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Tigers Rip Gamecocks 1 44 'xfr' I By BOB QUINCY Obttrvor Stitt Wrltir CLEMSON SC New pants and an old strong safety provided Clemson with enough Inspiration Saturday for a 27-6 victory over South Carolina and a worth of bragging rights in South Carolina The victory gave the Tigers a 6-5 record for the season and dulled any sheen 8-3 South Carolina might have carried into its Gator Bowl game Dec 29 against Pittsburgh The groundwork for effort began at the pregame meal when coach Danny Ford said he had something special for the Tigers He held up a pair of pants Orange pants Players cheered needed something anything to get us said Ford new pants The last time Clemson had used a uniform switch for psychological reasons was in 1967 when they came out with orange shoes and defeated NC State South Carolina coach Jim Car-len credit inspiration he blamed himself for an offensive error that led to the first touchdown After Eddie second field goal had tied the game 6-6 in the third period South Carolina began a drive from Its 23 and moved to the Clemson 16 mainly through the hard running of tailbacks George Rogers and backup Percy Reeves were gaining all sorts of yards on the ground My selection of plays cost said Carlen should have run outside" Instead quarterback Garry Harper tried to pass Strong safety Willie Underwood a 5-11 193-pound senior intercepted and raced 64 yards before Rogers chased him off the field at South 24 Clemson needed eight plays to set up a 1-foot touchdown sneak by quarterback Homer Jordan Obed Ariri who set multiple records with field goals and extra points Saturday kicked the lead up to 13-6 When South Carolina got the ball after the Tiger touchdown Underwood again anticipated a pass This time he stepped in front of intended receiver Ben Cornett grabbed the football and dashed 37 yards for a touchdown Harper said it was his fault misread defense I thought they were in man-to-man and they were in zones both times (both interceptions)" Carlen said the first intercep- See TIGERS Page 4C Col I Tar Amos Lawrence In Squeeze Play Duke's Koe Rowe (right) stops rushing attempt Running Helps Tar Heels KO Blue Devils Rally Heels to finish 6-0 in the ACC winning the conference title outright for the fourth time (the others were 1971 and North Carolina tied for the crown in 1963 The Tar Heels play Dec 31 in Bluebonnet Bowl against Texas game had more twists and turns than a mountain chase In addition there were more than a half-dozen punching incidents that threatened to turn the game into a Pier Six brawl Fortunately the fisticuffs never got out of hand although several players were ejected When hostilities finally ended these were the keys to the Tar See Page 4C Col 2 UPI Photo South Horace Smith Find The the ball bounced out of his hands Usiyan Is Striker In Goal Mine By WHITEY KELLEY Obiaiw Sports Editor CHAPEL HILL Amid all the trappings of a bitter backyard brawl North bowl-bound football team dispatched Duke 44-21 Saturday and finished the season with a 10-1 record Emotions on both sides were rubbed raw before the Tar running game with Kelvin Bryant and Amos Lawrence as the cutting edge finally prevailed That was after Duke made a startling comeback from a nightmarish start pulling within 23-21 in the third quarter The crowd of 51-389 had envisioned a one-sided affair when North Carolina built a 23-0 lead in the first 16 minutes The victory enabled the Tar Hot Air Seething Bob Quincy son wrote Newman telling him the cause was as worthy as ecology Johnson enclosed a $6 check and in return was sent several petition forms and a T-shirt The shirt features a red-on-white cartoon of Cosell with the lettering Turn Off Howard felt so strongly about it I circulated the petitions (urging the ouster of Cosell) asking for said Johnson sent 110 names to Newman but it seem to have done any Cosell continues as strong as a flu epidemic and it will take more than petitions to shrink humble $800000-a-year income Cosell has found success is being obnoxious unfair at times and always loud Being unloved has made Howard Cosell rich efforts with the petition were interesting and I think they See CLUB Page 13C Col 1 Handle On A Pass during 2nd-quarter action Thompson Usiyan scored 1 08 goals Clemson SC Appalachian beats Clemson 3-2 earlier this season behind two goals He is marked doggedly by Tiger defenders all afternoon But twice Usiyan is briefly left alone Or he has sneaked away Goal Goal The Apps have their biggest victory Boone In a first-round 1978 NCAA playoff game Appalachian trounces George Washington 9-3 Usiyan scores seven goals Seven goals took only seven shots all he says They all went in What can 1 say?" It is nature to be pleasant He also can be impatient and See ALL-AMERICA Pg 12C Cl 1 lose around Davidson Cullowhee and Chapel Hill He could push legislation for real grass at Conrad Stadium which is carpeted with the artificial1 stuff Tell-tale signs of Tommy pure efficiency as a scorer of soccer goals obvious exactly the way it should be the way Usiyan wants it to be Because by scoring 108 goals with more possible Usiyan has used his mind every bit as much as his equally agile body Usiyan says want the defenders and goalkeeper to commit themselves They go one way I go the other I have to be able to read their minds That is the work of a When the striker succeeds he becomes the goal scorer the rare breed of player capable of consistently scoring It is a mix of instinct anticipation and superior skills Usiyan has each quality where I should be at the right time" he says in the world can stay with me all the time Coaches tell their players to stay with Thompson the whole game go with him to the bathroom impossible The game is too long At times I can sneak off" By DAVID SCOTT Observer Staff Writer BOONE The short tour of Appalachian campus is directed by Thompson Usiyan the All-America soccer player The walk is spiced with conversation of unparalleled Appalachian career as a scorer of 108 goals his thoughts on being a stranger in a strange land an outlook on the NCAA first-round playoff game at 1 pm today in Boone against Duke Not a lot comes from the chat Every time Usiyan (pronounced Yoo-SIGH-an) begins to develop his thoughts something like this happens My man! How you Usiyan replies to the passing student looking His angular face then frowns as he tries to remember where he had left off with his companion yes It was very difficult my freshman year Then tommy How are you today "Oh Usiyan says laughing And so it goes Thompson Usiyan for student body president? A landslide? Heck let him go for US Senate sure get the Boone vote But probably Has Club The was more than Howard Cosell could stand San Dan Fouts had just thrown a long incomplete pass and Cosell pro football commentator was raging can a quarterback of experience make such a call" Cosell bleated during Thursday game he needs is short yardage but he throws long and inaccurately A dumb play and all that can be ABC color man Fran Tarkenton who soothes Cosell in contrast to the sting of Don Meredith the other color man injected think Fouts made the long throw because Miami defenders had the short men pretty well Cosell continued to grumble He would not be Howard Cosell otherwise One reason Jim Johnson ordered the T-shirt was a sharp dislike for outbursts which often slices a victim without benefit of reason think Cosell is egotistical He has no knowledge of so many events he covers for said Johnson 56 a retiree living in Matthews During the summer Johnson read about Kevin Newman who formed a Turn Off Howard Cosell John- for a while there I was looking at maybe having to sit out next said Baker a veteran been racing for 21 of his 39 years now with Hoss got a situation that exactly suits my style run 15 to 20 superspeedway races depending on how sponsorship develops and where had my best success and where Hoss really makes his cars perform at a Baker has been without a ride since September when it was an- Inside Today NC State salvages a winning record with 36-14 smashing of East Carolina Page 4C Records and penalty flags fall as Wake Forest topples Appalachian 28-16 Page 5C Michigan tops Ohio State 9-3 winning Big Ten title and Rose Bowl berth Page 10C Oklahoma rallies past Nebraska 21-17 and eyes Orange Bowl bid Page 10C NC State's basketball team has no-star look Page 13C Coming Monday: The Observer's Special Basketball Section Buddy Baker looks to big tracks Sportswaves Baker Ellington Cut Deal For A Hard-Charging Buffalo Bills 3:45 WSOC-AM (930) WNNC-AM (1230 Newton) WSTP-AM (1490 Salisbury) 4:00 GD CzD NFL: Washington Redskins at Dallas Cowboys Miscellaneous 6:00 wrestling 7:00 Sportsman 7:30 World Monday Football 7:30 Clemson: Danny Ford Show 8:00 Redskin Review: Mark Moseley host 8:50 WRKB-FM (997 KannaMtis) WRHI-AM (1340 Rock Hill) 9:00 NFL: Los Angeles Rams at New Orleans Saints 12:30 am Football '80 Miscellaneous 7:05 WSOC-AM Sportsilne: Tom Miller host Open-phone call-in show Today Basketball 11 am North Carolina: Dean Smith Show Football 9 am State: Bill Davis Show 10:30 am North Carolina: Dick Crum Show Noon Carolina: Jim Carlen Show 12:30 CD Today: feature on Dallas Cowboys defensive back Charlie Waters of Clemson 12:30 NFL '80: feature on Heisman Trophy candidates Mark Herrmann of Purdue and Hugh Green of Pittsburgh 12:30 Carolina: Jim Carlen Show 1:00 (3D d) WSAT-AM (1380 Satis-burvH-NFL: Chicago Bears at Atlanta Falcons 1:00 Pittsburgh Steelers at By TOM HIGGINS Observer Staff Writer Stock car racing star Buddy Baker is back in the saddle again And Baker of Charlotte has a for a mount Baker the defending Daytona 500 champion and record holder for the fastest 500-mile race ever run and colorful Wilmington team owner-crew chief Hoss Ellington said Saturday night they have agreed to join for the 1981 NASCAR Winston Cup circuit season nounced be replaced on the Charlotte-based Ranier Racing Team by Bobby Allison Allison quit the Bud Moore Engineering organization to join Ranier Friday Moore named Benny Parsons to take over his cars builds his cars to run hard" Baker said A month ago Ellington learned David Pearson whom hired in the spring was leaving to join a team being formed by Joel Halpern See BAKER Page 12C Col 4.