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CLEMSON -- Pulling out a trick he has used before, Clemson running back C.J. Spiller used the giant scoreboard screen as his rear view mirror last weekend, cranking up the afterburners again after spotting an approaching defender at the end of his 83-yard touchdown catch.
Rarely do objects come closer to Spiller than they appear, making hindsight about how the dynamic junior used to be employed all the more head-scratching.While interim coach Dabo Swinney has removed the kid gloves from the Tigers' passing game, the equally substantive change has been the offense's gradual shift to utilizing Spiller as its focal point.
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Winthrop's women's basketball team will play game three of a "mini season" at 2 p.m. today at the Winthrop Coliseum against Newberry.
"Mini season" is a term coach Bud Childers and his staff is using to get the small collection of available players through the first several games of the season.The team knew they would be without redshirt junior Shelly Hankins for at least the first weekend while she recovered from knee surgery. She practiced this week and will be able to contribute some minutes today.
COLUMBIA -- Dawn Staley had hoped to start her home career at South Carolina in perhaps the best way a Gamecock coach can. Instead, it was Clemson coach Cristy McKinney and junior Lele Hardy who stole the show from the rivalry's newest coach.
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CLEMSON -- Pulling out a trick he has used before, Clemson running back C.J. Spiller used the giant scoreboard screen as his rear view mirror last weekend, cranking up the afterburners again after spotting an approaching defender at the end of his 83-yard touchdown catch.
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CLEMSON -- Clemson defensive coordinator Vic Koenning allegedly walked into a defensive backs meeting early last week with a mere two sheets of paper in hand, telling players those pages contained all the pass coverages they would run against Duke.
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Winthrop's men's soccer team has won the regular season and BSC tournament titles. Now they turn their attention to the NCAA tournament and a date with William and Mary. The Tribe plays in the rugged Colonial Athletic Conference. The match is set for 7 p.m. Friday. The winner gets to play No.1 Wake Forest.
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AKRON, Ohio -- On Sunday at South Carolina, the start of the first half proved to be the difference in a Winthrop loss.
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COLUMBIA -- Forget the doom and gloom of last weekend's 50-point loss. South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier said Tuesday his team will be ready in two weeks against Clemson and he plans to be with the Gamecocks for four or five more years.
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COLUMBIA -- The Atlantic Coast Conference says the season-ending matchup between South Carolina and Clemson on Nov. 29 will start no later than 3:30 p.m.
