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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2014
VOL. 116, NO. 17 • SINCE 1908
‘Meant to win’
Jeffrey Davis / THE DAILY GAMECOCK
Junior running back Brandon Wilds led the South Carolina ground game with 92 yards in the second half Saturday and fi nished with 93 yards and a score on 14 carries.
Thompson on UGA game: ‘When you go to war you need soldiers’ Danny Garrison
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It turns out there’s still a little magic left within the walls of Williams-Brice Stadium. No. 24 South Carolina was left for dead after a crushing week one loss at home, but on Saturday, the Gamecocks did the unthinkable. Sout h Carolina toppled t he No. 6 Georgia Bulldogs 38-35 and launched itself right back into the conversation for the SEC East title as well as a spot in the College Football Playoff. “It was our turn to win,” head coach Steve Spurrier said. “We were meant to win this game, and Georgia
was not.” From the very beginning of the game, it certainly looked like the Gamecocks (2-1, 1-1 SEC) were destined to pull off the upset. After receiving the opening kick-off, redshirt senior quarterback Dylan Thompson led South Carolina down the field on a nine-play, 75-yard drive that resulted in a Shaq Roland touchdown grab. But that’s when things got messy. Once the Bulldogs (1-1, 0-1 SEC) got their fi rst shot on offense, it took them all of two plays to go 69 yards for a score of their own. That set the tone for the rest of the contest as both team’s traded blows until the clock read zero, and South Carolina had its final three-point advantage. “W hen you go to war, you need soldiers,” Thompson said, “and that’s what I thought we brought. Every time we put 11 on the field, we had
Campus continues to change post-renovations Trustees approve funding for South Tower bathroom fix Hannah Jeffrey
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USC is changing. Monumental renovations on the Women’s Quad and Darla Moore School of Business have drawn to a close, and more are on the way. The campus you walk across today isn’t the same as it was last year. And a year from now, it will be more different yet. “We’re challenged by t he fact that we have 200 buildings on t his campus w it h w idely varying ages,” USC Architect Derek Gruner said. Accord i ng to Gr u ner, 4 0 percent of USC’s bu ild i ngs were built between the 1940s and 1960s. Now, t he Healt h Sciences Education Building, soon to be home of t he C ol lege of Information Studies and Mass Communications, is on track to reopen and house the College
of I nfor mat ion St udies a nd Mass Communications in May 2015, ahead of schedule and under budget, Gruner said. USC’s board of trustees last week granted Phase II approval for a $3.8 million overhaul of South Tower’s 17 bathrooms. A ll piping, f ixt ures, exhaust and vent ilat ion systems will be replaced; bat hrooms will be waterproofed and retiled; and all asbestos and lead paint will be removed from existing bat h rooms a nd touch i ng rooms. In total, the funds cut out to around $223,000 per bathroom and around $650 per square foot. But w it h project s like this, Gruner said, going by the square foot can be misleading because of the work needed in the given area. “It’s an ext remely intense amount of construction,” he said. “It’s a small amount of square footage, but the actual activity is very intense.” South Tower dates back to 1965, and the building still uses the original plumbing systems,
which are almost 50 years old. “My wife was in this building when she was in school,” board member A.C. “Bubba” Fennell said, “so it obviously needs an update.” G r u ne r s a id t he p r oj e c t will likely receive competitive bids — between 10 and 15, he expects — which will show the renovation’s value. “T h is pret t y nea rly f u l ly r e nov at e s a l l f i ve of t he s e buildings,” Gruner said, adding Sout h Tower to t he l ist of major dorm renovations after Women’s Quad and Patterson Hall. “It’s a pretty high priority for housing.” The renovation will bring Sout h Tower to arou nd t he same level as the four newlyrenovated women’s buildings and at a fraction of the cost. Patterson’s construction ran USC around $31.8 million, and the women’s quad renovation was $29.2 million. But it isn’t just t he dorms and classroom buildings seeing RENOVATIONS • 3
soldiers out there.” Despite Georgia entering the day as a heav y favorite, the Gamecocks played with the advantage for the bulk of the contest. The game turned into a responding exercise for South Carolina, once Georgia pulled within striking distance of the lead. And respond they did. South Carolina’s offense and defense both received their fair shares of criticism after the first two games of the season. But the Gamecocks didn’t just show signs of improvement when facing adversity Saturday — they showed dominance. Thompson finished with 271 yards and three touchdow ns t h rough t he air to go w it h one interception, but the quarterback’s air raid in no way limited the opportunities of his running backs. FOOTBALL • 3
USC offers new Pharmacy degree T he US C b o a rd of t r u s t e e s approved Friday a Bachelor’s of Sciences (B.S.) in Pharmacy degree for the Columbia campus. “Quite frankly this is something we could have done quite some time ago,” said USC Provost Michael Amiridis. I n t he past , st udent s who changed majors after pursuing a pre-pharmacy degree for two years were counted as dropouts in student statistics. However, the only option for pharmacy studies was to pursue the pre-professional degree. In order to receive a degree in another field of study, students were subject to two more years of school. The program will require no new courses or faculty. C lem son Un iver sit y of fer s a bachelor’s of pharmacy degree, as do several other schools, Amiridis said. The Medical Universit y of South Carolina does not offer a prepharmacy option. “We’re correcting something we should have done,” Amiridis said. “After four years, you have done enough, and you deserve a bachelor’s of science degree.”
— Compiled by Hannah Jeffrey, Editor-in-Chief
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Alleged murderer of USC Accused shooter of Clemson Beaches to improve access student begins trial professor receives trial date with federal grant money Hank Hawes, accused of brutally murdering USC professor Jennifer Lee Wilson in 2011, is set to go to trial Oct. 6 at the Richland County courthouse, The State reported. H awe s, 4 0, cou ld f ace l ife i n pr ison for stabbing Wilson multiple times in her one-story brick duplex in an upscale neighborhood with professionals and young families. Hawes has been held without bond since shortly after the crime. Wilson allegedly had a relationship with Hawes but broke it off. The two met on an Internet dating site, and Hawes told people Wilson was his fiancee. Hawes also had a history of abuse with his past wives, past girlfriends and daughters. Wilson had just been awarded tenure after teaching at USC for six years. She enjoyed snow sk iing and practiced yoga at a studio in Five Points.
Clemson student Steven Grich died from a bullet to the head on Dec. 8, 2012, The State reported. Lester Mosley Jr., 20, is accused of the crime, and is charged with murder, armed robbery and burglary. Mosley and three others broke into Grich’s apartment near the Clemson campus wearing ski masks in hopes of robbing Grich’s roommate of money and marijuana. After the men entered through a back door and demanded drugs, they beat Grich with a pistol and shot him. Mosley and the other men obtained a small amount of marijuana. Mosley was released on bond for a charge of assault by mob when he was arrested for shooting Grich.
The Department of Health and Environmental Control will contribute more than $250,000 to three South Carolina beaches, the Associated Press reported. These funds will be designated for the improvement of public access. North Myrtle Beach will use $110,000 from state funds as well as additional local funds to make the beach more accessible to the disabled in multiple areas. The city also intends to construct a restroom facility. The state is prov iding My rt le Beach wit h $90,000 to replace dune walkover structures. The project will also make use of local money. Folly Beach is combining its local funds with the $52,000 it was awarded to build park ing spaces for the disabled. The city also plans to improve a dune walkover.
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RENOVATIONS • Continued from 1 big cha nges — several at h let ics renovations are in the works for the coming years, as well. Trustees granted Phase I design a p p r o v a l t o c o n s t r u c t m e n ’s basketball offices and team spaces in what is now home to the graduatesonly Elephant Room, classrooms and of f ices. Volleyball and bot h men’s and women’s basketball would have team spaces. In the best case scenario, Gruner said, t he “potent ially $4 million project” would not break ground
FOOTBALL • Continued from 1 Juniors Brandon Wilds and Mike Davis combined for 159 yards and a touchdown on the day, and proved t hat t he hy pe surrounding Sout h Carolina’s backfield in the offseason was well-warranted. “We feed off each other pretty well, and I’d say it was a great effort by both of us,” Davis said. “We had a great game.” Dav is, a Georgia nat ive, said Saturday’s win meant more to him t han many in his Sout h Carolina career, a sentiment shared by a large portion of the team. The Gamecock roster features 27 players from Georgia, the most of any state, other than South Carolina. But according to Wilds, you didn’t have to hail from the Peach State to want to stick it to the Bulldogs. “It was a personal game to all of us, knowing that we’ve got a lot of players from Georgia,” Wilds said. “Knowing it was a rivalry game, we just had to keep pushing.” T he r e we r e s e v e r a l mo me nt s during Saturday’s win that tested the Gamecocks’ will to keep pushing, and they were rewarded for it. At t imes, it was t he opponent’s mistakes. I n t he f irst quar ter, G eorg ia’s powerhou se r u n n i ngback , Todd G u r l e y, r i p p e d o f f a 5 4 - y a r d touchdown run that was called back due to holding and the defense forced
u nt i l 2020, af ter t he School of Hotel, Rest au ra nt a nd Tou r ism Management moves out in 2019. The physical effects of renovations around campus are drawing to a close. But campus is still adjusting to the change, especially in increasingly tech-savvy buildings, like the Darla Moore School of Business. “ We h ave t o g e t ou r s t a f f e d trained,” Gruner said. “A person who would have carried a wrench before now carries a laptop computer.” DG
the Bulldogs to punt. At times, it was luck. In the fourth quarter, Thompson’s interception left Georgia in the red zone. The defense forced a f ield goal attempt that the Bulldog kicker missed. It was his second miss of the game after breaking the SEC record with 20-consecutive makes in the same game. And at times, it was the will to get that extra inch. With less than two minutes to go in the game, South Carolina faced a fourth-and-one and opted to forgo the punt to attempt get the first down. A nd by a mat ter of cent imeters, Thompson plunged forward and put the game out of reach for Georgia. On a you ng defense t hat spent Saturday proving it belonged in the stacked SEC, Skai Moore made the biggest impression. The sophomore f i n ished w it h a tea m-lead i ng 10 tackles, and after the game, he put into words what South Carolina did in the monumental win. “When our back’s against the wall, our mindset is just to gut up,” he said. “Who wants it more is going to get it ... We preached that to everybody on the field, just let them know that we’ve got to gut up and make a play.”
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ISSUE Pre-pharmacy students can now get a B.S. in four years. OUR STANCE This long-awaited change is a big step forward, but should have been done long ago. Until very recently, there was a tough choice facing those who thought they were interested in pursuing a pre-pharmacy career at USC after high school. Unlike most other majors, pre-pharmacy st udents have t heir ent ire college careers planned out for them. With the exception of a few electives, most of the courses are locked in place from the first semester freshman year onward. A dd it io n a l l y, t ho s e w ho f ou nd out t wo y e a r s l at e r t h a t , d i s a s t r o u s l y, t h e y were interested in music or ocea nog raphy or fash ion merchandising instead had to drop out of USC and enroll
again in a different major. They then had to take two or more years of classes in order to get a B.S. in their new field, totaling six years at USC, a time and money commitment that not all students are willing — or able — to make. L a s t F r i d a y, t h e b o a r d of t r u stees decided to g ive t he g reen light to a B.S. in
“For a very long time, the locked-in nature of prepharmacy program was an acceptable problem.” pharmacy, giving these students the opportunit y to graduate in four years with a degree, if they so choose. Additionally, it lowers our drop-out rates, which were art if icially high w he n c ou nt i n g t ho s e w ho switched from pre-pharmacy. T h e b e s t p a r t ? No n e w expenditure is needed to make this change. It’s all on paper. No
new teachers and no new classes — just a different allocation of available resources. W hich brings up the q u e s t io n , w h y w a s n’t t h i s change made earlier? Ot her colleges, like Clemson, offered such a program long before we did. W hy wasn’t the change made until now? We’re not quite sure what the answer is. Michael A miridis said that the board should have made the change before now, but didn’t provide any concrete reasons as to why this has taken so long. W hat t h is mea ns, on t he whole, is that some problems seem part like of the woodwork . For a ver y long time, the locked-in nature of the pre-pharmacy program was an acceptable, necessary risk that everyone took. As it turns out, it was neither acceptable or necessary. This begs the question: what other “acceptable” problems should we be looking at?
Memories remain 13 years later Student reflects on gaping holes left by 9/11 attacks If you were fort unate, you were able to walk past the 3,000 or so m i n iat u re U. S. f lag s sticking straight up from the soil outside the Russell House last Thursday. These f lags represented the innocent lives taken from their families and their friends 13 years ago on that day. They were a mixed metaphor. Small markers in the ground were reminiscent of graves. The thick stem and bright colors were reminiscent of flowers in full bloom. A l s o, t he f l a g s wer e not specified by name. Each f lag could represent one of the dead, or all of them. I stood on the edge of the field, staring at them flutter for some time. The following were some of my thoughts as I watched the flags: First: I don’t want to seem f lippa nt, but we shou ld remember that not all of those mu rdered were A mer ic a n s. Many of those killed were from other countries, including the U.K., India and South Korea. E v e n s o , t h i s s h o u l d n’t trouble us too much. After all, it was Jean-Marie Colombani, the French writer of “Le Monde,” who famously wrote, “We are all Americans!” the day after. It is important to remember that 9/11 was an international tragedy. It was as if the kind of kid who cuts open small animals
became God for a day. It could affect anyone in any place. That internat ionalist sentiment would last for a while longer. A s t hose event s recede f rom ou r ever-more dista nt memor y, t he absence of t he people on those planes and in those buildings becomes more pronounced. 13 years of not bei ng t here for birt hday part ies, p o e t r y r e c it a l s , cof fee shops. 13 years of children Ben u n b o r n (e m p t y Crawford third-grade chairs, Second-year empt y cubbyEnglish and holes, empt y Russian student clothes). 13 years of music unplayed and unheard. 13 years in a more empt y, more quiet world. Also important to remember: the people on those planes were not martyrs — a term we tend to use with reverence, even now. They did not get on those planes ready to die for anything or anyone. The most they were prepared for was, perhaps, the miser y of airplane food and uncomfortable seating. By b e i n g t r ap p e d i n t he top of a burning building and choosing to jump, they were not defending a national ideal. They did not “give their lives” in the way soldiers are said to do. Their lives were taken by those men who were willing to “give their lives.” Those are people who were martyrs and are remembered as
martyrs. The possible exception being, of course, those passengers of United 93, who were willing to risk, not give, their lives to prevent the unthinkable: the destruction of the White House or Congress. They tried to keep the plane in the air after taking control of the cockpit. They didn’t want to die. The best words written on this subject were written four days after 9/11 by the English writer Ian McEwan in his “Only love and then oblivion” column published in The Guardian. I n u n m at c h e d p r o s e , h e recounts that of the hundreds of phone calls made from the v ic t i ms to t hei r loved ones ended in “I love you.” “She said it over and again,” he writes of one victim trapped in the WTC. “Before the line went dead. A nd t hat is what t he y were a l l s ay i ng dow n their phones, from the hijacked planes and the burning towers. There is only love, and then oblivion. Love was all they had to set against the hatred of their murderers.” All of this came to me while watching the flags. T h e l a s t t h o u g ht I h a d , standing there as the sky slowly lost its light and dark came on in its fullness, was of the person who would come and pick up all of those flags and pile them in their shifting thousands into some metal-and-diesel vehicle. Then I wiped my face, kicked the dirt off of the bottom of my shoe, and decided that class was worth going to.
Humanity of artist is dissolved when image is over-sexualized The popular opinion of 2014 seems to be of one mind and two. Pop culture: music videos, TV shows, magazines and of course social media (ahem Kim Kardashian’s endless over the shoulder selfies) seem to all agree that while it may not be the year of the donkey, it’s defi nitely the year of the ass. This subject matter with male artists seems to be a well that will never run dry, “She got a big booty, so I call her big booty”, “My anaconda don’t want none unless you got buns hun”, “Fat bottomed girls make the rocking girl go round”, and my personal favorite, “Been around the world don’t speak the language, but that booty don’t need explaining” (so simple even Jason Derulo can understand). What’s new, however, seems to be the lengths female artists will go to showcase their backsides. Maybe artists are thinking since Miley Cyrus’ twerk-ademic shot her to new levels of fame it’ll work for them too. Titles like Nicki Minaj’s, “Anaconda,” and Jennifer Lopez ft. Iggy Azalea’s, “Booty” cut straight Emilie to the point: I got a big booty … and Dawson Third-year public that’s it. relations student The v ideos feat u re t he art ist s wearing nothing but a pink G-string and the women in bodysuits having what looks like corn syrup poured all over them. The visual st imu lat ion pract ically block out a ny vocal qualities to get as many views as possible (no matter if all of them are most likely to be newly pubescent boys.) Recently two of these artists, Minaj and Azalea were feuding after Minaj made a public gibe that Azalea doesn’t write her own lyrics. I guess it’s nice that they think it matters what their lyrics say? And honestly Nicki, you took the hook and premise of your song from Sir Mix-A-Lot don’t act like that was so original. I watched Nick i Minaj’s “A naconda,” and immediately thought of the Venus Hottentot, an African woman brought to England in the 1800s to be stripped naked, and displayed in a cage like an animal to the good English people for a small fee. Minaj and her dancers dressed up in jungle attire to writhe on top of each other in the tropic heat thus enforcing an even stronger likeness to that poor woman’s objectification long ago. Is it okay because Minaj chose to do this? Is it empowering because she’s making the money off of it? I don’t see how. Stripping a song or performance down to a single body part takes away the humanity of the artist therefore making the woman an object. It’s the same concept advertisers have been using for years to sell products using women’s bodies. If it’s just her leg or her cleavage or her mouth who cares about her brain or her emotions? For men to see women as equals someday, women need to be seen as human. Humans are sexual beings, and these artists are definitely driving that point home, but with an entire nation and world as their captive audience it seems like they could think of something a little more empowering to say and do.
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Benjamin McKenzie stars as a younger rendering of future Gotham City Police Commissioner Jim Gordon in Bruno Heller’s newest series premiering next Monday.
Fox’s new “Batman” series should reach its full potential eventually Belvin Olasov
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When making a TV show about Gotham City without Batman, there’s a right way and a wrong way of doing it — you can tell a more down-toearth story using Batman’s themes, or you can make a gimmicky ripoff. For the first part of the “Gotham” pilot, it does things the wrong way. The episode opens with the murder of Bruce Wayne’s parents, and things don’t get much more subtle from there. Winking references to future villains abound — the pilot features at least four major Batman villains in some form or another. All together, these elements threaten to make the series little more than ham-handed foreshadowing. With luck, the clumsy bits are just an indication of an overstuffed pilot because there’s a very good TV show just underneath the surface. Benjamin McKenzie portrays future police commissioner Jim Gordon with straight-laced intensity and plays well off of co-star Donal Logue ’s grouchy
Harvey Bullock. The two form the core of the show’s confl ict: how can you be a good man in a rotten cit y? Gordon is the idealist, trying to do right by his city, and by young orphan, Bruce Wayne. Bullock is the worldly, corrupted cop who does things the only way he thinks he can. If the good cop/bad cop setup seems a little well-worn, that’s because it is. You can see the expository flop sweat dripping off the screen when Gordon tells Bullock “you’re a cynic,” but even if it’s an old dynamic, it works. Gordon has especially strong scenes with young Bruce Wayne, as he takes it upon himself to make right the murder of his parents. They have relatively few scenes together, but when they are talking, it seems like the emotional backbone of the series. It’ll be interesting to see how their relationship develops in future episodes. What works less well are the villains — Jada Pinkett Smith plays crime boss, Fish Mooney, and her acting does little to help the cartoonish character. Adolescent Oswald Cobblepot, better known as The Penguin, has an appealing wiliness that’s unfortunately pushed too far into goofi ness. Luckily the “Batman” series has a big roster of
villains to choose from, so they have time to fi nd their groove. A big boost for the series is its cinematography and set design — you immediately know what kind of city Gotham is by the well-colored fi lm noir locations. The atmospheric visuals, and occasional stylish directorial flourishes do a lot for sense of place that the writing doesn’t. The series snaps into focus as the episode goes on and the plot strands multiply. It becomes clear that the show knows how to be something other than Batman-minus-Batman. It’s a crime story about how to best care for a city and how far the law and morality can be stretched. The setting is the real star of “Gotham,” and it seems that creator Bruno Heller (of HBO’s “Rome”) understands that. While a lot of the pilot is clunky, it shows enough potential to be worth sticking with. After all, it’s Batman. Even with Bruce Wayne as a child, the gothic charms of Gotham City and its iconic villains are irresistible. Once the show learns to be more confident in that fact and not rely on gimmicks and clichés, it’ll reach its full potential. DG
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Despite your best efforts at halting any advances from creepy loners lurking amongst Five Points this past weekend, Bono might have still found his way into your front pocket. If you’ve updated any devices to iOS7, then “Songs of Innocence,” U2’s latest album release, is now nestled amongst your collection of albums. The fi rst half of the album follows the classic U2 formula with an arena-rock track followed by a whiny ballad. The verse-chorus-verse-chorus format is getting a little obsolete. The Edge still has some nice guitar licks, but, in keeping consistent with the rest of the band, they are recycled, save for the fuzzy solo on “Sleep Like a Baby Tonight,” an isolated thrill in an otherwise bland song. Deceptively, the band put the most bearable song first. The initial track, “The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone)” has a decent blend of vocal harmonies and power chords such that the datedness is almost nostalgia-inducing. But soon enough, it will find its way into the sonic niche of car
commercials where it belongs. Bono’s ability to sound confessional in his love songs without really saying anything is utterly remarkable. The romance of the ballads might sound poetic to middle-aged divorcés, but it seems that iTunes might be confusing the populations of those that pay for the iPhone 6 with those that use the iPhone 6. “Volcano” could have been a decent t rack because of a jammy bass-line, but again Bono is too basic of a songwriter to listen to for very long. Age may not show itself explicitly in drums, bass or guitar, but Bono’s strained voice from years of singing and a generational gap in the quality of lyrics are impossible to mask. Acclaimed producer, Danger Mouse, is many things, but he is not a fountain of youth. The premier songwriter of “Songs of Innocence” might be just a little too experienced. Releasing the album automatically to personal iTu nes accou nt s is par t of a “collaborat ion between Apple and U2 beginning 10 years ago.” According to the Apple website, “never before have so many people owned one album, let alone on the day of its release.” Is there something altruistic about distributing your product for free? Maybe so. But in the same way that it can feel like a hassle between classes to discard a free coupon book from one of the aggressive distributors on Greene Street, it feels like Apple is saying “here, you throw this away for us.” If you can push through the boredom of tracks 2-9, the album closes tolerably. “This Is Where MUSIC • 6
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MUSIC • Continued from 5 You Can Reach Me Now” is quite eng ros si ng on a l l i n st r u ment a l f ront s. The coolest part s of t he entire record are the introduction and choruses to the last track, “The Troubles,” where someone sings
besides Bono : Swedish singer Lykke Li repeats an ominous, spellbinding refrain. But enticing tracks to open and close does not a top-selling album make. Fortunately for U2, they didn’t have to sell it to you. DG
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Skai Moore (middle) collected 10 tackles Saturday, including six on Georgia’s Todd Gurley. Brison Williams (left) and Jordan Diggs (right) had three and two, respectively.
Dylan Thompson attempted only four passes in fans in the country. I really appreciate them for Fans log 5th-largest crowd in the second half after passing for 240 yards and that.” history of Williams-Brice vs. UGA three touchdowns in the first half. Rain began to fall again in the second half, David Roberts
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Get more with Moore: South Carolina will linebacker Skai Moore notched 10 tackles against Georgia this weekend, leading the team, and setting a new career high in his second season out of Cooper City, Florida. Six of Moore’s 10 tackles came against Georgia running back Todd Gurley. “He was my assignment sometimes,” Moore said on his coverage of Gurley. “Whenever I had him man-to-man, I went to go make a play. There was no scheme, though.” Six of Moore’s tackles from Saturday were solo stops. After three games, Moore leads the Gamecocks with 23 combined tackles, and also has a team-high 16 unassisted tackles. He’s second in the SEC in unassisted tackles and tied for fifth with Georgia linebacker Amarlo Herrera in combined tackles. Milking the clock: For the second consecutive game, South Carolina was able to run effectively in the second half while preserving a late lead. Redshirt senior
Junior running back Brandon Wilds received 11 of his 14 carries in the second half, and rushed for back-to-back big gains to open up the four quarter, the latter being a 24-yard touchdown run. “We were trying to run out the clock,” Wilds said of his late runs. “That was a key part of the last couple drives — just running out the clock. Just getting first downs and being able to take a knee at the end of the game, of course.” Fan turnout: Though the start of the game was delayed for nearly 90 minutes, Saturday’s crowd of 84,232 was the fifth-largest crowd ever packed inside of Williams-Brice. Fans who entered the stadium an hour prior to the original 3:30 p.m. kickoff endured the driving rain and countless warnings to seek shelter. The game eventually kicked off at 5:05 p.m., after multiple lightning strikes in the area extended the delay. Redshirt senior Nick Jones addressed the support from the fans after South Carolina’s victory, expressing his appreciation for their resilience. “I’d just like to thank our fans for staying through that whole weather delay,” Jones said. “They’re amazing, and I think we have the best
but fans stuck around for the conclusion of the Gamecocks’ 38-35 win. Gamecocks in SEC rankings: Gurley – T-9th in combined tackles (18) Moore – 2nd in unassisted tackles (16) Moore – T-5th in combined tackles (23) Thompson – 4th in passing yards (903) Jones – 5th in receiving yards (244) Looking ahead: Next week, the No. 14 Gamecocks travel to Vanderbilt in their first road test of the season. The Commodores (1-2, 0-1 SEC) picked up their first win and first offensive touchdown — against Massachusetts in a 34-31 come-from-behind victory. The Gamecocks were outscored 25-14 after the first quarter of last year’s game against Vanderbilt, but they ultimately pulled out a 35-25 win in their first conference win of the 2013 season. While South Carolina is slated to face Vanderbilt next week, Florida must travel to Bryant-Denny Stadium to take on No. 3 Alabama. A win for the Gamecocks paired with a loss by Florida would send South Carolina to the top of the SEC East division in a tie with the Gators. DG
Anderson, offense enjoy breakout day Thompson passes for 271 yards, 3 scores Tanner Abel @TABELABEL
With such a dramatic ending to Sout h Carolina’s v ictor y against Georgia, the performance by the Gamecock receiving corps might be a tad overlooked. It lo o k e d l i k e f o r m e r S o u t h Ca rol i na g reat , A lshon Jef fer y, rubbed off on the team’s current pass-catchers with several players making tough receptions in traffic as brutal contact awaited to greet them. The notable playmakers Saturday i n t he v e r t ic a l g a m e i n c lu d e d redshirt senior Nick Jones and junior Shaq Roland at receiver as well as senior Ror y “Busta” A nderson at tight end. After a few missed opportunities last week against East Carolina, the receivers and tight ends made up for it in this week’s contest, and Anderson was pleased he could hang on to the ball against the Bulldogs. “I’m a Georgia boy and I felt like this was a personal game for me,” he said. “First, because I’m from Georgia and last year didn’t go as planned. Stuff happens, but we were able to bounce back.” The passing attack significantly affected the game, mainly in the f irst half. By half t ime, redsh ir t senior Dylan Thompson had already accumulated 240 passing yards and three touchdowns through the air. The Gamecocks took advantage of
openings in the middle of the field, and t heir receivers found spaces between the Bulldogs’ linebackers and secondary with ease. “The coaching staf f, we had a great game plan,” Jones said. “We’ve been working on that all week. We k new the middle of the field was going to be wide open.” Roland opened the scoring in the fi rst quarter when Thompson threw a jump ball toward the receiver’s b a c k s h o u l d e r. R o l a n d f o u g ht through blanket coverage to fi nish off the 10-yard play. Trailing 10-7 late in fi rst quarter, G a m e c o c k s o p h o m o r e Ph a r o h Cooper caught a quick screen on the outside, and juked past a defender to complete the eight-yard touchdown. A nder s on m ade h i s pre s e nc e k now n f rom t he st ar t, wh ile he continued on his way to career-high five receptions that totaled 67 yards. He cashed in with a touchdown of his own in the second quarter, as he went up for a ball in the middle of the field with a defender draped over his back. It looked like defensive pass interference, but Anderson managed to come dow n w it h t he 18 -yard score. After the game, the tight end said he redeemed himself for a similar play last season against Georgia, in which he dropped the pass in the end zone. “ L a s t y e a r, we r a n t he s a me exact play, and I didn’t go up and attack the ball last year, so I knew we were going to call it again this year because it was w ide open,”
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Rory “Busta” Anderson, a Georgia native, reeled in a career-high five receptions against the Bulldogs, including a touchdown reception in the second quarter. Anderson said. “I felt like I had to prove something, not only to people watching me but to myself.” Jones had the most yards of any South Carolina receiver, with 87 of them on four catches. He had a few t remendous catches along the sideline, including one where a Bu l ld o g d e f e nd e r ab s olut e l y pummeled him. His foot work to complete receptions during the fi rst three games of the season has been almost impeccable. Thompson said variety in receivers t h at c a n m a k e pl a y s i s c r u c i a l — especially in third down-andmedium distance situations, since
the defense has no idea where the ball is going. If the receiving corps can continue t o m a k e d i f f i c u lt c at c h e s a n d explosive plays in space, it may be a deciding factor whether or not the Gamecocks can make a run at an SEC championship. Jones said the receivers feed off the fans at Williams-Brice Stadium, and Saturday was no different. “I would like to thank our fans, staying through that whole weather delay,” he said. “They are amazing.” DG