Meant to Win’

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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2014 VOL. 116, NO. 17 • SINCE 1908 ‘Meant to win’

Jeﬀ rey 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 was not.” soldiers out there.” go to war you need soldiers’ From the very beginning of the game, it certainly Despite Georgia entering the day as a heavy looked like the Gamecocks (2-1, 1-1 SEC) were favorite, the Gamecocks played with the advantage Danny Garrison destined to pull off the upset. After receiving the for the bulk of the contest. The game turned into @DANNYLGARRISON opening kick-off, redshirt senior quarterback Dylan a responding exercise for South Carolina, once Thompson led South Carolina down the field on Georgia pulled within striking distance of the lead. a nine-play, 75-yard drive that resulted in a Shaq And respond they did. It turns out there’s still a little magic left within Roland touchdown grab. South Carolina’s offense and defense both received the walls of Williams-Brice Stadium. But that’s when things got messy. their fair shares of criticism after the first two No. 24 South Carolina was left for dead after a Once the Bulldogs (1-1, 0-1 SEC) got their fi rst games of the season. But the Gamecocks didn’t just crushing week one loss at home, but on Saturday, the shot on offense, it took them all of two plays to go 69 show signs of improvement when facing adversity Gamecocks did the unthinkable. yards for a score of their own. Saturday — they showed dominance. South Carolina toppled the No. 6 Georgia That set the tone for the rest of the contest as both Thompson finished with 271 yards and three Bulldogs 38-35 and launched itself right back into team’s traded blows until the clock read zero, and touchdowns through the air to go with one the conversation for the SEC East title as well as a South Carolina had its fi nal three-point advantage. interception, but the quarterback’s air raid in no spot in the College Football Playoff. “When you go to war, you need soldiers,” way limited the opportunities of his running backs. “It was our turn to win,” head coach Steve Spurrier Thompson said, “and that’s what I thought we said. “We were meant to win this game, and Georgia brought. Every time we put 11 on the fi eld, we had FOOTBALL • 3

Campus continues to USC offers new Pharmacy degree change post-renovations The USC board of trustees approved Friday a Bachelor’s of Sciences (B.S.) in Pharmacy degree of Information Studies and which are almost 50 years old. Trustees approve for the Columbia campus. Mass Communications in May “My wife was in this building “Quite frankly this is something funding for South 2015, ahead of schedule and when she was in school,” board we could have done quite some time Tower bathroom ﬁ x under budget, Gruner said. member A.C. “Bubba” Fennell ago,” said USC Provost Michael USC’s board of trustees last said, “so it obviously needs an Amiridis. Hannah Jeffrey week granted Phase II approval update.” In the past, students who @HANNAHJEFFREY34 for a $3.8 million overhaul of Gruner said the project changed majors after pursuing a South Tower’s 17 bathrooms. will likely receive competitive USC is changing. pre-pharmacy degree for two years All piping, fixtures, exhaust bids — between 10 and 15, he Monumental renovations on were counted as dropouts in student and ventilation systems will expects — which will show the the Women’s Quad and Darla statistics. However, the only option be replaced; bathrooms will renovation’s value. Moore School of Business have for pharmacy studies was to pursue be waterproofed and retiled; “This pretty nearly fully drawn to a close, and more are the pre-professional degree. In order and all asbestos and lead paint renovates all five of these on the way. to receive a degree in another ﬁ eld of will be removed from existing buildings,” Gruner said, adding The campus you walk across study, students were subject to two bathrooms and touching South Tower to the list of today isn’t the same as it was more years of school. rooms. major dorm renovations after last year. And a year from now, The program will require no new In total, the funds cut out to Women’s Quad and Patterson it will be more different yet. courses or faculty. around $223,000 per bathroom Hall. “It’s a pretty high priority “We’re challenged by the Clemson University offers a and around $650 per square for housing.” fact that we have 200 buildings bachelor’s of pharmacy degree, as foot. But with projects like The renovation will bring on this campus with widely do several other schools, Amiridis this, Gruner said, going by the South Tower to around the varying ages,” USC Architect said. The Medical University of square foot can be misleading same level as the four newly- Derek Gruner said. South Carolina does not offer a pre- because of the work needed in renovated women’s buildings According to Gruner, 40 pharmacy option. the given area. and at a fraction of the cost. percent of USC’s buildings “We’re correcting something we “It’s an extremely intense Patterson’s construction ran were built between the 1940s should have done,” Amiridis said. amount of construction,” he USC around $31.8 million, and and 1960s. “After four years, you have done said. “It’s a small amount of the women’s quad renovation Now, the Health Sciences enough, and you deserve a bachelor’s square footage, but the actual was $29.2 million. Education Building, soon to of science degree.” activity is very intense.” But it isn’t just the dorms be home of the College of South Tower dates back to and classroom buildings seeing — Compiled by Hannah Jeffrey, Information Studies and Mass 1965, and the building still uses Editor-in-Chief Communications, is on track to the original plumbing systems, reopen and house the College RENOVATIONS • 3 2 Monday, September 15, 2014

Alleged murderer of USC Accused shooter of Clemson Beaches to improve access professor receives trial date student begins trial with federal grant money

Hank Hawes, accused of brutally murdering Clemson student Steven Grich died from a The Department of Health and Environmental USC professor Jennifer Lee Wilson in 2011, is bullet to the head on Dec. 8, 2012, The State Control will contribute more than $250,000 to set to go to trial Oct. 6 at the Richland County reported. Lester Mosley Jr., 20, is accused of three South Carolina beaches, the Associated courthouse, The State reported. the crime, and is charged with murder, armed Press reported. These funds will be designated for Hawes, 40, could face life in prison for robbery and burglary. the improvement of public access. stabbing Wilson multiple times in her one-story Mosley and three others broke into Grich’s North Myrtle Beach will use $110,000 from brick duplex in an upscale neighborhood with apartment near the Clemson campus wearing ski state funds as well as additional local funds to professionals and young families. Hawes has been masks in hopes of robbing Grich’s roommate of make the beach more accessible to the disabled in held without bond since shortly after the crime. money and marijuana. multiple areas. The city also intends to construct Wilson allegedly had a relationship with Hawes After the men entered through a back door and a restroom facility. but broke it off. The two met on an Internet demanded drugs, they beat Grich with a pistol The state is providing Myrtle Beach with dating site, and Hawes told people Wilson was his and shot him. $90,000 to replace dune walkover structures. The ﬁ ancee. Hawes also had a history of abuse with his Mosley and the other men obtained a small project will also make use of local money. past wives, past girlfriends and daughters. amount of marijuana. Mosley was released on Folly Beach is combining its local funds with Wilson had just been awarded tenure after bond for a charge of assault by mob when he was the $52,000 it was awarded to build parking teaching at USC for six years. She enjoyed snow arrested for shooting Grich. spaces for the disabled. The city also plans to skiing and practiced yoga at a studio in Five improve a dune walkover. Points. — Natalie Pita, News Editor — Natalie Pita, News Editor — Natalie Pita, News Editor

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RENOVATIONS • Continued from 1 until 2020, after the School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism big changes — several athletics Management moves out in 2019. renovations are in the works for the The physical effects of renovations coming years, as well. around campus are drawing to a Trustees granted Phase I design close. But campus is still adjusting to approval to construct men’s the change, especially in increasingly basketball ofﬁ ces and team spaces in tech-savvy buildings, like the Darla what is now home to the graduates- Moore School of Business. only Elephant Room, classrooms “We have to get our staffed and offices. Volleyball and both trained,” Gruner said. “A person who men’s and women’s basketball would would have carried a wrench before have team spaces. now carries a laptop computer.” In the best case scenario, Gruner said, the “potentially $4 million project” would not break ground DG

FOOTBALL • Continued from 1 the Bulldogs to punt. At times, it was luck. Juniors Brandon Wilds and Mike In the fourth quarter, Thompson’s Davis combined for 159 yards and a interception left Georgia in the red touchdown on the day, and proved zone. The defense forced a field that the hype surrounding South goal attempt that the Bulldog kicker Carolina’s backfield in the offseason missed. It was his second miss of the was well-warranted. game after breaking the SEC record “We feed off each other pretty well, with 20-consecutive makes in the and I’d say it was a great effort by both same game. of us,” Davis said. “We had a great And at times, it was the will to get game.” that extra inch. Davis, a Georgia native, said With less than two minutes to go Saturday’s win meant more to him in the game, South Carolina faced a than many in his South Carolina fourth-and-one and opted to forgo career, a sentiment shared by a large the punt to attempt get the ﬁ rst down. portion of the team. And by a matter of centimeters, The Gamecock roster features 27 Thompson plunged forward and put players from Georgia, the most of any the game out of reach for Georgia. state, other than South Carolina. But On a young defense that spent according to Wilds, you didn’t have to Saturday proving it belonged in the hail from the Peach State to want to stacked SEC, Skai Moore made the stick it to the Bulldogs. biggest impression. The sophomore “It was a personal game to all of us, finished with a team-leading 10 knowing that we’ve got a lot of players tackles, and after the game, he put from Georgia,” Wilds said. “Knowing into words what South Carolina did in it was a rivalry game, we just had to the monumental win. keep pushing.” “When our back’s against the wall, There were several moments our mindset is just to gut up,” he said. during Saturday’s win that tested the “Who wants it more is going to get it Gamecocks’ will to keep pushing, and ... We preached that to everybody on they were rewarded for it. the ﬁ eld, just let them know that we’ve At times, it was the opponent’s got to gut up and make a play.” mistakes. In the first quarter, Georgia’s powerhouse runningback, Todd Gurley, ripped off a 54-yard touchdown run that was called back DG due to holding and the defense forced

@thegamecock Monday, September 15, 2014 4 Pop culture’s HANNAH JEFFREY RICHARD LIPKIN HANNAH CLEAVELAND ARTIE BRASWELL Editor-in-Chief Copy Desk Chief Photo Editor Asst. Mix Editor

SAMANTHA LOCKWOOD BRITTANY WILT BEN CRAWFORD DAVID ROBERTS conception of Managing Editor Design Director Viewpoints Editor Asst. Sports Editor women turns First pharmacy, now what? them into objects ISSUE again in a different major. new teachers and no new classes Pre-pharmacy students can They then had to take two or — just a different allocation of Humanity of artist is dissolved more years of classes in order available resources. now get a B.S. in four years. when image is over-sexualized to get a B.S. in their new fi eld, Which brings up the totaling six years at USC, a question, why wasn’t this OUR STANCE The popular opinion of 2014 seems to be of time and money commitment change made earlier? Other This long-awaited change is a one mind and two. Pop culture: music videos, that not all students are willing colleges, like Clemson, offered TV shows, magazines and of course social media big step forward, but should — or able — to make. such a program long before we (ahem Kim Kardashian’s endless over the shoulder have been done long ago. Last Friday, the board did. Why wasn’t the change selfi es) seem to all agree that while it may not be of trustees decided to give made until now? the year of the donkey, it’s defi nitely the year of Until very recently, there was the green light to a B.S. in We’re not quite sure what the the ass. a tough choice facing those who answer is. Michael Amiridis This subject matter with male artists seems to thought they were interested said that the board should have be a well that will never run dry, “She got a big in pursuing a pre-pharmacy “For a very long time, the made the change before now, booty, so I call her big booty”, “My anaconda career at USC after high school. but didn’t provide any concrete locked-in nature of pre- don’t want none unless you got buns hun”, “Fat Unlike most other majors, reasons as to why this has taken bottomed girls make the rocking girl go round”, pre-pharmacy students have pharmacy program was so long. and my personal favorite, “Been around the world their entire college careers an acceptable problem.” What this means, on the don’t speak the language, but that booty don’t planned out for them. whole, is that some problems need explaining” (so simple even Jason Derulo With the exception of a few seem part like of the can understand). electives, most of the courses pharmacy, giving these students woodwork. For a very long What’s new, however, seems to be are locked in place from the the opportunity to graduate time, the locked-in nature of the lengths female artists will go to first semester freshman year in four years with a degree, if the pre-pharmacy program was showcase their backsides. onward. they so choose. Additionally, an acceptable, necessary risk Maybe artists are thinking since Additionally, those who it lowers our drop-out rates, that everyone took. As it turns Miley Cyrus’ twerk-ademic shot her found out two years later which were artificially high out, it was neither acceptable or to new levels of fame it’ll work for that, disastrously, they when counting those who necessary. them too. Titles like Nicki Minaj’s, were interested in music or switched from pre-pharmacy. This begs the question: what “Anaconda,” and Jennifer Lopez ft. oceanography or fashion The best part? No new other “acceptable” problems Iggy Azalea’s, “Booty” cut straight merchandising instead had to expenditure is needed to make should we be looking at? Emilie Dawson to the point: I got a big booty … and drop out of USC and enroll this change. It’s all on paper. No Third-year public that’s it. relations student The videos feature the artists wearing nothing but a pink G-string and the women in bodysuits having what looks like corn syrup poured all over them. The visual stimulation practically block out any vocal Memories remain 13 years later qualities to get as many views as possible (no matter if all of them are most likely to be newly pubescent boys.) Student refl ects on gaping became God for a day. It could martyrs. Recently two of these artists, Minaj and Azalea affect anyone in any place. The possible exception being, holes left by 9/11 attacks were feuding after Minaj made a public gibe that That internationalist of course, those passengers of Azalea doesn’t write her own lyrics. I guess it’s sentiment would last for a while United 93, who were willing nice that they think it matters what their lyrics If you were fortunate, you longer. to risk, not give, their lives to say? And honestly Nicki, you took the hook and were able to walk past the 3,000 As those events recede prevent the unthinkable: the premise of your song from Sir Mix-A-Lot don’t or so miniature U.S. flags from our ever-more distant destruction of the White House act like that was so original. sticking straight up from the memory, the absence of the or Congress. They tried to keep I watched Nicki Minaj’s “Anaconda,” and soil outside the Russell House people on those planes and in the plane in the air after taking immediately thought of the Venus Hottentot, an last Thursday. those buildings becomes more control of the cockpit. They African woman brought to England in the 1800s These flags represented the pronounced. didn’t want to die. to be stripped naked, and displayed in a cage like innocent lives taken from their 13 years of not The best words written on an animal to the good English people for a small families and their friends 13 being there for this subject were written four fee. years ago on that day. birthday parties, days after 9/11 by the English Minaj and her dancers dressed up in jungle They were a mixed metaphor. poetry recitals, writer Ian McEwan in his “Only attire to writhe on top of each other in the tropic Small markers in the ground coffee shops. 13 love and then oblivion” column heat thus enforcing an even stronger likeness were reminiscent of graves. The years of children published in The Guardian. to that poor woman’s objectification long ago. thick stem and bright colors Ben unborn (empty In unmatched prose, he Is it okay because Minaj chose to do this? Is it were reminiscent of fl owers in Crawford third-grade chairs, recounts that of the hundreds empowering because she’s making the money off full bloom. Second-year empty cubby- of phone calls made from the English and of it? I don’t see how. Also, the flags were not holes, empty victims to their loved ones Russian student Stripping a song or performance down to a specified by name. Each flag clothes). 13 years ended in “I love you.” single body part takes away the humanity of the could represent one of the dead, of music unplayed “She said it over and again,” artist therefore making the woman an object. or all of them. and unheard. he writes of one victim trapped It’s the same concept advertisers have been I stood on the edge of the 13 years in a more empty, in the WTC. “Before the line using for years to sell products using women’s fi eld, staring at them fl utter for more quiet world. went dead. And that is what bodies. If it’s just her leg or her cleavage or her some time. Also important to remember: they were all saying down mouth who cares about her brain or her emotions? The following were some of the people on those planes were their phones, from the hijacked For men to see women as equals someday, my thoughts as I watched the not martyrs — a term we tend planes and the burning towers. women need to be seen as human. Humans are fl ags: to use with reverence, even now. There is only love, and then sexual beings, and these artists are definitely First: I don’t want to seem They did not get on those oblivion. Love was all they had driving that point home, but with an entire nation flippant, but we should planes ready to die for anything to set against the hatred of their and world as their captive audience it seems remember that not all of those or anyone. The most they were murderers.” like they could think of something a little more murdered were Americans. prepared for was, perhaps, the All of this came to me while empowering to say and do. Many of those killed were from misery of airplane food and watching the fl ags. other countries, including the uncomfortable seating. The last thought I had, U.K., India and South Korea. By being trapped in the standing there as the sky slowly Even so, this shouldn’t top of a burning building and lost its light and dark came on trouble us too much. After all, it choosing to jump, they were not in its fullness, was of the person was Jean-Marie Colombani, the defending a national ideal. who would come and pick up WHAT’S YOUR TAKE? French writer of “Le Monde,” They did not “give their lives” all of those fl ags and pile them who famously wrote, “We are in the way soldiers are said to in their shifting thousands into Do you want your opinion voiced in all Americans!” the day after. do. Their lives were taken by some metal-and-diesel vehicle. The Daily Gamecock? Send columns It is important to remember those men who were willing to Then I wiped my face, kicked that 9/11 was an international “give their lives.” the dirt off of the bottom of my and letters to the editor to: tragedy. It was as if the kind of Those are people who were shoe, and decided that class was [email protected] kid who cuts open small animals martyrs and are remembered as worth going to.

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gotham gone wrong

Coutesy of Fox 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 Harvey Bullock. villains to choose from, so they have time to fi nd reach its full potential eventually The two form the core of the show’s confl ict: their groove. how can you be a good man in a rotten city? A big boost for the series is its cinematography Belvin Olasov Gordon is the idealist, trying to do right by his and set design — you immediately know what @BELVINOLASOV city, and by young orphan, Bruce Wayne. Bullock kind of city Gotham is by the well-colored fi lm is the worldly, corrupted cop who does things the noir locations. The atmospheric visuals, and When making a TV show about Gotham City only way he thinks he can. occasional stylish directorial fl ourishes do a lot without Batman, there’s a right way and a wrong If the good cop/bad cop setup seems a little for sense of place that the writing doesn’t. way of doing it — you can tell a more down-to- well-worn, that’s because it is. You can see the The series snaps into focus as the episode goes earth story using Batman’s themes, or you can expository fl op sweat dripping off the screen when on and the plot strands multiply. It becomes clear make a gimmicky ripoff. Gordon tells Bullock “you’re a cynic,” but even if that the show knows how to be something other For the first part of the “Gotham” pilot, it it’s an old dynamic, it works. than Batman-minus-Batman. It’s a crime story does things the wrong way. The episode opens Gordon has especially strong scenes with young about how to best care for a city and how far the with the murder of Bruce Wayne’s parents, and Bruce Wayne, as he takes it upon himself to law and morality can be stretched. things don’t get much more subtle from there. make right the murder of his parents. They have The setting is the real star of “Gotham,” and Winking references to future villains abound relatively few scenes together, but when they are it seems that creator Bruno Heller (of HBO’s — the pilot features at least four major Batman talking, it seems like the emotional backbone of “Rome”) understands that. While a lot of the villains in some form or another. All together, the series. It’ll be interesting to see how their pilot is clunky, it shows enough potential to be these elements threaten to make the series little relationship develops in future episodes. worth sticking with. more than ham-handed foreshadowing. What works less well are the villains — Jada After all, it’s Batman. Even with Bruce Wayne With luck, the clumsy bits are just an indication Pinkett Smith plays crime boss, Fish Mooney, as a child, the gothic charms of Gotham City and of an overstuffed pilot because there’s a very good and her acting does little to help the cartoonish its iconic villains are irresistible. Once the show TV show just underneath the surface. Benjamin character. Adolescent Oswald Cobblepot, better learns to be more confi dent in that fact and not McKenzie portrays future police commissioner known as The Penguin, has an appealing wiliness rely on gimmicks and clichés, it’ll reach its full Jim Gordon with straight-laced intensity and that’s unfortunately pushed too far into goofi ness. potential. plays well off of co-star Donal Logue ’s grouchy Luckily the “Batman” series has a big roster of DG U2 forces album upon you, too

“Songs of Innocence” commercials where it belongs. Bono’s ability to sound confessional in his love songs without really saying anything is utterly Artist: U2 remarkable. The romance of the ballads might Label: Island Records 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 U2, Apple team up to release the iPhone 6. ‘Songs of Innocence’ on iCloud “Volcano” could have been a decent track because of a jammy bass-line, but again Bono is too basic of a songwriter to listen to for very long. Artie Braswell @THEGAMECOCK 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 Despite your best efforts at halting any advances lyrics are impossible to mask. Acclaimed producer, from creepy loners lurking amongst Five Points Danger Mouse, is many things, but he is not a this past weekend, Bono might have still found his fountain of youth. The premier songwriter of way into your front pocket. If you’ve updated any “Songs of Innocence” might be just a little too devices to iOS7, then “Songs of Innocence,” U2’s experienced. latest album release, is now nestled amongst your Releasing the album automatically to personal collection of albums. iTunes accounts is part of a “collaboration The ﬁ rst half of the album follows the classic between Apple and U2 beginning 10 years ago.” U2 formula with an arena-rock track followed by According to the Apple website, “never before a whiny ballad. The verse-chorus-verse-chorus have so many people owned one album, let alone format is getting a little obsolete. The Edge on the day of its release.” still has some nice guitar licks, but, in keeping Is there something altruistic about distributing consistent with the rest of the band, they are your product for free? Maybe so. But in the same recycled, save for the fuzzy solo on “Sleep Like a way that it can feel like a hassle between classes Baby Tonight,” an isolated thrill in an otherwise to discard a free coupon book from one of the bland song. aggressive distributors on Greene Street, it feels Deceptively, the band put the most bearable like Apple is saying “here, you throw this away song ﬁ rst. The initial track, “The Miracle (Of Joey for us.” Ramone)” has a decent blend of vocal harmonies If you can push through the boredom of tracks Photo illustration by Hannah Cleaveland / THE DAILY GAMECOCK and power chords such that the datedness is 2-9, the album closes tolerably. “This Is Where Latest record by Irish band may have found its way almost nostalgia-inducing. But soon enough, onto your Apple device without you even knowing it. it will find its way into the sonic niche of car MUSIC • 6 6 Monday, September 15, 2014

MUSIC • Continued from 5 besides Bono : Swedish singer Lykke Li repeats an ominous, spellbinding refrain. But enticing tracks to open You Can Reach Me Now” is quite and close does not a top-selling engrossing on all instrumental album make. Fortunately for U2, fronts. The coolest parts of the they didn’t have to sell it to you. entire record are the introduction and choruses to the last track, “The Troubles,” where someone sings DG TDG

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Jeﬀ rey Davis/THE DAILY GAMECOCK 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.

Fans log 5th-largest crowd in Dylan Thompson attempted only four passes in fans in the country. I really appreciate them for the second half after passing for 240 yards and that.” history of Williams-Brice vs. UGA three touchdowns in the fi rst half. Rain began to fall again in the second half, Junior running back Brandon Wilds received 11 but fans stuck around for the conclusion of the David Roberts @DAVIDJAYROBERTS of his 14 carries in the second half, and rushed for Gamecocks’ 38-35 win. back-to-back big gains to open up the four quarter, Gamecocks in SEC rankings: the latter being a 24-yard touchdown run. Gurley – T-9th in combined tackles (18) Get more with Moore: “We were trying to run out the clock,” Wilds Moore – 2nd in unassisted tackles (16) South Carolina will linebacker Skai Moore said of his late runs. “That was a key part of the last Moore – T-5th in combined tackles (23) notched 10 tackles against Georgia this weekend, couple drives — just running out the clock. Just Thompson – 4th in passing yards (903) leading the team, and setting a new career high getting fi rst downs and being able to take a knee at Jones – 5th in receiving yards (244) in his second season out of Cooper City, Florida. the end of the game, of course.” Looking ahead: Six of Moore’s 10 tackles came against Georgia Fan turnout: Next week, the No. 14 Gamecocks travel to running back Todd Gurley. Though the start of the game was delayed for Vanderbilt in their first road test of the season. “He was my assignment sometimes,” Moore said nearly 90 minutes, Saturday’s crowd of 84,232 The Commodores (1-2, 0-1 SEC) picked up their on his coverage of Gurley. “Whenever I had him was the fi fth-largest crowd ever packed inside of fi rst win and fi rst offensive touchdown — against man-to-man, I went to go make a play. There was Williams-Brice. Fans who entered the stadium an Massachusetts in a 34-31 come-from-behind no scheme, though.” hour prior to the original 3:30 p.m. kickoff endured victory. The Gamecocks were outscored 25-14 Six of Moore’s tackles from Saturday were solo the driving rain and countless warnings to seek after the fi rst quarter of last year’s game against stops. shelter. The game eventually kicked off at 5:05 Vanderbilt, but they ultimately pulled out a 35-25 After three games, Moore leads the Gamecocks p.m., after multiple lightning strikes in the area win in their fi rst conference win of the 2013 season. with 23 combined tackles, and also has a team-high extended the delay. While South Carolina is slated to face Vanderbilt 16 unassisted tackles. He’s second in the SEC in Redshirt senior Nick Jones addressed the support next week, Florida must travel to Bryant-Denny unassisted tackles and tied for fi fth with Georgia from the fans after South Carolina’s victory, Stadium to take on No. 3 Alabama. A win for the linebacker Amarlo Herrera in combined tackles. expressing his appreciation for their resilience. Gamecocks paired with a loss by Florida would Milking the clock: “I’d just like to thank our fans for staying send South Carolina to the top of the SEC East For the second consecutive game, South through that whole weather delay,” Jones said. division in a tie with the Gators. Carolina was able to run effectively in the second “They’re amazing, and I think we have the best half while preserving a late lead. Redshirt senior DG Anderson, offense enjoy breakout day

Thompson passes for openings in the middle of the fi eld, 271 yards, 3 scores and their receivers found spaces between the Bulldogs’ linebackers Tanner Abel and secondary with ease. @TABELABEL “The coaching staff, we had a great game plan,” Jones said. “We’ve With such a dramatic ending to been working on that all week. We South Carolina’s victory against knew the middle of the field was Georgia, the performance by the going to be wide open.” Gamecock receiving corps might be Roland opened the scoring in the a tad overlooked. fi rst quarter when Thompson threw It looked like former South a jump ball toward the receiver’s Carolina great, Alshon Jeffery, back shoulder. Roland fought rubbed off on the team’s current through blanket coverage to fi nish pass-catchers with several players off the 10-yard play. making tough receptions in traffi c as Trailing 10-7 late in fi rst quarter, brutal contact awaited to greet them. Gamecock sophomore Pharoh The notable playmakers Saturday Cooper caught a quick screen on the in the vertical game included outside, and juked past a defender to redshirt senior Nick Jones and junior complete the eight-yard touchdown. Shaq Roland at receiver as well as Anderson made his presence senior Rory “Busta” Anderson at known from the start, while he tight end. continued on his way to career-high Jeff rey Davis / THE DAILY GAMECOCK After a few missed opportunities fi ve receptions that totaled 67 yards. Rory “Busta” Anderson, a Georgia native, reeled in a career-high fi ve receptions last week against East Carolina, He cashed in with a touchdown of against the Bulldogs, including a touchdown reception in the second quarter. the receivers and tight ends made his own in the second quarter, as he Anderson said. “I felt like I had to the defense has no idea where the up for it in this week’s contest, and went up for a ball in the middle of prove something, not only to people ball is going. Anderson was pleased he could hang the fi eld with a defender draped over watching me but to myself.” If the receiving corps can continue on to the ball against the Bulldogs. his back. It looked like defensive pass Jones had the most yards of any to make difficult catches and “I’m a Georgia boy and I felt like interference, but Anderson managed South Carolina receiver, with 87 explosive plays in space, it may be a this was a personal game for me,” to come down with the 18-yard of them on four catches. He had deciding factor whether or not the he said. “First, because I’m from score. a few tremendous catches along Gamecocks can make a run at an Georgia and last year didn’t go as After the game, the tight end said the sideline, including one where SEC championship. planned. Stuff happens, but we were he redeemed himself for a similar a Bulldog defender absolutely Jones said the receivers feed off able to bounce back.” play last season against Georgia, in pummeled him. His footwork to the fans at Williams-Brice Stadium, The passing attack significantly which he dropped the pass in the complete receptions during the fi rst and Saturday was no different. affected the game, mainly in the end zone. three games of the season has been “I would like to thank our fans, first half. By halftime, redshirt “Last year, we ran the same almost impeccable. staying through that whole weather senior Dylan Thompson had already exact play, and I didn’t go up and Thompson said variety in receivers delay,” he said. “They are amazing.” accumulated 240 passing yards and attack the ball last year, so I knew that can make plays is crucial three touchdowns through the air. we were going to call it again this — especially in third down-and- The Gamecocks took advantage of year because it was wide open,” medium distance situations, since DG