I wrote up a piece for The Student Section previewing this game….
The Georgia-South Carolina rivalry has quietly became one of the best in the SEC. Georgia owns the series 47-17-2 but over the last seven years, the Gamecocks have four wins. South Carolina had built a three-game win streak, its first ever in the series, before Georgia won 41-30 last year in Athens.
The big reason for the heating up of the rivalry has been Steve Spurrier. At Florida, Spurrier went 11-1 against Georgia. Since he’s been at South Carolina, he’s gone 4-5 (but that’s with losing four of his first five).
The last three seasons, the Gamecocks have finished 11-2 overall and 6-2 in the conference, but so far this year, they haven’t been themselves. It started when they were shocked by Texas A&M in week one.
The Gamecocks moved from a 4-2-5 defense to a 3-4 this offseason, but last week they mixed it up some against ECU and were able to get a lot more pressure on ECU quarterback Shane Carden in the second half, which had a huge impact on the game.
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