Jesus, how bad is SC's offense??
Here's how bad! 247th in the nation, 197 passing yards, 90.7 rushing. While I'd say they do better than that against us, that looks easily like the worst offense we'll face all year (save for Austin Peay)
With only 3 games in I think we need to look beyond the high level numbers.
We played against a top ten defense at Florida.
We played against a CUSA team that was beaten by a very decent Troy team.
We played against one of the bottom 10 teams in the country.
USC played against Vanderbilt @ Vandy.
USC played against Mississippi State @ MSU who lost to LSU by only 3.
USC played ECU who put 52 on Western Carolina and beat NC State.
Regardless if Vandy and MSU are down they have SEC players. ECU has proven themselves as a worthy opponent.
After 2 SEC away games I do not foresee USCjr being the least bit nervous coming here.
Sure their offense is bad, but so was NMSU without their best player at RB, a starting olineman and losing their best wr at half. But they still put up huge numbers.
My faith in our defense couldn't be much lower and I find it hard to believe USCjr can be worse than the previous paragraph.
My other concern is the Cocks havent given up more than 2 touchdowns in 2 of their 3 games.
As of today USCjr has played consistently better talent.
(Did we have anyone actually play vs Florida other than Jones, thus it is discounted in my opinion.)
USCjr has experience on the road.
USCjr can go to 4-1 with a win vs UK with TAMU coming into their house the following week, they really need this.
Of course we need the win just as bad, I am just not sold that this team has the confidence to build on becoming a winner as of yet.