Official: USC vs. UGA Game Thread

[scfan5338]

The game starts in just about an hour and can't wait. Hopefully this will be a competitive game and USC and compete with UGA and pull out with a victory though I doubt it. I think USC will keep it close until the 4h quarter and UGA wins by around 10 pts. GOOO COCKS!

[geechee]

The game starts in just about an hour and can't wait. Hopefully this will be a competitive game and USC and compete with UGA and pull out with a victory though I doubt it. I think USC will keep it close until the 4h quarter and UGA wins by around 10 pts. GOOO COCKS!

That works for me.

[Seppeh]

My parents just left, so it'll be a quiet house for me to watch the game.

Awesomeness!

Go Dawgs!

[LedCock]

Go Cocks!!!!!!

[sheluvsbama]

Good luck to you both! i hope it is a safe game with no injuries!

[HitYourStride!]

Looks like we'll miss kickoff due to two mediocre teams playing slow:brick:

[Seppeh]

Looks like we'll miss kickoff due to two mediocre teams playing slow:brick:

Last week it was Mizzou/Illinois.

Gah.

[Seppeh]

Crap, got my threads mixed up.

[HitYourStride!]

That sucks, they should just cut to the RANKED game jeez....

[HitYourStride!]

Crap, got my threads mixed up.

Michigan Loserines

[ADrolltide]

i took UGA cover for 4.5 for 500 so GO DAWGS....bama is 2-0 and they won me 500 ROLL TIDE

[tennesseegirl]

Go Dawgs!!!!!

[Kevhugh]

One of the few good things about DirectTV is the ESPN alternate channel. I should get the kickoff on that one.

[Seppeh]

Screw you .

[Kevhugh]

Looks like the may go straight to it???

[Seppeh]

Looks like the may go straight to it???

Whered you hear that

[lacene]

Good first series by our defense!

[Seppeh]

Screw you all... Goddang BC

[DanielW4444]

Its not like anything big is going to happen now

[Seppeh]

Eh, this is the second straight week they've did this.

Its getting old. 30-10, and you cant switch the game over? Please.

[scfan5338]

how much you guys pay the refs?

[scfan5338]

finally finally. good job D and thanks cotu

[lacene]

*cough cough*

ahem....good first series for our defense....


:unsure:

[gatorunvrsty]

Huge stop for SC, after giving up two first downs with penalties after stopping UGA.

[Seppeh]

SACK!!!!!!!!!!!

Howard your my boi

[UAdan]

Dawgs' D looks tuff. I think we are in for a good ole fashioned SEC dogfight with two physical defenses. Prop your feet up on the couch, sit back, and enjoy.

[lacene]

round #1 for our O: not so good....

[lacene]

Matt will feel that in the morning....

[UAdan]

Ohhh, my... Stafford got jacked up. THIS is SEC football.

[lacene]

round #2 for our Defense: much better.....either the ULL O is starting to look much better, or the UGA O is looking not so much.....

[Seppeh]

round #2 for our Defense: much better.....either the ULL O is starting to look much better, or the UGA O is looking not so much.....

Or maybe, you should get a bigger sample size before making these assumptions.

Two drives, cmon.

[gatorunvrsty]

Matt will feel that in the morning....

Yeah, that's gonna leave a mark.:laugh:

[lacene]

great catch for 1st down by Kenny!!

[UAdan]

Nice drive for the Gamecocks.

[lacene]

easy TD for Boyd!!

First blood, USC!

[gatorunvrsty]

Told you Spurrier would have something for UGA. Cocks go up 7-0.

[lacene]

If ya'll saw #44 stick it hard into Kno-Sho, that's Dustin Lindsey!! Looks like he got him a little Bulldog butt that time!! :D

[gatorunvrsty]

If ya'll saw #44 stick it hard into Kno-Sho, that's Dustin Lindsey!! Looks like he got him a little Bulldog butt that time!! :D

Dawgy style? :laugh:

[lacene]

Awesome offensive game plan by Boo Boo!!!

[UAdan]

Well, that razzle-dazzle fizzled.

[Seppeh]

Ok Richt... time to take back the reigns from Bobo.

That was a fun experiment while it lasted.

[sheluvsbama]

The Cocks are off to a good start!

[lacene]

Round #3 for our Defense: Damn Good!!

[Seppeh]

I can take a hint. Im the bad jinx curse this game. Its ok. I'll take one for the team.

Time to watch Oregon/Michisux again.

[UAdan]

Hmm. That block might've been a little unnecessary.

[gatorunvrsty]

Hmm. That block might've been a little unnecessary.

Close, but he was in front of the UGA guy. Completely legal, but definitely dangerous.

[UAdan]

Close, but he was in front of the UGA guy. Completely legal, but definitely dangerous.

I agree with that. Guys get hurt that way, though. Looking at that kinda thing makes you hold your breath for a minute.

This has been a very physical football game thus far.

[AuburnandGamecockGirl]

I'm impressed with my Gamecocks so far!!

This is a tough game because hubby is a Georgia fan! :laugh:

We have two games every year that are tough for us to deal with together!

[Sabanocchio]

A house split into thirds? hmmmmm....

[scfan5338]

Or maybe, you should get a bigger sample size before making these assumptions.

Two drives, cmon.

oh yeah that it right. we all know how you uga fans are bragging about how awesome that offense was against ok st. we're probably not gonna win but still we have looked much better already than we did last week. the uga O-line is struggling a lil against the usc dline.

[lacene]

yeah, I thought it was a bit unnecessary....he could've hit the UGA player a bit higher than he did.

When I watched it live, it looked to me like he got him lower on the shins or around the ankles, instead of the thighs, so it wasn't as bad as I first thought...

[geechee]

Well the first quarter purely goes to SC HOWEVER That chop block from behind at the end of the quarter is one of the cheapest shots you will see this whole season. That pure Steve Spurrier dirty ass football.

[Seppeh]

oh yeah that it right. we all know how you uga fans are bragging about how awesome that offense was against ok st. we're probably not gonna win but still we have looked much better already than we did last week. the uga O-line is struggling a lil against the usc dline.

We were awesome against Okie St.

So after two bad drives, lacene thinks we suck all the sudden.

Made no sense.

[lacene]

round #3 for our O: not so good. We moved the ball at first, but stalled at the end. Hopefully our D is rested and will hold UGA's O down...

[lacene]

We were awesome against Okie St.

So after two bad drives, lacene thinks we suck all the sudden.

Made no sense.

dude, you can't possibly read my post any more wrong than that......

[lacene]

Well the first quarter purely goes to SC HOWEVER That chop block from behind at the end of the quarter is one of the cheapest shots you will see this whole season. That pure Steve Spurrier dirty ass football.

yeah, because Spurrier has had the reputation as being a dirty ass cheap-shot head coach all his career...... :wacko:

[WAR DAMN EAGLE]

WAR EAGLE later, Go Cocks right now!

[gatorunvrsty]

Well the first quarter purely goes to SC HOWEVER That chop block from behind at the end of the quarter is one of the cheapest shots you will see this whole season. That pure Steve Spurrier dirty ass football.

How does Spurrier have anything to do with it? Besides, it wasn't from behind, and was completely fair.

[lacene]

well, round #4 for our D: not so good. Still, UGA drove further than they had yet, and only come away with a FG. USC still leads. Now we need to respond...

[Seppeh]

A FG eh? Good deal.

[GamecockinIL]

Hello everybody....gamecockinil has checked in to enjoy the game with the rest of you.....

so far...i'm really impressed with the difference in the Cocks between last week and this week....they look like a completely different team today....and I LOVE IT!

[lacene]

let's see if we can capitalize on our drive here....were already within easy FG range....let's see instead if we can punch a TD in there....

[AUChamps]

FG good. 10-3 South Carolina.

[lacene]

no missed FG's for our kicker....


USC: 10
UGA: 3

3:35 left in 2nd


we get the 3 back, at least!!

[GamecockinIL]

Do any of you other Cock fans have a love-hate relationship with BM the way I do? Man they guy just makes me crazy.

[GamecockinIL]

That was an outstanding play on D by Isaac

[lacene]

great open field tackle by Isaac!! He's a beast!!

[AUChamps]

So you get a do-over. USC, you got lucky.

[GamecockinIL]

Last year we got NO breaks....that was huge....maybe this will be our year

[DanielW4444]

Illegal shift my ass

[lacene]

Round #5 for our D: well, I guess we're not really the South Carolina Gamecocks, without a few Keystone Cop blunders....

If we can cut out these unsportsmanlike conduct penalties, our defensive effort today would be outstanding, near perfect, even. But, we are the Gamecocks, after all....

[AUChamps]

Who're the 'Dawg fans booing?

[lacene]

That's the First Half:

USC: 10
UGA: 3

[geechee]

First half was all Carolina. Great defense SC. One more half to go.

[lacene]

Who're the 'Dawg fans booing?


they're not booing, they are going, "Boo Boo"......"Boo Boo".....for Mike Bobo :)

[Gator2753]

Georgia's offense may be suspect this year. There are many other teams on UGA's schedule with defenses as good as Carolina's.
I like what I see so far with the Carolina run game also. However this won't be good for my pickems.

[DanielW4444]

Who're the 'Dawg fans booing?

They aren't saying boo, they are saying boo-urns




really though, probably spurrier

[GamecockinIL]

Hard to believe that defense that suited up in Columbia last week is the same one on the field this week..... this is what we heard all pre-season. But after last week, I thought we had heard a bunch of hooie.....after the last 30 minutes....maybe it wasn't hooie after all...


Go Cocks!

[geechee]

they're not booing, they are going, "Boo Boo"......"Boo Boo".....for Mike Bobo :)

No, they were downright booing Mike Bobo and he deserved to be booed.

[lacene]

No, they were downright booing Mike Bobo and he deserved to be booed.

well, I was trying to be nice about it..... :laugh:

[Ralliartist]

GREAT D! and a decent looking offense. So far all my predictions were right. Way to go COCKS!!!!! Lets come out in the second half and put some more points on the board!

[lacene]

WR Bryant and D Johnson is out for UGA...

[GamecockinIL]

BM...looking great.........NOT!

[GamecockinIL]

breathe in.......breath out

[Seppeh]

Moreno!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[GamecockinIL]

One play....and a lot of hard work is at risk of being blown up...

[lacene]

get that rec league sh*t outta here..... :)

[GamecockinIL]

Man is this a huge turn of events....go Cocks

[Seppeh]

Ok, Im done watching.

Adios, good evening. Time to get drunk!

(Great play calling there Richt)

[lacene]

fair overrule....his hands were clearly under the ball....


and Davies is a dildo...

[GamecockinIL]

GO COCKS!

I'll take a 2 score lead

[lacene]

37-yard FG is GOOD!!!

USC: 13
UGA: 3

now the Bulldogs have to score twice to tie!

[GatorChomp]

Ok, Im done watching.

Adios, good evening. Time to get drunk!

(Great play calling there Richt)

Someone is giving up on his team early.

[Kevhugh]

This one is a long way from over but we're wasting a ton of chances. I hope the "D" can get us the ball back here quickly because I feel like we're close to putting one in the endzone.

[Ralliartist]

We need to execute on those 3rd down conversions. That's what is keeping us from opening this game up. Our D has to stay in it like they have been. GO COCKS!

[Ralliartist]

If we can hold them here and then punch one in the end zone, you can stick a fork in them. Unfortunately Our secondary has given up way too much yards here.

[GamecockinIL]

what the heck..... how do we give up two big pass plays in a row like that?

[AuburnandGamecockGirl]

ugh! come on gamecocks!!! Georgia's game is finally on....we need to pull it together and keep our D alive...and capitalize when our O has the ball!

[lacene]

a pass dropped by a UGA receiver close enough to the goal line he could fall onto it.....that's gotta bring back some bad memories....

[AuburnandGamecockGirl]

glad we held them to a FG on that drive. Ok, time for us to stop fooling around and get another TD. We have had some really nice plays, but unfortunately, they aren't happening consecutively. Time for a great drive here for a TD. Go Gamecocks!!

[Seppeh]

I like how Bobo opens up the shot gun for two big plays. Then goes right back to the ace and gets like 4 yards on the next two plays.

He is such an idiot.

[GamecockinIL]

We badly need another TD....game is too close for me

[GamecockinIL]

man...that was a terrible offensive series. What in the world was that all about

[AuburnandGamecockGirl]

Dangit, I had on my Auburn shirt and then went and changed into SC shirt...then we started not doing so well. I am heading back to change into my AU shirt...lol

[Ralliartist]

damnit! we need to execute more cleanly. Alright, let's stop again D and then we can put together a very long 4th quarter drive!

[GamecockinIL]

i doubt that BM will come out of this game...but I can't think that Spurrier is satisfied with him.

I wouldn't be surpised for Beecher or Smelley to start next week.

You heard it here first :-)

[DanielW4444]

Son Of A.....

[DanielW4444]

Good damn through Matt

[GamecockinIL]

if you are ever in a 3rd a long against USC....bet the farm that you'll pick it up.

WE SUCK ON 3RD ON LONG!!!!!!!

[DanielW4444]

I thought it was our defense was going to be bad this year...THEY'VE ACTUALLY PLAYED DECENT

Its the offense thats sucking

[lacene]

"Money" Succop makes the FG!

USC: 16
UGA: 6

keeping a small cushion, but MAN!! I'd sure love a TD instead of these FG's....

[Gator2753]

"Money" Succop makes the FG!

USC: 16
UGA: 6

keeping a small cushion, but MAN!! I'd sure love a TD instead of these FG's....

Succop is money! Man. Good job cocks.
Can we spell Succop $uccop from now on? B/c he's money?:laugh:

[Gator2753]

UGA's offense just isnt clutch tonight. Stafford still has some good tools though.
Half way through the 4th quarter and no offensive td's

[DanielW4444]

Stafford hasn't ran any. I dunno why, he usually can get 6-7 yards just off the surprise of it

[usafbamafan]

If SC pulls this one out, I'm going to officialy jump on the bandwagon.:thumpsup:

[UAdan]

What a great game so far.

[GamecockinIL]

who woulda thought this would be a defensive struggle?

[Seppeh]

who woulda thought this would be a defensive struggle?

Me. Many others?

[AuburnandGamecockGirl]

Shoot, great catch, too bad his foot came down on the line!!!

[GamecockinIL]

Me. Many others?

Seriously? After we gave up almost 300 yds rushing to ULALA...and you guys put up 35 on the OKIES?

[UAdan]

Great effort by Brown. Almost had it.

Crunch time for the UGA defense.

[AuburnandGamecockGirl]

ugh, 3rd and 10...again

[AuburnandGamecockGirl]

And...time to kick it away...AGAIN...

[AuburnandGamecockGirl]

Good grief at all of the holding going on....yeah, i know..happens on every play

[GamecockinIL]

Boy, it's a good thing we hired Beamer....cause our special teams are sooooooo much better :brick:

[UAdan]

UGA defense stood tall there.

[UAdan]

Moreno is a GAMER. Look at him lowering the shoulder like that. Wow.

[usafbamafan]

Georgia must be kinda thin at reciever.

[DanielW4444]

Georgia must be kinda thin at reciever.

We have a bunch of okay receivers, but not one great one

[AuburnandGamecockGirl]

Glad we held them to a FG...now for a TD this time around for us!!! Come on, Gamecocks!!!

[lacene]

We are running it down there throats!!! Keep it going!!

[usafbamafan]

Jeeze, what is wrong with Georgia's front 7???:ohmy: :thumbsdow

[DanielW4444]

WTF did the defense give up. Dude drug like 6 of our guys

[DanielW4444]

Why couldnt they play like that 2 min ago

[Seppeh]

Alright. 80 yards. Lets do this.

[DanielW4444]

This makes me think of the UGA-Tenn game a few years ago. I hope for better results.

[M2J]

I don't see how GA can pull it out, but I hope they do

[AuburnandGamecockGirl]

Good grief...can't breathe.....lol

[usafbamafan]

Im hopping on.....

http://mail.flat3.org/b3ta/bandwagon.jpg

JUMP ON THE BANDWAGON, The COCKS are for REAL!

[Gator2753]

Ballgame! Way to go Carolina!!!!!!

[Sabanocchio]

Impressive and gritty win, Cocks. Congratulations.

[AuburnandGamecockGirl]

Yeayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Goooooooooooooo Cocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[DanielW4444]

Congrats SC, you simply outplayed us. Good luck throughout the rest of the SEC

[lacene]

Good game, Gamecocks!! Way to rise up and play tough!



Also, good game, Bulldogs! This game came down to the final possession, the way all SEC games should go...

[geechee]

SC, your guys played awesome. We sucked. Great win for you guys.

[GamecockinIL]

ohmygosh!

What a tough win for the Cocks! Look out SEC!

[Bburton86]

Congrats Carolina.

[HitYourStride!]

Congrats USC!!!

[M2J]

Wow. The SEC is tough this year, and i wonder how GA recovers from this. Hope they suck in a few weeks

[Seppeh]

Mike Bobo needs to go.

[UAdan]

Congrats SC fans.

UGA fans have nothing to be ashamed of. This was a hard-faught ballgame and the Dawgs still have the tools to make it to Atlanta.

This is going to be a fun year.

[scfan5338]

This game came down to one thing in my opinion, experience. USC had more experience and UGA did not have as much as us. The last two penalties really killed UGA and that showed the inexperience on the OL. It was a great win, well played by both teams. UGA played a hell of a game as you expect from a Coach Richt lead team. Hope yall beat UT!!!

[scfan5338]

Mike Bobo needs to go.

Wow.....talk about patience. It's one game man. I dont know how Richt would have called a different game plan than that. Give Bobo some time and that OL some time, you'll be fine.

[Seppeh]

Wow.....talk about patience. It's one game man. I dont know how Richt would have called a different game plan than that. Give Bobo some time and that OL some time, you'll be fine.

Shot gun worked mostly all night long. I dont know why he didn't stick with it more.

[AuburnandGamecockGirl]

now time to move to the Auburn thread....I hope that one turns out as well for me as this one did....although, not too promising after seeing them last week....:angry:

[gatorunvrsty]

Nice game, Gamecock fans. Spurrier strikes again.

[lacene]

You know, on reflection it's kind of funny how the past two weeks or so played out. All off-season leading to the season, I felt that the Gamecocks would have a chance for a win against UGA, because Stafford didn't really impress me last season, their WR's couldn't catch, their defense lost so many veterans, and they had as many questions on their O-line as we did.

Then in game week #1, our team struggled more than we expected with UL-L, and UGA played very respectably against Okie-St. So, every one started talking that USC had no shot, and that UGA would blow out the Gamecocks.

Now, that the game is over, everything reverts back to as it should be. The Gamecocks beating UGA was never a sure thing, but we won. Stafford struggled. The UGA WR's dropped a number of passes. Our D was able to stand up to their O well all night, and our O was just good enough to get the job done.

So, I don't know what happened the last week or so, but I'm experiencing a bit of clarity right now..... :)

[Kevhugh]

Yeah, it turns out that a lot of teams didn't play up (or down) to their potential in week 1. All except Michigan and Notre Dame of course. :laugh:

[DELTOR]

Congratulations to both teams. Was definitely a great game right down to the wire, and a strong effort by both squads. The only negative that actually stood out on both teams were some missed balls that were catchable.

Once Jasper hauled that interception in, I yelled so loud that my two dogs in the room jumped to their feet and started barking like they had gone mad. That was a great feeling I hadn't had in quite a long time.

[scfan5338]

Where does UGA drop to in the polls? I think they go about #15-20 in that range somewhere and does USC get ranked this week? If so, where do you think we'll end up? I think we get #23 or so.

[GamecockDieHard]

I hope everyone at least realizes we're playing a 5th year senior and no upstart 2 good-game sophomore has bragging rights....yet. It was a sloppy game that shouldn't have been as close as it was. The idea that Georgia was one play (the last play) away from winning it, is just awful. They didn't score a TD, they didn't move the ball well, with the exception of a couple long gainers, and we still let them hang in there. The only good news is that we held on to win over a QB that made about a third of his passes. We're crowing now, but I'll bet Spurrier points out where we really played sub-par tonight. LSU won't lose to the team we were tonight, IMO.

[DanielW4444]

yall are definitely deserve to be ranked.

Boyd seems like a good RB that could transition well into pros, The Brinkley's are legit(to think they would have committed to UGA if we would have offered to both of them) and Mitchell made me a believer.

[GAMECOCK_FAN]

Where does UGA drop to in the polls? I think they go about #15-20 in that range somewhere and does USC get ranked this week? If so, where do you think we'll end up? I think we get #23 or so.

I think we'll be higher than #23. I'd guess around #17 or #18. However, I'm just guessing, and it may depend on what happens to those teams ranked from 15 to 25.

[gatorunvrsty]

Where does UGA drop to in the polls? I think they go about #15-20 in that range somewhere and does USC get ranked this week? If so, where do you think we'll end up? I think we get #23 or so.

Well, UGA started the night at #11, and lost to an unranked team; so they'll fall farther than #15 for sure. How far will be determined by the outcomes of the other ranked teams.

[Sabanocchio]

I see USC peaking their way into the top 25 with a road SEC victory against a ranked team.

[Ralliartist]

Great game. The dogs have nothing to be ashamed of. It was a great game. Our Offense should have played better that's for sure. But our defense shut all the crap up about them. They are a very strong D that's for sure. way to go cocks, 2-0.

[GamecockDieHard]

Somebody call GeauxTo and tell him to own up!!

[smfr]

i expected that score....except the scores were reversed damn i hate to say this but con.. con... con..congrats cocks sorry that's the best i can do lol

[GamecockDieHard]

i expected that score....except the scores were reversed damn i hate to say this but con.. con... con..congrats c o c k s sorry that's the best i can do lol

Thanks smfr, I hope we both win out!

[D^3]

I think we'll be higher than #23. I'd guess around #17 or #18. However, I'm just guessing, and it may depend on what happens to those teams ranked from 15 to 25.

This is nothing against you guys, because I think y'all played a good game, but no team breaks into the top 25 as high as #17. I think you guys should be definitely be ranked, but you will probably break in somewhere from 20-25 to begin with. I don't even want to think about rankings right now, right now the Dawgs have to fix the problems on offense before we face off with Saban at Bama.

[JerryBeeds]

Great win for the Gamecocks. Our defense looked awesome against a very vanilla UGA offense. Thank god they don't run that spread option crap.

[MillDawg007]

Georgia just didnt have it tonight. Relyed on the D way to much, and missed opportunities was the story of the night. Props to the SC D for shutting us down in their territory. Hopefully a week of practice and a win against WCU will prepare us for the rest of the season.

[Kevhugh]

I agree that we don't enter the top 25 that high. I'd imagine we'd settle somewhere around 22-23 myself.

[AFWarrior83]

I agree that we don't enter the top 25 that high. I'd imagine we'd settle somewhere around 22-23 myself.


Oregon will be ranked before the cocks; that being said, there were a couple top 25 teams that won't be in the top 25 come monday. Congrats to the Gamecocks, and hopefully Georgia can play better the rest of the season. :thumpsup:

[GAMECOCK_FAN]

This is nothing against you guys, because I think y'all played a good game, but no team breaks into the top 25 as high as #17. I think you guys should be definitely be ranked, but you will probably break in somewhere from 20-25 to begin with. I don't even want to think about rankings right now, right now the Dawgs have to fix the problems on offense before we face off with Saban at Bama.
Looks like we were both correct. The AP has us #17 and the USA Today has us at #23.

On a side note, glad to see UGA stayed in both polls as well.

[scfan5338]

How in the world is Hawaii and Texas A&M ahead of USC. They both struggled like heck against horrible teams. A&M went to OT to win the game. Won't complain too much cause atleast we are ranked now hopefully we can stay in the polls for the reminder of the season.

[Lawdog]

Nobody really cares that much about early season polls anyway. No championships are won based on September rankings.

It will all shake out over the next few weeks and the cream will rise.

[Dmldawg782]

Congrats USC. You came to play and laid it on the line.

[CanineBacker]

Congrats to the Gamecocks. They came to play on saturday for sure, and just like always.

I think the Cock pass rush early in the game really set Stafford back on his heels and made him not follow through on his progressions for the whole game. It was still in his head later on in the game when he started getting better protection. That is my take on why he threw some atrocious passes because he didn't set his feet when he had time to do so. Was rushing things because he didnt trust his protection. This also lead to throwing into coverage when there was a better option if he had just followed through further on his looks downfield. Kudos to the Cock DL. They really rattled Staff at the beginning and really screwed his head up for the rest of the game. It set the tone for the game imo. On the bright side, a chinck in the armour was exposed early enough for the coaches and Mathew to rectify and maybe have a great season yet.

The last posession of the game for the USC O was what really sealed the deal for the Gamecocks. If our D could have gotten a three and out at that point, the Dawgs would have had good enough field position and enough time on the clock to have a fighting chance. But y'all's OL just whipped our D's butt on those 3 10+ yard runs. That really surprised me, and it just proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that SOS had his boys better prepared and more ready to play than our guys were, plain and simple.

If you all played LSU this week, I would say you have no chance. It would be blowout city. I don't think that would be long enough to get it all pumped up again for that steep mountain. But SOS & Co. essentially have 2 weeks to prepare, so maybe you go down there and give a truely great team all they want.

One last thing. Our receiving corps had about 6 or 7 drops, with most of them at very crucial times during the game. To my mind, this wasn't very profound at all, because it is a very old story. Our wrs don't really run very good routes all the time either. Some changes need to be made.

Again, kudos to the Cocks. Your team played great. To all the Dawg fans on this board: We've still got a very talented bunch of players and great coaches (with a couple of exceptions). Each and every game is unique. Just because we lost this one doesn't mean that we can't win any game on our schedule. That's my take.

[Bulldog Bry]

How in the world is Hawaii and Texas A&M ahead of USC. They both struggled like heck against horrible teams. A&M went to OT to win the game. Won't complain too much cause atleast we are ranked now hopefully we can stay in the polls for the reminder of the season.

Because Spurrier said this:
"It wasn't like they were some big, powerful team," Spurrier said on his television show Sunday. "They've actually lost five in a row to Eastern Division opponents. Kentucky and Vandy beat 'em last year."

[Colt19114me]

Congrats to the Gamecocks. They came to play on saturday for sure, and just like always.

I think the Cock pass rush early in the game really set Stafford back on his heels and made him not follow through on his progressions for the whole game. It was still in his head later on in the game when he started getting better protection. That is my take on why he threw some atrocious passes because he didn't set his feet when he had time to do so. Was rushing things because he didnt trust his protection. This also lead to throwing into coverage when there was a better option if he had just followed through further on his looks downfield. Kudos to the Cock DL. They really rattled Staff at the beginning and really screwed his head up for the rest of the game. It set the tone for the game imo. On the bright side, a chinck in the armour was exposed early enough for the coaches and Mathew to rectify and maybe have a great season yet.

The last posession of the game for the USC O was what really sealed the deal for the Gamecocks. If our D could have gotten a three and out at that point, the Dawgs would have had good enough field position and enough time on the clock to have a fighting chance. But y'all's OL just whipped our D's butt on those 3 10+ yard runs. That really surprised me, and it just proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that SOS had his boys better prepared and more ready to play than our guys were, plain and simple.

If you all played LSU this week, I would say you have no chance. It would be blowout city. I don't think that would be long enough to get it all pumped up again for that steep mountain. But SOS & Co. essentially have 2 weeks to prepare, so maybe you go down there and give a truely great team all they want.

One last thing. Our receiving corps had about 6 or 7 drops, with most of them at very crucial times during the game. To my mind, this wasn't very profound at all, because it is a very old story. Our wrs don't really run very good routes all the time either. Some changes need to be made.

Again, kudos to the Cocks. Your team played great. To all the Dawg fans on this board: We've still got a very talented bunch of players and great coaches (with a couple of exceptions). Each and every game is unique. Just because we lost this one doesn't mean that we can't win any game on our schedule. That's my take.

Classy post from a Dawg fan. Good luck with the rest of the season. Those youngsters will get better.