I was listening to the pregame show and they were talking about Pavia's numbers being down the last 3 games. The prevailing thought is that he's been taking a lot of hits and may be getting worn down plus they've played 5 games in a row prior to today. Hopefully we can pop him good a few times early on to get his attention.I do not think Vandy can handle our D or our running game. Should be a very good game at the start but they will not hold up. I do not think they will overlook us but they just do not have anything for us. 35 - 14 GAMECOCKS win.
That's brilliant! Thanks for the perspective!CFB's age of disruptors is here with Deion Sanders, Lane Kiffin and Curt Cignetti
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"Gamecocks roll again
Every guy has that one buddy who exists simply as an agent of chaos. He probably stole a police car in college, brought fireworks to your kid's baptism and once referred to a hand grenade as "fishing gear." He is the initiating force between five of your funniest stories and a dozen of your saddest.
In college football, this role is now being played by Shane Beamer.
South Carolina has no certifiable identity in 2024 beyond simply wrecking things. Each week, Beamer's team is like letting a group of beavers loose in a Hobby Lobby. You have no idea what will happen, but it's bound to be interesting. One week the Gamecocks are getting trounced by Ole Miss. The next, they're taking Alabama to the wire. The next, they're upending a top-10 Texas A&M. And on Saturday, they went to Nashville, became the first program in college football to make Diego Pavia sad and walked away with a 28-7 win over Vanderbilt.
Is LaNorris Sellers a good quarterback? Who cares? Pass rushers bounce off him like he's wearing one of those inflatable sumo wrestler suits. So what if the Gamecocks have only one real playmaker at the skill positions. "Rocket" Sanders racked up 178 yards and three touchdowns against Vandy, and if you said he also recorded a country version of "Sandstorm" afterward to celebrate the win, that'd be entirely believable. And the Gamecocks' defense is so ridiculously frustrating, Hugh Freeze sent it a "thank you" note for trying to convince Pavia not to come back to college football for another year.
South Carolina is bowl-eligible now, which surely means some poor team is going to lose the ReliaQuest Bowl after coughing up four safeties and a 98-yard touchdown run by Sellers in which he steamrolls all 11 defenders and two hot dog vendors en route to the end zone.
South Carolina makes no sense, is palpably dangerous and is willing to buy Jager shots for everyone who shows up to its Week 14 showdown with Clemson. It's a thing of beauty."