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tan” argument probably believe
that if an American is against
sending troops overseas, then that
person cannot be patriotic as well,
rhis argument is ridiculous. The
irst step in fixing a problem is ad
nitting you have one. The quar
terback problem at USC should be
in obvious one.
I also question the fact that he
lid not answer questions after the
Spring Game. A quarterback is a
Leader. Leaders do not just pick
up their heads when things are
?ood. They have to face the music
when things are bad as well.
Whether this was a decision by
the Gamecock coaches or by
Pinkins himself, it was the wrong
one. Do you remember the last
time Joe Montana, John Elway or
Brett Favre did not field questions
after a bad game? Whether you
play a great game or not, leaders
are expected to face the cameras
afterwards. If you cannot face ad
versity from people with pencils
and paper asking questions, how
are you going to deal with 80,000
people watching and an All-SEC
linebacker chasing you?
Pinkins is a good quarterback.
Despite his statistics and record
as a starter, I think his frame
could still give him a shot of being
a good professional quarterback.
Players such as Anthony Wright
and Quincy Carter were not dom
inating in college, but they have
found jobs as starters in the NFL.
For some reason, the Gamecocks
just fail to produce when Pinkins
is the quarterback.
Holtz has always wanted a
quarterback who can be a threat
both running and passing the foot
ball. That is why Pinkins was re
cruited and why Holtz won his na
tional championship at Notre
Dame with South Carolina native
Tony Rice at quarterback. While
the Spring Game cannot and
should not be the only criteria for
naming a starting quarterback,
over 12,000 Gamecock fans saw
what is apparent. Pinkins is still
struggling at quarterback, and
Syvelle Newton is the quarterback
of the future at USC.
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Defense
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erback Dondrial Pinkins’ pass
was intercepted in the end zone by
inebacker Lance Laury. Laury
dso had a forced fumble on the
;ame.
Marc Williams made the other
nterception of the day off a long
Dass from Blake Mitchell in the
ourth quarter, returning the ball
!8 yards to his own 40-yard line.
Linebacker George Gause and
lefensive lineman Freddy Saint
Preux also stepped up for the de
fense, each notching one sack on
the day. Gause came out early,
sacking Pinkins for a four-yard
loss in the second play of the
game. Saint-Preux also got his
sack in the first half, taking down
Blake Mitchell for a seven-yard
loss just before halftime. After the
game, Holtz lauded Saint-Preux
and his comrades On the defensive
line.
“I thought the defensive line
played well,” Holtz said. “If you
don’t control the line of scrim
mage, you aren’t going to be real
good.”
In addition to Saint-Preux, de
fensive linemen Chris Tucker and
Stanley Doughty made plays be
hind the line. Tucker had a tackle
for a loss of six yards, while
Doughty had a 3-yard tackle for
loss.
The USC defense will have its
first shot at an offense other than
its own when the Gamecocks trav
el to Nashville, Tenn., to play
Vanderbilt Sept. 4.
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or a combined 71 yards on 11 car
'ies.
The performance by Newton
irew several questions in the
jostgame press conference on
whether the game represented a
:hance for the sophomore to step
nto the starting position.
“I’m not going to get into eval
jating this or that,” Holtz said.
‘Dondrial’s the starting quarter
jack. We’ll go into the fall camp
rnd we’ll see.”
Dondrial Pinkins went 4-of-14 on
he game for 35 yards and one in
:erception.
“Dondrial did not look sharp to
day and didn’t seem to have his
mind in the game,” Holtz said.
“You know, I’ll talk to him and I’ll
find out why. “
Also getting looks at quarter
back on the day were Blake
Mitchell and Mike Rathe. Mitchell
went 2-of-8 for 23 yards and one in
terception, while Rathe went 2-of
3 for five yards.
The rushing game, outside of
Newton’s runs, had trouble pro
ducing results. Gonzie Gray had
two 2-yard touchdown runs, being
the only running back to see the
end zone in the game. Gray also
had 24 yards on 11 carries.
Demetris Summers also racked
up 24 yards on 11 carries, while
Daccus Turman notched 24 yards
on six carries. Cory Boyd round
ed out the work of the running
backs, putting together 18 yards
on nine carries.
Still, one cannot say if the of
fensive showing Saturday is rep
resentative of the team, since
Holtz equivocated on how much of
the game plan was shown.
“Maybe 50 percent,” Holtz said.
“Maybe 50, maybe none. But basi
cally, I don’t want to answer that.
There were certain things that we
just don’t want to show.”
Carolina’s first game in the fall
will be at Vanderbilt Sept. 4.
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eam-leading win total to seven.
4e gave way to Chad Blackwell in
he seventh inning, who picked up
lis eighth save of the season.
After falling behind 3-2, the
3amecocks would pick up two un
samed runs in the fourth inning
:o take a 4-3 lead. The runs were
;ourtesy of two Wildcat errors, a
balk and a Steve Pearce single to
knock in the runs. Carolina would
add an insurance run in the top of
the eighth on a Nick Gardiner sac
rifice fly.
USC will look to bounce back
Wednesday against The Citadel
before hosting the Alabama
Crimson Tide this weekend. First
pitch Wednesday is set for 7 p.m.
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Briefly
Men's golf founders
in Championships
In somewhat of a disappoint
ing showing, the No. 13 USC
men’s golf team finished seventh
it this weekend’s SEC Golf
Championships at Sea Island
Coif Club in St. Simons Island,
Ca.
Not a surprise were the top
:wo finishers in the tourna
ment. In a .mild upset, No. 4
Ceorgia was victorious in the
mirnament with a score of +3,
Deating rival Florida by a sin
gle stroke. USC finished at +14,
LI strokes off the victorious
Bulldogs.
The overall individual winner
was Georgia’s Brendon Todd,
who finished the tournament at
3 for the 54 holes. Rounding out
the top five were Vanderbilt’s
Mark Donnell and Florida’s Matt
Every who tied for second;
Kentucky’s Matt Kohn in fourth;
and Georgia’s David Denham,
USC’s Alex Hamilton and
Florida’s Camilo Villegas tied for
fifth.
Behind Hamilton, the
Gamecocks’ Martin Rominger
was second on the team at +7,
Jake Thompson finished at +13,
Eirik Johansen finished at +14
and West Streib ended at +14 as
well.
Women’s golf slices
to 7th-place finish
A mirror image to the men’s
team, the USC women’s golf team
finished seventh in the SEC Golf
Championships this weekend in
Baton Rouge, La.
Winning the team title was
Vanderbilt, who finished at +13,
four strokes ahead of second
place finishers Auburn and LSU
at +17, followed by Tennessee at
+18 and Florida at +21 to round
out the top five.
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