South Carolina 1995 Carquest Bowl Part 3

STEVE TANEYHILL, SOUTH CAROLINA. THAT CATCH IS GOOD. DARRELL NICKLOW, NUMBER 11. FINAL 26 SECONDS OF THE QUARTER. >> Dan: ONE THING WE HAVEN'T SEEN A LOT OUT OF CAROLINA IN THIS SECOND HALF IS THE SHOTGUN FORMATION WITH THE FOUR WIDE RECEIVERS. TANEYHILL TOOK THE BALL FROM CENTER THAT TIME. IT APPEARS THAT'S WHERE HE'S GOING TO RECEIVE THIS SNAP. >> Verne: SECOND DOWN AND TWO. PROBABLY THE FINAL PLAY OF THE QUARTER. AND THEY RUN THE DIVE PLAY. GETS SOME RUNNING ROOM OUT TO THE 35-YARD LINE. AND THAT'S THE END OF THE THIRD QUARTER WITH THE SCORE SOUTH CAROLINA 24, WEST VIRGINIA 21. TR >> Verne: BACK AT JOE ROBBIE STADIUM, START OF THE FOURTH QUARTER. SOUTH CAROLINA HANGS ON TO A 24-21 LEAD. VERNE LUNDQUIST, DAN FOUTS, MICHELE TAFOYA AND ANDREA JOYCE WITH YOU HERE. DON NEHLEN AND THE WEST VIRGINIA MOUNTAINEERS HOPING FOR OF A DEFENSIVE STAND AGAINST BRAD SCOTT AND THE SOUTH CAROLINA GAMECOCKS. CAROLINA HAS A FIRST DOWN AND TEN, TANEYHILL, PUMPS AND GOES DEEP AND THAT ONE COULD BE PICKED OFF BY BEASLEY BUT IT'S OVER HIS HEAD, INTENDED FOR COREY BRIDGES. AARON BEASLEY WITH TEN REGULAR-SEASON INTERCEPTIONS THIS YEAR. >> Dan: NUMBER ONE IN THE NATION, AND YOU DON'T GET BEAT ON THE OLD OUT AND UP WHEN YOU'RE THE LEADER IN THE NATION. THAT WAS THE OLD PUMP FAKE TO THE OUTSIDE, BUT WHEN YOU'RE NUMBER ONE, YOU'VE SEEN A LOT OF BALLS THROWN AT YOU-- AT YOU NUMBER ONE, AND, NUMBER TWO, HE'S BEEN ABLE TO CATCH THE BALL. BEEN DEEP-- BEEN BEAT A COUPLE OF TIMES BUT WAS NOT FOOLED THAT TIME. >> Verne: ON SECOND DOWN, ANOTHER PLAY FAKE, LOOK FOR THE SCREEN PASS, TANEYHILL, BOY HE HAS TOHURRY, GOT RID OF IT, BENNETT, TACKLED AND DROPPED AT THE 38-YARD LINE BY J.T. THOMAS. >> Dan: I GUARANTEE YOU. THERE WAS A COUPLE OF SOUTH CAROLINIANS DOWNFIELD BEFORE THAT PASS WAS COMPLETE, AND THE REFEREES JUST TOTALLY OVERLOOKED IT. THAT WAS A SLOW-- RATHER SLOW DEVELOPING SCREEN PASS AND THOSE OFFENSIVE LINEMEN, THEY TRICKLED DOWNFIELD. THEY GOT AWAY WITH IT. >> Verne: THIRD AND SIX. 24-21, NOT A LOT OF YARDAGE BUT PRETTY HIGH PERCENTAGE FOR STEVE TANEYHILL. AT 23-30. THIRD DOWN, SIX. HAS A MAN, FIRST DOWN. SOUTH CAROLINA WILL MOVE THE STICKS. IT'S TERELL, NUMBER 9, WHO HADN'T CAUGHT A PASS BEFORE THIS GAME. >> Dan: THAT'S HIS SECOND OF THE DAY AND ANOTHER KEY ONE. THIRD DOWN CONVERSIONS TO KEEP THE DRIVE ALIVE. >> Verne: 13:50 REMAINING. SOUTH CAROLINA TRYING TO WIN FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER IN 102 YEARS. DOING THEIR 87-- '87 BOWL APPEARANCE AGAINST L.S.U.-- HERE'S PRITCHETT GOING LEFT. WATCH OUT. STILL RUMBLING! FIRST AND GOAL SOUTH CAROLINA AT THE 7-YARD LINE. >> Dan: HE RAN THROUGH THE ENTIRE MOUNTAINEER DEFENSE, AND THEN STAYED IN BOUNDS. THIS IS JUST GREAT EFFORT. WATCH ALL THE PEOPLE THAT TOUCH HIM. ONE, TWO, TWO GO BY, THREE, FOUR RIGHT THERE, AND NOW HE'S DOWN THE SIDELINES, MADE A-- MAY HAVE STEPPED OUT. YEAH. THE OFFICIALS WILL BRING HIM ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE 25-YARD LINE SO THEY ARE ALL OVER THIS ONE. WATCH HIS LEFT FOOTSTEP OUT OF BOUNDS RIGHT ABOUT THERE. CHARLES EMANUEL WITH THE PUSH. >> Verne: OFFICIALLY A GAIN OF 26. TO THE 25-YARD LINE. TANEYHILL, INTO THE END ZONE DEEP. AND IT WAS OVERTHROWN. AND A LITTLE EXTRA CURRICULA SHOVE AT THE END OF THE PLAY. J.T. THOMAS DEFENDING. >> Dan: J.T. IS A MIDDLE LINEBACKER. >> Verne: YES. >> Dan: HE'S STILL, AS HE'S WALKING NOW TOWARDS THE SIDELINES, SAYS I'M GOING TO GO RUN 30 YARDS,0 YARDS DOWN THE FIELD, I'M GOING TO SHOVE SOMEBODY. >> Verne: MENTIONED THAT GATOR BOWL APPEARANCE IN '87. THE QUARTERBACK IN THAT GAME WAS TODD ELLIS, NOW A BROADCASTER FOR THE SOUTH CAROLINA RADIO AND THE STAR WIDE RECEIVER ON THAT SOUTH CAROLINA TEAM STERLING SHARP AND IF HE'S WATCHING TODAY, DAN AND I BOTH WANT TO WISH HIM THE BEST. WHAT A GREAT, GREAT FOOTBALL PLAYER HE IS. HERE TANEYHILL, CLOSE TO THE LINE. CAUGHT, TOUCHDOWN! >> Dan: OVER THE LINE. >> Verne: THEY ARE GOING TO BRING IT BACK. KURT FREDERICK MADE THE CATCH, BUT TANEYHILL HAD CROSSED THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. >> Dan: THE BALL WAS SNAPPED ON ABOUT THE 26-YARD LINE AND THE FLAG IS LAYING RIGHT ON THE 25 DESIGNATING THAT STEVE TANEYHILL WAS OVER THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE WHEN HE HIT FREDERICK FOR THE SCORE. BUT THIS ONE WAS REALLY, REALLY CLOSE. THERE'S THE 26-YARD LINE RIGHT THERE. NOW LET'S SEE WHERE HE IS WHEN HE LET'S GO OF THE BALL. BOY, I DON'T KNOW. IT LOOKED LIKE HE GOT RID OF THE BALL BEFORE HE GOT TO THE 25. TOUGH TO TELL FROM THAT ANGLE. HE KNEW HE WAS CLOSE, AND NOW HE SEES THE FLAG. THAT'S A FIVE-YARD PENALTY AND LOSS OF DOWN. AND LOSS OF SIX POINTS. >> Verne: THAT WILL BRING UP THIRD AND 15 WITH 13:13 REMAINING. >> Verne: SHOVEL PASS, PRITCHETT,, FIRST AND GOAL AT THE 5. A GAIN OF 25. >> Dan: THIS WORKS BECAUSE OF THE BLITZ BY THE MOUNTAINEERS AND PRITCHETT ALMOST FULLBLED THE BALL BUT HE CERTAINLY KNOWS WHERE THE GOAL LINE IS. HE HEADED STRAIGHT FOR IT. HUGE PLAY, NUMBER ONE, TO COME BACK FROM THE PENALTY. A QUESTIONABLE CALL THAT THAT WAS, AND THEN TO PICK UP ALL THE YARDAGE AND TO SET UP HIS TEAM AT ABOUT THE 5-YARD LINE. >> Verne: REGGIE ALEXANDER TAKES HIS SPOT IN THE BACLD, ALEXANDER WEARS NUMBER 30. FIRST AND GOAL AT THE 5. FREDERICK GOES WIDE TO THE LEFT. A FORMER QUARTERBACK WEARING NUMBER 16, AND HARRIS IS WIDE RIGHT. PLAY FAKE, TANEYHILL, THAT'S GOING TO BE DOWN BY CONTACT AT THE 17. J.T. THOMAS. >> Dan: I THINK J.T. WAS JUST TOO TIRED TO GET TAKED OUT BY TANEYHILL. HE PUMPED FAKE MATT TAFFONI OFF THE GROUND AND GOT AROUND HIM BUT WATCH J.T., HE DOESN'T GO FOR IT. NUMBER 3 IS TAFFONI. HE'S GOT THE QUARTERBACK, HE GOES FOR THE OLD FAKE AND J.T. SAYS "I'M JUST GOING TO RUN RIGHT THROUGH YOU." THAT'S CLOSE TO BEING A FUMBLE. >> Verne: A LOSS OF 12. SECOND AND GOAL FROM THE 17 AND THE CLOCK STILL RUNNING-- NOPE, NOW IT'S STOPPED WITH 12:15 TO GO. IT'S STOPPED BECAUSE SOUTH CAROLINA HAS CALLED TIME OUT. THE GAMECOCKS LEADING 24-21, LOST 12 ON THE LAST PLAY. TABLES SEVEN AND EIGHT. LOVE--I MEAN, YOUR GRANDMOTHHT . TABLES SEVEN AND EIGHT. >> Verne: WE'RE IN THE FINAL QUARTER OF THE 1995 CARQUEST BOWL, 12:15 REMAINING AT JOE ROBBIE STADIUM. SOUTH CAROLINA LEADS IT BY STHRE. THEY HAVE A SECOND DOWN AND GOAL AT THE 17. HAD A TOUCHDOWN NEGATED BECAUSE IT WAS RULED THAT STEVE TANEYHILL CROSSED THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE WHEN HE FOUND KURT FREDERICK FOR A SCORE. PRITCHETT RUMBLED. NOW THERE'S A BIT OF A QUICK BALL. TRY A FUMBLERUSKI, NO DEAL. >> Dan: THIS IS A PLAY THEY TRIED TO RUN EARLIER WHEN TANEYHILL FAKED THE INJURY, BUT LOOK IT HERE. THE BALL WAS SNAPPED BETWEEN THE LEGS BY BRIDGES TO TROPH BUT THERE'S PUPPY WRIGHT WITH THE TACKLE. AGAIN, THEY HAD THE RIGHT PERSONNEL IN THE GAME THAT TIME BUT I'VE GOT A FEELING, VERNE, THE NOISE YOU JUST HEARD WAS THE PLAY BOOK BEING TORN IN HALF AND THAT PART OF THE PLAY THE PART THEY ARE THROWING AWAY, 0-. >> Verne: IN THE SAME GAME. HERE'S TANEYHILL. HE'S IN TROUBLE. >> Dan: AND THAT MAY HAVE PUSHED THEM OUT OF FIELD GOAL RANGE WHICH IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. TANEYHILL WILL COME THIS WAY OFF THE SCREEN AND WANT TO THROW THE BALL BACK HERE BUT WATCH ALL THE MOUNTAINEERS COME OUT AND TAKE THIS SCREEN AWAY FROM HIM. THEY JUST HAVE DONE THEIR HOMEWORK, TWO GUYS ON THE SCREEN, AND NOW TANEYHILL IS FACED WITH FOUR MOUNTAINEERS, BRINGS UP A REAL LONG FIELD GOAL TRY. >> Verne: IT WILL BE 47 YARDS AND IT WILL BE SIMPSON BECAUSE REED MORTON STRAINED HIS BACK ON HITTING A 47-YARDER EARLIER. IT'S BLOCKED. THE BALL DEFLECTED, AND IT WILL COME BACK TO THE 20-YARD LINE. THE SIGNIFICANCE NOW THAT SIMPSON HAD THE KICK BECAUSE REED MORTON STRAINED HIS BACK MAKING A TACKLE OWN A KICKOFF. >> Dan: OKAY. AND THEN LET'S GO BACK TO THAT QUESTIONABLE FUMBLERUSKI TYPE OF PLAY. THAT WENT ABSOLUTELY NOWHERE. THE FAKE SCREEN THAT RESULTED IN THE BIG SACK, BUT BEFORE THAT THE PASS PLAY FOR THE TOUCHDOWN TO KURT FREDERICK THAT WAS BROUGHT BACK BECAUSE TANEYHILL WAS RULED TO BE OVER THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENED IN THERE. THE BALL WAS DRILLED TOO LOW. IT NEVER HAD A CHANCE. IT LOOKED LIKE IT HIT JOHN BROWNING IN THE SIDE OF THE HEAD. WATCH HOW LOW SIMPSON HITS THIS ONE, A GOOD SNAP, GOOD HOLD, HE KNEW HE DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE ON THAT ONE AT ALL. >> Verne: AND AS A RESULT WEST VIRGINIA HAS THE BL BACK, FIRST AND TEN, WITH 10:40 TO GO. WALKER COMING LEFT, GETS A BLOCK FROM BARBER. AND MOVES IT OUT TO THE 45-YARD LINE. A GAIN OF 16. >> Dan: THIS GAME HAS HAD JUST HUGE MOMENTUM SWINGS BECAUSE OF TURNOVERS. AND YOU ALMOST HAVE TO CONSIDER A BLOCKED FIELD GOAL A TURNOVER BECAUSE IT RESULTS IN ABOUT THE SAME THING. >> Verne: FIRST DOWN AT THE 46. PURNELL WHO HAS TWO TOUCHDOWNS IN HALF IN MOTION AND THEY SLIP IT UP THE MIDDLE. A GAIN OF MAYBE A HALF A YARD. RIGHT NOW LET'S GO AND CHECK IN WITH MICHELE TAFOYA. >> Michele: WELL I'M SITTING WITH CINDY HARPER, THE FIANCE OF CHRIS KLICK MAJORING IN ART EDUCATION, MINORING IN PYTHON MAINTENANCE. TALK ABOUT THE PIE THIS THAT NEEDS TO BE FED A TEN-POUND RABBIT EVERY SUNDAY. WHO FED IT YESTERDAY? >> WE COULD NOT FIND ANYBODY TO FEED T. WE HAVE TO WAIT TILL CHRIS GETS BACK TO FEED IT. >> Michele: WHAT ABOUT THE TATOOS, ONE ON THE THE ARM, A DEMON OF SOME SORT? >> A DEMON RIPPING OUT OF HIS SKIN. >> Michele: AND A GRIM RAEPER ON THE SIDE OF HIS HEAD. HOW DID YOU TELL YOUR PARENTS YOU WERE GETTING MARRIED. >> Verne:. >> CHRIS MET MY PARENTS AND WHENEVER THEY MET HIM. MY PARENTS ARE LIKE REALLY CONSERVATIVE AND THEY ARE LIKE, OH, MY GOSH. THEY LIKED HIM, REAL SHY, REAL NICE AND POLITE AND THEY LOVED HIM. >> Michele: MAY LOVE HIM MORE AFTER TODAY. BACK TO YOU, VERNE. >> Verne: HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO HOME TO TAKE ON A HUNGRY PYTHON. >> Dan: HE MAY BE MEETING THE REAL GRIM REAPER. >> Verne: ART MAJOR. >> Dan: ON THE FIRST PLANE HOME. HE'S A DAY LATE FOR THAT RABBIT. >> Verne: CHRIS KLICK. MEANWHILE, A TACKLE FOR A LOSS BY CHRIS RUMPH AND IT'S FIRST DOWN FOR WEST VIRGINIA RIGHT NOW. JOHNSTON SHAKES A TACKLE, CAN'T SHAKE THE NEXT ONE,ING TACKLED BY AUBREY BOOKS AND STACY EVANS. >> Dan: I NEVER QUITE UNDERSTOOD WHY AN OFFENSE WOULD RUN A PLAY ACTION PASS ON THIRD AND 15. WHO ARE YOU GOING TO FOOL? THEY KNOW YOU HAVE GOT TO THROW THE BALL. THESE JUST WASTED TIME AND EFFORT. ALSO KEEPS THE QUARTERBACK'S EYES FROM LOOKING DOWN AT THE DEFENSE, AND AS YOU CAN TELL THE CAROLINA GAME *** WERE ALL OVER IT. >> Verne: SAUERBRUN IS ON TO PUNT. HAD A 90-YARDER AS WE SAID IN GAME ONE. OH, BOY! THAT BOUNCED INTO THE END ZONE, COMES BACK. IT WILL BE TOUCHED AT THE ONE BUT IT'S DEFINITELY A TOUCHBACK. TODD SAUERBRUN. MY, THAT WENT WAY UP THERE. >> Dan: THERE WAS A MOVIE CALLED "SON OF FLUBBER." I THINK THIS BALL HAS A LITTLE HELIUM IN IT. >> Verne: TANEYHILL HANDS IT OFF. AND BENNETT MOVES IT OUT TO THE 33-YARD LINE. CHARLES EMANUEL, NUMBER 2, MAKES THE TACKLE. FINAL EIGHT MINUTES AND FIVE SECONDS. >> Dan: BENNETT HAS SEEN EVERYBODY ELSE ONING WILD, PRITCHETT FOR HIS BALL CLUB AND WALKER FOR THE MOUNTAINEERS AND THIS IS HIS BEST RUN OF THE DAY, PICKS UP A FIRST DOWN. >> Verne: GAIN OF 13. FIRST DOWN AT THE 33. CLOCK AT 7:49 AND RUNNING NOW. BACKS IN THE EYE. BENNETT AGAIN, HAS PRITCHETT LEADING THE WAY. AND ANOTHER NICE RUN, OUT TO THE 41-YARD LINE. >> Dan: INTERESTING IN TALKING TO BOTH COACHES, THEY FELT THAT THEY COULD WEAR THE OTHER TEAM DOWN BECAUSE OF THE CONDITIONING WOULDN'T BE THE SAME AS A REGULAR SEASON. THESE PLAYERS HAVE HAD A MONTH AND A HALF OFF, BUT IT APPEARS THAT BOTH DEFENSES ARE WEARING OUT. THEY ARE BEING RUN ON BY THE OPPOSING OFFENSE. AND RIGHT NOW IT'S GOING TO BE THE TEAM WITH THE BALL LAST THAT'S GOING TO WIN THIS GAME. >> Verne: SECOND AND TWO. 7:09 REMAINING. SOUTH CAROLINA 24, WEST VIRGINIA 21. THEY SLIP IT ON THE DIVE PLAY, LEFT TACKLE. WELL, WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE 102-YEAR HISTORY OF BOWL GAMES IN WHICH THEY HAVE NOT WON. IT BEGAN WITH THE '46 GATOR BOWL. >> Dan: IT REALLY HASN'T BEEN 102 YEARS, MORE LIKE 48 THERE, AND A LOT OF GATOR BOWL LOSSES AND A LOT OF HIGH-SCORING GAMES, GIVEN UP A LOT OF POINTS IN THAT TIME. THE DEFENSE FOR BRAD SCOTT TODAY HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF COMING UP WITH KEY TURNOVERS. SEE PART OF HIS SUPPORT STAFF ON THE SIDELINES, HIS TWO SONS, JEFF AND JOHN. DURING THAT LAST TIME OUT JOHN, WHO IS 11 YEARS OLD, IS THE WATER BOY. HE WAS OUT, NOT GIVING WATER TO THE GAME GUYS, GIVING WATER TO THE OFFICIALS. NOW, THAT'S GOOD COACHING. >> Verne: WHEN YOUR DAD IS THE COACH, YOU'RE LOOKING FOR YOUR FIRST ONE. IT'S TIME TO SLIP SOME TO THE OFFICIATING CREW. THERE ARE THE TWO BOYS, JEFF AND JOHN. >> Verne: OH, MAN! J.T. THOMAS. >> Dan: AND WE HAVEN'T EVEN TALKED ABOUT DEFENSIVE PLAYERS BEING THE PLAYER OF THE GAME, BUT THIS GUY HAS HAD A HECK OF AN AFTERNOON. THIS IS WHY YOU PLAY MIDDLE LINEBACKER. THIS IS THE TYPE OF PERFORMANCE YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE, SHORT YARDAGE. WATCH NUMBER 41 SHOOT THE GAP AND THEN SEND THE BALL CARRIER BACKWARDS. BRINGS OUT THE PUNTER. >> Verne: AND HOW BIG MIGHT THAT PLAY LOOM? >> Dan: WATCH NUMBER 41 RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN. HE HITS PRITCHETT RIGHT IN THE BACKFIELD AND PRITCHETT GOES THE OTHER WAY. >> Verne: SIMPSON ON TO PUNT. LOGAN WILL RETURN. HE'S RETURNED ONE THIS AFTERNOON OF 45 YARDS. >> Verne: AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO SEE WHAT THE DELAY IS HERE. >> DELAY. FIVE YARDS. >> Verne: THAT'S WHAT THE DELAY WAS. >> Dan: YOU'D ALMOST EXPECT CAROLINA TO COME OFF WITH A FAKE OFF THE PUNT FORMATION BUT THEY HAVE HAD SUCH BAD LUCK WITH THEIR TWO PREVIOUS TRICK PLAYS I'M SURE SIMPSON IS GOING TO KICK THIS ONE AWAY. >> Verne: SO WEST VIRGINIA IS GOING TO GET THE BALLACK WITH ABOUT FIVE AND A HALF MINUTES REMAINING IN THE GAME, AND THEY TRAIL BY THREE, 24-21. THAT WILL BE RETURNED, PERHAPS. NO, IT'S SLICED OUT OF BOUNDS. SIMPSON SHANKED IT LEFT. WEST VIRGINIA GETS IT BACK TRAILING BY THREE. >> Andrea: 24-21 LEADING IT. I'M STANDING BY WITH GEORGE ROGERS, 1981 HEISMAN WINNER. WHAT DOES THE TEAM NEED TO DO TO KEEP THE LEAD ON. >> THE DEFENSE NEEDS TO KEEP PLAYING, AND PLAY HARD. WEST VIRGINIA FOUND A GROOVE AND OUR DEFENSE NEEDED TO SETTLE THEM DOWN A LITTLE BIT. >> Michele: YOU WERE WITH THE REDSKINS WHEN THEY WON THE SUPER BOWL. WHAT WOULD IT MEAN TO THIS TEAM TO WIN A BOWL? >> IT WOULD BE A SHAME IF WE DIDN'T WIN THE GAME FOR HIM. >> Michele: THANKS A LOT. VERNE, LET'S GO BACK TO YOU. >> Verne: ALL RIGHT, MICHELE, 5:24 REMAINING IN THE BALL GAME AND WEST VIRGINIA HAS A FIRST DOWN AT ITS OWN 35-YARD LINE. 24-21. JOHNSTON WITH HAD A PLAY FAKE. FIRES LEFT SIDE, AND ABRAHAM WAS ALL BY HIMSELF AND DID NOT REALIZE THAT COREY BELL HAD SLIPPED DOWN. THE GAIN IS 14. >> Dan: WELL, 26 IS COREY BELL. HE HAS SINGLE COVERAGE ON ABRAHAM ON THE OUTSIDE. AND THERE HE GOES ON THE GROUND. ABRAHAM COULD HAVE PICKED UP AT LEAST FIVE MORE YARDS, MAYBE MORE. >> Verne: 24-21, 5:18 REMAINING, FIRST AND TEN WEST VIRGINIA AT THEIR OWN 49. OPTION PLAY, FUMBLE, WHO GOT IT? I THINK WEST VIRGINIA GOT IT BACK. >> Dan: I THINK WALKER OUTMUSCLE CHRIS RUMPH FOR THE BALL. IT LOOKED LIKE RUMPH HAD FIRST SHOT AT IT AND WALKER HAS A LITTLE BIT MORE MOTIVATION AND DESIRE KNOWING HE DROPPED IT. HE BEAT CHRIS RUMPH TO IT. WATCH RUMPH, 58, BALL IT ON THE GROUND RIGHT THERE. AND THAT'S JUST REAL STRONG DESIRE AND STRENGTH BY ROBERT WALKER TO GET IT BACK. THREE-YARD, FOUR-YARD LOSS THOUGH. >> Verne: SECOND DOWN AND 15. WALKER NOW WITH 132 YARDS IN THE GAME, AND A TOUCHDOWN. DRAW PLAY, BARBER SLIPS A TACKLE. AND PUTS THAT 240 POUNDS GOING STRAIGHT AHEAD. GAIN OF EIGHT. WISCONSIN WON EARLIER TODAY. >> Dan: THE OTHER U.S.C. >> Verne: YES. AND THE FIGHTING DUCKS PLAY THIS TERNOON AGAINST PENN STATE. >> Dan: THAT'S RIGHT. >> Verne: FOUR MINUTES TO GO. JOHNSTON LOOKS RIGHT, INCOMPLETE. ONE-HOPPER ACROSS THE MIDDLE. IT WILL BE FOURTH DOWN. WEST VIRGINIA HAS A DECISION TO MAKE NOW. >> Dan: A BIG-TIME DECISION, TOO, VERNE. IF YOU GO ON PASS DECISIONS BY DON NEHLEN YOU'RE GOING TO SAY THEY ARE GOING TO GO FOR IT, ESPECIALLY WITH JUST UNDER FOUR MINUTES TO GO, BUT IF THEY DON'T MAKE IT, THIS GIVES CAROLINA WONDERFUL FIELD POSITION WITH A CHANCE TO RUN THE CLOCK OUT. BOTH TEAMS HAVE ONLY TWO TIME OUTS REMAINING AND THE MOUNTAINEERS ARE GOING TO GO FOR IT. >> Verne: FOURTH AND SEVEN, UNDER FOUR MINUTES REMAINING. WEST VIRGINIA DOWN BY THREE. THEY HAVE THE BALL AT THE CAROLINA 46-YARD LINE. PLAY ACTION, FIRED IT INCOMPLETE. INTENDED FOR RAHSAAN VANTERPOOL. HE THINKS HE WAS HELD UP. >> Dan: HE THINKS HE WAS HELD UP BY TONY WATKINS. THIS PASS WAS UNDER WAY SO QUICKLY. WATKINS MAY HAVE GOT AWAY WITH ONE. RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN. WATKINS KNOCKED VANTERPOOL OFF HIS ROUT BUT DID NOT INTERFERE WITH HIM AND CAROLINA TAKES OVER IN GREAT SHAPE. >> Dan: HERE'S TONY WATKINS RIGHT HERE. LET'S SEE IF VANTERPOOL HAS A COMPLAINT AS HE TRIES TO GET INSIDE THE DEFENSIVE BACK HERE. I THINK THAT'S JUST GOOD DEFENSIVE COVERAGE THERE AS VANTERPOOL WENT ON HIS WAY AND DID NOT COME TO BE INSIDE. JOHNSTON PERHAPS WAS A LITTLE BIT TOO QUICK DELIVERING THAT BALL. >> Verne: PASS INCOMPLETE. THERE'S RAHSAAN VANTERPOOL AND SOUTH CAROLINA IN QUEST OF ITS FIRST BOWL VICTORY EVER WILL TRY TO HOLD ON FOR THE FINAL 3:52. >> Dan: THAT'S GOING TO BE REAL TOUGH FOR THEM TO HOLD ON RUNNING THE BALL AGAINST THIS MOUNTAINEER DEFENSE BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO BE JAMMING THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE WITH EIGHT MEN UP, MAYBE NINE MEN UP. AS THEY DID THAT TIME AND HELD BENNETT, ACTUALLY CAUSED HIM TO LOSE A COUPLE YARDS. >> Verne: SECOND DOWN AND 11. >> Dan: YOU SEE THE PLAYS ARE NOW BEING CALLED BY BRAD SCOTT ON THE SIDELINES WHO SAID TO US THE OTHER DAY IF THERE'S 60 PLAYS IN THE GAMES, 20 I'LL CALL AND ALL THE CRAZY ONES YOU SEE YOU GUARANTEE I CALL THEM SO WE CAN BLAME HIM FOR THE TWO TRICK PLAYS THAT DIDN'T WORK. >> Verne: SECOND AND 11, TANEYHILL, PLAY FAKE, GOOD DEFENSIVE COVERAGE, AND SOMEHOW HE GETS RID OF THE FOOTBALL. PUPPY WRIGHT WAS ALL OVER TANEYHILL, AND IT GOES AS AN INCOMPLETE PASS. >> Dan: HERE'S PUPPY, NUMBER 4 RIGHT HERE, BUT IT'S GOOD PRESSURE AGAIN. GAMECOCKS ARE GOING TO TRY TO FAKE THE RUN, BUT PUPPY IS JUST RELENTLESS AND TANEYHILL DOES JUST AN OUTSTANDING JOB OF GETTING THE BALL TO AN ELIGIBLE RECEIVER IN STANLEY PRITCHETT. THAT'S CLOSE TO BEING THROWN TO JUST ANYBODY. >> Verne: TOBY CATES COMES TO THE RIGHT SIDE. HE'S BEEN A NON-FACTOR TODAY. HE'S THE LEADING RECEIVER AND STAYED TANEYHILL'S FAVORITE THROUGHOUT THE SEASON. SHOVEL PASS AGAIN. PRITCHETT BREAKS LOOSE. OH, WHAT A HUGE PLAY! FIRST DOWN, SOUTH CAROLINA.@ >> Dan: PICKED UP ABOUT 13 YARDS ON THIS PLAY, BUT IT DOESN'T GO WHERE IT'S DESIGNED. WATCH PRITCHETT CUT IT ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE WEAK SIDE. THE MOUNTAINEERS ARE GUILTY OF OVERPURSUING THERE. YOU CAN'T BLAME THEM. THAT'S WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO TO GET THE BALL BACK. GREAT PLAY BY STANLEY PRITCHETT. >> Verne: FIRST DOWN AND TEN, SOUTH CAROLINA. WE'RE AT THE 2:40 MARK. NOW THEY WILL TRY TO KEEP IT ON THE GROUND. AND BENNETT PICKS UP ABOUT THREE INSIDE THE 40 TO THE 39. TIME OUT WEST VIRGINIA. >> Dan: SMART CALL. THEY HAVE TO START STOPPING THAT CLOCK. THEY ONLY HAVE ONE AFTER THIS THOUGH, TWO AND A HALF MINUTES TO GO. >> Verne: THE CLOCK IS STOPPED WITH 2:29 REMAINING IN THE GAME. >> Verne: BACK AT JOE ROBBIE STADIUM. TODAY'S OVERHEAD SHOTS ARE THERE. SECOND DOWN. THERE'S THE GOODYEAR BLIMP PROVIDING OUR OVERHEAD SHOTS TODAY AND AT THE CONTROLS CAPTAIN RICHARD DANIELS FROM BURBANK, CALIFORNIA. AND A PLAYER IS DOWN FOR WEST VIRGINIA. THAT STOPS THE CLOCK WITH 2:21 REMAINING. >> Dan: I BELIEVE IT'S CANUTE CURTIS, THE RUSH LINEBACKER FOR THE MOUNTAINEERS. >> Verne: IT IS CURTIS. TANEYHILL TALKS IT OVER WITH BRAD SCOTT. >> Dan: SEE IF WE CAN CHECK OUT THIS INJURY. HERE IS CURTIS, NUMBER 42. THIS MIGHT BE-- A LOT OF TIMES WHEN THEY ALL GET IN THE PILE THERE'S A LOT OF HEAVYWEIGHT IN THERE, A LOT OF BODIES FLYING AROUND. IT LOOKED LIKE HE GOT HIS ANKLE TWISTED. HE REACHED RIGHT NOW FOR HIS RIGHT ANKLE. >> Verne: BE A THIRD AND THREE. CANUTE CURTIS COMES TO THE NEAR SIDE. >> Dan: I THINK BOTH OF THESE TEAMS HAVE A REAL BRIGHT FUTURE NEXT YEAR. THEY HAVE PLAYED EXTREMELY WELL TODAY. THEY HAVE A LOT OF YOUNG GUYS ON BOTH SQUADS. THEY ARE IN THE BOWL PICTURE. CAROLINA BACK IN THE BOWL PICTURE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME, AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY WILL GET THAT MONKEY OFF THEIR BACK, THAT 0-8. YOU HAD TO FIGURE THAT THE PERCENTAGES WERE IN THEIR FAVOR. THEY HAVE GONE OUT AND EARNED THIS ONE THOUGH. >> Verne: THEY ARE 2:21 AWAY. WEST VIRGINIA CAN STOP IT ONE MORE TIME. THIRD AND FOUR. DRAW PLAY. REACHES FOR IT. DID HE GET ENOUGH? BECAUSE IF HE GOT THE FIRST DOWN THAT SHOULD JUST ABOUT WRAP IT UP. >> Dan: THE REFEREE HAS MOVED THE BALL BACK A COUPLE INCHES SO HE'LL PROBABLY COME UP JUST SHORT. TAKE A LOOK AND SEE JUST HOW CLOSE THIS ONE IS. HECK OF AN EFFORT THOUGH AT THE END OF IT TO REACH OUT FOR IT. >> Verne: YEAH, THE REFEREE TOOK SOME OF THIS BACK FROM THEM. AFTER HE HIT THE GROUND THEY RUSHED UP AND MOVED THE BALL BACK. A WEAK SIDE RUN THAT CUTS ALL THE WAY BACK OVER THE STRONG SIDE. >> Verne: NOW FOURTH DOWN. 2:10 AND THE CLOCK RUNNING. FOURTH AND INCHES, AND THEY WILL TAKE AS MUCH OFF THE CLOCK AS THEY POSSIBLY CAN. MIGHT EVEN LET IT WIND DOWN. THERE'S TEN SECONDS, NINE AND CALL TIME OUT. I THINK THAT'S WHAT HE'S GOT IN MIND. >> Dan: REAL GOOD CLOCK MANAGEMENT, VERNE, USE AS MUCH TIME AS POSSIBLE. DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU CALL A TIME OUT. THE IMPORTANT THING IS TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT PLAY YOU'RE GOING TO RUN. LET THE BIG HASES UP FRONT GET A LITTLE WATER, GET READY TO GO. >> Verne: STEVE TANEYHILL AND BRAD SCOTT, CAROLINA'SRTH AND I TR AND INCHES NOW FOR SOUTH CAROLINA. THELT GO FOR IT WITH 1:51 REMAINING, AND THAT SHOULD DO IT. FIRST DOWN SOUTH CAROLINA. WEST VIRGINIA, BY THE WAY, CANNOT STOP THE CLOCK DURING THE INJURY THEY WERE CHARGED WITH A TIME OUT SO THEY ARE OUT OF TIME OUTS. >> Dan: AND THEY ARE OUT OF LUCK. PRITCHETT HAS HAD A HECK OF A GAME. SHORT YARDAGE. REMEMBER, HE SCORED ON THIS EXACT SAME PLAY TO THE LEFT SIDE. JUST OVERPOWERED THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE MOUNTAINEER DEFENSIVE LINE. >> Verne: 1:32 TO GO, 24-21. RIGHT SIDE, STANLEY PRITCHETT, FUMBLES THE BALL INTO THE END ZONE, STILL LOOSE, WHO WANTS IT? OUT OF BOUNDS, TOUCHBACK. >> Dan: AND THE GUY THAT SAVED THE TOUCHDOWN OR THE TOUCHBACK BOOMER FOSTER KNOCKED THE BALL AWAY FROM WEST VIRGINIA. WE'LL SEE HOW THE REFEREES ARE GOING TO CALL THIS ONE. THAT WAS WILD. >> Verne: THAT'S A TOUCHBACK. IT SHOULD BE WEST VIRGINIA'S BALL. >> THE OFFENSE FUMBLED ON THE 2-YARD LINE THROUGH THE END ZONE. THE DEFENSE OF WEST VIRGINIA IS ENTITLED TO THE BALL AT THE SPOT OF THE FUMBLE. FIRST DOWN. >> Verne: NOT A TOUCHBACK THEN. >> Dan: AND HE'S GOING TO COME OVER AND EXPLAIN IT TO DON NEHLEN. THIS IS A GREAT PLAY BY PRITCHETT. HE APPEARS TO BE ON HIS WAY INTO THE END ZONE, BUT AARON BEASLEY COMES AND POPS THE BALL LOOSE. WHAT A GREAT PLAY BY BEASLEY. THE RIGHT HAND RIPPED, BUT NOW J.T. THOMAS CAN'T GET IT, FREDERICK CAN'T GET IT, CANUTE CURTIS REACHED DOWN TO PICK IT UP AND WAS POPPED OUT OF HIS HANDS BY BOOMER FOSTER. NOW WEST VIRGINIA TAKES OVER ON THE 3. I DON'T GET IT. >> Verne: WELL, LAST NIGHT WE SAW MIAMI KICK A BALL OUT OF THE END ZONE AND IT WOUND UP FIRST AND GOAL AT THE FOUR. THAT NEARLY A TOUCHBACK. >> Dan: THAT WAS THE MOST AMAZING PLAY ALL DAY. HOW COULD JOHNSTON KEEP BIG STACY EVANS FROM SACKING HIM FOR A SAFETY? WHAT AN EFFORT. >> Verne: FINAL 54 SECONDS. GOOFY ENDING, HUH? >> Dan: BEEN A GOOFY GAME. HERE'S JOHNSTON. RIGHT SIDE, INCOMPLETE. 43 SECONDS TO GO. >> Dan: AND WE'VE GOT A FLAG IN THE END ZONE. IT MIGHT BE ROUGHING THE PASSER. AS JOHNSTON WAS LEVELED. >> Verne: ROBIN MOORE THREW THE FLAG. >> JUST IGNORE THE FLAG. >> Verne: EAT IT. >> Dan: HE CAME OUT OF THAT COUNTING PLAYERS AND IT APPEARED HE THOUGHT THAT MAYBE WEST VIRGINIA HAD 12 MEN ON THE FIELD. >> Verne: WE'VE HAD THIS CLARIFIED FROM OUR LIASON OFFICIAL ON THE SIDELINE THAT A FORWARD FUMBLE IS SPOTTED FROM THE POINT OF THE FUMBLE. THUS, NO TOUCHBACK. INCOMPLETE. IT WILL BE FOURTH DOWN. >> Dan: THIS YOUNG MAN IS JUST TAKING A REAL WALLOPING NOW. THIS IS REALLY WHERE YOU MATURE IN A HURRY AS A QUARTERBACK, IS YOUR ABILITY TO STAND DEEP IN YOUR OWN END ZONE AND 99 YARDS TO GO FOR A WINNING TOUCHDOWN, AND YOU'VE GOT TO THROW THE BALL. THEN YOU GET KNOCKED OUT OF THE ENTIRE PLAYING FIELD. BEEN AN IMPRESSIVE AFTERNOON FOR BOTH QUARTERBACKS. AND FOR BOTH TEAMS. >> Verne: FOURTH DOWN AND 12. GOT IT TO BARBER. BUT IT'S NOT ENOUGH, AND THE BALL GOES BACK TO SOUTH CAROLINA. >> Dan: AND THEY CAN START LINING UP AT THE AIRPORT IN COLUMBIA BECAUSE THE GARNETT AND BLACK ARE COMING HOME WITH THEIR FIRST BOWL WIN. >> Verne: CHAD JOHNSTON MEANWHILE, VALLIANT IN THE END ZONE, A PHARMACY MAJOR. HE MAY NEED SOME OF HIS OWN PRODUCT THAT HE'S GOING TO DISPENSE. A LITTLE PAIN KILLER. >> Dan: ASPIRIN. >> Verne: SOUTH CAROLINA ABOUT TO GO 7-5 FOR THE YEAR, AND ABOUT CELEBRATE WITH VIGOR THE SCHOOL'S FIRST BOWL VICTORY EVER. >> Dan: THIS OUGHT TO BE THAT OLD TRICK PLAY WHERE THE QUARTERBACK KNEELS DOWN. >> Verne: YEAH, I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE FUMBLERUSKI THREE. >> Dan: THE SEQUEL. >> Verne: STEVE TANEYHILL FOR THE AFTERNOON, 26-36 FOR 227 YARDS, AND HE RAN IN FOR A TOUCHDOWN, ONE OF THE MORE IMPRESSIVE PLAYS OF THE DAY. CONGRATULATIONS TO BRAD SCOTT AND THE SOUTH CAROLINA GAMECOCKS. RIGHT NOW LET'S GO DOWN TO MICHELE TAFOYA. >> Michele: ALL RIGHT, COACH, 108 YEARS, THE STREAK IS OVER. WHAT'S GOING THROUGH YOUR MIND RIGHT NOW? >> I'M SO PROUD FOR OUR PLAYERS AND OUR FANS. THESE GAMECOCKS HAVE-- THEY HAVE WAITED LONG ENOUGH FOR THIS. OUR PLAYERS DID A GREAT JOB. THEY REFUSED TO LOSE THE. >> Verne: WEST VIRGINIA MADE IT CLOSE. THEY LOOKED LIKE THEY WOULD REFUSE TO LOSE, TOO. WHAT WAS IN YOUR HEAD WHEN THE FUMBLE HAPPENED? >> WELL, I THOUGHT IT CAN'T BE ANY HARDER THAN THIS. ALL THE BAD THINGS GO THROUGH YOUR MIND. I WAS REALLY WONDERING, YOU KNOW, WHILE WE RAN THE LAST PLAY, MAYBE WE HAD ENOUGH TIME TO KILL THE BALL THERE. >> Michele: ALL RIGHT, COACH, CONGRATULATIONS. VERNE? >> Verne: ALL RIGHT, MICHELE, AND THE CARQUEST AUTO PARTS PLAYER OF THE GAME, QUARTERBACK STEVE HAN HILL. 227 YARDS ON 26-36. THAT'S A CARQUEST BOWL RECORD. HE ALSO HAD ONE RUN OF 26 YARDS AND A TOUCHDOWN, A GUTSY PERFORMANCE OF FOUR YARDS. FINAL SCORE: SOUTH CAROLINA 24, WEST VIRGINIA 21. SO FOR DAN FOUTS AND MICHELE TAFOYA AND ANDREA JOYCE I'M VERNE LUNDQUIST SAYING SO LON FROM JOE ROBBIE STADIUM. THIS HAS BEEN A PRESENTATION OF CBS SPORTS. NOR. LOOK HT NOW.ER, NOR. LOOK AT THE COVERAGE HE'S DRAWING. ONCE AGAIN, THE KICKING GAME COMES BACK TO CURSE LOU HOLTZ, BECAUSE A LOT OF TEAMS WOULD TRY A FIELD GOAL FROM áTHAT CLOSE. HE DOESN'T HAVE A KICKER THAT CAN GET IT TO THE LETTERS IN THE END ZONE, MUCH LESS THE CROSSBAR. HE BREAKS FREE DOWN THE SIDELINE, AND OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE 41 YARDLINE OF NOTRE DAME. 29 YARDS, KORDELL STEWART. KS TAKE A CLOSE ONE FROM WEST VIRGINIA IN THE CARQUEST BOWL.. AND RETURN HOME TO A HERO'S WELCOME... NIGHTCAST IS NEXT... ///THE U-S-C GAMECOCKS WENT SOUTH.. IN A QUEST FOR VICTOR FIRST BOWL WIN IN SCHOOL VICTORY... NOW THEY RETURN A TEAM TRIUMPHANT. THANKS TO THE ARM OF QUARTERBACK STEVE TANNEYHILL.. THE LEGS OF RUNNING BACK STANLEY PRITCHETTE.. AND AN ALL AROUND TEAM EFFORT.. THE QUEST IS VICTORIOUS.. THIS IS A SPECIAL EDITION OF W-I-S NEWS NIGHTCAST. THE CHICKEN CURSE IS NO MORE... THE GAMECOCKS BEAT WEST VIRGINIA.. FOR THEIR FIRST BOWL WIN IN SCHOOL HISTORY... RICK HENRY'S HERE NOW.. WITH AN EARLY LOOK AT U-S-C'S VICTORIOUS QUEST... EVEN THE MOST DIE-HARD FANS HAD TO BE THINKING ABOUT THE CHICKEN CURSE THROUGHOUT TDAY'S GAME. YOU KEPT WAITING FOR CAROLINA TO SELF-DESTRUCT--BUT IT NEVER HAPPENED--AS THEY REFUSED TO BE DENIED IN THEIR QUEST FOR VICTORY. ///THE GAMECOCKS SWARM THE FIELD AT JOE ROBBIE STADIUM IN MIAMI.... THIS IS A GOOD OMEN FOR CAROLINA...WEST VIRGINIA FUMBLES ON IT'S FIRST PLAY FROM SCRIMMAGE...AUBREY BROOKS MAKES THE RECOVERY FOR U.S.C. THAT LEADS TO A TWO YARD TOUCHDOWN PASS FROM STEVE TANEYHILL TO BOOMER FOSTER...7-NOTHING U.S.C. LOOKS LIKE COCKY DID SOME SHOPPING IN SOUTH FLORIDA...OR ELSE HE GOT A BAD CHRISTMAS PRESENT... TANEYHILL HAS A GOOD DAY PASSING THE FOOTBALL---HE WAS 26-OF-36 FOR 227 YARDS HERE HE GOES DEEP TO MARCUS ROBINSON FOR A BIG GAIN...THAT SET UP A REED MORTON FIELD GOAL FOR A TEN-NOTHING LEAD. ROBERT WALKER IS THE MAIN WEAPON FOR THE MOUNTAINEERS WITH 132 YARDS RUSHING...HIS 24 YARD TOUCHDOWN MAKES IT 10-TO-7. BUT TANEYHILL SAYS...HEY! I CAN RUN THE FOOTBALL...WATCH HIM LEAP INTO THE END ZONE...AT THE HALF...CAROLINA LEADS 17-TO-7. THIRD QUARTER....CHAD JOHNSTON TO LOVETT PURNELL...THE LEAD IS DOWN TO THREE...17-14..... AGAIN THE MOUNTAINEERS ARE DRIVING...BUT FRESHMAN BEN WASHINGTON MAKES A BIG PLAY FOR THE GAMECOCKS. HE RETURNS THE INTERCEPTION 43 YARDS TO THE W-V-U 47. NOW BRANDON BENNETT BREAKS LOOSE FOR A LONG RUN--BUT WATCH WHAT HAPPENS WHEN HE TRIES TO SHIFT THE FOOTBALL FROM HIS RIGHT TO HIS LEFT ARM....HE FUMBLES BUT RECOVERS AT THE FIVE YARD LINE. THREE PLAYS LATER...STANLEY PRITCHETT TAKES IT IN TO MAKE IT 24-14.... CAROLINA HANGS ON TO WIN THE CARQUEST BOWL 24-TO-21 OVER WEST VIRGINIA. THE EXCITEMENT SURROUNDING TODAY'S VICTORY.. FOLLOWS A WEEK LONG BUILD UP OF ANTICIPATION AND ACTIVITY DOWN IN FLORIDA... WE'VE HAD OUR OWN TEAM IN FLORIDA BRINGING YOU ALL THE ACTION.. AND WE'RE JOINED NOW BY JOE DAGGETT AND TOM JOHNSON.. FROM THE MARINA MARRIOTT. THE GAMECOCKS CAME BACK TO COLUMBIA TONGIHT IMMEDIATLEY FOLLOWING THEIR VICTORY... MORE THAN A THOUSAND GAMECOCK FANS CHEERED THE TEAM IN AT THE COLUMBIA AIRPORT. MOST WAITED FOR MORE THAN THREE HOURS IN THE COLD---FOR A GLIMPSE OF THE VICTORS. HEATHER HOOPES WAS THERE TO WITNESS THE HEROES WELCOME.. BEFORE THE FANS COULD GREET THEIR CONQUERING HEROES.. THEY FIRST WATCHED THE GAME. FAITH FULLER WATCHED IT WITH SOME OF THEM IN COLUMBIA .. AND HAS THEIR REACTION. FOR THE GAMECOCK FANS IN THIS FIVE POINTS BAR...THE GAME BEGINS AS IT WOULD END...JUBILANT. AS U-S-C BEGINS TO SCORE...THE HIGH FIVES AND CELEBRATIONS BEGIN. NOT EVERYONE WATCHING THE GAME WAS PULLING FOR THE GAMECOCKS. ROB SHEALY IS A CLEMSON FAN. 9:45/rob shealy/clemson fan"...i've never seen a town like this get so excited about a 6 and 5 football team." AND THIS TABLE OF WEST VIRGINIA FANS IS SURROUNDED BY CHEERING AND SCREAMING GAMECOCK FANS. 14:54/chad reynolds/west virginia fan"...i'm a little quieter than i probably would be." BUT THE GAMECOCKS PERSIST...BOTH ON THE FIELD AND IN THE STANDS. OVER IN IRMO...AT "IB'S SPORTSBAR"...THE FANS ARE A BIT WACKY... A BIT HYSTERICAL... AND THIS GUY IS DOING THE CHICKEN DANCE... THIS MARRIED COUPLE ISN'T QUITE SURE HOW TO ACT...SHE'S FOR WEST VIRGINIA..HE'S FOR SOUTH CAROLINA. 24:04/lisa and rhett seel/irmo"...i'm usually not like this...i'm usually wild and crazy....he's behaving well...i have to protect her in this bar with all these gamecock fans." SOME FOLKS IN THE BAR..DIDN'T SEEM TO CARE MUCH FOR THE GAME..AT LEAST NOT THE "FOOTBALL" GAME. BUT FOR THE DEDICATED FANS...VICTORY IS SWEET. TAPE 2--31:07"...i'm from pittsburg..i have three degrees from usc..it's about time...i love it!" TAPE 2--31:39"...boy this is great!" TAPE 2--31:47"...it's fantastic..about time...it's been a long time..so i'm glad they won." AND WIN THEY DID..USC'S FIRST BOWL VICTORY EVER. FAITH FULLER, WIS NEWS. DEFINITELY AN EXCITING DAY FOR THE GAMECOCKS...AND THEIR FANS! AND IF YOU WERE GLUED TO THE TV WATCHING THE GAME...YOU MAY HAVE MISSED OUT ON THE BEAUTIFUL WEATHER WE HAD TODAY IN THE MIDLANDS. TRTHAT HE AY IN THE MIDLANDS. TOGETHER THEY DID. TOGETHER THIS SEASON TO DO SOMETHING NO OTHER U.S.C. TEAM HAS EVER DONE--WIN A BOWL GAME. IT DOES APPEAR THAT BRAD SCOTT HAS TURNED AROUND THE CAROLINA PROGRAM. LET'S RETURN TO FORT LAUDERDALE WHERE JOE DAGGETT HAS MORE ON ONE OF THE BIGGEST SPORTS VICTORIES EVER FOR SOUTH CAROLINA...JOE. YOU REALLY HAVE TO FEEL FORER, YOU REALLY HAVE TO FEEL FOR BOWL SOUTH CAROLINA FANS DOWN SOUTH TO MIAMI FOR THE BIG GAME. YOU CAN IMAGE THE HYSTERIA OF THE FANS WATCHING THEIR TEAM PULL THROUGH FOR A VICTORY OVER WEST VIRGINIA. W-I-S WAS THERE FOR THE EXCITEMENT IN FLORIDA.. AND TOM JOHNSON WAS IN THE THICK OF THE CROWD...AS THE FANS CHEERED ON THE GAMECOCK TEAM. MAKE IT TO THE GAME IN FLORIDA.....WATCHED OVER SOUTH CAROLINA. WELL.. I WATCHED THE GAME ALONG WITH SOME OF THEM AND GOT THEIR REACTIONS.. WON A BOWL GAME... THE FANS PACKED LOCAL SPORTSBARS YESTERDAT TO CHEER ON THEIR TEAM. AND IN NA TRTHAT HE AND IN NA