Gamecocks in Uncharted Territory with Win Over

Gamecocks in Uncharted Territory with Win Over

University of South Carolina Scholar Commons October 2012 10-8-2012 The aiD ly Gamecock, MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2012 University of South Carolina, Office oftude S nt Media Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/gamecock_2012_oct Recommended Citation University of South Carolina, Office of Student Media, "The aiD ly Gamecock, MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2012" (2012). October. 15. https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/gamecock_2012_oct/15 This Newspaper is brought to you by the 2012 at Scholar Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in October by an authorized administrator of Scholar Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. dailygamecock.com UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2012 VOL. 110, NO. 32 ● SINCE 1908 Courtesy of MCT Campus South Carolina offensive lineman Cody Gibson (78) and tailback Marcus Lattimore (21) celebrate with the student section following the Gamecocks’ 35-7 win over UGA. Gamecocks in uncharted Bearing signs, fans pack territory with win over UGA Horseshoe for GameDay went in a new direction. — seemed unusually quiet. USC ranked No. 3 after Instead of running toward Students camp, revel, ESPN’s College GameDay had just 35-7 defeat of Georgia midfi eld, USC players went straight ‘Sandstorm’ before show gone to commercial, and fans in front for the student section, doing a half of the pit were hunched over a metal Isabelle Khurshudyan Thad Moore [email protected] “Lambeau Leap” across the end [email protected] barrier; they’d been cheering for hours. zone hedges into the fans’ waiting On Sumter Street, Darius Rucker arms. stepped off the show’s bus in a suit, tie When time ran out on South Just after 11:50 a.m. Saturday, the “We planned that before the and Gamecocks cap. On set, a Cocky Carolina’s 35-7 win over then-No. Horseshoe — packed with excited fans, 5 Georgia , the Gamecocks’ bench GAMECOCKS ● 16 many of whom had been there all night GAMEDAY ● 2 Pastides set to receive 21-percent raise, pending fi nal OK $64,000 last year in deferred payment . Education . Board approves $125,000 pay In total, pending the With this pay increase, he’d be No. 3, behind increase, $250,000 retention bonus foundation’s approval, that Nicholas Zeppos of Vanderbilt University and would bring Pastides’ total Lee Todd, Jr. of the University of Kentucky , Thad Moore compensation to $724,000 , an according to the Chronicle of Higher Education’s [email protected] increase of nearly 21 percent . database. The board also asked the This year, USC’s faculty received an across- USC’s board of trustees approved a hefty foundation to approve a $50,000 the-board pay raise of 3 percent . compensation increase for President Harris per year retention bonus that During Pastides ’ presidency, the university Pastides Friday. Pastides would receive in one has seen record-setting research funding , rising The board’s executive committee voted to ask lump sum if he’s still with the enrollment that he promised to cap , a pair of the Educational Foundation, which runs the PASTIDES university in fi ve years. baseball national championships and a school- school’s endowment, to give Pastides , USC’s With his deferred payment, best 11-win football season . president since 2008, a supplement of $125,000 in Pastides was the fourth-best paid president in annual compensation . the Southeastern Conference in 2011 , according Previously, he received $535,000 in base pay; Comments on this story? to data compiled by the Chronicle of Higher The State reported that Pastides got an additional Visit dailygamecock.com/news Monday Billy Currington Military Pacts Defense impresses 62° 51° Check out Mix Editor Columnist Max Sto- USC defensive end Chloe Gould’s review larczyk argues that Jadeveon Clowney of the country star’s giving S. Korea more said he knew when Tuesday free Lowe’s tailgate military leeway is the ball would be concert. benefi cial to SE Asia snapped during 72° 52° See page 8 as well as the US. USC’s 35-7 win. See page 7 See page 16 2 Monday, October 8, 2012 Kelsey Duncan / THE DAILY GAMECOCK Andrew Askins / THE DAILY GAMECOCK Nathan Leach / THE DAILY GAMECOCK Andrew Askins / THE DAILY GAMECOCK Andrew Askins / THE DAILY GAMECOCK Spencer Scott / THE DAILY GAMECOCK Fans arrived early and cheered often Friday night and Saturday morning as ESPN’s College GameDay broadcast live from the Horseshoe before the Gamecocks’ victory over Georgia. Check out more photos from GameDay and a video of the action online at dailygamecock.com! GAMEDAY ● Continued from 1 over then-No. 5 Georgia began in earnest than the last time GameDay came to The brothers, both fans from Columbia, just before 5 p.m. Friday. Columbia, when USC knocked off then- came around 2 a.m. to make sure they got head and Sir Big Spur were hidden beneath A few tents were already set up then, and No. 1 Alabama in 2010. Jerry Brewer, the a spot in the pit, they said. They stood at Lee Corso. a few students mulled about. associate vice president for student affairs, the front of a line that would later weave The climax was close. They were a small portion of the fi gured roughly three or four times more past the Maxcy Monument toward the As GameDay’s personalities picked hundreds of tents that would eventually students camped out for the show this year. McCutchen House . winners game-by-game, all eyes were on dot the Horseshoe from the set to the They brought an energy that ebbed little How’d they manage to stay awake? “You Corso. McKissick Museum . Thousands of through the night . just have no choice,” Michael Branham The analyst has long been a controversial students would wander through them; Few students and fans got much sleep said. The energy, he added, was too much. figure in Columbia; he once said coach some sat in circles, alternately holding Friday night, and that goes for USC Once they were in line, fans weren’t Steve Spurrier’s Gamecocks wouldn’t win guitars and fl ashlights. President Harris Pastides , too. much inclined to move. Eventually, Russell the Southeastern Conference “in 400 They’d dance and scream as “2001” He’d been out with the crowds with his House Director Kim McMahon and a years.” On Saturday, he sent them into a played twice at midnight, followed by wife, Patricia Moore-Pastides , and even handful of other administrators carried frenzy again — he picked South Carolina. “Sandstorm.” Minutes later, a line would got in on the “Sandstorm” action, waving loads of food down from McKissick, where The Horseshoe erupted, spur hand signs meander down the brick paths for the fi rst his pocket square in the air. a buffet was set up, to feed them. fl ew up and a “U—S—C” chant rang out. of a pair late-night pizza deliveries. The Those who did sleep were replaced, in And in line, they were emboldened by a It had been a long time coming. students made quick work of the 300 pies. large part, by the show’s early comers, like sense of dedication for South Carolina — The buildup to South Carolina’s romp They did so in greater numbers Michael and Jacob Branham . GAMEDAY ● 4 Refinance Your Auto and Save! $100 90 Days Cash No Back* Payment *Approval is based on credit worthiness; existing AllSouth auto loans are not eligible for this promotion. 2008 and newer vehicles only; minimum loan amount of $5,000. Interest will continue to accrue during the 90 days with no payment. $100 will be deposited into your savings account when the loan is established. Savings account required for membership. 2012 Harden Street Federally insured by NCUA (803) 736-3110 Online at www.allsouth.org 4 Monday, October 8, 2012 The Daily Gamecock After Georgia game, crime in Five Points shows uptick from last week Police make 41 arrests, the morning in the heart of USC’s directing loiterers to keep moving providing false information to 63 charges Saturday night campus, drawing thousands of along the clustered sidewalks. They police . sign-bearing students and others were augmented by an observation Columbia police also charged Colin Campbell vying for their moment on national tower , DUI checkpoints and several one man with felony drunken [email protected] television. That night, an announced other agencies including the Bureau driving, after his car collided with attendance of 85,199 of locals and of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms ; another at around 11:30 p.m. at the On the night of the biggest win out-of-towners from Athens, Ga., Richland County Police ; USC intersection of Millwood Avenue of the South Carolina Gamecocks’ packed the stadium for the matchup police ; South Carolina Highway and Washington Street , between season so far, the thousands of fans between the fifth-ranked Georgia Patrol; and military police from Fort Gervais and Taylor Streets . who streamed from Williams-Brice Bulldogs and the sixth-ranked Jackson, who assisted in maintaining James McKibbin Green IV, 29, Stadium into Five Points largely Gamecocks . the peace. is suspected of not yielding to the behaved themselves. Columbia police, in the wake of Police and fi re offi cials also cleared other car, according to the release. Forty-one people were arrested criticism over a string of violent several bars which had surpassed Green’s car flipped on its side, in the packed Columbia bar district crimes and a shooting in the district, their occupancy rates, putting sending him and his four passengers Saturday night, the Columbia Police had anticipated the crowds and a damper on the night for those to the hospital .

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