Football preview: Gamecocks open SEC play against Missouri on Saturday
(09/08/17 5:21pm)
The South Carolina Gamecocks will travel to Columbia, Missouri, to take on Missouri in an early season SEC East showdown.
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The South Carolina Gamecocks will travel to Columbia, Missouri, to take on Missouri in an early season SEC East showdown.
The South Carolina football team will hit the road to open SEC play against Missouri at 7 p.m. on Saturday at Faurot Field. Sports reporter Charlie Clarke, who covers Missouri football and basketball for the Associated Press, was present at the Tigers’ season-opening win over Missouri State. The Daily Gamecock sports staff caught up with Clarke to get his observations on the game and to preview the upcoming USC-Missouri matchup.
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