Post-Game Topics for Discussion: Southern Miss. at South Carolina

by Gamecock Man on Sep 2, 2025 11:28 PM EDT in Football

1. We Don't Need Saunders. We have Stephen Garcia. We have Marcus Lattimore. We have Alshon Jeffery. We have Ace Sanders. We have have no worries in this department. Even the OL looked OK at points.

BTW, Garcia is the QB, mmkay?

2. The Defense is OK. I don't think we have the playmaking ability we had with Eric Norwood. But if we can make the most of what we have, we'll be OK.

3. Georgia. You know you're thinking it. Do we win?

Bonus Question: How many TDs will Marcus Lattimore score this year?

Folks, I believe this is real this time. I've listened to lots of Spurrier's interviews. He believes. You should, too.

Go. to. Hell. Georgia. Bulldogs.

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AMEN

I love Lattimore. Local boy. If/when we beat Georgia, where do we finish? This team has great potential. I believe. The defense will be fine. Stephon Gilmore was just great and we didnt even have C.C playing. Next game is the test though.

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by skywalker on Sep 2, 2025 11:45 PM EDT reply actions

i don't care if it was southern miss,

an impressive performance. and don’t be surprised if that reliable kicker of yours wins a game or two. why not south carolina?

by yourgatoroverlord on Sep 3, 2025 12:11 AM EDT reply actions

I love you, Gamecock Man, but two words

Bring. It.

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by AuditDawg on Sep 3, 2025 1:01 AM EDT reply actions

Also, as I did say to GwinnettGamecock in the EDSBS open thread

Shaw definitely deserves some playing time against us. That TD toss he had was more impressive than any throw Garcia made the entire night. I figure Garcia will start next week due to experience, but he wasn’t very impressive throwing the ball tonight. Lots of WR screens and dump offs. He didn’t take many chances down the field and when he did they usually weren’t good results.

Despite our mutual dislike for each other, isn’t it great that it’s football season now? I forgot how much I missed at.

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by AuditDawg on Sep 3, 2025 1:14 AM EDT reply actions

Audit, let's hook up in the convo this weekend. I expect a good game out of you guys to set up an epic matchup tnext weekend.

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by Gamecock Man on Sep 3, 2025 3:29 AM EDT up reply actions

Definitely

I’ll obviously be occupied for a few hours starting at noon, but we can hook up at some point. I’ll be around. If our defense has a pulse I expect next week to be epic.

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by AuditDawg on Sep 3, 2025 9:23 AM EDT up reply actions

I think your defense will be decent. But it'll be hard to tell against ULL..

I think you can generally say more about your offense based on these games, particularly whether or not the QB is effective, making good decisions, etc. Defense is tough to gauge, though. Teams like ULL don’t field much of an offensive line, so it’s hard to tell. At any rate, good luck. I’m interested to see how Murray looks. He’s the QB of the future in the SEC. I just hope he doesn’t grow up too fast.

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by Gamecock Man on Sep 3, 2025 12:13 PM EDT up reply actions

I also think it's tough to gauge your running game in these situations. SEC teams just have too much of an advantage in the trenches.

I did like that we seemed capable of running the ball against what was a pretty sizeable USM front. I know it’ll be nothing like what you’ll bring, but it was promising.

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by Gamecock Man on Sep 3, 2025 12:15 PM EDT up reply actions

And yeah, Garcia did miss on a couple of deeper balls. But Shaw missed a couple, too.

There was a pass late in the first half on a wheel route to Lattimore that Shaw didn’t lead enough. Would have gone for six with a better throw, and it really wasn’t a tough one. But I agree that it was an auspicious beginning for Shaw. Spurrier obviously thinks he’s good, and he appears to be right.

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by Gamecock Man on Sep 3, 2025 12:19 PM EDT up reply actions

FYI

I didn’t mean that “pulse” comment as a slight. Defense has been missing in Athens so long that I think we could legally declare it dead.

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by AuditDawg on Sep 3, 2025 2:09 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah, I've got you.

Honestly, I think you guys will have a good defense this year. I’m glad we get it while you’re working out the kinks, though. Kind of curious to see if you give up any big plays this weekend.

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by Gamecock Man on Sep 3, 2025 2:45 PM EDT up reply actions

I say

Lattimore gets 13 TD’s this season… but if he stays on this pace, it could easily be near 20.

by Gamecockrock on Sep 3, 2025 8:15 AM EDT reply actions

Not to state the obvious, but Lattimore scored 2 TDs last night. There are 12 games in a regular season, so if he maintains that pace, he should (by my count) end up with 24 TDs on the year.

All smartass comments aside, enjoy the win. At least there is one topic we can all agree on…EVERYBODY HATES GEORGIA!

G&B—keep up the good work.

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by FIGUREFOUR on Sep 3, 2025 9:49 AM EDT up reply actions