News Nuggets, 09.26.04
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Gamecocks formally unveil
"Pops" in win over Troy
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COLUMBIA — ``Pops'' Frisby finally made
his college football debut — at the age of 39.
Tim Frisby, the Army veteran who is a
walk-on receiver for South Carolina, went in for the Gamecocks' final four
plays in Saturday's 17-7 victory over Troy.
Frisby got a loud cheer from the crowd
of 79,700 at Williams-Brice Stadium when he entered the game with 2:13
remaining, then lined up by himself wide to the right as the Gamecocks ran
through the middle to finish things off.
When it ended, he got back slaps and
pats from teammates and coaches.
``I'm just glad coach put the trust in
me to go out there,'' Frisby said. ``I was glad to be part of it.''
The NCAA gave Frisby, a 20-year Army
vet who retired this summer, clearance to play for the Gamecocks this week.
Eligibility questions from his time at two Allentown, Pa., high schools kept
him on the sideline for games against Georgia and South Florida.
Frisby was among five Gamecocks who led
the rest of the team in pre-game calisthenics Saturday. He raised his helmet
to the sky like his teammates during the opening kickoff. Then he stood on
the sideline and watched, until making his debut at the end.
But Frisby is quite different than his
teammates. He's got six children, and the oldest — who is 16 — is nearly the
age of some of those teammates.
During his military career, Frisby was
a Ranger-qualified member of the 82nd Airborne. He served in Desert Storm
and the conflict in Kosovo.
He carries a 3.8 GPA in broadcast
journalism, which he hopes to turn into a second career.
Major football, baseball changes under study
INDIANAPOLIS — NCAA football players
could have five seasons of eligibility and would be allowed to transfer once
without penalty if two new proposals are approved next year.
The NCAA's Championships/Competition
Cabinet forwarded both measures for consideration during a 2-day meeting
that ended Wednesday in Indianapolis. The committee also approved a proposal
that would permit Division I-A schools to again add a 12th football game
starting in 2006.
"We didn't have a significant
discussion about it because the football issues committee said athletes
wanted to play," said Linda Bruno, the committee chairwoman and commissioner
of the Atlantic 10 Conference.
If passed by the Board of Directors,
schools would receive an annual exemption for one game. Schools were awarded
those exemptions each of the past two seasons. They were not available to
most schools this year.
Bruno said that proposal had the full
support of her committee.
The cabinet also sent along legislation
that would give football players one extra season to compete instead of the
four they are now permitted and would extend the one-time transfer rule to
three additional sports. The committee did not vote on those measures.
Athletes who play football, basketball
and hockey are now required to sit out one full year before becoming
eligible at their new school. Athletes in other sports are not penalized by
sitting out a year, NCAA spokesman Jeff Howard said.
The cabinet also approved new baseball
guidelines. If approved, teams would not be permitted to start spring
practice until Feb. 1, and games could not begin until March 1. Currently,
there is no practice date set for the spring season.
If approved, the College World Series
could also be moved back, ending as late as July 4. Last year's national
championship ended June 28.
Bruno said the proposal is intended to
change the culture of baseball.
"We think it puts everyone on a more
level playing field in terms of weather," she said. "But the membership
needs to decide if that's what it wants to do to make baseball a national
sport."
Final votes on the measures cannot
occur before April.
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