Four of the Bulldogs’ previous seven wins came prior to 1920. “To have a game like that and for our team to play so well, it’s so great for this team, this program”. The senior did most of his damage in the first half as SC, a strong rebounding squad, built a lead it never relinquished.ABOUT HOFSTRA (3-0): The Pride are a veteran team and undaunted by the competition they’re facing according to coach Joe Mihalich.
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After running back Cam Jackson busted a 59-yard touchdown run five plays into the game, much of the load fell on Renew.
Now, it’s Swinney on top, leading the nation’s No. 1 team into Saturday’s last game with SC (3-8) and into a likely College Football Playoff berth. The Gamecocks have played only five opponents more: Clemson (112), Georgia (67), North Carolina (57), North Carolina State (57) and Wake Forest (56). The Citadel Bulldogs rank at 0 for 0.0 road rushing yards where as SC Gamecocks rank at 105 for allowing 198.4 rushing yards at home. I was trying to do everything I could to keep our spirits up, pointing things out that they can play for and have motivation for, but I could see a chink in the armor after Florida and it carried itself into The Citadel game.
After Renew’s touchdown, a SC offense that scored touchdowns on two of three second half drives started marching again. The SC Gamecocks are 3-5 and 4-4 against the spread.
Renew would eventually run for a career-best 174 yards. He said he wouldn’t be back in Columbus next year.
“I’m very blessed to be an American”, Goins said. But SC was called for a false start penalty because not all the players were set. “We are going to have to do a good job this week”.
The Citadel was on the bubble for an FCS playoff bid, but now have about the best win any lower division team in the country.
“I saw the throw, I saw the catch, I saw the run for the touchdown”, Elliott said. – With Cooper and Adams both eclipsing the century mark, USC had two players with 100+ yards receiving for the first time since Bruce Ellington (140) and Shaq Roland (112) did so against Wisconsin in the Capital One Bowl on January 1, 2014.
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Elliott, for his part, is prepared for what the Bulldogs will bring to Williams Brice Stadium on Saturday. But her team’s sluggish 67-41 win Wednesday night over the lowly Tigers left her a bit disgusted. They’ve got what I think is a heck of a football team coming in and we’ve got to see what we can do from a mentality standpoint moving forward. We have to have the belief to go in there and win the game. “We have a few hard questions we have to find a few answers in a short amount of time”.
