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fense,” Lou Holtz said. “He’s
throwing the ball well and has
good touch with his passes. He’s
learning to trust his reads and
learning to trust his receivers. He
only put the ball in danger once
last week.”
Skip Holtz said his father was
spending most of this week in prac
tice with the defensive unit — a
sign of respect for Vandy’s offense
but also a testament to the strides
the USC offense has made recently.
“We’ve been productive, and
we’re starting to gel on offense,”
Skip Holtz said.
USC fullback Andrew Pinnock
is the wild card going into
Nashville. The senior received the
majority of the team’s carries
through the first three games, but
after fumbling twice in the
Georgia loss, he didn’t touch the
ball once against Temple.
“Andrew Pinnock is an excel
lent player and is an integral part
of this team and will be an integral
part of this week’s game,” Lou
Holtz said.
“Andrew Pinnock is an
excellent player and is
an integral part of this
team and will be an
integral part of this
week’s game.”
LOU HOLTZ
use FOOTBALL HEAD COACH
Johnson expects to see Pinnock
back in his regular role.
“He is a big, talented football
player and hard to tackle, and I ex
pect to see him in the game,”
Johnson said. “He has been a good
player for them, and I’m sure they
are trying to get him straightened
out on a few things and will have
him ready to go this weekend.”
Pinnock has run for 100 yards
in a game just twice in his colle
giate career—both times against
the Commodores. Pinnock rushed
for 106 yards and a touchdown in
last season’s meeting.
Saturday’s game at Vanderbilt
Stadium will kick off at 7 p.m. The
game will be televised only
through pay-per-view.
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Rothenberg
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There’s much more to say
about these sports disasters and
collisions, but you’d have to
watch it for yourself to grasp
the entire scope of it. I’d hate to
say I delight in other people’s
misery, but if people like me
didn’t, there wouldn’t be a de
sire for reality-type TV shows.
Perhaps my sense of humor
can be much too base for my
own good. Yet, these are the
shows one can watch over and
over again and still wonder
how some guy didn’t get killed
doing something crazy.
ESPN can learn a thing or
two from TLC about what
makes good sports program
ming.
Maybe then we’d see
“SportsCenter Collisions and
Crackups,” as if watching
those weren’t so bad already.
Rothenberg is a fourth-year
sport management student.
His column appears every
Friday in Gamecock Sports.
SPORTS CHALLENGE
THE CHALLENGE: Kyle Matt Chris Maty Katie Craig
The Gamecock’s readers and Almond Rothenberg Foy Hartney Smith Ray
staff test their sports knowledge Sports Asst. Sports Defending Editorin Head Reader of
with predictions of the Editor Editor Champion Chief Designer the Week
weekend’s games. (Rankings (25-15) (29-11) (25-15) (24-16) (17-23) (25-15)
are from the Associated Press.)
Alabama at Arkansas Alabama Arkansas Alabama Alabama Alabama Alabama
Mississippi St. at22lsu LSU LSU J-SU LSU LSU_ LSU
Syracuse at Auburn_ Auburn Auburn_Auburn Auburn Syracuse Auburn
Kentucky at 7 Florida_ Florida Florida Florida Florida Florida Florida
23 Oregon St. at 18 So. Cal So. Cal So. Cal So. Cal So. Cal Oregon St. Oregon St.
20 Nebraska at 19 Iowa St. Iowa St. Iowa St. Nebraska Nebraska Iowa St. Nebraska
Minnesota at Purdue _ Purdue Purdue Purdue Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota
Air Force at Utah_ Utah_Air Force Utah Air Force Utah_Utah_
Toledo at Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Toledo_ Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Toledo Pittsburgh
USC at Vanderbilt USC USC USC USC USC USC
31-17 41-20 42-24 36-18 46-17 31-17
LAST WEEK’S WINNER: Chris Foy (8-2) - Foy edges Rothenberg with the tiebreaker, but the assistant sports
editor extends his lead to a season-high four games. Foy had USC scoring 35 points against Temple, one better
than Rothenberg’s 34. Both predicted Temple to score 14 points.
Because of a relatively easy schedule last week, there was very little separation among the participants. Almond
and reader of the week Brandon Simmons were right behind the leaders at 7-3. Hartney and Candi Hauglum, The
Gamecock’s staff member of the week, went 6-4.
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