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ulate whether they would have
been able to beat out the Yankees
under Kerrigan, but the Red Sox
did what few other teams have
ever done: axe the skipper in
spring training.
By no means is the executioner
finished, however. The Padres’
Bruce Bochy and the White Sox’s
Jerry Manuel might be next in line
to the guillotine if their clubs do not
show improvement in the upcom
ing season. Larry Bowa could see
his tenure cut short in Philadelphia
if the Phils don’t progress next year,
as could the Pittsburgh Pirates’
Lloyd McClendon.
No one is safe when it comes to
being a manager in Major League
Baseball. Former Yankee managers
are especially aware of this fact, giv
en George Steinbrenner’s itchy trig
ger finger. Joe Torre might be the
exception to the rule, though, be
cause the only way he’d be fired
would be for not making it out of
the divisional series in the playoffs.
Rothenberg is a fourth-year sport
management major. His column
appears every Friday in
Gamecock Sports.
BRIEFLY
Sports Illustrated
ranks USC No. 5
Completing one of the most
successful athletics season in
the school’s history, Sports
Illustrated has ranked USC No.
5 nationally among the nation’s
324 universities and colleges in
the magazine’s Oct. 7 special is
sue, “America’s Best Sports
Colleges.”
In addition, four SEC schools
were ranked in the top 10 — post
ing the best finish of any confer
ence. The magazine is on news
stands now.
“We congratulate our student
athletes and coaches for an out
standing year,” USC Athletics
Director Mike McGee said. “The
commitment to excellence has
been made across the board and
it's rewarding to see the efforts
of our athletes and coaches come
to fruition.”
The top 10 schools in Sports
Illustrated’s rankings are Texas,
Stanford, Oklahoma, Florida,
South Carolina, LSU, Minnesota,
North Carolina, Tennessee and
Michigan.
Joyner-Kersee to
speak at banquet
One of ESPN’s 50 Greatest
Athletes of the Century, Jackie
Joyner-Kersee, will speak at
USC’s annual track and field ban
quet Friday at the River Center
at Saluda Shoals Park in Irmo.
The banquet will honor USC’s
track and field teams as well.
There are 25 tickets for sale for
$20 a piece. The banquet includes
dinner. Call USC assistant coach
Delethea Quarles for more infor
mation at 777-3829.
Hawks’ scrimmage
open to the public
The NBA’s Atlanta Hawks
are training at USC, and the
team’s final workout today at 10
a.m. will be open to the public.
The final workout will include
an intrasquad scrimmage, and
admission is free.
The practice will be held at the
Carolina basketball practice fa- I
cility, located adjacent to the
Carolina Coliseum on Blossom
Street.
SPORTS CHALLENGE I
THE CHALLENGE: Kyle Matt Chris Maty Jill, Peter
The Gamecock’s readers and Almond Rothenberg Foy Hartney Martin Farr
i staff test their sports knowledge Sports Asst. Sports Defending Editor in Copy Desk Readerof
with predictions of the Editor Editor Champion Chief Chief the Week
weekend’s games. (Rankings (34-16) (37-13) (33-17) (32-18) (22-28) (31-19)
are from the Associated Press.)
7 Georgia at 22 Alabama Alabama Alabama Alabama Georgia Georgia Georgia
Arkansas at 10 Tennessee > Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee
6 Florida at Ole Miss Florida Florida Florida Florida Florida Florida
18 So. Cal at!7 WashTst So. Cal Wash. St. So: Cal Wash. St. Wash. St. So. Cal
20 Penn St. at 19 Wisconsin Penn St. Penn St Wisconsin Wisconsin Penn St. Wisconsin
Texas Tech at 23 Texas A&M A&M A&M A&M A&M Tech A&M
Maryland at West Virginia W.Va. W.Va. Maryland Maryland W.Va. Maryland
South Florida at North Texas No. Texas , No. Texas No. Texas USF USF USF
Clemson at 11 Florida State* FSU FSU FSU FSU FSU FSU
Mississippi St. at USC USC USC USC USC USC ~ USC
24-17 21-17 28-21 27-20 31-7 28-17
LAST WEEK’S WINNER: Kyle Almond (9-1) - The sports editor finally won for once, missing only the Air
Force/Utah game. But his assistant, with an 8-2 week, still holds a steady lead overall.
Foy and Hartney also had strong 8-2 weeks. Reader of the week Craig Ray went 6-4, and Katie Smith, after whining
for weeks to make her picks, went 5-5, further burying any chances The Gamecock’s staff had of victory.
WANT TO BE READER OF THE WEEK? E-mail your selections next week to gamecocksports@hotmail.com. If
you’re picked and have the best record, you’ll win a free Gamecock T-shirt and be able to talk all the trash you want.
* - Thursday night’s prediction chosen before kickoff.
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haven’t been in this type of
game,” he said. “That concerns
me more than anything else.”
The Gamecocks should also
be worried about a loaded
Clemson attack led by senior
forwards Dimelon Westfield
and Fabio Tambosi. Westfield
already has nine goals on the
season, and Tambosi has a
team-high seven assists.
Clemson is outscoring its oppo
nents 23-6 this season.
Carolina will counter with a de
pendable defense, ranked eighth
in the nation as of Tuesday.
Bachmeyer is seventh in the na
tion in goals-against-average (0.54).
With the teams so closely
matched, the game might come
down to who gets the early mo
mentum.
“Coach Berson was telling us
the other day that the difference
between teams is so small,” USC
defender Robert Rosenberg said.
“If we come out like we can play
and be sharp quickly, it’ll be a
huge advantage for us.”
Bachmeyer looks at the posi
tives from last season’s 3-2 loss
at Clemson’s Riggs Field.
“Everybody feels that Iasi
year we played pretty well ex
cept for a couple of mistakes,” he
said. “So if we can clean up our
mistakes and work together as
a team and play our ball, hope
fully we’ll come out with a win.”
The Carolina-Clemson game
historically draws the biggest
crowd all season, and this year
should be no different with both
teams playing at their peak. It
will kick off at 2 p.m.
“If we could come out with a
victory on Sunday, a lot of stress
would be relieved ffom our
team,” Rosenberg said “We re
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Dye was best known for winning
with the ground game at Auburn.
Though freshman quarterback
Brodie Croyle adds more passing
potential to Alabama’s attack, ther
Tide is still best known for the kind
of power football that appeals to
Dye.
Other SEC Games
NO. 6 FLORIDA AT OLE MISS: Both
the Gators (4-1,2-0) and the Rebels
(3-1,1-0) look to remain undefeated
in conference play as their highly
touted passing attacks face off
Saturday in Oxford.
ARKANSAS AT NO. 10 TENNESSEE:
The Razorbacks (2-1, 0-1) hope to
avoid another SEC loss as they trav
el to Knoxville Saturday for a
match-up against the Volunteers (3
1,0-1).
LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE AT NO. 21 LSU:
Saturday, Louisiana-Lafayette will
play LSU for the first time since
1938, as the Ragin’ Cajuns (1-3, 0-0
Sun Belt) go to Baton Rouge to visit
the Tigers (3-1,1-0).
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Georgia defensive lineman David
prove his manhood, along with the rest of the Bulldogs ,
when they play Alabama on Saturday. Former Auburn
head coach Pat Dye publicly questioned Georgia's ability
to win, saying the Bulldogs weren’t “man enough.”
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