Week 10 Phil Steele Top 25 Forecast for #18 South Carolina

by Skulls and Spurs on Nov 3, 2025 3:29 PM EDT

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#17 ARKANSAS AT #18 S CAROLINA
	Rushing	Passing	Points	TO’s	ST
ARKANSAS	68	355	29	2.1	-
S CAROLINA	162	260	29	2.4	-
LAST 13 YEAR MATCHUPS
SC HC Spurrier said in his press conference that if they are going to beat Arkansas, they better play better pass defense as they gave up 300 yds to Tennessee last week and are allowing opposing QB's to complete better than 65% against them. SC does control its own destiny in the SEC East, but has the “SEC East Championship” on deck (at FL). SC RB Lattimore rushed for a career high 184 rush yds LW (722, 4.8) after returning from inj and QB Garcia is avg 238 ypg (71%) with a 13-7 ratio and WR Jeffery leads the SEC in receiving (52, 18.0). Ark QB Mallett is avg 306 ypg, 66%, 18-7) and the Razorbacks are off a 49-14 win over Vandy in which Mallett set a UA record with 409 pass yds. Points should be plentiful in a close gm but I will go with the home team.
PHIL’S FORECAST : S CAROLINA 38 ARKANSAS 35

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I like that just fine.

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by Gamecock Man on Nov 3, 2025 5:23 PM EDT reply actions

I will have an infarction

if this game comes down to a 4Q field goal - too stressful. I hope that the Cocks can dig deep and can beat beat the Hogs by a TD or better.

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by tryptic67 on Nov 4, 2025 8:04 AM EDT reply actions

This game scares me

I know it doesn’t affect the SEC east race, but I’d still like a win. Granted, we’re good at home but the Ar-Kansas (pronounced “R Kansas”) passing game has me a little on edge. If we can get pressure from the D-Line on Mallet and force a pick we should be fine but that seems to be a big if. Of course, this season when I’ve been nervous like this we’ve been great (see GA and Bama) and when I’m confident its iffy at best (Kentucky and Ten).

by stapleears on Nov 4, 2025 8:30 AM EDT reply actions

Yeah, that is a huge "if".

It’s rare to see a team ranked near the top in sacks, yet ranked near the bottom in pass defense, but that’s us. It doesn’t seem to matter how much pressure Carolina gets, they can’t stop the pass at all.

stuff 'bout stuff.

by silver82blade on Nov 4, 2025 9:14 AM EDT up reply actions

thats scewed a bit

teams are negating our pass rush by going with quick passes, just dumping it out.

by Gamecockrock on Nov 4, 2025 9:24 AM EDT up reply actions

Yeah, but teams aren't having much trouble throwing downfield on a us, either.

Oftentimes against UT and UK, we would have several guys barreling in on the QB, only to see the QB launch a bomb to a wide open receiver. That’s what’s really killing me about our pass defense—our inability to create incompletions despite the pressure we’re getting on the QB.

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by Gamecock Man on Nov 4, 2025 9:28 AM EDT up reply actions