News Nuggets, 10.03.04
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TUSCALOOSA, AL — Backup quarterback
Syvelle Newton rushed for two third-quarter touchdowns and South Carolina
intercepted four passes in a 20-3 victory over Alabama on Saturday night.
The Gamecocks (4-1, 2-1 Southeastern
Conference) bullied a Crimson Tide team hampered by quarterback problems
since the season-ending knee injury to Brodie Croyle two weeks ago.
It was South Carolina's first win in
eight trips to Tuscaloosa and second straight against Alabama after losing
the first 10 games in the series.
Alabama (3-2, 1-2) has lost two
straight. The Crimson Tide managed only one touchdown and 13 points in the
two games since sophomore Marc Guillon replaced Croyle.
Guillon was 9-of-18 for 63 yards while
backup Spencer Pennington had just one completion in six attempts. Both were
picked off twice.
Their troubles helped South Carolina
brush off Newton's third-quarter interception and the team's two fumbles in
the fourth.
Newton had touchdown runs of 8 and 9
yards in the third quarter, both set up by interceptions.
Anthony Madison picked of Newton's pass
at Alabama's 23-yard line. Guillon followed immediately with an equally bad
pass, throwing it directly to cornerback Fred Bennett, who finished with two
interceptions.
Newton kept it on the ground this time,
carrying on all three plays and capping the 20-yard drive by scampering
untouched into the end zone for an 8-yarder.
Pennington replaced Guillon but had
similar results — an interception by Tremaine Tyler, who raced 40 yards to
Alabama's 9. Newton ran up the middle on the next play for another easy
score.
He had 13 carries for 53 yards while he
and starter Dondrial Pinkins had only two completions apiece. Pinkins and
Newton have been splitting time under center. The Gamecocks gained 203 yards
on 54 rushes but had only 46 yards passing, nearly 200 below their average.
With the return of tailback Demetris
Summers, South Carolina all but scrapped the league's No. 4 passing attack.
Summers, who had missed the past two games with a sprained ankle, had 61
yards on 15 carries but lost a fourth-quarter fumble.
The Gamecocks didn't even need a
contribution from the league's leading receiver. Troy Williamson didn't
catch a pass after three straight 100-yard games.
Alabama's offense has sputtered badly
since Croyle tore a knee ligament early in the third quarter of a rout of
Division I-AA Western Carolina. The result has been lopsided defeats to
Arkansas and the Gamecocks after opening with three blowout wins.
Josh Brown gave South Carolina a 6-3
halftime lead with field goals of 28 and 29 yards. Alabama's Brian Bostick
made a 28-yarder but missed a 35-yarder just before the half, his first
miss.
Pioneer Hayden Fry to receive Stagg award
WACO, TX — Former Southern Methodist,
North Texas and Iowa head coach Hayden Fry will receive the 2005 Amos Alonzo
Stagg Award from the American Football Coaches Association.
The award, which honors those "whose
services have been outstanding in the advancement of the best interests of
football," will be presented to Fry at an awards luncheon Jan. 11 during the
association's convention Louisville, Ky.
"As a young guy growing up, Amos Alonzo
Stagg was my hero. You saw the old film clips of him, Pop Warner, Knute
Rockne and you wanted to emulate them," Fry said. "All that flashes through
your mind when you find out you'll receive an award in his name. To me, it's
the highest honor a coach can receive. It's a tribute to outstanding coaches
and players I worked with."
Fry retired from coaching in 1998 after
39 seasons in college football, including 37 seasons as a head coach. He
finished his career with a record of 232-178-10.
Fry made his biggest impact on college
football off the field when he broke the color barrier in the Southwest
Conference by recruiting receiver Jerry Levias to SMU in 1965. Levias joined
Fry in the 2003 College Football Hall of Fame induction class.
Fry gained his greatest national
notoriety for his work in building the Iowa football program into one of the
best in the Big 10.
Recent winners of the award include Bo
Schembechler, Tom Osborne, Vince Dooley and Joe Paterno.'
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