5-points Stories - Garnet And Black Attack
FIVE POINTS: Looking Ahead
I wanted to do an edition of 5 POINTS after the Iowa game. I really did. But every time I would try to map in my mind what to say, it all came out like a litany of the problems South Carolina had every time it lost in 2008. Eventually, I scrapped the idea of doing a post just on the game. Instead,...
FIVE POINTS: Ugh -- The Team from the Upstate wins (again)
1. Everybody calm down. That includes me. One of the reason's I've waited until now (Monday evening) to post my thoughts is because any earlier attempts would have come out RARR!!!RARRRR!!!SMELLEY BAD!!!!RARR!!!! Take a step back. Think about this for a minute. Last year, we were all pissed about...
5 POINTS: Time to Save the Program -- South Carolina 24, Kentucky 17
1. The debate is over. Garcia starts. Finally. Longtime readers know about my past skepticism of THE SAVIOR OF THE PROGRAM, Stephen Garcia. Even before Saturday's win over Kentucky, though, any doubt was gone. Garcia is more accurate than Chris Smelley and has a better ability to take off when...
5 POINTS: So I was wrong -- South Carolina 31, Ole Miss 24
1. We can has offense! In fact, quite a bit of it. The Gamecocks rang up 405 yards, scored the most points since the N.C. State game and punted just once. The passing game seemed to be better than it had been in the past -- this comes from listening to the radio, though, so that could be suspect...
FIVE POINTS: South Carolina 23, Wofford 13 -- Not as bad as it looked
1. It's Wofford. We might need to resign ourselves to using that phrase the same way Georgia fans say, "It's South Carolina." We all remember the 27-20 near-miss of 2006; fewer of us will recall the unspectacular 38-14 win in 2001. (After which one of my friends said, "I was just at the stadium,...
5 POINTS: Black Thursday
1. Inexcusable. There's no excuse for what we saw tonight. There just isn't. Don't even start this "Vanderbilt is a good team" crap. Don't even start making excuses. Don't even begin to try to explain this away. We lost. To Vanderbilt. Deal with it. Where does the season go from here? I have no...
5 POINTS: vs. N.C. State
1. The Tommy Beecher Experiment: Pull the plug.Sure, it's easier to come in when the opposing defense is worn down and put up the points. But consider this: With Beecher at quarterback, the Gamecocks' longest two drives were 34 yards each, and South Carolina scored 13 points. With Smelley under...
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