Get Cocky, South Carolina // Los Angeles Times

This article has been circulating among Gamecocks fans for a few days. One of the finest pieces of journalism the world has seen.

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Man. That brought tears to my eyes. September can't get here soon enough.

I don’t think I’ve ever been so excited about a football season before.

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by Gamecock Man on Jul 16, 2025 3:17 PM EDT reply actions

I was just shocked that USC showed up in an

L.A. paper and they were actually talking about us. I am trying so hard to keep my hopes and dreams and bay and just wait for the football team to show me they are ready for this like the baseball team has been the last two years. I really am tired of the heartache but I will always believe. I live in a conundrum lol.

by Whasup33 on Jul 16, 2025 8:05 PM EDT reply actions

All you gotta do this year

is have faith that they will do what is expected of them… if they do they should be in the BCS Title game

by Gamecockrock on Jul 17, 2025 8:05 AM EDT up reply actions

I know were turnin the corner

on NCAA Football 12, South Carolina has been #1 for nearly 2 seasons now… which never happened before this year.

by Gamecockrock on Jul 17, 2025 8:06 AM EDT reply actions

I'm really trying to guard against these types of articles.

We’re good, but so are other teams. I’m optimistic for the 2011 season, but come on. National title? Let’s beat Kentucky again first.

by robert guiscard on Jul 17, 2025 11:52 AM EDT via mobile reply actions

but at the same time...

I couldn’t read that article and not get excited about a possible SEC championship. Which is why I’m trying to avoid these kinds of articles.

by robert guiscard on Jul 17, 2025 11:54 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions

I tend to agree with you.

Running the table would be a dream, but I think a more reasonable goal is 10 wins.

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by Gamecock'n'Balls on Jul 17, 2025 4:57 PM EDT up reply actions

Ten wins is the threshhold for success, IMO. That national title is a possibility, but it's a very unlikely one.

We have some nice top-end talent with Alshon, Marcus, and Stephon, but going undefeated requires a bit of luck, too. Plus, I don’t think we have quite the depth we need at some positions, and QB is a big question mark. Garcia has to prove he can go a whole season without having a three-INT game if we’re going to go undefeated.

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by Gamecock Man on Jul 17, 2025 5:42 PM EDT up reply actions

14-0 or the season is a complete failure and everyone should be fired.

/silver82blade’d

Dum spiro spero - "While I breathe, I hope"
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by The Feathered Warrior on Jul 17, 2025 9:03 PM EDT up reply actions

I kind of miss silverblade. Sigh.

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by Gamecock Man on Jul 17, 2025 9:39 PM EDT up reply actions

LOL.

I don’t know GM. While passionate, the guy was utterly unrealistic. Like a fundamentalist or something. He had a Clemson fan’s lofty expectations and, while pretty up to speed on the numbers, had an aversion to basic logic.

Although it would be a funny in-joke if we punctuated any prediction or analysis with the caviat “I’ve only been a football fan for seven years.”

You know what? I do kinda miss that guy, now that I think of it.

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by Gamecock'n'Balls on Jul 18, 2025 9:11 AM EDT up reply actions