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Markets Section Wednesday, September 23, 1981 3 Clemson has a breather before Kentucky tmwm el as top alh) FOSTER! tiger ctoseup The South gets it again, in the snoot The two top-ranked college football teams in the country will play a football game Saturday. It'll be sort of a September blend of Rose Bowl and Orange Bowl when Southern Cal and Oklahoma get together. It'll be televised over 216 ABC-TV stations in the country. Four ABC-TV stations won't carry it. Now to win today's prize, which is a migraine headache, which one of those two T.

By Chris Smith News staff writer CLEMSON Though their impressive 13-3 upset victory over then fourth-ranked Georgia boosted the Clemson Tigers to No. 18 in the nation, Coach Danny Ford, at least, has been rated No. During Tuesday's weekly press luncheon, sports information director Bob Bradley announced that Ford has been named United Press International's national coach of the week. Upon receiving a round of applause by the attending media, Ford modestly replied, "No applause, please, just throw money." Apparently no one had any loose change. No matter.

Ford must have felt suitably compensated by the performance of his players last Saturday. The defense was simply outstanding, causing nine turnovers and stifling Georgia's versatile attack. The offense, meanwhile, did its part to win. "Some people seemed disappointed with 13 points, but we were delighted," Ford said. "We didn't want to give them anything; we did everything we wanted to do.

We could have had better selection on first down plays; that was my doing. But we're delighted we won. It was a great game and a great win." Having only briefly reviewed the game films, Ford still could say he saw nothing which really disappointed him. There were flaws, but none were flagrant. "The most promising thing about the team this week was that they knew what they had to do," Ford continued.

"We didn't give the game away on our kicking game like we did a year ago. Our kicking game had to be a whole lot better. We had to keep on them, and Dale Hatcher (freshman punter who averaged over 43 yards a punt) did the job." Clemson did hurt itself twice on easy field goal attempts, once with a bad snap and once with a bad kick, but Ford said, "Those things are going to happen. In a close game, though, you need to do those things better." categories do you think WLOS falls into? Bye-bye Southern Cal-Oklahoma. Hello Appalachian State-Citadel at 5 p.m.

Saturday. It will be shown over the ABC affiliates in Asheville and Mount Pleasant, N.C. V7 Evidently some high-ranking ABC official got hold of Foster some bad fried chicken in Greenwood, and Jackson, too, because they're not getting the game which might produce the national champion, either. They get Jackson State vs. Mississippi Valley State, which is a very large game among the girl friends and immediate families of the two teams involved.

They are Ford's main concern about the offense was the continued lack of punch from his tailbacks. "I'm happy for our offense, but we're just not getting what we need out of our tailbacks," he said. "We may not be giving them enough opportunity. We've depended too much on our quarterback and wide receivers. Maybe we have to put in something different.

If we are going to be a good team, we're going to have to get more yardage out of our backs. "Looking at the statistics, I see a few other things we're not very good on. One is the amount of return yards we've given up. Twelve yards a punt is too much. We're also leading all the teams we've played in penalties, which isn't a good sign.

And we're still a little shy on our rushing. That gets back to our tailbacks. We need to be up a little." The defense, meanwhile, may not have been flawless, but it surely hasn't made many mistakes. "We felt we had as good personnel as they (the Bulldogs) do," Ford continued, "and we were able to put pressure on them. We kept the ball away from their receivers.

I don't know if the secondary could have played much better. "But," he added, "there are plenty of things Clemson needs to work on to become the kind of team this team wants to be." Still, a 3-0 start isn't bad. And with this coming weekend off, the Tigers have a chance to get their feet back on the ground before turning total attention to Kentucky, their next opponent. Prior to the season, Ford realized the Tulane game of two weeks ago would be a very critical game for Clemson. "I thought we could be a pretty good team if we won," he said.

"But now, looking at Kentucky, this game coming up is a lot bigger than we ever realized. We've got to go on the road and come down to earth. See Ford, Page 2D AP top 20 1. Southern Cal (46) 2-0-0 1,258 2. Oklahoma (15) 1-0-0 1,203 3.

Penn St. (2) 1-0-0 1,092 4. Texas (1) 1-0-0 1,038 5. Pittsburgh 2-0-0 976 6. UCLA 2-0-5 912 7.

Michigan (1) 1-1-0 903 8. Ohio St 2-0-0 832 9. North 2-0-0 806 10. Alabama 2-1-0 556 11. Brigham 3-0-0 554 12.

Mississippi St 2-0-0 549 13. Notre Dame 1-1-0 548 14. Miami, Fla 2-0-0 439 15. Nebraska 1-1-0 412 16. Washington 2-0-0 378 17.

Georgia 2-1-0 365 18. Arizona St. 2-0-0 265 19. Clemson 3-0-0 227 20. So.

Methodist 3-0-0 125 Staff photographer David Crosby Clemson Coach Danny Ford smiles a while after being named UPl's national college coach of the week 8tti, 1 9th TTIgerel: Newt staff, wire reports Clemson's Tigers, who conquered defending national champion Georgia 13-3 Saturday at Death Valley, edged into the nation's top 20 Tuesday, The Tigers were rated 18th in the United Press International poll and 19th by, The Associated Press. Southern Cal became the third team in as many weeks to hold the No. 1 position. The Trojans (2-0) were picked the top team by both wire services. Oklahoma, also 2-0, was the consensus pick as the No.

2 team. The two team play each other Saturday; it will be the first time in recent years the top two teams have met in the regular season. UPI top 20 1. Southern Calif. (28) 2-0-0 584 2.

Oklahoma (10) 1-0-0 526 3. Penn St. (1) 1-0-0 447 4. Texas (1 2-0-0 441 .5. Pittsburgh 2-0-0 422 6.

Michigan 1-1-0 343 7. UCLA 2-0-0 339 8. Ohio St. 2-0-0 332 9. North Carolina 2-0-0 294 10.

Alabama 2-1-0 165 11. Notre Dame 1-1-0 127 12. Nebraska 1-1-0 125 13. Brigham Young 3-0-0 124 14. Mississippi St 2-0-0 117 15.

Miami (Fla.) 2-0-0 111 16. Georgia 2-1-0 95 17. Washington 2-0-0 80 18. Clemson 3-0-0 28 19. Florida 2-1-0 14 20.

(tie) Arkansas 2-0-0 11 West Virginia 2-0-0 11 Clemson is 3-0, with victories over Wof-ford and Tulane to go along with the big upset of Georgia. The Bulldogs, who were rated fourth prior to playing the Tigers, plummeted 16th in the UPI poll and 17th inthe AP panel of sportswriters. Georgia is 2-1, and will play host to South Carolina Saturday in an effort to reverse its fortunes. Other teams receiving first place votes were Penn State, Texas and Michigan, in addition to Oklahoma. Penn State wound up third in both polls, while Texas and Pittsburgh rounded out the top five.

Besides Clemson, new entries into the top 20 include Charley Pell's Florida Gators (2-1). Dooley prepares for 'best defense' two teams from the State of Mississippi, and their game has people in Mississippi so excited it's being played in Memphis, Tenn. WLOS has no choice in the matter. For ABC to put a team on TV, and then not require its area TV station to show it, would be like a coed sponsoring one player at the homecoming game then going with another to the homecoming dance. Ironically, we're not getting the game because of The Citadel being in our state, we're getting it because App State and Boone, N.C, are tuned to the same ABC station we watch.

Columbia and Charlotte will get the big one. Busy switchboard Dbnn Bernstein; the public relations director for ABC-TV sports, said on the phone Tuesday that he never remembered as many protests coming after a September Saturday TV slate was announced. The good news is that we won't have to put up with this much longer. It will not be in the next contract. In fact when the CFA gets through explaining things to the networks and the NCAA in December, the average TV viewer in the country should come out ahead.

i What hit ABC upside the head is a 1 provision in the NCAA-ABC contract which says a team can be on TV only twice a season, and only one of those can be a clean national showing (every ABC station). There are a couple of exceptions, such as changed dates (exception dates) for games, and bowls. But the NCAA didn't want to shoot its national showing of Southern Cal or Oklahoma right now, "because later Southern Cal would have to be regional and Oklahoma would have to be regional, and the fans would really raise hell then." So, to make a game such as this one at least technically regional (although it will be on 98.2 percent of the stations) "we had to have 'pocket regionals'," explained Bernstein, and Greenville is one of the four pockets. Bernstein said to be fair with the NCAA, "It's a 50-50 responsibility. If we had different guidelines, we would have carried the Nebraska-Perm State game early and the Southern Cal-Oklahoma game late.

But we have these guidelines, and we felt we had to save Southern Cal's national date for possibly UCLA and Oklahoma's possibly for the Texas game." Clemson studied The question of. Clemson and TV was raised in the middle of the discussion, and Bernstein said they are looking to Clemson as a probable. The two most likely dates are Oct. 3, in the game at Kentucky, or Nov. 7, when the Tigers play at North Carolina.

Meanwhile, he advised that much of the static ABC has heard since Monday's decisions has concerned its decision not to televise the Perm State-Nebraska game anywhere. That's a game involving two super powers, and the people in the two home areas of those teams are going to settle for something else. That's not as aggravating, though, as knowing the rest of the country is getting something to which you are equally entitled except by a draw of the straws to carry out a bad rule. This is one time in television's life when it has to satisfy somebody besides the sponsor and viewer. The NCAA-ABC agreement requires that the magic of exposure and the TV money be spread around.

It is that spreading which is blocking 1.8 percent of ABC's stations from carrying the Oklahoma-Southern Cal game. It ought to be a great boon to late Saturday afternoon yard work in those areas. of the nation. It's hard to have a winning season, that way." After the fiasco in Death Valley, which included five Buck Belue interceptions and four fumbles, Dooley's concern grew stronger with the realization that USC has turned the ball over just three times in three games. "That (turnovers) is the first order of contention, and then we go from there," said Dooley, "and where we go from there is that we're playing a team that in some ways resembles the team we just played.

By that I mean, one, they have an exceptional defense. I would rather suspect that definitely they have a chance of being better than Clemson. See Georgia, Page 2D By Mike Hunt News staff writer ATHENS, Ga. Saying that South Carolina's defense is better than Clemson's, Georgia coach Vince Dooley talked Tuesday about the possibility of two straight losses for his defending national The Bulldogs, in giving Clemson nine turnovers, lost for the first time Saturday after 15 consecutive victories. This Saturday, Georgia faces a team strong in defense, but weak on offense.

"I don't know who we could beat on our schedule losing the ball like we've lost it," Dooley said. "Just to make a point, a year ago we led the nation in turnover ratio and now we might be at the bottom Homesick Magood leaves Gamecocks UGPOtlinht him to adjust to being away from home, I guess." The apparent loss of Hagood makes the USC offensive picture even more grim. If he does not return, freshman Kendrick Stafford (5-foot-ll, 180) of Hollywood, will back up Johnnie Wright at tailback in Saturday's game at Georgia. The Gamecocks, who have been hit hard with injuries this season, have already lost two fullbacks for the year. Carl Uacr (treo and Perrv Rpovps fhrnken By Mike Hunt; News staff writer COLUMBIA Kent Hagood, a University of South Carolina freshman tailback whom Jirrf Carlen has described as better than George Rogers as a freshman, has left the team.

4 Hagood, a former standout at Wren High, went home Monday. Carlen went to Hagood's home in Easley Monday night, but failed to bring the talanted player back to Columbia. Asked Tuesday if Hagood will return to the team, Carlen said, "It doesn't appear that way. He's got to come back and convince me he wants to come back." Carlen said Hagood's problem is homesickness. "He needs to be home near his mama," said Carlen.

"He was homesick at the Shrine Bowl and had a hard time staying at the Shrine Bowl. It's hard for Hi Staff leg) are gone, which caused Carlen to ac- If tivate sophomore Todd Berry from red- V7W I shirt status to back up sophomore Dom Blasingame at fullback. And because of Caroline Gowan urges her putt to go in during the women's state golf tournament at Greenville Country Club. Gowan's 74 gives her a one-stroke lead after one round. Page 4D.

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