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BoiseStateFan27
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South Carolina Gamecocks
Preview: Last year was a terrible year for South Carolina. It didn't start out so bad as they took advantage of turnovers to stun North Carolina in a game that became more surprising as the year went on. South Carolina promptly plummeted after. There were a few close losses but rock bottom hit towards the end of the year when they lost to The Citadel. They gave Clemson a tougher battle than expected in an odd rivalry game to end the year with a 3-9 record. Now Will Muschamp takes over as head coach, I'm not sure if he was the right hire for the job but we will get an idea how it will go once 2017 rolls around. Basically what we're looking at here is South Carolina is almost completely starting over, stripped down to the foundation if you will. South Carolina's offense is dealing with uncertainty at QB, Perry Orth played most of last year as the starter he wasn't all that effective and with Lorenzo Nunez moving to receiver it's Orth against a lot of guys with no starting experience. RB Brandon Wilds is gone and the new starter is likely David Williams who was the 2nd leading rusher last year but so far hasn't shown much promise. The best receiving targets in Pharoh Cooper and Jerell Adams are gone as well as about everyone else who has caught a pass for South Carolina. South Carolina's offensive line struggled last year, it did go through some injuries and returns 4 players with experience but 3 are gone. When Spurrier's tenure at South Carolina started to fall apart the defense was the first to go in 2014, it wasn't much better last year. There's a lot of returning experience but not many of these players have played well so far. The highlight of this defense was supposed to be linebacker Skai Moore(who played a huge key in the North Caroline surprise last year) but he had a herniated disk in his neck and will miss the entire year. South Carolina's secondary was bad and made passing for opponents very easy, Greyson Lambert looked like a star against this secondary, even Missouri's passing game looked capable. South Carolina loses a few starters in the secondary but that can't be the worst thing with how bad they played. The schedule includes South Carolina's annual rivalry game with Clemson that is harder than ever, even a game against East Carolina will prove difficult this year, but UMass and Western Carolina should hopefully provide wins. South Carolina annually plays Texas A&M out of the west which isn't the worst thing but South Carolina hasn't had any success against them so far, they draw Mississippi State as the other opponent. This team is starting completely over and it's going to be a long year.
Predictions:
Sept. 1 @ Vanderbilt: This will be an ugly game to watch, there won't be much offense on either side but Vanderbilt will manage at least a few points against South Carolina's defense to win. L
Sept. 10 @ Mississippi State: Mississippi State's rebuild is nowhere near as bad as South Carolina's and South Carolina probably doesn't have much of a chance at winning this one. L
Sept. 17 East Carolina: East Carolina was a giant killing program under Ruffin McNeil but they fired him so I'm not sure how they will perform in this game, I'm going with South Carolina in a close one. W
Sept. 24 @ Kentucky: Even Kentucky will prove to be too much for South Carolina this year. L
Oct. 1 Texas A&M: This is one of the few games where Trevor Knight will perform well. L
Oct. 8 Georgia: This will be a blowout loss most likely, though Muschamp's last well coached game was against Georgia. L
Oct. 22 UMass: If South Carolina manages to lose this game after a bye week they are hopeless. W
Oct. 29 Tennessee: This will be a blowout loss. L
Nov. 5 Missouri: Another game South Carolina won't have much chance at winning. L
Nov. 12 @ Florida: Same for this game. L
Nov. 19 Western Carolina: Western Carolina was actually a solid FCS team last year, slightly worse than The Citadel, South Carolina could possibly lose this one. W
Nov. 26 @ Clemson: I know rivalry games can be weird and all but really...L
Predicted Record: 3-9(0-8)
Preview: Last year was a terrible year for South Carolina. It didn't start out so bad as they took advantage of turnovers to stun North Carolina in a game that became more surprising as the year went on. South Carolina promptly plummeted after. There were a few close losses but rock bottom hit towards the end of the year when they lost to The Citadel. They gave Clemson a tougher battle than expected in an odd rivalry game to end the year with a 3-9 record. Now Will Muschamp takes over as head coach, I'm not sure if he was the right hire for the job but we will get an idea how it will go once 2017 rolls around. Basically what we're looking at here is South Carolina is almost completely starting over, stripped down to the foundation if you will. South Carolina's offense is dealing with uncertainty at QB, Perry Orth played most of last year as the starter he wasn't all that effective and with Lorenzo Nunez moving to receiver it's Orth against a lot of guys with no starting experience. RB Brandon Wilds is gone and the new starter is likely David Williams who was the 2nd leading rusher last year but so far hasn't shown much promise. The best receiving targets in Pharoh Cooper and Jerell Adams are gone as well as about everyone else who has caught a pass for South Carolina. South Carolina's offensive line struggled last year, it did go through some injuries and returns 4 players with experience but 3 are gone. When Spurrier's tenure at South Carolina started to fall apart the defense was the first to go in 2014, it wasn't much better last year. There's a lot of returning experience but not many of these players have played well so far. The highlight of this defense was supposed to be linebacker Skai Moore(who played a huge key in the North Caroline surprise last year) but he had a herniated disk in his neck and will miss the entire year. South Carolina's secondary was bad and made passing for opponents very easy, Greyson Lambert looked like a star against this secondary, even Missouri's passing game looked capable. South Carolina loses a few starters in the secondary but that can't be the worst thing with how bad they played. The schedule includes South Carolina's annual rivalry game with Clemson that is harder than ever, even a game against East Carolina will prove difficult this year, but UMass and Western Carolina should hopefully provide wins. South Carolina annually plays Texas A&M out of the west which isn't the worst thing but South Carolina hasn't had any success against them so far, they draw Mississippi State as the other opponent. This team is starting completely over and it's going to be a long year.
Predictions:
Sept. 1 @ Vanderbilt: This will be an ugly game to watch, there won't be much offense on either side but Vanderbilt will manage at least a few points against South Carolina's defense to win. L
Sept. 10 @ Mississippi State: Mississippi State's rebuild is nowhere near as bad as South Carolina's and South Carolina probably doesn't have much of a chance at winning this one. L
Sept. 17 East Carolina: East Carolina was a giant killing program under Ruffin McNeil but they fired him so I'm not sure how they will perform in this game, I'm going with South Carolina in a close one. W
Sept. 24 @ Kentucky: Even Kentucky will prove to be too much for South Carolina this year. L
Oct. 1 Texas A&M: This is one of the few games where Trevor Knight will perform well. L
Oct. 8 Georgia: This will be a blowout loss most likely, though Muschamp's last well coached game was against Georgia. L
Oct. 22 UMass: If South Carolina manages to lose this game after a bye week they are hopeless. W
Oct. 29 Tennessee: This will be a blowout loss. L
Nov. 5 Missouri: Another game South Carolina won't have much chance at winning. L
Nov. 12 @ Florida: Same for this game. L
Nov. 19 Western Carolina: Western Carolina was actually a solid FCS team last year, slightly worse than The Citadel, South Carolina could possibly lose this one. W
Nov. 26 @ Clemson: I know rivalry games can be weird and all but really...L
Predicted Record: 3-9(0-8)