Going 0-2 in the East would be a disaster for a Gamecock team that still has to deal with Missouri, Texas A&M and Tennessee on the road. But they came up just short of covering as 18-point favorites. He had a first-and-10 situation from the Georgia 25-yard line, but three straight Steven Scheu drops (one wasn’t his fault) stalled this drive as time wound down. “Obviously it was sort of a game of two halves, and we had a lot of chances, but we had some major breakdowns at crucial times”.
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The pressure was somewhat released from Lambert by then, seeing how the momentum of the game was already in favor of the Bulldogs.
“I guess you would start with the quarterback”. It was a conservative gameplan, but can the Dawgs air it out a bit against a good secondary?
Coffee’s for closers only.
Georgia is 6-1 SU in its last seven games. Still, few will be expecting South Carolina to hang around between the hedges for four quarters. Just because the running game and defense is good enough to win most games, he doesn’t want to make a habit of it. Georgia has only lost the ball once so far and is +3 in turnover margin.
“I know from playing that position that you don’t become super-proficient overnight”, said Richt, who was a backup quarterback at Miami during his college days. Redshirt sophomore quarterback Connor Mitch suffered a dislocated right shoulder and some internal bleeding against Kentucky, according to Spurrier, and will miss up to three weeks.
Some players believe this year’s schedule helps Georgia: Junior receiver Reggie Davis think they’ll be helped getting them the third game this year, rather than the second game after a big first game against Clemson.
Now back to the quarterback who will likely start every game this season, and who I think has a lot of potential to lead our Gamecocks to a win this Saturday against Georgia, Perry Orth.
Although the outing ending with Kentucky intercepting his last pass, Orth is excited to start his first game and appears to be preparing for it in a calm, business-like manner. Be shocked if there are fireworks.
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One thing Georgia does have now that it didn’t have two years ago is Nick Chubb, whose 189 rushing yards and 10th consecutive 100-yard game propelled Georgia to the comfortable but unconvincing win. Greyson Lambert is completing 57.6 percent of his passes for 257 yards, two touchdowns and zero interceptions. It’s just not going to be pretty. “The new stadium, all the beautification here, just adds to South Carolina, South Carolina football”.
