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I I TWICE IS NICE Derek Watson returns the opening kickoff 66 yards at the start of the first quarter as USC played Georgia on the road. No. 21 USC beat No. 25 Georgia 14-9 and improved to 2-0. photo by erikcampos/krt campus «► For second year straight, USC shuts down Dawgs BY RICK JOHNSTON THE GAMECOCK In front of a nationwide audi ence on ESPN and a capacity ' crowd of more than 86,000 in the hostile confines of Georgia’s San ford Stadium, the South Carolina Gamecocks pulled off a dramatic 14-9 victory over the Georgia Bulldogs. The game, which stayed dead locked at 7-6 throughout much of the first three quarters, finally broke open when senior receiver Brian Scott roped in a 16-yard touchdown pass from quarter back Phil Petty. The miraculous-win was set up by a dramatic pass from Petty to freshman Matthew Thomas. Georgia’s only points in the game came off three field goals from kicker Billy Bennett. For the second straight game, defensive lineman Langston Moore blocked a field goal. The block was recovered by line backer Kenneth Harney, whose status had been in question after sustaining an ankle injury last week against Boise State. The win caused Georgia to drop out of the Associated Press Top 25 poll and moved USC up to 18th. The game was only the sixth time in USC football history that the Gamecocks have triumphed over the Bulldogs in Athens, Ga. Their last victory in Georgia came in 1993 in a game that saw Brandon Bennett dive into the endzone over a pile of Bulldogs and Gamecocks in the final sec onds to give USC a 23-21 win. ♦ FOR IN-DEPTH COVERAGE OF THE GAME, SEE PAGE 8. USC center might sit out 17 games , over NCAA violation Petravicius faces inquiry for playing with professionals BY PRESTON BAINES THE GAMECOCK The South Carolina men’s basketball team was dealt a blow last week when it found out 6 foot-10 center Marius Petravi cius could miss up to 17 games for violating a NCAA rule. The NCAA is currently inves % tigating the involvement of col legiate foreign-born players in club league basketball in their native lands. Petravicius, a junior from Lithuania, is one of a possible 340 foreign players being investi gated by the NCAA for playing with one or more professional players. USC head coach Dave Odom told ESPN.com Friday the ruling is “crazy.” “We’re actually talking about 10th or 11th grade when he was on a club team,” Odom said. Odom added that Petravicius “got no money, only living ex penses” to play on “a dirty court with no seating.” ^ Petravicius averaged 8.5 ONLINE POLL Have you ever seen an on-duty Sizemore security guard asleep in your residence hall? Vote at www.dailygamecock.com. Results are published on Fridays. BATES WEST: 6:44 A.M. DOUGLAS: 6:33 A.M. MOORE: 6:27 A.M. INSIDE TODAY’S ISSUE Men’s soccer loses < Not just for kids to #l-ranked team anymore SMU defeats USC 3-2 in Aaron The Cartoon Network is Olitsky Memorial Classic in planning to air cartoons aimed Charleston. ♦ PAGE 8 at adults. ♦ PAGE 5 PHOTOS BY AARON HARK AND CANDI HAUGLUM “It’s for safety,” said Andy Fink, assistant director for resi dent life. “We want the desk staffed 24 hours a day.” The company started in-1955 when a retired police officer be gan hiring himself out for special events. Now, several generations later, the company has grown to more than 21 locations in the Southeast. With more than 3,000 employees, Sizemore provides staffing, security and janitorial services for companies such as Bridgestone-Firestone and Proc tor & Gamble. The security guards USC em ploys are selected after an appli cation process that includes back ground and reference checks. Each applicant also must be cer tified as a security guard through SLED. “We can’t just hire individuals based on them being able to work a position,” said Preston Sizemore Jr., vice president of Sizemore. “The economy will dictate the quality of the applicant most times. If the economy is good, it is more difficult. If the economy is in recession, then we get a little bit better applicants.” Students are encouraged to re port sleeping security guards. ♦ SECURITY, SEE PAGE 2 BY ADAM BEAM THE GAMECOCK For Regina Goodwin, a former resident of Columbia Hall, seeing a sleeping security guard late at night wasn’t something to laugh about. “They never did what they were supposed to do over there last year,” said Goodwin, a third year student and the community service chair for the Residence Hall Association. “I felt unsafe on that side of campus because a lot of times, they did sleep on the job and did not check keys. They didn’t really care what you did.” Resident Adviser Phillip Moore can relate to Goodwin’s story. “That is definitely a problem,” Moore said. “I saw one guy over in Douglas, and he had the phone in his ear, like he was holding it up with his shoulder, but his eyes were shut. So I made some loud noise to get him up. The Towers have a reputation for being easy to getting into, as far as security goes.” Between 8 a.m. and 10 p.m., the dorms are staffed by students, usu ally R.A.s. Between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m., the dorms are patrolled by a force of 30 security guards pro vided by Sizemore Security Inter national Inc. Students concerned about Sizemore security guards napping in dorms PATTERSON: 6:16 A.M. CAPSTONE: 5:58 A.M. I MAXCY: 12:30 A.M. WHILE THEY WERE SLEEPING WEATHER ■T ‘T Today Tomorrow T-storms, 85/65 T-storms, 85/69 USG’S PAST SEPTEMBER 11, 1963:Henrie Monteith, Robert Anderson and James Solomon became the first African-American students to enroll at the University since 1877. points per game and 4.7 rebounds in 2000-2001 for the 15-15 Game cocks. He would be a likely starter in the upcoming season. The rule has Petravicius been in place, but this year the NCAA is crack ing down on it more than before. Several schools, including East Carolina, Providence, Hawaii, California and Camp bell, have crucial players sitting out for much of the season be cause of the same rule violation. These schools tend to agree with Odom’s sentiments, and most of them plan to appeal the suspen sions. The NCAA required the schools in question to submit more information on the players by Sept. 10. Those that have re sponded so far have received ma jor penalties. According to Bill Saum of the NCAA, the rule won’t be changed unless the NCAA man agement council takes action in an October emergency meeting. Petravicius’ suspension would include two exhibition games, and he wouldn’t be eligi ble to play until the Jan. 16 game against Arkansas.