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| South Carolina: A Long Distance 2010 Preview Posted: 15 May 2010 09:08 PM PDT
If you look at South Carolina? You look at a team that should be fun to watch. Stephen Garcia is the quarterback who could be the gunslinger just having fun out there. And he’s throwing it to two gigantic receivers. One of who has my sisters name. Hey, Tori Gurley, your name is delightful and hilarious and I would never say such things in your presence! She’s not reading this. Anyway. This is the sort of team that should hit every aspect of my wheelhouse. I love linebackers with badass names, and the Gamecocks have Shaq Wilson, whose best hits should be compiled into some sort of plaque or even a pack. I love hilarious names, and come on. D.J. Swearinger! Justice Cunningham! Hutch Erickson! These guys are awesome and totally exist! And I could show love for a team with an upside of eight wins. I live in Big Ten country after all. But you know what? I’m not fired up for the Gamecocks. Not even with the whimsy that touches me at my 12 year old maturity level. (Because Stephon Gilmore will be taking snaps in the single wing. And the nom de plumb of their version of the Wildcat? The Wild Cock. Yeah. I will tweet that to the point of losing followers.) So what happens to make me feel as if someone damaged the South Carolina Bandwagon? These things three. 1) Spurrier’s not a good villain anymore. And I’m just saying that in the terms of being a tremendous fan of a good pro wrestling styled villains. When Spurrier was rocking the Gators in the 90’s switching quarterbacks at will? It was all a part of the mystique. But this year? He’s threatening Stephen Garcia with a freshman named Connor Shaw. With no strength of quality in terms of coaching? He’s a bit of a jerk. 2) Also? The offensive line is kind of bad. Pretty self explanatory. 3) They’re not a Cal. There’s something kind of timeless about the team that always falls off a cliff. Start out 5-1 and finish 7-6? People are going to remember that. The in-state ACC rival has that sort of jejune (and I am using that word correctly) to collapse properly and not just stop and start. South Carolina? They just stop and start. It’s not cool? This year? It just feels like more of the same. 8-5 and another Pizza Bowl loss. In a word, ennui. |
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