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.
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.
The Gamecocks have finished the regular season at 10-2 three-consecutive times and earned themselves a trip to one of the more respectable Florida bowl games with SEC tie-ins (two Capital One Bowl visits and a cameo in the Outback Bowl).
Well, at least it’s not like South Carolina’s defensive performance against Auburn shocked anyone.
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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.
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.
1. How was the loss to Mississippi State received by the fans? Even though the Bulldogs are a good team, did anyone expect Auburn to lose that game?The loss to Mississippi State was shocking to Auburn fans, mostly because of how poorly the Tigers played.
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.
There’s only one thought any honest and reasonable Gamecock fan should have about South Carolina’s defense going up against a high-powered Auburn offense:“Yikes.”A Tiger rushing attack that is 13th in the nation with 262 yards on the ground per game facing a team that is 90th in the nation against the rush (181.7 yards allowed per game) does not seem like it will bode well for the Gamecocks.
South Carolina has been in this situation before.Five weeks ago, the Gamecocks were staring down the nose of a top-10 Georgia team that looked unbeatable, and they won.
No. 1 Mississippi State at KentuckyAfter three consecutive wins over top-10 teams vaulted Mississippi State to No. 1 in the country, the Bulldogs will get their first taste of what it is like to be the hunted. Despite being ranked in the top-15 and then the top-five in each of its last two games, Mississippi State has yet to be the favorite as a ranked team.
Probably the best storyline coming out of the Furman game was defensive lineman Michael Washington.
Despite a two-game skid coming into Saurday’s game, South Carolina showed why they were the heavy favorites.
In South Carolina’s back-to-back losses that preceded Saturday’s 41-10 win over Furman, the Gamecock seemed to abandon the running game entirely, to the confusion of many.
1. It's no secret that South Carolina has struggled in the last few weeks. What is Furman's confidence level going in to this game?Furman is coming off a double OT
