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complete his sad 16-year transfor
mation from Kid Dynamite to
Bozo the Clown. A modem release
of “Punch-Out!!” would necessi
tate some changes. The tired 1980s
stereotypes would have to go;
mustachioed Iraqis and nuke-mad
Koreans would be substituted for
drunken Russians and commu
nist German dictators.
Tyson’s taunts to “go home and
practice” would be updated with
quasi-sentences concerning im
pregnable defense, eating children
and claims to be Sonny Liston.
Tyson’s strategies would change
from merely punching you in the
face really hard to his newest ma
neuvers of biting your leg at a
news conference and crumpling
like a paper doll when the title’s
on the line.
The game’s opening message
would have to change from
“Mike’s waiting for your chal
lenge!” to “Mike’s waiting for
your money!”
The Mike Tyson that fought
Clifford Etienne this past
Saturday isn’t the same Kid
Dynamite who knocked me out
with one punch in our “Punch
Out!!” match-up more than a
decade ago. He isn’t even the same
Tyson who faced Lewis eight
months ago.
Mike Tyson has become a cari
cature: a shadow of his former
self, now fitting in with the car
toon characters from “Punch
Out’s” roster. Kid Dynamite has
become Kid Dollar Sign.
Noll is a second-year print
journalism student.
Clemson’s lineup can pose a few
problems for the Gamecocks;
however, Tanner said his team
would be new to the Tigers as
well.
Tanner’s players agree with
him.
“They have a lot of guys we
haven’t been able to see. So far we
don’t know how to pitch them,
how to hit them,” Melillo said.
“We’re in the dark a little bit right
now. We’ll leave that up to coach
Tanner though. He’ll be able to
know what they’re bringing to the
table. We’ll just go out there and
play.”
The first game of the series is at
Clemson at 1 p.m. on Saturday.
Carolina will then return home to
Sarge Frye Field to finish up the
series Sunday at 1:30 p.m.
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BRIEFLY
Taylor named Track
Athlete of the Week
fe Carolina’s Corey Taylor was
named the SEC Male Indoor
Track Athlete of the Week after
his performance at the USC
Invitational on Feb. 22.
Taylor set a new facility
record in the 55-meter hurdles
in the preliminaries, with a time
of 7.21 seconds. He broke that
mark later in the competition
semifinals by posting a 7.19,
which is an NCAA automatic
qualifying time.
Taylor’s honor is the third
weekly award won by the
Gamecocks this season.
Otukile Lekote was received
the award Jan. 29, while Aleen
Bailey earned the season’s first
Female Indoor Track Athlete of
the Week award Jan. 15.
USC competes in the SEC
Indoor Track Championships in
Gainesville, Fla., from Feb. 28
through March 2.
USC to play in Lady
Puerto Rico Classic
The USC women’s golf team
will begin its 2003 season this
weekend in Humacao, Puerto
Rico, as it takes part in the Lady
Puerto Rico Classic.
The Lady Puerto Rico
Classic will be the first of six
regular-season tournaments
that the Gamecocks will play
in.
Competing for Carolina in
Puerto Rico will be senior All
American Kristy McPherson,
senior Kacy Thompson, junior
Adrienne Gautreaux, junior
Marci Robinson and sophomore
Tiffany Catafygiotu.
Two-time SEC Champion
Kristy McPherson will begin
her last season as a Gamecock.
She is the two-time individual
medalist at the SEC
Championships and has a ca
reer stroke average of 74.46.
She holds three individual
records at USC and looks to con
tinue to break school records
this spring.
The Gamecocks are the de
fending SEC Champions.
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Holtz discusses the changes in
store for Gamecocks in 2003
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COLUMBIA — South Carolina
coach Lou Holtz has decided to
end early morning practices this
year after the Gamecocks suffered
a disappointing 5-7 record last sea
son after back-to-back Outback
Bowl wins.
“First couple of years, you send
a message, you go at six o’clock,”
Holtz said. That’s no longer nec
essary to reach players, he said.
The change was made in part
to accommodate class schedules
and shift away from practices
that don’t produce results.
“When you average six defen
sive penalties a game for your
last five games, getting up at six
o’clock in the morning didn’t
help that,” he said.
Holtz, who will be entering his
fifth season at South Carolina,
said he’s putting more responsi
bility on his players this season.
“I think they’ve been in the
program long enough to know
what it’s all about. I think they’re
as disappointed in the way the
season ended last year as I am,”
Holtz said. “It’s just a different
mentality.”
Other changes next season
will come as the result of losing
defensive coordinator Charlie
Strong to Florida and receivers
coach Joker Phillips, who left for
Kentucky.
Holtz said he will take on more
of the defensive responsibilities,
including working with defen
sive backs.
Former Air Force defensive
line coach Jerome “Jappy” Oliver
and Paul Lounsberry take over the
defensive line for the Gamecocks.
Holtz said new defensive coordi
nator Chris Cosh and his assis
tants will install a four-man front
to replace the 3-5 scheme South
Carolina ran the past four years.
Tight-ends coach Dave
DeGuglielmo will work on the
offensive line with offensive co
ordinator Skip Holtz. “Our
biggest problem is not in the of
fensive line now; our biggest
problems are at wide receiver
and quarterback and general
productivity on offense,” Lou
Holtz said.
Running-tfacks coach Todd
Fitch will be the quarterbacks
coach, freeing Skip Holtz from
having to coach any position, Lou
Holtz said. Dave Roberts will pick
up running backs.
“There’s going to be times also
when Skip’s going to have to be
free to talk'to an offensive line
man that may be not being as pro
ductive as he needs to be or talk
ing to a wide receiver who maybe
has too many missed assign
ments,” Holtz said.
The team starts spring prac
tices March 21 and works out
Friday to Sunday through the
spring game on April 12.
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Clemson’s pitching has gotten
off to a slow start as well, which
will only help Carolina’s bats. The
team ERA is 5.73 so far this sea
son, with two pitchers, Steven
Jackson and Kris Harvey, pos
sessing ERAs in double digits.
The lack of familiar players on