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H-K-T WINS
STATE TITLE
Coverage from Columbia
begins on B1
The game
Clemson vs. Carolina | battle of the palmetto state
williams-brice stadium | 7 p.m. kickoff | ESPN2
Top10rankings,
stars galorein
THEGAME
By PETE IACOBELLI
AP Sports Writer
COLUMBIA— The Pal-
metto State has its own high-
profile, highly ranked rivalry
showdown in the Southeast
onSaturday.
Sixth-ranked Clemson will
take on No.10 South Carolina
with title implications, spice
andstaterivalrydrama.
TheTigers(10-1)andGame-
cocks(9-2)hopetoshowthey
eachbelonginaBCSgame.
“Sort of neat that we have
two teams in the top 10 that
started the season there and
are still there after 11 games,”
South Carolina coach Steve
Spurrier said. “I know our
state is proud of the two foot-
ballschools.Itshouldbeaheck
ofagame.”
Maybe more so this year
than any other in a series first
played in 1896: It’s the first
time both held top-10 rank-
ingsin111meetings.
“Tohavetwoteamsfromthe
stateofSouthCarolinanation-
allyranked,thatmakesthisri-
valrythatmuchbetter,”Clem-
soncoachDaboSwinneysaid.
“AlabamaandAuburngottwo
top-10 teams playing in their
rivalry game, we got two top-
TraditionscollideasS.C.StatehostsFurman
INSIDE
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n Our panel of fans
answers the big quesiton
today: Who will win? B1
n More coverage
previewing the game, B1
and B4.
n Plus, you can still
express yourself on the
Carolina-Clemson game
at TheTandD.com, where
you will find still more on
THE GAME.
PALADINS
AT #25
BULLDOGS
n WHO: Furman (7-5) at
South Carolina State (9-3)
n WHEN: 1 p.m. Saturday
n WHERE: Willie Jeffries
Field at Oliver C. Dawson
Stadium in Orangeburg
n EVENT: NCAA
Football Championship
Subdivision playoffs
(opening round)
n TV: None
n RADIO: WSSB (90.3
FM), WQKI (102.9 FM) &
WOIC (1230 AM)
n INTERNET: espn3.com
CHRISTOPHER HUFF/T&D
Preparations Friday at Bulldog Stadium.
By THOMAS GRANT JR.
T&D Senior Sports Writer
The second NCAA Football Cham-
pionship Subdivision game at Oliver C.
DawsonStadiumin32yearshasinspired
some humorous reflections this week
fromSouthCarolinaStateheadfootball
coachBuddyPough.
“You ought to be embarrassed to still
bearoundheretalkingabout1981,”said
Pough during Monday’s press confer-
ence. “These kids that are playing in
thisgamewereborninthe’90s.Sothey
weren’t even born ... when the game
tookplace.”
That year, Pough served as the Bull-
dogs’ defensive coordinator under the
lateBillDavisfortheir26-25victoryover
TennesseeState.ItwasS.C.State’sfirst-
everNCAAFCSplayoffhomevictory.
Ayearlater,withPoughstillatdefen-
sive coordinator, the Bulldogs posted a
17-0 shutout of Furman University in
Greenville. It would be 26 years before
S.C. State returned to the playoffs, this
timewithPoughasheadcoach.
S.C. STATE
POSTER
INSIDE
Bulldog
breakthrough
FURMAN AT S.C. STATE
FCS PLAYOFFS | 1 P.M.
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n Marvin A. Downing ~ North
n Melvin Gene Floyd ~ Columbia
n Jeanette H. Hoover ~ Neeses
n Lethus Richardson ~ Bowman
n Joseph Williams ~ Denmark
S.C.AGWilsontakinghelm
ofnationalgroup,A4