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(Che (3amcrock Associated Press Football * Top 25 1. Oklahoma 2. Miami (FL) 3. Florida State 4. Nebraska 5. Florida 6. Oregon 7. Washington 8. Virginia Tech ^ 9. Purdue 10. Oregon State 11. Notre Dame 12. Northwestern 13. Ohio State 14. Georgia 15. Miss. State 16. Kansas State 17. Clemson 18. TCU 19. Texas I 20. Michigan 21. South Carolina 22. Auburn 23. Texas A&M 24. Georgia Tehc 25. So. Miss. Swim teams gear up for Clemson by Maneshka Eliatamby The Gamecock After their excellent performance Saturday against Cal-Berkeley, the Gamecock swim team is getting ready to take on the Clemson Tigers this weekend. Both the men and women from USC will be seen in competition at this meet, and this is only the third meet that the men are par ticipating in this season. The intense rivalry between Clemson and USC doesn’t stop at football. It plays a ma jor role on all other sports including swim ming. This was apparent last weekend when a few athletes from Clemson were spotted at the competition between Cal-Berkeley and USC at the Carolina Natatorium. It was quite ob vious that they were there to check out the competition they are going to face on Satur day. The performance by the Gamecock women Saturday was definitely a morale booster, and this will help the Gamecocks in their quest against the Tigers. After last weekend’s performance, the Gamecocks seem poised to do well against the Tigers. The competition promises to be a great show of talent, and the rivalry between the two schools should make this competition even greater than usual. Over the past few days, the Gamecock swim team has worked relentlessly and have been put through some rather grueling training ses sions in anticipation of the upcoming meet. Sarah Doyle, Tricia Rye, Megan Johnson and Lucia Jimenez are some of the Gamecock women to watch out for this weekend. Doyle, a returning All-American, has been off to a good season, and Rye, who swam her person al best time last weekend, is confident she will do well as she goes into Saturday’s com petition. For the Gamecock men, Cory Conway and Julio Aparecido are those to look out for. The Tigers come into the competition af ter being defeated by Virginia in their last meet. In the men’s competition, the Cavaliers defeated Clemson 156-87, and the women’s team lost 150-93. The Gamecocks will face competition in the men’s and women’s medley relays which the Tigers won easily last weekend. Mandy Commons, Elise Thieler, Kate Walk er and Jenna Burtch might pose some compe tition for the Gamecock women, while Matt Norman and Will Rodgers will be the ones to watch out for on the Clemson men’s team. There is a rumor that the athletes whe com peted at the Summer Olympics in Sydney, Aus tralia this year will also be seen in competi tion for the Gamecocks this weekend, but this has not yet been confirmed by the athletic de partment. The sports desk can be reached at gamecocksports@hotmail.com. USC-Florida LSU-Mississippi Georgia-Auburn Vanderbilt-Kentucky Kansas St.-Nebraska Gamecock Sports Challenge Sports Editor (31-19) Florida LSU Auburn Vanderbilt Nebraska Sports Editor (36-14) use Mississippi Auburn Kentucky Nebraska Editor in Chief (33-17) Florida LSU Georgia Kentucky Nebraska Defending Champion (34-16) Florida LSU Auburn Kentucky Nebraska Brad Walters I (30-20) | Money from page^l doubtedly be a sports fan, so all you have to do is pick their team’s rivals, i.e., Lakers-Celtics, Cow boys-49ers. Cubs-White Sox, etc. Being able to get on your boss’s case for something completely un-work-related is great. Next are the color wheels: People who pick teams based on color; i.e., Packers, Eagles, Oregon Ducks. Very superficial method. These people eventual ly get into office football pools and do very well, for some rea son. The proximity players: Peo ple who grew up ‘around’ a par ticular team, although that could mean like 400 miles away if you were in the Southeast before Char lotte blew up. These hometown fans are very loyal. The stargazers: Fans who fall * in love with one player on a certain team at one point in their lives and decide to always go for that team. In the late 1980s, every girl I went to school with liked the 49ers because of Joe Mon tana. The opportunists: Fans who always go for the winners in any era. The Cowboys, Bulls and Braves in the 1990s, the Packers in the ‘60s, the Lakers in the ‘80s. These people are always happy every year, because they’re al , ways on the winning side. In nocuous people. The cynics: The arch-oppor tunists. These people will say they ' liked a club before they actually started winning, and then lost in terest in them because they got “big heads” or some other pathetic excuse. There are millions of these out there, particularly for the Braves, Lakers, Broncos and Cowboys. Don’t buy used cars from these people. Whatever type of logic we use to pick teams, we stick with it. One thing you can always count on from sports fans is pre dictability. Not so different from elec tions after all, is it? The sports desk can be reached at gamecocksports@hatmaiLcom. Soccer from page 1 been game-winners. Asorey has been a playmaker in the midfield, sharing the team lead in assists with Romero. In the goal for the Golden Pan thers will be either junior Franklyn Rubio or junior Wally Crittenden. The tandem has split time in net this season for FIU. The Gamecocks will look to wards their explosive forward pair of Jordan Quinn and Ryan Daley to expose the FIU defense. Quinn has developed into USC’s top scoring threat this sea son, scoring 12 goals and adding six assists for 30 points. The sophomore also has three game winners. Daley, a freshman from Modesto, Calif., has comple mented Quinn well. He has eight goals on the season to go with four assists. Redshirt senior goalkeeper and Gamecock co-captain Henry Ring will try to shut down Romero and the rest of the FIU attack. Ring has been exception al for USC all season, winning 11 games with five shutouts. Sunday’s game is the final scheduled home game for Ring and defender Chris Lockwood, who is also a senior. But with a win over FIU, it might nol be the last. The Gamecocks could be awarded a home game in the NCAA Tournament. The brack ets will be released Monday. The sports desk can be reached at gamecocksports@hotmail.com. 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