SEC Schedule a Day: South Carolina

I think we're on year 8 of it possibly being the year that South Carolina breaks through. Injuries killed the defense this year and it appears the search for a QB lives on for another year.

8/28 NC State

Someone wake me up when NC State becomes semi-relevant again. I honestly think it's been since 2003 that they were even mildly intriguing. With the Thursday opener spotlight upon them USC takes a victory.

9/4 @ Vanderbilt

South Carolina is rocking back to back Thursdays like Virginia Tech. South Carolina works their way through another tune up. Vandy is powerless this year. Gamecocks win.

9/13 Georgia

South Carolina had several close bouts with UGA before finally claiming the victory last year. Even when Georgia had comfortable wins in seemed to be because of a dull offense rather than defensive lapses. South Carolina gets an extra couple of days to get whichever starting QB ready to go against a great Dawg defense. I think they come up short again. Something 10 points or under, just close enough to make it interesting but ultimate failure at the hands of UGA.

9/20 Wofford

USC wins

9/27 UAB

A couple of years ago the Blazers had a firm hold of the claim to be the third best football team in Alabama. Hell, they had a decent shot at claiming it over the tide. But now they appear to be in fourth place behind Troy and they may be getting worse by the season. UAB can no longer keep these games close. South Carolina gladly picks up another win.

10/4 @ Ole Miss

Neither team has ever made the SEC Championship game yet both fan bases perennially believe they have a shot. Both are mired and mediocrity and denial. So it's a small victory for South Carolina to take the win and move one step closer to the impossible dream.

10/11 @ Kentucky

Not a particularly daunting slate of road games for the Gamecocks this year until you hit the stunners to close out the year. South Carolina should make easy work of the Wildcats and keep trucking along.

10/18 LSU

It's hard to take LSU in a game like this given their QB situation. But maybe they get just enough out of the defense, special teams, and running game to pull it together. LSU takes the tough road win.

11/1 Tennessee

An off week before the big time showdown with the Vols. The winner could stay in the SEC East race the loser is most certainly out and trying to hold on for a respectable season. Both teams are solid this year and I may have to go with the cliche of home field advantage. I just don't know how to judge the UT offense until I see it. What I am supposed to do, look at Richmond game footage on Youtube? Cause I'm not going to.

11/8 Arkansas

A final easy win before the walking death march that is the last two weeks of the year

11/15 @ Florida

It seems like a daunting task for South Carolina to make this game as competitive as they have since Spurrier took the helm. But somehow South Carolina keeps putting points on the board and providing a minimum of a scare. I think this year plays out like last year with USC putting up some points but not being able to keep up with the Gator track show.

11/20 @ Clemson

Doesn't this just seem like a game Bowden would blow? I doubt the Tigers are undefeated at this point but they may have wrapped up a trip to the ACC championship game. Just a little stinker to screw up what would have been a coming out year. South Carolina plays the spoiler in this one.

SEC: 5-3
Season: 9-3

That's a pretty good season for South Carolina. New Years Day Bowl with wins over Clemson and Tennessee. It also appears that I've failed to pick out one boneheaded loss for them. 9-3 would mean they win every game they are favored in plus upsetting Clemson. It'd be hard to argue with that as a fan.