I thought that was an uncharacteristic performance. People on here keep saying he’s done poorly all year, but I think he’s our most solid secondary player. I think he ties with Lattimore, only ’cause Maddox provides good depth. That is an enormous loss, and a knockout blow to an already weak secondary. I think that decreases our chances at winning the division by something like 30% probably. Other than Garcia, Jeffery, and a couple key offensive linemen, there could not have been a bigger guy to go down.

Culliver is a senior. I doubt he will be given a hardship year for an injury in the eighth game, so that will likely be the last time he is in a Gamecock uniform. I agree with Blade that this is a big loss – on par with losing Shaq Wilson all season.

Hopefully it will compel Stephon Gilmore to ramp up his play. I dont know if Gilmore is having a bit of a sophomore slump, or something is going on his life that is distracting him, but he just doesnt seem to be playing with the same intensity / mental awareness he had as a freshman.

Injuries are the name of the game. Teams with good coaching and depth can overcome them. I think our LB’s have stepped up despite losing Wilson. Time to see if our secondary can.

is that if Garcia steps up, this team could win some shootouts.

Culliver is a decent player but, he has never really lived up to expectations and really has an attitude problem. He has gotten several technicals over the years for late hits and stuff like that. He is a hit to the secondary but, I think using Auguste at corner and Licorn at safety is a good idea. Licorn is a fast player who really wants to play, I say we give him a shot. He has had some decent plays over the years, mostly at WR though. Being a former WR, maybe he’ll provide us with some much needed INT’s.

Sure, it’s an extra warm body, but the two positions are completely different. Think about the learning curve for a first year player transitioning from high school to college. It’s difficult to make any meaningful impact in that first year. Asking a WR to learn a completely new position exacerbates the problem even more. LeCorn has some experience there, so he could maybe spell our 2nd or 3rd string guys every now and then, but he’s not likely to be very effective. I mean, we have DBs blowing coverages who have been playing the same position for years. There is no reason to think that a converted WR won’t do much worse. We could move as many WRs to DB as we want, but it still won’t help our depth at the position. At this point in the season we’re stuck with what we have.

This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, either. We might have guys like CC Whitlock and Mart Markett step up. An injured Culliver hasn’t exactly been playing lights out for a few weeks now (107.5 said he had been injured for while earlier today, not sure if that’s accurate). What seems like bad news can often times have a good effect on overall team performance. When was the last time anyone has thought about Wesley Saunders (other than right this moment)?

I was super pumped when we got Culliver, he was our first 5 star in a while at that time.. Really thought he would become more of an impact player, although he did play a lot.