South Carolina defense outmatched from beginning
By Tanner Abel | Oct. 27, 2014Well, at least it’s not like South Carolina’s defensive performance against Auburn shocked anyone.
Well, at least it’s not like South Carolina’s defensive performance against Auburn shocked anyone.
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.
The No. 2 South Carolina women's golf team continued its dominant start to the year over the weekend, winning its second tournament of the young season.
In order to make the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2002, South Carolina head volleyball coach Scott Swanson knows that his team needs to win some games that they aren’t supposed to.
The last time the South Carolina men's soccer team took the pitch, the Gamecocks scored four unanswered goals at Florida Atlantic to earn a 4-3 overtime win.
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
It’s been quite a ride so far this season for the South Carolina defense, and not in a good way.
No. 21 Texas A&M at No. 7 AlabamaWhile it's technically true to say Alabama is Alabama in a geographical and literal sense, Alabama is not Alabama.
Six games into the regular season and the tone of head coach Steve Spurrier’s usually upbeat voice has changed.
Saturday’s tilt with Furman was a mere afterthought a couple of months ago, if not a couple of weeks ago.