con
ference.
“I haven’t talked to the team, but
after the way [Arkansas] beat us last
year, if we could find a way to beat them,
I would personally tear down the goal
posts,” Holtz said. “I don’t need any
help. If I can’t do it on my own,-I don’t
want it done.”
But some university officials said
they didn’t think Holtz was serious about
the issue.
“I don’t see that as being something
that will occur,” Assistant Athletics Di
rector Kerry Tharp said.
While he didn’t think Holtz was
making a joke, “I think he made [the
comment] tongue-in-cheek,” Tharp said.
The stakes of Saturday’s game
haven’t helped any. Arkansas wal
loped USC 48-14 last year, and a sixth
win would make USC eligible for a bowl
game.
SG President Jotaka Eaddy said USC
President John Palms had spoken with
her twice about the issue.
“It’s a concern of mine, too,” Ead
dy said.
She said students should find another
way to celebrate a victory.
“Someone's life or someone being
injured should not be a cost we have
to pay to celebrate our happiness,” Ead
dy said. “We need to find some differ
ent way of celebrating our victory.”
Eaddy said she’d also heard some
students talk about the possibility of the
goalposts coming down if the Game
cocks defeat Tennessee in three weeks.
“I’m hoping that people will not,
for this game and the Tennessee game,”
she said.
University spokesman Jason Sny
der also said students shouldn’t chaige
the field for safety reasons.
“Cases like Geoigia can happen all
too easily,” Snyder said.
While the SEC has seen a surpris
ingly high number of goalposts tumble
to the ground this season - five so far -
USC has been the site of two of the in
cidents. The uprights came down the
first time in the Gamecocks’ 31-0 de
feat of New Mexico State University in
their season opener. The yellow poles
again hit the ground when USC de
feated Geoigia 21 -10.
The goalposts have also come down
at Mississippi State, where the Bulldogs
shocked unbeaten Florida; Louisiana
State University, after the Tigers eked
out a surprise victory over the Tennessee
Volunteers in overtime; and Georgia,
where fans trampled Sanford Stadium’s
hedges and took down the uprights af
ter beating Tennessee.
The damages from the incident at
Georgia are estimated to be more th;ui
$70,000, according to the university.
That includes $11,000 to replace the
two goalposts, as well as the cost of vvork
ing on the hedges and the money
needed to fix fences, gates, handrails mid
seats damaged in the incident.
“I’m disappointed in what was an
overreaction to a terrific moment in
Georgia football history when our foot
ball team broke a nine-game drought
against Tennessee,” Georgia Athletics
Director Vince Dooley said.
Tharp said the two pairs of goalposts
USC has purchased have cost the uni
versity $9,000. He said he hadn’t heard
an estimate for the damage done to the
shrubbery at Williams-Brice Stadium.
The number of goalpost incidents
has prompted officials at SEC schools
to say they will deal with the issue next
spring.
Tharp said the issue would proba
bly come up at a usual SEC meeting in
the spring. He said Athletics Director
Mike McGee would represent the uni
versity at such an event.
Snyder said Palms usually attended
meetings of the SEC’s President’s Coun
cil, though he said he couldn’t commit
to Palms being at a meeting without
knowing the exact date.
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Soccer
from page 9
ing the pack is Sergei Raad, who has
contributed five goals and six assists,
followed closely by Patrick Tanner
with 14 points, including six goals
and two assists. Leading the team
in assists is McNeil Cronin with sev
en for the season.
Returning for his sixth season
as head coach for the Paladins is Doug
Allison, who has posted an overall
record of 78-21-7 in his coaching
stint. Under his direction, the Pal
adins have claimed four Southern
Conference regular season and three
tournament championships. Last sea
son, they posted an impressive 21-2
1 record and were ranked third over
all in the nation.
Allison also has a prestigious his
tory with the Gamecocks, as he played
for USC from 1984 to 1987. During
his tenure as a player, Allison helped
lead USC to four consecutive win
ning campaigns and remains the
record-holder in several categories,
including Gamecock career leader in
total points with 158, most goals with
63, and most game-winning goals
with 18.
Assistant coach Ryan Higgin
botham is in his first official year with
the Paladins after volunteering for
two seasons. He is a former Furman
soccer player, ranking third overall
during his career in goals scored with
36.
Last year in Greenville, the Pal
adins managed to hold on through
double overtime to tie the Gamecocks
1-1.
The Gamecocks, led by Jordan
Quinn with 22 points, will enter Sun
day’s game after a similar but score
less double overtime tie with Clem
son last weekend.
The ninth-ranked South Caroli
na men’s soccer team is having a ban
ner season, however, and is planning
to dispose of the Paladins in what
promises to be an entertaining battle
at “The Graveyard.”
The sports desk can be reached at
gamecocksports@hotmail.com.
Associated
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