The Daily Gamecock 9/8/14

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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Pirates kept at bay

Jeffrey Davis / THE DAILY GAMECOCK

Junior running back Mike Davis powered South Carolina’s offense with 18 carries for 101 yards and two touchdowns on on the way to a 33-23 victory against East Carolina.

Gamecocks overcome early deficit to earn first win of season, Spurrier’s 200th overall Danny Garrison

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Saturday night at Williams-Brice Stadium, South Carolina’s game against East Carolina began in ominous fashion after the Pirates went marching down the field, uncontested, on their fi rst two drives.

But those possessions would end in field goals, and things would start to click for the Gamecocks, leading to their 33-23 fi rst win of the season.

“Our guys had more fi re tonight,” head coach Steve Spurrier said. “We were a dead bunch last week, and it took some deep soul-searching really for these guys to say, ‘Hey, let’s go. Let’s pull this thing out.’”

Despite the fact that ECU entered the game from a decidedly inferior conference, anyone who saw both teams’ week one results knew Saturday’s game would be no cakewalk for South Carolina.

The G amecock s were f resh of f a recordbreakingly bad performance against Texas A&M, and East Carolina brought with it a high-powered offense that outscored its week-one opponent by 45 points.

The Pirates lived up to their billing, amassing 453 yards of total offense behind a 321-yard performance from quarterback Shane Carden.

His weapon of choice, wide out Justin Hardy, hauled in 11 balls for 133 yards in the game.

“They’re going to beat a lot of people. No question about that,” Spurrier said. “They’re a good quality opponent, they really are.”

In the fi rst game of the season, South Carolina lived and died by the big play. But Saturday night, the Gamecocks managed to find an offensive rhythm that was elusive in their fi rst 60 minutes of play.

South Carolina put together t wo offensive drives that lasted more than four minutes in the third quarter, and with roughly 12 minutes to go in the fourth, the Gamecocks milked the clock for 10 minutes to effectively put the nail in the Pirates’ coffi n.

Redshirt senior quarterback Dylan Thompson managed to complete 25 passes for 266 yards and a touchdown, but the passing game isn’t how you run 10 minutes off the clock. That kind of possession control comes from the run game.

And on Saturday, it came from Mike Davis.

The junior tailback had a resurgence against ECU, running for 101 yards on just 18 carries and scoring two touchdowns a week after his 15-yard performance against the Aggies.

Redshirt junior Brandon Wilds was the starting back against the Pirates, earning 14 carries for 53 yards of his own in committee with Davis.

“I think everybody verybody in t he stadium k new where re t he b a l l w a s g oi n g, and you still ll have success w itt h it,” T homp s on n s a id.

“A nd t h at show s you just the power that those guys have and t he abil it y they have.”

Due to nagging i nju r ies, Dav is has not started at eit her of Sout h C a r ol i n a’s fi rst two games. mes. But next week’s clash with Georgia is setting etting up to be a battle of the backs, w it h t he Bu l ldog s’ br uising r unner Todd Gurley playing ying opposite Davis.

And whether her or not the scenario dictates ctates it, Davis said he won’t n’t be pushing for more carries rries next week. “ T h at ’s n o t u p t o me. T h at ’ss t he coac he s’ d e c i s i o n ,” h e s a i d . “ W hateverr game pla n we have, I’m down own for.”

Sout h Ca rol i na’s comprehensive sive performance a g a i n s t t h e P i r at e s t h aatt earned Spurrier urrier his 200t h win as an SEC coach will serve as a confi nfidence booster heading into o what very well could be thee biggest game of the season.

But wit h Georgia loom ing, t he G amecock s are out of the he frying pan and into the fi re.. “ I ’m re a l l y proud of t he ent i re tea m , a l l of t hem ,” Spurrier said. d. “We’re not quite as talented as some of our teams in the past, but the kids hung in there and they ey played their hearts out.”

NEXT UP: GEORGIA

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First female artillery commander to train Second Lt. Tracci Dorgan, 36, is training to become the South Carolina National Guard’s first female combat field artillery commander, the Associated Press reported.

The move comes almost a year after the U.S. Army first began allowing female officers to command artillery units and after the Pentagon announced it would be opening more combat positions to women.

Dorgan will now, after completing training for five months at Fort Sill Oklahoma, command units of U.S. Army 32-ton Paladin Howitzers, designed as next generation self-propelled artillery cannons that “fi re precision rounds, accommodate additional armor protections and power more on-board electrical systems,” according to the official homepage of the U.S. Army.

Dorgan to complete additional study in mathematics in addition to the standard Army officer training for the position.

She previously studied at the Palmetto Military Academy for a yearlong program, known for its nearly 40 percent dropout rate.

— Davis Klabo, Assistant News Editor

Fight over cigarettes leads Lexington woman charged to domestic dispute with burning house down A dispute over the location of a pack of cigarettes led to a stabbing late Friday night, the Associated Press reported.

Beaufort Police charged 45-year-old Mary Jenkins, with stabbing her boyfriend after a domestic dispute involving a pack of cigarettes.

The dispute, according to Beaufort Police, started in the couple’s bedroom at around 11:35 p.m.

Friday. At some point, authorities said, the situation escalated to the point where Jenkins allegedly left the room and grabbed a knife from the kitchen, which she used to stab her boyfriend in the leg twice.

The full cause of the dispute is unknown, but police said witness reports indicate that it occurred over the location of a pack of cigarettes.

Jenkins was charged with criminal domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature and the man was taken to the hospital.

The brand of cigarettes involved is not known.

—Davis Klabo, Assistant News Editor

A Lexington County mother of two was arrested and charged with third degree arson after setting fi re to her own home, The State reports.

Christine Louise Roberts, 43, set fire to her house at around 11 p.m. Saturday night, according to Lexington County Sheriff Lewis McCarty.

According to t he arrest warrant, mult iple w it nesses ident if ied Rober t s as t he person who set fire to the home. Lexington Count y firefighters found Roberts lying prone at the back of the house, with a container of gasoline nearby. Roberts’ husband had left the house after a dispute, and the two children, ages 12 and 13, weren’t in the house when it was set on fire.

No one was injured.

The details, circumstances and causes of the verbal dispute were unknown. The investigation is ongoing.

— Davis Klabo, Assistant News Editor

The blotter comes from police reports released by the USC Division of Law Enforcement and Safety and doesn’t include crimes reported by city or county law enforcement.

Drunkenness: 2 Traffic/DUI: 6 Trespass: 2 Vandalism: 2 Larceny/theft from building: 2 Assault/simple assault: 1 Drug/narcotics violation: 3 Burglary/breaking and entering: 1 Disorderly conduct: 3 Drug equipment violations: 2

Police responded to a call from LeConte college at 10:54 p.m. on Sept. 4 about a theft of a number of erasers from mathematics classrooms.

A faculty member said between Aug. 18 and 19, several faculty members repor ted t hef t s of erasers f rom classrooms that contained chalkboards.

The faculty member reported that roughly 20 erasers — roughly $42.11 — were taken. The faculty member told the officer that new erasers had been ordered and gave the Staples invoice to the USCPD investigations division.

Two police officers responded to a fire alarm at a fraternity house at 3:49 a.m. on Sept. 5. The officers, who were updated en route that the alarm was caused by a fire extinguisher discharge, arrived to find an activated smoke alarm and a hazy corridor.

Police interviewed the student who discharged the fire extinguisher and followed him to his room so that he show them his ID. An officer observed multiple beer cans and a glass pipe with marijuana residue in plain view on the student’s floor and the student admitted to having consumed alcohol earlier in the evening. The student was taken into custody for minor in possession of beer.

An officer driving north on Laurens Street stopped a car for disregarding a traffic control device after running a red light just before midnight on Sept. 4. The officer approached the car, smelled alcohol and told the driver to remain in her vehicle while he retrieved his microphone. The woman left the vehicle, said the officer told her to do so and was then told to stand behind her car. The driver failed a field sobriety test, refused to provide a breath sample and was taken to the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center.

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SG plan needs follow through ISSUE SG issues designated driver key chains that get free drinks.

OUR STANCE It hasn’t been so succesful in the past, so there needs to be follow through to see success.

No matter how you put it, the sad fact is that designated driving can get a little uncomfortable.

And the worst part is it isn’t the DD’s fault.

W hen everyone else’s voices b e g i n t o s lu r, t he i r b o d ie s becoming more and more floaty and there’s dancing and music and laughter, it isn’t hard to feel a little bit left out.

Here’s someone who spends valuable weekend time waiting around to drive various people — arguably having a much better time than they are — home. Gas money is forgotten as the night goes on. The DD is lucky to make the last long drive home without

“road beers” staining the car seat.

Choosi ng to be t he DD is more than accepting a solitary night, and those nights are not u nc om mon to you r aver ag e student-insomniac.

No, being a DD means spending your drink-less time watching your friends spiral further and further into a communal state

“It isn’t always easy being the DD, but not saving $5 on a Coke and having something to hold at the bar gives volunteering to drive a few extra incentives.” of rel at ive i ntox ic at ion a nd inhibition, and choosing, for their sakes, not to join in.

But now, Student Government and various Five Points bars have lessened the burden of being a designated driver by providing

free non-alcoholic drinks to those taking up the mantle. And it’s as easy as holding up your keys.

Designated (get it?) by special key chains that can be acquired at the SG offices in Blatt P.E. Center, this new generation of designated drivers will finally have something to grasp as they putter around in a depressingly coordinated manner, even if it isn’t alcoholic.

While this initiative isn’t a new one by any means, this is the first time SG has taken a concentrated step towards marketing it to the ent ire campus. We commend them for it.

Like we said, it’s not a new idea, which means it hasn’t worked as well in the past. In order to be succesful, the media campaign behind it needs to be prologned and visible.

It isn’t always easy being the DD, but saving $5 on a Coke and having something to hold at the bar gives volunteering to drive a few extra incentives.

Choose your passions for yourself Repeated action ties inner, outer worlds The great thing about being young is that you’re open to the kind of mind-forging repetition t hat ca n etch a l l sor t s of information onto an unconscious le vel. W here sk i l l X , of ten onerous, can become “as easy as breathing.”

Of ten called “musclememory,” it’s the kind of mental elasticit y that leads to junior tennis champions involuntarily practicing serve after serve in their sleep, leaping horizontally off their beds like in “The Exorcist” or something and waking up the neighborhood dogs.

For other examples, see: 6-yearold piano protégés, those Olympic gymnasts who are provisionally 16 but inevitably look like they’re around 12 and that Carlsen chess wunderkind who can officially wipe the f loor with anyone on earth who has the sheer gumption to sit down across from him.

I mean, these are exceptions among exceptions, obviously.

Very few have the metric tons of unprocessed talent, let alone the training and opportunit y to flourish in their field from a sufficiently early age.

But all of us young college folk have a range of potential (in writing, running, whatever) which, through repetition shaped by will, can gift us talents beyond our conception.

This is why it’s satisfying to see t he open ing cr u nch of a football team’s offensive line.

Every individual player has spent so ma ny hu ndreds of hou rs, usually from a young age, hitting both dummies and players in one particular way. You’re seeing

hundreds of hours condensed into a few seconds of footwork and fury.

Wa t c h i n g t h i s s p e c t a c l e allows a keyhole view into the shaped unconscious reaction: the externalization of the darkened electrical fields that form the landscape of the human mind.

I t ’s a l s o i n c o m p a r a b l y d a n g erou s . How m a ny k id s are irreparably screwed up by parents who want to live through their child? The kind of failedsports-dreams father who would, without a second thought, accept a per verse and permanent “Freaky Friday” switch with their offspring.

Since they haven’t fou nd a ny mag ic lamp or monkey’s Ben paw to make t hat Crawford s w itc h (a nd G od Second-year knows they’ve tried), English and they’re going to do Russian student the next best thing: shape their kid’s soft brain into what they think their aspirations once were.

T h e y m i g ht e v e n d e l u d e themselves into thinking they’re good parents. If the poor k id shows some small potential in an area, they pounce on it and inflate it, paying for tennis or chess lessons in the name of “fulfilling potential.”

Not to say that this is necessarily a bad thing. If the kid likes one of those things and then goes on to take it up in college, fine. Besides mental conditioning, teamwork and friendship can also come from some of these activities, no matter how poster-slogan and insincere it sounds.

The dream parents get their dream child. They get to live, somehow, through the joy of their

progeny.

But even in t h is for t u nate situation, where both parents and kid enjoy the unconscious t r a i n i ng, a ser iou s problem remains.

Say a baseball game has ended, and the whole family is driving back from a game. Their team lost — badly. The car fills with the silence that comes with defeat.

Sudden ly t he red-jerseyed 14-year-old thinks, “Am I doing this for my reasons? Do I enjoy it, or do I enjoy the fact that my parents enjoy it?”

He has spent hours on hours per fect i ng h is tech n ique, committing everything down to memory, and yet the center that holds all of it together, the desire to play, begins to shiver and come loose like a poster half-heartedly glued to a dorm wall.

Perh ap s a l l p a r e nt s a re u nconsciously g u ilt y of t h is tendency to see themselves in their children right down to the dreams. To see their growth as a sort of replay or echo of their own childhood. To find themselves saying phrases they hated as kids: “Because I said so,” or “It won’t kill you.”

I’m looking back on this and realizing that at least half of this article is a huge ballooning tangent. I wanted to write about how even simple actions, like kicking a football in a singular way or playing Tetris again and again, can offer something like a religious experience. To brand somet hing so deep into your unconscious it can never be taken away from you is to give yourself an irrevocable gift.

But , more impor t a nt t ha n anything else, these gifts have to be of your own choosing.

Recent US action in Iraq ties nation to another wasteful war ISIS may be dangerous threat, but isn’t worth economic, military intervention cost On Tuesday, President Obama sent another 350 troops to Iraq, bringing the total to more than 1000 US soldiers deployed in the country — but remember, it’s not an invasion. These thousand plus American soldiers will be serving in exclusively “non-combat” roles protecting the $750 million American embassy in Baghdad, though I question how much money and how many troops we have to spend on fortification before an embassy ceases to be an embassy and becomes a military base.

This comes on the heels of nearly a month of airstrikes against ISIS targets throughout Iraq.

America has been dropping American bombs from American planes on American military equipment that ISIS plundered from the retreating Iraqi army, which America had to give weapons to so they could keep Iraq safe after the American military completely destroyed the Iraqi military in part to keep Iraq safe from the Iraqi government.

I n shor ter ter m s, t he A mer ic a n military is now destroying American military equipment given to the Iraqi military to keep Iraqi citizens safe from terrorists, in order to keep Iraqi citizens safe from terrorists. If none of that made any sense to you at all than you have a good grasp on our foreign policy in the Middle East.

Ross All this to stop ISIS, or the Islamic Abbott Third-year State in Iraq and the Levant, a regional History student al-Qaida group that splintered from perhaps the best known international terrorist organization. ISIS originally gained notoriety for its actions in Syria, where it is among the coalition of rebel groups fighting against President Assad (the same rebel groups that a bipartisan group in Washington, including prominent figures such as President Obama, Secretary of State Clinton, and our own Lindsey Graham, wanted to arm around this time last year) and has now expanded their mission to Iraq as well, where they have already taken control of large swaths of the country.

ISIS is undeniably a barbaric, violent organization with nefarious goals. They’ve released videos of beheadings of beheadings of American journalists a nd slaughtered m i nor it y g roups en masse.

Then again, that was also true of the last stable government in Iraq under Saddam Hussein, the collapse of which opened the power vacuum that ISIS has now fi lled.

Iraq, and the Middle East on the whole, is an unstable region plagued by power struggles bet ween volat ile dictators, leav ing in nocent civilians caught in the middle. This was true in 1991 when President George Bush Sr. invaded Iraq, this was true in 2003 when President George Bush Jr. invaded Iraq, and it is true now in 2014 as President Barack Obama gears up to invade Iraq. It’s a horrible situation for Iraqi citizens, but one that decades of US interventions have, at best, failed to improve. Trillions of dollars and thousands of lives later, we still have no reason to believe the “third time’s the charm” when it comes to US military intervention in Iraq.

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The dating game: Columbia edition Katie Cole

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Date night can always be a little stressful.

What number date is it? Will the food be good? Will you both like the cuisine? Do you order dessert? Do you order the appetizer? What do you wear? How early or late should you schedule the date?

Plus, there are one million other questions that will inevitably pop up.

Columbia is full of great date night spots, and the options don’t have to be too expensive either. Below are some choices for your next date night, each one affordable and plenty of fun.

SakiTumi Every night of the week, SakiTumi has a different special, whether it’s half-off on all bottles of wine, 50-cent sushi pieces or their infamous “S&M Wednesdays,” when select sushi and martinis are half off. The staff is always making the most out of their nights and wants to make sure you’re having fun, too. You can study up on different types of sake, enjoy some of the freshest fish in Columbia and jam to a few different DJs. SakiTumi’s menu is also great to start with if you’re new to the sushi scene: you can try platters that will give you a sampling of different menu items for the same price as some of their nicer rolls and order pieces of sashimi or nigiri in two’s or three’s. SakiTumi provides a fun, light environment for a first date or a fiftieth.

Gervais and Vine For any fan of wine, Gervais and Vine is a great way to taste new bottles and revisit old favorites. The tapas-based menu is perfect for pairing with different wines and checking out what’s available. Wine tasting specials that happen at Gervais and Vine as well, so you can try four different types of wine for between just $8 and $10. And the menu has range, as well. It’s more Mediterranean based, and the options include pizza, pimento cheese and spinach artichoke dip. The atmosphere of Gervais and Vine is a little more intimate, so you can really get to know the person sitting across from you at dinner.

Hunter-Gatherer Although it’s known primarily for brewing in-house English ales, HunterGatherer also boasts some impressive food. The menu features classics like macaroni and cheese, pizza and sandwiches, but with a twist specific to this Columbia date spot. Goldfish crumbles atop the macaroni and cheese, roasted red pepper remoulade over the crab cakes and a wheat ale tartar sauce on the shrimp po’boy are just a few things that make Hunter-Gatherer stick out. Though most believe it to be higher-priced than other restaurants, the prices are reasonable and within most college students students’ spending range. Sample some in in-house house beer, split the macaroni and cheese and relax inside the welcoming and warm restaurant.

Nonnah’s If you’re looking for more of a low-key date night and want to skip the whole big dinner process, there’s no better place to pop in for coffee, cocktails or dessert than Nonnah’s. With a grand selection of decadent cakes and other desserts, Nonnah’s is cozy, comfortable and has great local art showcased throughout the space. Go for a casual fi rst date and get to know each other over dessert.

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Wilsonian Columbia revisited Pulitzer Prize winner highlights former president’s adolescence Artie Braswell

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C olu mbia , S out h Ca rol i n a i s affectionately known as the City of Dreams.

W here t he ter m come s f rom remains a mystery, but it is certainly applicable to t he 28t h President of t he Un ited St ates, Wood row Wilson, who spent many crucial years of his adolescence in our state’s capital.

Wilson is the focus of Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer A. Scott Berg’s latest work. Berg came to Columbia last weekend to discuss his book at the family home of the former President. Berg’s biographical works apply contemporary points of view toward many of the leading figures of the 20th century.

“I tried to humanize Woodrow W i lson,” Berg sa id. “ I t r ied to personalize him to show as many of the emotional aspects of his life as I could. At the same time, I want the reader to see what was different then from today.”

WILSON IN COLUMBIA Crucial to Wilson’s development was his life in Columbia, though he didn’t always appear an explicit Southerner in his political life. Berg said that although he did not have an accent, the South remained an important part of Wilson.

It was in the South that Wilson started to read a lot, found a religion and became interested in politics.

“Columbia during Reconstruction — the government was just sort of upside-down and that intrigued him.

It was a real mess,” Berg said. “He wanted to get into the system and make it better.”

But the passion and intellectual success wasn’t as predestined for Wilson as it may seem today; he wasn’t always the best in his class, Berg said.

“He was a kid, but by the time he got to Columbia he was a serious teenager,” Berg said.

A nd as important as Columbia was to W ilson, t he cit y made a favorable impression on his reputable biographer, as well. Berg used the city less for scholarly research on

BERG’S WORK Though h is book s foc us on larger-than-life public figures, Berg concentrates on the legacy of these people as human beings, rather than burying them under abundances of dry research.

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President Woodrow Wilson is the subject of A. Scott Berg’s latest biography. the man, but more as a lens through wh ich to u nderst a nd t he you ng Wilson’s development.

“You get a feel of what a young man’s life was when you walk where he walked, when you feel the weather he felt,” Berg said. “All the people here are so extremely helpful. It’s really a wonderful place, there is so much history here in Columbia.”

documents that can support it — I had nobody to inter view,” Berg said. “I had to go through personal papers. Everywhere, I could I looked for the story behind the story, what was going on emotionally while this was happening historically.”

A nd Wilson has a lot in com mon w it h severa l of Berg ’s former subjects, including Charles Lindbergh, the subject of his work that won Berg the Pulitzer Prize for in 1999.

“All my subjects have been 20th cent u r y A mer ic a n s. T hen , t he question is ‘Through whose life can I tell a larger story about American culture, or some larger aspect of American culture?’ Then I would say, people who have changed the culture a great deal, they all kind of took a real leap,” Berg said.

Max Perkins, Berg’s fi rst subject, was a newspaper editor. Lindbergh was an aviator. Wilson was a college professor. And, according to Berg, they all had a vision.

BERG’S WORDS H is t ime in Colu mbia w ill certainly add to Berg’s wealth of stories to tell.

A s an experienced biographer, Berg believes the art of storytelling i s e ven more i nv a lu able to t he laborious process of researching these historical giants. “ You have to have t wo bra i ns about it,” Berg said. “One side is collecting and collecting, the other is pouring it out. I don’t know if you remember the old Rumpelstiltskin spinning straw into gold. A ll the facts, they’re really just straw, it’s just a fact. Until you can spin it into something golden, it’s meaningless for a reader, why should the reader care?”

In 2014, with newspapers buzzing with 100-year anniversary editions dedicated to the outbreak of World War I, Wilson is as discussed a man as any. Berg does not think that will let up, for this President’s legacy is paramount in understanding our world today.

“For the next eight years, every day is going to be the anniversary of something important in Woodrow Wilson’s presidency,” Berg said. “So much of the world today goes back to what Wilson did 100 years ago. Our entire foreign policy to this day is based on his speech on April 2, 1917 when he said the world must be made safe for democracy. Wow, you can’t say that about another President.”

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Gemini

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Beg i n a new ga me.

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Mondays

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It’s better to save than to spend now. Count your winnings. Scoop up both gold and straw.

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Turnovers help defense bounce back

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Redshirt senior Sharrod Golightly, above, and junior T.J. Gurley turned the tide for the Gamecock defense with an interception each in the second half against the Pirates.

Ward hopes for more improvement with Georgia on the horizon Tanner Abel

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The Gamecocks’ defense answered the bell against East Carolina regarding whether they could make a key play to help win a game.

A pair of third quarter interceptions, courtesy of redshirt senior Sharrod Golightly and junior T.J. Gurley, helped swing the game in South Carolina’s favor on its way to a 33-23 victory.

After giving up 680 yards of total offense and 52 points against Texas A&M, it’s a more positive feeling to have over the weekend for defensive coordinator Lorenzo Ward’s bunch.

“A ny t ime you play better, you have some satisfaction,” Ward said. “But I still feel like we left a lot of plays out there we could have made.”

The fi rst couple of drives for the East Carolina offense made the Gamecock defense bend but not break, as the Pirates were held to two field goals, which Ward said was key because it kept South Carolina’s offense in the game.

“Spread offenses are going to get yards — that’s just the way they spread the field,” he added. “[We’ve] got to try and hold them to field goals and not touchdowns. When you play spread teams,

you got to really tighten up in the red zone.”

On the Pirates’ third drive, they fi nally earned a touchdown after senior quarterback Shane Carden got in a rhythm leading to a 10-yard Chris Hairston touchdown run.

The biggest defensive play of the fi rst half came in the second quarter with the score at 17-13 in favor of the Gamecocks. East Carolina set up for a 42-yard field goal, but redshirt junior Gerald Dixon Jr. burst through the line to block the kick, allowing South Carolina’s offense to operate in good field position.

The fi rst two Pirate drives of the second half fi nished nicely for the Gamecocks. East Carolina was pursuing a lead, but Golightly put the idea to a halt with a skillful sideline interception that led to a South Carolina touchdown.

It w a s G ol i g ht l y ’s p l a y t h at G a m e c o c k quarterback Dylan Thompson said set the tone for the second half.

The following possession saw T.J. Gurley step in front of a Pirate receiver to pick off a pass, giving the safety his second career interception. Gurley credited Ward and secondary coach Grady Brown for the play.

“After last game, that was the most fi lm we’ve ever watched,” Gurley said. “After that loss, we prepared real well.”

Gurley said he saw a route that East Carolina

uses often called a “snag.” He saw that the running back did not run out wide, so he decided to sink back and undercut the receiver, taking advantage of an underthrown pass.

The Gamecocks allowed a touchdown early in the fourth quarter to let the lead slip to 30-23, but turnovers from Golightly and Gurley were enough to keep the Pirates at bay.

East Carolina did put up 453 yards of total offense on the night with 321 of them coming through the air but settled for a few too many field goals to come out on top.

Overall, it was a better performance from a South Carolina defense that desperately needed it.

If it’s a defense good enough to keep the team on the winning side, however, remains in question.

A different style of offense in Georgia awaits the Gamecocks next week, with all eyes on the Bulldogs’ junior running back Todd Gurley.

While Ward expressed some satisfaction with Saturday’s defensive result, others felt differently.

“I’m not satisfied at all. I feel like we made a good stride forward and got the W. But we still have a long way to go. We have a big game next week. We have to buckle up because it’s an SEC East game,” Golightly said. “And it’s all on the line so we have to tighten up for next week.”

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South Carolina aiming for consistency against UGA Carson to continue on as kick returner David Roberts

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East Ca rol i na scored on its f irst t hree possessions of t he ga me, ju mpi ng out to a n ea rly 13-7 lead over t he G a m e c o c k s . H o w e v e r, o n it s f i n a l f o u r p o s s e s s i o n s , the Pirates were only able to notch one score, turning the ball over t wice in t hat span.

Those two interceptions were South Carolina’s fi rst defensive turnovers of the season.

After gaining 302 total yards in the fi rst half, East Carolina was held to only 171 secondhalf yards. A contributing factor was South Carolina’s ability to run the ball effectively and melt the clock. The offense fi nished the game with an 18-play drive, taking 10 minutes and 33 seconds off the board. The Gamecocks played the second half of the game without redshirt senior Brison Williams, who was held out of the f inal t wo quarters due to precautionary measures.

Defensive coordinator Lorenzo Ward indicated that Williams was physically able to return to the field but wanted to rest the banged-up defensive back, and save him for next week.

Shon Carson

Like Thursday’s tilt against Texas A&M, head coach Steve Spurrier sent junior running back Shon Carson deep to field k ickof f s ag a i nst t he Pi rates instead of sophomore Pharoh Cooper. Cooper, who returned one pu nt for f ive yards, was slated at the beginning of the season to be the Gamecocks’ primary kick returner. Carson f inished t he game averaging 21 yards on k ick ret urns and f lashed signs of indecisiveness i n a couple. T he open i ng k ic k of f s a i le d more t h a n a couple yards into the end zone, prompting Carson to hesitate before bringing the ball out. He eventually gained 38 yards — his longest return of the game — on the return but hesitated again on t he second k ickof f.

The absence of Cooper at the position could be explained by an expanded role on offense this season. Cooper, one of three starters at t he w ide receiver position, gained 45 yards on five receptions Saturday night, while Carson did not record a carry.

T he tea m’s w i ldcat pack age centers on creating touches for Cooper, designating him as the quarterback when the offense lines up in the formation. With his proven speed and elusiveness, it would likely benefit the South Carolina offense to have a player like Cooper returning kicks.

Looking ahead

Next up for the Gamecocks is a Georgia team that, after t h r o t t l i n g C le m s o n 45 -21, enjoyed a week of preparation a nd re st b efore t hei r S ept .

13 v isit to Colu mbia, Sout h Carol i na. The last t ime t he Bulldogs came to Columbia, t he y at t r ac t e d t he C ol leg e Gameday crew to cover the 2012 game.

This year, College Gameday w ill forgo t he SEC East matchup and make the trek to Fargo, North Dakota to set up for t he Nort h Dakota State/ I nca r nate Word g a me. Last time out for Georgia, running back Todd Gurley gained 293 all-purpose yards — a Georgia record — as well as four scores ag a i n s t t he Tiger s . G u rle y gained 132 yards on the ground last year against South Carolina, boost ing Georgia to a 41-30 victory. A loss against Georgia would drop the Gamecocks to 1-2, but more importantly 0-2 in conference play. A nd with Georgia and Sout h Carolina as the primary favorites to win the division, a loss in a de facto tiebreaker game would set the Gamecocks back further than their season-opening loss to the Aggies.

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Senior cornerback Brison Williams missed the second half against the Pirates to rest an injury.

South Carolina falls in polls The Gamecock football team slipped down from last week’s No. 21 spot in both polls, with a No. 24 ranking in the most recent AP poll and a No. 23 ranking in the coaches’ poll.

The reason for the slip is due in part to No. 17/19 Virginia Tech launching into the top-25 after a huge victory over Ohio State, who fell to No. 22/18 in the polls.

Oregon hopped Alabama for No. 2 in the AP poll but remain at No. 4 in the coaches’ poll.

There are five SEC teams in the top-10, with Alabama at No. 3/2, and in the AP poll, Auburn ranked fifth and Georgia ranked sixth. Texas A&M continues to look strong at No. 7/8, and LSU moved up to No. 10/9 after the second week of action.

— Compiled by Tanner Abel DG