Offense looks to overcome late-game struggles
It’s hard to put it any other way besides that it's been a strange season for the South Carolina offense.
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It’s hard to put it any other way besides that it's been a strange season for the South Carolina offense.
It’s only the second week of November, but South Carolina fans find themselves in a conundrum that’s been avoided the past few seasons. After finishing three-consecutive seasons in the top-10, the Gamecocks will have to defeat either Florida or Clemson on the road just to be bowl eligible. However, as always, the SEC as a whole is still very much alive in the postseason discussion.
Coming out of high school in 2005, Michael Washington received scholarship offers from South Carolina, Clemson and North Carolina State. But the Gamecock defensive end chose a vastly different path than most prized recruits, choosing to sign with the Marines rather than a football program.
My first experience with the southern U.S. was when I set foot on campus at USC for my college visit senior year of high school. Back then, I was a full-blown New Englander, born and bred.
Very recently, the sports world heard the heart-wrenching news that Marcus Lattimore’s injuries would keep him from ever stepping onto an NFL field as a player. Instead of that path, he has decided to return to USC to finish up his public health degree.
Ever since Marcus Lattimore's career at South Carolina was cut short by a knee injury in October of 2012, he's been working to get back on the playing field.
Head coach Steve Spurrier looked as confident as ever before the season. And could you blame him? He was in his element at the annual SEC Media Days, an event he refers to as "talking season."
When sophomore wide receiver Pharoh Cooper lined up on the field Saturday night, the smoke pouring from the dumpster fire that is South Carolina’s defense seemed a little easier to endure.
A team that had aspirations of winning an SEC East title at the beginning of the season is now in danger of not making a bowl game after South Carolina’s horrifying 45-42 overtime loss Saturday to Tennessee.
UNEXPECTED OVERTIME
Against Furman two weeks ago, South Carolina ran for 267 yards, its second-highest rushing total of the season.
Connor Shaw hobbled off the field, aided by a pair of crutches and the South Carolina medical staff.
1. If Justin Worley can't go Saturday due to his shoulder injury, how prepared do you think Josh Dobbs is to step in?
The topic of what bowl game the Gamecocks (4-4, 2-4 SEC) will participate in made its rounds through Columbia’s airwaves this week, but the defense might not allow them to even reach that point.
For the last three seasons, South Carolina has been the model of consistency.
After losses to Missouri and Kentucky in its last two SEC games, South Carolina wasn’t even supposed to belong on the same field as No. 5 Auburn Saturday night.
Well, at least it’s not like South Carolina’s defensive performance against Auburn shocked anyone.
Spurrier being Spurrier —
After losses to Missouri and Kentucky in its last two SEC games, South Carolina wasn't even supposed to belong on the same field as No. 5 Auburn Saturday night.
Heading into this year, South Carolina’s matchup against Auburn was viewed as one of the last hurdles the Gamecocks would have to jump in order to get to Atlanta at the end of the season.