5 Best Pro Prospects
1. DE Jadeveon Clowney, Soph. South Carolina
2. RB Marcus Lattimore, Jr. South Carolina
South Carolina could be closer to playing for a national championship than you might think.
Considering the long and lousy history of the program, last season’s 11-2 run was the best year ever for Gamecock football going 5-0 in division play but missing out on playing for the SEC title thanks to a gack of a loss to a mediocre Auburn team and a bad break in the schedule having to face Arkansas.
South Carolina beat Georgia, who didn’t have to face Alabama, Arkansas or LSU from the West, but there’s no real excuse; if the Gamecocks had taken care of business and had beaten Auburn at home, they would’ve been 11-1 going into the conference championship game with a puncher’s chance against LSU to play for the national title.
Four turnovers, along with Auburn’s nine-yard Barrett Trotter touchdown pass to Philip Lutzenkirchen with 1:38 to play, was why USC didn’t play in what would’ve amounted to a playoff game against the Tigers. This year’s schedule is tougher, and this year’s team is a bit worse, but Steve Spurrier has built up the level of athleticism to a point where the program can honestly look at a home date with Arkansas and a road game against LSU and believe it can win either one.
link: http://cfn.scout.com/2/1203566.html
1. DE Jadeveon Clowney, Soph. South Carolina
2. RB Marcus Lattimore, Jr. South Carolina
South Carolina could be closer to playing for a national championship than you might think.
Considering the long and lousy history of the program, last season’s 11-2 run was the best year ever for Gamecock football going 5-0 in division play but missing out on playing for the SEC title thanks to a gack of a loss to a mediocre Auburn team and a bad break in the schedule having to face Arkansas.
South Carolina beat Georgia, who didn’t have to face Alabama, Arkansas or LSU from the West, but there’s no real excuse; if the Gamecocks had taken care of business and had beaten Auburn at home, they would’ve been 11-1 going into the conference championship game with a puncher’s chance against LSU to play for the national title.
Four turnovers, along with Auburn’s nine-yard Barrett Trotter touchdown pass to Philip Lutzenkirchen with 1:38 to play, was why USC didn’t play in what would’ve amounted to a playoff game against the Tigers. This year’s schedule is tougher, and this year’s team is a bit worse, but Steve Spurrier has built up the level of athleticism to a point where the program can honestly look at a home date with Arkansas and a road game against LSU and believe it can win either one.
link: http://cfn.scout.com/2/1203566.html
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