Connor Shaw down? No problem, send in Dylan Thompson.
Bruce Ellington strained his shoulder? No worries, Ace Sanders and Damiere Byrd are on the scene.
So, UAB finally blocked Jadaveon Clowney? DJ Swearinger will exact his unique brand of vigilante justice.
You can say USC did exactly what it was supposed to do in dispatching the visiting and overmatched Blazers 49-6 on Saturday evening at Williams-Brice Stadium.
But the way the Gamecocks did it should have Missouri head coach Gary Pinkel and his Tigers wondering what they have gotten themselves into by forsaking the Big 12 for the SEC.
Oh, by the way … Steve Spurrier picked up his 200th career college victory.
When Missouri makes its first SEC road trip next week to the W-B, the Tigers will encounter a team that still makes its share of mistakes, but clearly has the talent and playmakers to pick up the slack.
What they also might be walking into is a full-fledged quarterback quandary.
With one minute remaining in the first half, Shaw was felled by a UAB helmet to the same bruised right shoulder he had been nursing the past two weeks. Following the game, Shaw said there was a slight fracture in the shoulder blade.( BS)
As Spurrier approached his milestone victory this week, coaches throughout the country praised him for finding a way to win consistently at South Carolina without his prototypical, gun-slinging offense.
Thompson, was that a pistol in your hand or was Spurrier just happy to see you?
Fresh off a huge passing performance against East Carolina, Thompson took a few plays to get his aim down, but once he did, he picked off huge chunks of yardage with his two catch-and-run dynamos, Ellington and Sanders.
Thompson opened the third quarter by leading USC on an eight-play, 75-yard drive that he capped with a six-yard keeper..
Perhaps showing Spurrier’s confidence in Thompson and his own desire to Cock n’ Fire, he turned Thompson loose on third down from USC’s own 6-yard line and he responded with the fourth-longest touchdown pass in school history – a 94-yard catch-and-run to Damiere Byrd.
“Hit Damiere on the money,” Spurrier said.
Thompson completed 5 of 10 passes for 177 yards and two touchdowns. Ellington caught five passes for 98 yards while Sanders chipped in four catches for 55 yards. Thompson exited the game after finding Shaq Roland behind the UAB secondary for a 30-yard touchdown and a 42-6 lead.
http://www.gogamecocks.com/2012/09/16/281721/gameday-updates-gamecocks.html
Bruce Ellington strained his shoulder? No worries, Ace Sanders and Damiere Byrd are on the scene.
So, UAB finally blocked Jadaveon Clowney? DJ Swearinger will exact his unique brand of vigilante justice.
You can say USC did exactly what it was supposed to do in dispatching the visiting and overmatched Blazers 49-6 on Saturday evening at Williams-Brice Stadium.
But the way the Gamecocks did it should have Missouri head coach Gary Pinkel and his Tigers wondering what they have gotten themselves into by forsaking the Big 12 for the SEC.
Oh, by the way … Steve Spurrier picked up his 200th career college victory.
When Missouri makes its first SEC road trip next week to the W-B, the Tigers will encounter a team that still makes its share of mistakes, but clearly has the talent and playmakers to pick up the slack.
What they also might be walking into is a full-fledged quarterback quandary.
With one minute remaining in the first half, Shaw was felled by a UAB helmet to the same bruised right shoulder he had been nursing the past two weeks. Following the game, Shaw said there was a slight fracture in the shoulder blade.( BS)
As Spurrier approached his milestone victory this week, coaches throughout the country praised him for finding a way to win consistently at South Carolina without his prototypical, gun-slinging offense.
Thompson, was that a pistol in your hand or was Spurrier just happy to see you?
Fresh off a huge passing performance against East Carolina, Thompson took a few plays to get his aim down, but once he did, he picked off huge chunks of yardage with his two catch-and-run dynamos, Ellington and Sanders.
Thompson opened the third quarter by leading USC on an eight-play, 75-yard drive that he capped with a six-yard keeper..
Perhaps showing Spurrier’s confidence in Thompson and his own desire to Cock n’ Fire, he turned Thompson loose on third down from USC’s own 6-yard line and he responded with the fourth-longest touchdown pass in school history – a 94-yard catch-and-run to Damiere Byrd.
“Hit Damiere on the money,” Spurrier said.
Thompson completed 5 of 10 passes for 177 yards and two touchdowns. Ellington caught five passes for 98 yards while Sanders chipped in four catches for 55 yards. Thompson exited the game after finding Shaq Roland behind the UAB secondary for a 30-yard touchdown and a 42-6 lead.
http://www.gogamecocks.com/2012/09/16/281721/gameday-updates-gamecocks.html