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Wahoos Seek Revenge

Dietzel's Roosters Appear Ready

By Bill Buck
Cavalier Daily Staff Writer

Hundreds of pom-pom girls and
a parade of Gamecocks will be in
Scott Stadium Saturday at 1:30 for
the Band Day festivities. It will be a
must game for the Cavaliers if they
intend to win the Atlantic Coast
Conference championship. Their
opponents are the fighting
Gamecocks of South Carolina. The
Wahoos should be sky high for this
tilt, and for obvious reasons.

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Last October 21 in Columbia,
S.C., Virginia took a 17-0 lead into
the locker room at halftime. The
second half was a complete night
mare as the Gamecocks went on to
score 24 points and stunned the
Cavaliers, 24-23. Virginia would
like to redeem themselves for this
loss and they should, but it will not
be an easy matter.

Coach Paul Dietzel brings an
unimpressive 1-5 record to Scott
Stadium. This is hardly indicative
of the Gamecock's play thus far
this season. They opened up against
Duke and lost. The next weekend
they beat North Carolina, 31-27,
and proved they had the ability to
score.

Georgia caked out a 21-20
victory, but had to do it in the last
quarter. N.C. State had little trouble
defeating the Gamecocks next
week. The same was true for
Maryland the following weekend.
Last Saturday, Florida State had its
hands full but managed to score
late in the game and defeat the
spirited Gamecocks, 35-28.

Last week's impressive showing
against the Seminoles should tell
the Wahoos that South Carolina has
come to Charlottesville to play
some football.

This is the first visit of Paul
Dietzel since he brought his Army
team to Scott Stadium in 1964.
That was a memorable day in
Virginia football history as Bob
Davis & Co. trounced the Cadets,
35-14.

Mr. Dietzel brings two fine
players into this contest: Warren
Muir and Tommy Suggs. This will
be fullback Muir's first start since
his injury sustained in the Georgia
game. Last year as a sophomore,
Muir gained 805 yards for a 4.3
average. This was the most yards
ever gained by a sophomore in the
ACC.

Suggs is the shortest
quarterback in the ACC, but at
5′9″ he is a great passing threat.
Last week against Florida State's
pass defense that was second in the
nation, he put the ball in the air 37
times and completed 24 of those
tosses for 324 yards, establishing a
new conference record for yards
gained passing.

Prior to last week he had a five
game total of 375 yards, but with
an added 46 yards rushing, he has
moved into sixth place in the total
offense standings.

Virginia will also be vulnerable
on defense. The Cavaliers have lost the services of middle linebacker
Bob Paczkoski, due to a pinched
nerve suffered in the Navy game.
Fortunately, Al Ferrara is expected
to return to his linebacker position
after missing two games with a
severely sprained ankle.