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As the successor to legendary Missouri head coach Gary Pinkel, Barry Odom has had lukewarm success in his first season for Tigers. Standing at 2-6 overall and winless in the SEC, Missouri comes into the game against South Carolina after being handed a loss from Kentucky 35-21.
When South Carolina took the field in Saturday's upset win over No. 18 Tennessee, no one expected Will Mackey to be stealing Sunday headlines.
Ahead of South Carolina's Saturday matchup with SEC East foe Missouri, managing editor Adam Orfinger got in touch with Peter Baugh, sports editor of Missouri's student news paper, The Maneater, to get his take on the game.
Since Steve Spurrier's resignation in October of 2015, the South Carolina football program has struggled to move on from the most successful era in the program's history.
November, old friend, it's been a while. With you comes the best rivalries in college football: The Iron Bowl, the fight for Paul Bunyan's Axe and Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate, not to mention a lot of those weird Big Ten showdowns.
An upset win and the fanfare around it can easily lock fans into viewing the game in the short term. It can be easily oversimplified as a stroke of luck or a great moment in an otherwise disappointing season. But the Gamecocks' victory over No. 18 Tennessee meant more than that. Here’s why:
On a Saturday evening before Halloween, many years ago, I lay quietly in bed. Silently I lay, listening for the sound — the sound of a "Sandstorm."
Junior cornerback Chris Lammons was ejected for throwing punches at Tennessee receiver Jauan Jennings. Junior safety D.J. Smith exited the game for targeting in the fourth quarter. South Carolina’s secondary rallied to play arguably their most complete game of the season.
South Carolina needed their defense to force three turnovers to grind out a narrow 24-21 win over No. 18 Tennessee. With the victory South Carolina head coach Will Muschamp is now 5-0 against Tennessee in his career, earning his first win against a ranked opponent since coming to Columbia.
Week 8 Record: (4-3)
Tennessee comes into South Carolina having weathered a treacherous four game stretch, going 2-2 against Florida, Georgia, Texas A&M and Alabama. On paper the Gamecocks may present somewhat of a breather for the Volunteers, but past play between these two programs would indicate otherwise.
What if I told you that a gothic monster was born from the abandoned rally towels of Williams-Brice. That each additional towel added to the monstrous chain breathed additional life into its being. That the "Frankentowel" vanished at halftime, like a fleeting myth. That no chain of towels can outrun the truth.
Deebo Samuel came to the University of South Carolina hurt, hampered by a hamstring injury he suffered in high school, and took a season off to redshirt. Then, Samuel played his redshirt freshman year while hurt. He flashed his ability in the final game of last season against Clemson when he had five catches for just over 100 yards and his first career touchdown.
The debut of Jake Bentley went about as well as any South Carolina fan could have hoped. The true freshman, who should be a senior in high school had he not decided to forgo his senior season, made the first appearance of his career in the Gamecocks win over UMass.
Part of a family that has bred two other Division I quarterbacks, South Carolina freshman Jake Bentley has been groomed for his collegiate debut for a long time. In his first career game at South Carolina, Bentley ignited the Gamecocks' offense in a 34-28 victory over Massachusetts.
Of the 128 teams in the FBS, the South Carolina Gamecocks rank 128th in scoring offense. When your offense has only scored nine touchdowns — fewer than any other team in the country — some changes need to be made.
Ahead of Saturday's game against UMass, managing editor Adam Orfinger got in touch with Andrew Cyr, the sports editor at Massachusetts' Daily Collegian, to get the Minutemen's perspective on playing South Carolina.
Week 7 Record: (4-2)
With only six games remaining in the season, the Gamecocks look to end a three-game skid as they host the Massachusetts Minutemen on Saturday. Even at 1-6, the Minutemen are not to be taken lightly after giving Florida and Mississippi State fits earlier in the season.
Even for someone who almost exclusively watches ESPN, Fox Sports 1 and NFL Network, I can't escape the the slimy tentacles of the 2016 presidential election.