The University of South Carolina has beaten SEC East rival Georgia three times in a row – including a 35-7 dismantling of the Bulldogs in Columbia, S.C. last October. Also this year’s Georgia squad looked substantially less-than-impressive during their season-opening 38-35 loss to Clemson.
The Bulldogs’ offensive line in particular turned in a dismal performance – giving up four sacks against the Tigers. Now they’ve got to line up against Heisman Trophy candidate Jadeveon Clowney and a ferocious Gamecock front four. Clowney in particular is going to be out for blood after he turned in a less-than-impressive debut against the University of North Carolina last Thursday (reportedly due to the lingering effects of a stomach virus).
Mark Richt says he’s not worried about the Gamecocks’ defensive line because Georgia’s offense will be playing at home and the Bulldogs won’t have to rely on silent snap counts the way they did against Clemson (due to crowd noise at Memorial Stadium).
Really? We think Richt’s faith in varying cadences may be misplaced …
Making matters worse for Bulldog fans, Georgia’s offense will be without last year’s second-leading receiver Malcolm Mitchell – who was lost for the season after injuring himself during a post-touchdown celebration on Saturday. The Bulldogs have players who can (and should) step up, but Mitchell was one of quarterback Aaron Murray’s favorite targets – and he turned in a solid performance against USC a year ago.
Despite all of this … Georgia (0-1, 0-0 SEC) enter Saturday’s SEC East showdown as three-point favorites over Steve Spurrier’s Gamecocks (1-0, 0-0 SEC).
Does that make sense?
Not to us …
Oh, and let’s not forget South Carolina has had two extra days to get healthy (and its coaches have had two extra days to game plan) for Georgia – which could be an overlooked factor in this contest.
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USuCk will get bitch slapped by Jawja. The game against the Tarholes was real impressive!!
Was our game against UNC less impressive than the last four years against ClemTech?
I thought Carl’s Jr was playing UGA this weekend. What happened in games vs Clemson are not relevant.
Do you remember what happened in 2008? Hint: Somebody didn’t lose to the Cocks.
Ole Squishy is such a history scholar….and perennial douchebag.
Cry cry cry, look at the all time series…yeah we give ya that one, but take the last 4 years and shove up your dick hole.
Why is it that dirt pecker fans can only remember four years back? If they want to pull up history, why not look at numbers for the entire series? Oh yeah, that’s because Clemson has about a 70 game lead.
When?
Shifty rolls the magik round dice – 09/02
SOUTH CAROLINA – 45
GEORGIA – 35
There’s no way the dirt peckers will score 45 points. They couldn’t do it against an unranked team at home, what makes you think they can do it to a top 10 team on the road?
Well, the dice came up 52-52 THREE DAMN TIMES IN A ROW! So then they came up 54-53, and that was just too much to believe, so I just reversed the count.
Clem A&M has lost four years in a row to the Cocks.
So what, Clemson has done that seven times. carowhina just did it for the first time. Win a “real” ring, then talk to me! And, a division ring doesn’t count… Losers!
Carolina has beaten Clem A&M the last four meetings in a row. That’s the best we losers can do. I guess the Cocks are prepared for a beatdown this year. Oh, my!
What’s the overall series look like?
Not so bad, really. Clem A&M has won fewer than 6 out of every ten games played. (59%) When you consider Carolina has to be one of the worst programs in the country, if not THE worst over the last 100 years, not bad at all. Hell of a lot better than Clem A&M has done versus Ga Tech. As we’ve discussed before, aside from the historically lame Chickens, and the dregs of the ACC, against whom does Clem A&M have a winning record? Go ahead, start listing ’em.
Squishy I like u. My husband told me u said dirt peckers and I died laughing… fantastic. Fsu baby.
Thanks, I can’t take credit for it I saw it on another forum… the person who stated it was pretty popular with the Carolina, oops South Carolina fans.
I’m going to go with:
South Carolina 17
Georgia 44
whaaaaa ? ………
I’ll say SC 35 GA 17.
I know GA put in a dismal performance against Clemson, but neither defense showed up.
I am a Clemson fan, but in the SEC, don’t dismiss Clowney. I don’t think GA understands what’s going to happen to them.
If GA wins, I’ll wear a Gamecock hat for an hour. (at home, 10 – 11 pm, in my office, no cameras allowed)
Hmmmm — your numbers add up to 52, which is what my magik dice came up with 3 times in a row — you may be on to something!
Cocks 30
Dogs 24
I WANT SC to be dissed. That way, on Saturday, there will be a surprise waiting between the hedges.
I’m looking for some,Dylan Thompson.His stats must be looking pretty good,right now.
I don’t care what the betting line is. I don’t even care what the “experts” say. The players will decide this.
News Flash! Vegas does not care who wins. They only care about using losers’ money to pay winners and banking the vig. You think they built all those hotels and casinos by not knowing what they are doing?
34-24, Gamecocks win.
When GA recovers from food poisoning and fake injuries they may be up to speed. Maybe not.
Yeah but will Clowney be over his slideline puking? Puking but no running to the bathroom with his thumb up his butt looks more like out of shape than food poisoning. Time will tell if his conditioning has gotten better with 8 days of coaches screaming at his lazy ass.
I do not see a blowout because this is in Athens. But a close win for USC,
No respect earned; no respect granted.
Remember. The road to Omaha begins in Clemson. And ends in Columbia.
Fear the thumb.
Aww poor coots.
Georgia fried the chickens.