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Almond
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I
your weakest in recent memory.
♦ WEAKNESS NO. 3 -
NO RECEIVER OPPOSITE
WASHINGTON
After “The Future,” who is
Clausen supposed to pass to?
Your best second receiver is a
tight end.
That’s good for USC because
we don’t have a second comer
back.
I don’t even see Washington
doing all that much. Dunta
Robinson will be all over him
like Phil Fulmer on a White
Castle burger.
Face it, Tennessee fans —
you guys are struggling, and
there’s a strong possibility that
your misery will continue this
weekend. You’ve barely won the
past two years with one of your
best teams; you might just lose
this year with one of your worst.
And what was up with last
year? Your team’s outright
choke in Atlanta cost us the
Citrus Bowl. Lou hasn’t for
gotten — and he’s still mad we
had to go to the Outback to
pummel Ohio State again.
Anyway, I wish your
beloved Vols luck this week;
they’re going to need it, espe
cially when they see a massive
wave of garnet in the stands
and crap their pants.
I think Saturday’s game
will be close,-and both teams
are capable of winning. But, if
I have to make a prediction,
ril'say USC 24, TENNESSEE
14. And the teams will com
bine for 15 turnovers.
Sorry, Coach Fat — err,
Fulmer. You’re just going to
have to keep waiting for career
win 100.
Almond, sports editor of The
Gamecock, is a fourth-year
print journalism student. His
column appears every
Wednesday in Gamecock
Sports.
Weekly Awards
Pimp Daddy of the Week:
Emmitt Smith
♦ Caps a great career with the all
time rushing record.
Toolbox of the Week:
Chris Rix
♦The worst QB in FSU’s golden
years?
Quote of the Week:
“He’s coming in to fill a particular
role.’’ - Seahawks head coach Mike
Holmgren, on signing quarterback
Jeff George.
♦ What role is that? Team cancer?
Haws
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weeks prior in the Georgia loss.
To say the announcement
sounded suspicious would be like
saying the UT offense looked just a
little out of sync in the game.
The Vols look tired of hearing
about Washington and sick of his
“me-first” attitude that seems to
be infecting the team.
Tennessee might be better off if
he doesn’t even take the field in
Columbia on Saturday.
But that all gets me to my point.
My whole reasoning for saying
the Gamecocks would win this
year has disappeared. The Vols
have absolutely no reason to look
past them toward Miami because
the ground might just open up and
swallow the team before it beats
the ’Canes this season.
And even though my main rea
son to pick the Cocks is gone, new
ones have emerged.
South Carolina’s strengths —
its passing defense (fifth in the
SEC) and penalties (just 53.5 yards
per game) — play well into what
the Vols want to do and what they
can’t.
Historically, Tennessee has a
difficult time with running quar
terbacks, and Jenkins will be no
different. I’ve picked against the
Vols the past two games, and it’s
not time to get off the horse now.
It’s just that kind of year for
Tennessee. I’m just looking for
ward to a late-season matchup
with Vanderbilt to decide last
place in the East.
Prediction: USC 21, TENNESSEE
17.
Haws is sports editor of The Daily
Beacon, Tennessee’s independent
student newspaper.
Soccer
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The Gamecocks’ stingy de
fense proved to be the differ
ence. After outshooting USC in
the first half 3-2, the Terriers
(5-11-2) had only one shot in the
second half. USC goalkeeper
Carolyn Ortega only had to
make one save the entire game.
In addition, most of the
Terriers’ attempts at the goal
came from outside the box.
“We gave good cover, and
we held them to very few
chances,” Smith said. “We nev
er let them through.”
Despite the victory, Smith
still has some concerns for the
upcoming weeks.
“I think we still need to learn
how to play a full game and play
a full 90 minutes,” she said. “We
“I wasn’t trying to do
anything spectacular
- just trying to get it
in there.”
MELINDA CARTER
use MIDFIELDER, ON HER GAME-WINNING
GOAL
have had some letdowns, and
we can’t let that happen. I think
that, mostly, we need to antici
pate better and stop reacting to
the better teams.”
Carolina finishes its regular
season schedule at UNC
Greensboro on Friday. From
there, it will play in the SEC
Tournament, which starts Nov.
7 in Oxford, Miss. Success
there should determine
whether the Gamecocks make
the NCAA Tournament.
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Baseball’s Toman
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Jim Toman has been named the
2002 ABCA/Baseball America
Assistant Coach of the Year.
Now in his seventh season at
Carolina, Toman will be honored
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“For a long time, Coach
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□ USC head coach
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*“I'm delighted to
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honored.”
Toman is en
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season working
Toman with Tanner, be
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“While I am honored to re
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ABCA and Baseball America,
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flection of our entire program,
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Jim Toman,” Toman said. “It’s
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Toman’s duties at Carolina in
clude acting as the team’s re
cruiting coordinator. USC’s re
cruiting classes have been
ranked in the Top 10 in the na
tion for the past three seasons.
Women’s swim team
nets No. 25 ranking
The USC women’s swimming
and diving team is ranked 25th
in the nation in the first CSCAA
poll of the season.
All four USC divers—Allison
Brennan, Holly Hodges, Lauren
King and Tracey Richardson —
have qualified for the NCAA
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season. Sophomore swimmer
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NCAA “B” Qualifying Standard
in the 100-yard freestyle, as did
freshman Stephanie Margalis in
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Bachmeyer anchors
12th-ranked defense
The USC men’s soccer team’s
defense is ranked in the top 25
for the eighth consecutive week.
The Gamecocks (9-5-1) have a
0.71 goals-against-average, mak
ing them the 12th stingiest de
fense in the country.
Anchoring the defense is se
nior goalkeeper Michael
Bachmeyer, who is ranked 13th
in the NCAA in goals-against-av
erage, and defender Robert
Rosenberg, who was named to
College Soccer News’ Team of
the Week last week for scoring
the game-winning goal against
Charlotte.
The NSCAA rankings were re
leased Tuesday, and USC is in a
tie for 19th — a nine-spot drop af
ter losing its last two games.
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