south-carolina-gamecocks Stories - Backing The Pack
Success Rates
Success rate is a metric that Football Outsiders uses to evaluate a team's consistency and efficiency. The standards for success are: 1st down: gain 50% of necessary yardage2nd down: gain 70% of...
Press Conference Notes
TOB: Did you see this coming from your offense? We knew coming in that South Carolina last year was the #1 defense in the SEC. All through preseason coach Spurrier was raving about the defense, it w...
Burn It! Send It To Hell!
Box Score / Photos I really pictured that game going differently in my head. No matter what was going to happen last night, there wasn't a chance it was going to be a repeat of last year's displ...
Talking South Carolina With Garnet And Black Attack
Below, I pose a few questions about South Carolina to Gamecock Man @ Garnet And Black Attack. My answers to his questions are here. 1.) What are reasonable expectations for Stephen Garcia this s...
The Spurrier Offense
Over at Dr. Saturday, Smart Football's Chris Brown has written an excellent breakdown of Steve Spurrier's system: Even more important than the passing game, though, has been Spurrier's complete inabi...
Season Tickets Sold Out, Plus Other Items
-- Despite the tough economy, NC State football season tickets are sold out, though there are some individual tickets left for both I-AA opponents and Duke. -- Who still loves ya, baby? If it's Frida...
South Carolina Notes
-- NC State opens as a 3.5 point favorite over South Carolina. -- What's all this talk about love? A couple of weeks ago [Spurrier] said he's hopeful the Dixie Chicks song "Ready to Run" is an apt an...
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