And given the lack of a head-coach-in-waiting and the similarities between their places in the recruiting world, a messy denouement for Spurrier is more likely to lead to the decade-plus of recovery that Mississippi State faced after Sherrill’s tenure than the relatively quick bounce-back we’ve seen in Tallahassee since Bowden’s departure.
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Four losses to the Gamecocks in the last five years may be changing that.
Georgia head coach Mark Richt watches the action from the sideline in the first half of an NCAA college football game against Vanderbilt Saturday, September 12, 2015, in Nashville, Tenn. Spurrier said, however, that he has the utmost confidence in Orth. Our voters correctly predicted Mississippi, Oklahoma, Texas A&M, Kentucky and missed Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas, Missouri, and Florida. South Carolina can’t afford another conference loss this early in the season after being upset last week at home by Kentucky. And then everybody kind of agrees Georgia Tech is a rival for everybody. Because this team as it is now constructed can not consistently win 10 games, or get to the SEC Championship Game, or achieve any of the other goals that have come to define success at South Carolina over the last few years.
The University of South Carolina football team (1-1, 0-1 SEC) worked out Wednesday afternoon on its new practice fields as they continued preparations for Saturday’s SEC Eastern Division showdown with the No. 7/8 Georgia Bulldogs (2-0, 1-0 SEC) in Athens.
“I don’t know if it’s Spurrier or what it is over there, but every year that team has brought their A game against us”, said Georgia senior left tackle John Theus, who still has the memory of three years ago, when South Carolina ran his team off the field, 35-7.
“When coach Spurrier Jr. gave me the option of walking on, I said I was going to come up work as hard as I possibly can and see what happens”, Orth said. “That would’ve been great to know who I was going to play for”, Chubb said.
Chubb, from Cedartown, Ga., admitted the visit was last-minute. “My dad would talk about all the things he did when he played and all the things he accomplished as a coach”.
“I was out of town when he came”. I don’t think with him in their it limits the play calling too much.
I think it’s the biggest concern for the Gamecocks this weekend. He finished the game 13 of 20 for 179 yards and a touchdown, but one costly throw late in the game resulted in an interception. But as the Bulldogs enter the tougher part of the schedule, being potent in the run and passing games is a must. “We got really hyped after that first down”. The secondary must be conscious as well because they may be forced to cover longer than usual with a quarterback that can extend plays.
Lambert, a graduate transfer from Virginia, remains listed as Georgia’s starter at quarterback on the depth chart for the USC game.
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Georgia is plus-three in turnover margin, leading to 17 points….
