-7.5 @ Arkansas

18IsTheMan

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That’s an interesting line. Little worrisome
Yeah, I dunno. I think 7.5 on the road in the SEC is pretty solid, unless you're UGA.

I can't see anything Arkansas does particularly well. A&M was troubling b/c they did have a solid D.

I'm not predicting an easy outing. The SEC is a grind.
 

18IsTheMan

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In my opinion Mississippi State without their starting quarterback is the worst team in the conference.
The dropoff without Taylor has been remarkable. They had climbed to #16 and will be fortunate to make a bowl game. I think they're on their 3rd string QB, journeyman QB AJ Swann (who I am surprised is still playing football).
 

18IsTheMan

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They beat Candy in Nashville.

I'm, honestly, quite nervous about this game. Seen this movie a few too many times.
We've had 2 blowouts and 2 gut check games in our winning streak.

Arkansas is the worst team we'll play in the SEC this year (considering MSU still had Taylor when we played them). But who can ever forget losing to UK after we beat #1 Bama?

You have to show up every single week in this league.
 

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We've had 2 blowouts and 2 gut check games in our winning streak.

Arkansas is the worst team we'll play in the SEC this year (considering MSU still had Taylor when we played them). But who can ever forget losing to UK after we beat #1 Bama?

You have to show up every single week in this league.
Well I'm fine with the trend continuing.

Blowout Arkansas
Gut check win over UGa.
Blowout that school upstate.
 

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I feel the same. Not so much practice ing for UGA, but this game won't be close.
Correction: It shouldn't be close...... but then you're disregarding everything there is to know about Gamecock football.

I've even seen youtubers saying to sit LaNorris this week and start Cutter Woods. - And I lowkey envy people like that. - Totally oblivious to history, facts, reason, logic. Just putting their balls on the table and letting it ride..... with such arrogance. You'd think people would have learned by now, but no.

Navy
Vandy beat Bama
It's still the SEC and the second you disrespect an opponent like that in the SEC, it's a recipe for disaster. Plus.... literally everything is on the line @ Arkansas. Six years of Beamer trying his best to build this program, playoff hopes on the line (although far fetched tbh), on and on it hinges on this game.... win and everything is fine for another week. Lose and it's same old same old, six years of work down the drain, and recruits tuning out, etc....

My point? - Gamecocks haven't faired well in these "all on the line" moments. At all. Ever.
 

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Correction: It shouldn't be close...... but then you're disregarding everything there is to know about Gamecock football.

I've even seen youtubers saying to sit LaNorris this week and start Cutter Woods. - And I lowkey envy people like that. - Totally oblivious to history, facts, reason, logic. Just putting their balls on the table and letting it ride..... with such arrogance. You'd think people would have learned by now, but no.

Navy
Vandy beat Bama
It's still the SEC and the second you disrespect an opponent like that in the SEC, it's a recipe for disaster. Plus.... literally everything is on the line @ Arkansas. Six years of Beamer trying his best to build this program, playoff hopes on the line (although far fetched tbh), on and on it hinges on this game.... win and everything is fine for another week. Lose and it's same old same old, six years of work down the drain, and recruits tuning out, etc....

My point? - Gamecocks haven't faired well in these "all on the line" moments. At all. Ever.

And yet, arky is terrible.
 

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Correction: It shouldn't be close...... but then you're disregarding everything there is to know about Gamecock football.

I've even seen youtubers saying to sit LaNorris this week and start Cutter Woods. - And I lowkey envy people like that. - Totally oblivious to history, facts, reason, logic. Just putting their balls on the table and letting it ride..... with such arrogance. You'd think people would have learned by now, but no.

Navy
Vandy beat Bama
It's still the SEC and the second you disrespect an opponent like that in the SEC, it's a recipe for disaster. Plus.... literally everything is on the line @ Arkansas. Six years of Beamer trying his best to build this program, playoff hopes on the line (although far fetched tbh), on and on it hinges on this game.... win and everything is fine for another week. Lose and it's same old same old, six years of work down the drain, and recruits tuning out, etc....

My point? - Gamecocks haven't faired well in these "all on the line" moments. At all. Ever.
Good astute observations on the Gamecocks. How about Auburn beating Georgia a couple of weeks ago in Athens.

This is a classic trap game. We had an emotional win over TAMU. We have #1 Georgia coming to Williams Bryce the following week. The team is banged up after 3 straight SEC battles since our week off.

Arkansas sees us as the best chance they have for a victory this season. Their players don't follow our season and don't respect us. They will come into the game with their hair on fire and expect to win. They lost by only 3 to Auburn last week who beat Georgia.

Don't take this game for granted particularly if you are a player.
 

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Correction: It shouldn't be close...... but then you're disregarding everything there is to know about Gamecock football.

I've even seen youtubers saying to sit LaNorris this week and start Cutter Woods. - And I lowkey envy people like that. - Totally oblivious to history, facts, reason, logic. Just putting their balls on the table and letting it ride..... with such arrogance. You'd think people would have learned by now, but no.

Navy
Vandy beat Bama
It's still the SEC and the second you disrespect an opponent like that in the SEC, it's a recipe for disaster. Plus.... literally everything is on the line @ Arkansas. Six years of Beamer trying his best to build this program, playoff hopes on the line (although far fetched tbh), on and on it hinges on this game.... win and everything is fine for another week. Lose and it's same old same old, six years of work down the drain, and recruits tuning out, etc....

My point? - Gamecocks haven't faired well in these "all on the line" moments. At all. Ever.
Change arrogance to ignorance.
 
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We beat UT who beat Bama who beat UK who beat us who lost to MSU who beat Mizzou who beat UF who beat Texas who lost to OU who beat UF.....

Exactly. So the transitive property doesnt work in football. Especially when one of the wins is actually just a close loss.
 

18IsTheMan

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I feel the same. Not so much practice ing for UGA, but this game won't be close.
It shouldn't be, IF our players treat it like they are playing UF/UT/OU/A&M. If they go in thinking "it's just Arkansas" it may turn out much different than we hope.
 

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And we beat Tenn who beat Alabama. So we should have a good chance if we played Bama, right?

And yet, arky is terrible.

So ARK is a "terrible team" even though they barely lost to Auburn and Tennessee and are likely very hungry for an upset win.

Got it.

This is how the BOTs set the table for a "you can't win either way" situation for Beamer and the team.

Lurker isn't the only one doing this and they do it all the time.

ARK could probably beat over half of the P4 teams in the country.

They just happen to play in the best league.
 
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So ARK is a "terrible team" even though they barely lost to Auburn and Tennessee and are likely very hungry for an upset win.

Got it.

This is how the BOTs set the table for a "you can't win either way" situation for Beamer and the team.

Lurker isn't the only one doing this and they do it all the time.

ARK could probably beat over half of the P4 teams in the country.

They just happen to play in the best league.
It seriously is truly exhausting reading this board, but gamecock sites seem to be at a premium so c’est la vie.

Arkansas is a football team that has put
In just as much work as any other team in the country and will be wanting to win very badly; if they are clicking in this game and we aren’t they will do so. They don’t give a dimm about our playoff talk, Gameday, clock management, etc. We are the marked and we better bring it.
 
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It seriously is truly exhausting reading this board, but gamecock sites seem to be at a premium so c’est la vie.

There are other Gamecock sites if this is board upsets you so much.

Arkansas wanting to win won't matter. They arent good. Their sole SEC win was Vandy.

Its okay to admit there's an SEC team that isn't even bowl worthy. We dont have to pretend we're all national title contenders.
 

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There are other Gamecock sites if this is board upsets you so much.

Arkansas wanting to win won't matter. They arent good. Their sole SEC win was Vandy.

Its okay to admit there's an SEC team that isn't even bowl worthy. We dont have to pretend we're all national title contenders.
Tiring; not upsetting.

Tiring; like working in a daycare center.
 

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It seriously is truly exhausting reading this board, but gamecock sites seem to be at a premium so c’est la vie.

Arkansas is a football team that has put
In just as much work as any other team in the country and will be wanting to win very badly; if they are clicking in this game and we aren’t they will do so. They don’t give a dimm about our playoff talk, Gameday, clock management, etc. We are the marked and we better bring it.
So true. On any given weekend any college team can catch "lighting in a bottle". It happens every weekend. If Carolina plays to it's potential, they will take care of business.
 
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Lurker123

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Tiring; not upsetting.

Tiring; like working in a daycare center.

Choose whatever word you like, you complain a lot about a board that you not only dont have to visit, but have other options as well.

I always thought people who posted here enjoyed it, till I saw how much it upset you.
 

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Most likely outcome based on experience; horrible loss to ARK, heartbreaking loss to UGA in OT, beat Taters easily. Play in a bowl game in Memphis.
 

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I think some of you are missing the sarcasm in some of the posts in this thread. You shoukd relax in knowing that no Gamecock fans are relaxed about the game this Saturday.
 

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I think some of you are missing the sarcasm in some of the posts in this thread. You shoukd relax in knowing that no Gamecock fans are relaxed about the game this Saturday.

Theres a bit of that. Theres also a bit of looking to get offended.

"If we play our game, we win" is acceptable but not "they suck, we win".

The truth is, Arkansas doesn't matter. They dont win unless we screw up. They arent nearly as good as this team.

But some people need drama.
 

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Theres a bit of that. Theres also a bit of looking to get offended.

"If we play our game, we win" is acceptable but not "they suck, we win".

The truth is, Arkansas doesn't matter. They dont win unless we screw up. They arent nearly as good as this team.

But some people need drama.

Oh Lurker.

"Trash" "Safe Bet" "Awful" -- These are your words going into a super impt game against an opponent in their stadium who has played very well at times this season but didn't get the "W."

So who is the drama queen in this scenerio?

And you and your brethren will be ready to rain down with 50,000 "fire Beamer" threads if things go south.

You're just lucky this site doesn't block VPN registries or your havoc would go largely unnoticed. :)
 
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