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8 I Friday, November 19, 2004 | The Red & Black
SPORTS
Rivals face off all weekend long
David Bethea
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So many rivalries, so little
time. This week’s slate of
games is every college football
fan’s dream, but there are just
too many to cover here.
With apologies to Illinois/
Northwestern, USC/Clemson,
BYU/Utah, Washington/
Washington State and
Stanford/Cal, here are the
games to watch this week:
No. 10 Florida State at
Florida (7:45 p.m., ESPN)
Florida State has won the
last two meetings of this hotly
contested rivalry, but the hero
of those games, senior quar
terback Chris Rix, will no
longer be on the field to
launch last-second bombs to
P K. Sam.
While the FSU offense has
struggled to an average of 25
points per contest — far below
Bobby Bowden standards —
they have averaged more than
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Record: 43-19
Against the Line: 32-29
Last Week: 3-3, 5-1
No. 15 Tennessee (by 13) at Vanderbilt
-12:30 p.m., JP:
Tennessee 28, Vanderbilt 14
No. 2 Auburn (by 10) at Alabama —
3:30 p.m., CBS:
Auburn 24, Alabama 10
No. 7 Michigan (by 5.5) at Ohio State
— 1 p.m., ABC regional:
Michigan 23, Ohio State 10
No. 10 Florida State (by 7) at Florida —
7:45 p.m., ESPN:
Florida 27, Florida State 23
No. 18 Virginia (by 6) at Georgia Tech
— 1 p.m., ABC:
Virginia 24, Georgia Tech 20
No. 9 Wisconsin at No. 17 Iowa (by 3)
-4:30 p.m., ESPN:
Iowa 24, Wisconsin 21
— Jason Langbehn
35 points per game at home
this season.
That could be problematic
for Florida, which has allowed
more than 400 yards of offense
in all four of their losses and
are only 1-3 on the road.
While the Gators boast one
of the best and most balanced
offenses in the nation, their
inability to stop the run will
prove to be the difference in
this game.
The ‘Noles make it three
straight, 27- 21.
No. 2 Auburn at Alabama
(3:30 p.m., CBS)
With this rivalry you can
throw records out the window.
The Crimson Tide will
come to play, and if they bring
their “A” game on offense,
their stifling defense may be
able to pull off the upset of the
year.
Okay, seriously.
Auburn is by far the better
team in this matchup and
despite ‘Bama boasting one of
the nation’s top defenses,
their inept offense won’t hold
onto the ball long enough to
seriously challenge the Tigers.
Unless Brodie Croyle and
Ray Hudson find a way to suit
up, the Tide could be in for a
long day. Auburn wins, 20-3.
No. 7 Michigan at Ohio State
(1 p.m., ABC regional)
This rivalry lacks its
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typical buzz, but the
Buckeyes have a chance to
spoil another Rose Bowl sea
son for the Wolverines if they
can pull off the upset on
Saturday
The dismal Buckeye
offense has totaled 11
turnovers in their three loss
es, but they have played their
best football at home, going
5-1 this season.
They will need to get the
ball into the hands of explo
sive playmaker Santonio
Holmes if they hope to be
effective against a Michigan
defense that has been very
adept at forcing turnovers.
The Michigan offense is
coming off of consecutive
40-point performances, and
freshman Mike Hart is com
ing off his fifth straight
100-yard game.
With Hart, Edwards and
quarterback Chad Henne
powering the Michigan
attack, the Wolverines should
have no problem putting up
points against the Buckeyes
and be on their way to a sec
ond straight Rose Bowl.
The mystique of the
Horseshoe keeps this one
closer than it should be, but
Michigan wins, 24-6.
SPURRIER: USC fans
cheer potential move
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With the college football
recruiting season picking up
steam, a combination of
Spurrier’s pass-happy of
fense and blue chip quarter
backs and receivers is now a
hot topic.
“I think that for a Georgia
fan, this is the worst place
Spurrier could go,” said Todd
Unzicker, who analyzes col
lege football recruiting for
ugasports.com. “At Florida
and Tennessee, those pro
grams already have strong
relationships with high
school coaches. Spurrier
would be able to come in and
recultivate those relation
ships with those coaches in
Georgia and Florida.”
Spurrier’s possible return
has clothing retailers in the
heart of South Carolina brac
ing for a run on USC-themed
visors, a Spurrier trademark.
“The fans would absolute
ly love it,” Jonathan Hiilyard,
sports editor of The Daily
Gamecock, USC’s student
newspaper, said. “For all
those years, a lot of USC fans
have never seen a team that
could go out and look down
on someone.”
Holtz, meanwhile, has not
made an official announce
ment about his future at
South Carolina, but has
scheduled a news conference
for next week. Kerry Tharp,
USC’s sports information
director, told ESPN
Thursday morning he’d
rather not go into specifics to
be fair to the coach who is on
the verge of leading the
Gamecocks to their third
bowl appearance in five sea
sons.
“From his press confer
ence this week, he says he
won’t decide anything until
the season is over,” Hiilyard
said. “But his tone indicated
that he will retire barring a
catastrophe.”
Spurrier has kept a low
profile over the past week,
denying rumors he bought a
house near Columbia and
had been offered a golf mem
bership at Augusta National
by USC alumni Hootie
Johnson, the club’s presi
dent.
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