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I recall at the beginning of the season, the Vanderbilt quarterback said words to the effect that beating the gamecocks was a top priority.

Vanderbilt is coming off a big win on the road, the gamecocks have lots of defensive injuries,
the offense is struggling, and they have an unproven offensive coordinator . It has all the
elements for an upset. The good news is that Beamer is an offensive minded head coach.
 
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Team will come in focused. Yes many injuries, but hopefully Cocks 2nd string is as good as Vandyā€™s first. That QB scares me, but think Cocks win on a late FG.
 
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bayrooster said:
Our 2nd string wasn't as good as SC State, but let's hope we are better prepared for Vandy.
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I am gonna blame the terrible start in the weather. But then again, I am an optimist. I think they will come in focused and ready after this last game. Donā€™t forget it was a win, against one of the better teams in their division!!
 
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Chill....Shula's been on the vanilla playbook for the past 2 weeks. Stay tuned!


 
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When a SC State team has a better 3rd down % and more yards in the game, it should be concerning. We had 3 drives we could have gone 90+yards, but we went 3-out. We also took a safety last weekend.

If that doesn't give you pause to say, "Hmm, are we really any good?" you haven't watched Gamecock football for 40 years like I have.
 
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How will we ever compete with Vandyā€¦ā€¦go ahead and chalk up a loss and start calling for Beamerā€˜s head
 
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Iā€™m hoping this game mirrors the Ky game from a year ago.If you remember Carolina impressed no one last year until they broke out in that game.Hoping the same for Vandy this year.
 
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fwm said:
I recall at the beginning of the season, the Vanderbilt quarterback said words to the effect that beating the gamecocks was a top priority.
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Pavia went on the "Bussin' With The Boys" podcast over the summer and when asked which game he has circled, he answered Week 3 against South Carolina.

During an appearance on Taylor Lewan and Will Comptonā€˜s ā€œBussinā€™ with the Boysā€ podcast, Pavia revealed the matchup that he believes is most important for Vanderbilt this season.

ā€œI donā€™t wanna give the opponent any fuel,ā€ Pavia told Lewan when asked about which game is circled on his schedule. ā€œGame three [against South Carolina]. Iā€™ve got my brothers with me. Iā€™m good.ā€
 
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treyno2722 said:
Like being outgained on offense 270 to 253 yards.
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I guess That matters more than the Final score?? I didnt realize that was part of the W/L record, Sorry.. So let me get this straight, SO if you go 12-0, but are outgained (by yardage) in 4 of those games, your official record is 8-4?? WOW that sux!!
 
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Cockofdawn said:
I guess That matters more than the Final score?? I didnt realize that was part of the W/L record, Sorry.. So let me get this straight, SO if you go 12-0, but are outgained (by yardage) in 4 of those games, your official record is 8-4?? WOW that sux!!
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It must mean that team has a golden horseshoe up its butt. šŸ˜„
 
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This game is very important as far as rankings go.If we blow it we will be in a free fall.,,The feelings I have are the Gamecocks winning this is very iffy...BUT!!! My prediction is Cocks 31 Vandy 26
 
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Cockofdawn said:
I guess That matters more than the Final score?? I didnt realize that was part of the W/L record, Sorry.. So let me get this straight, SO if you go 12-0, but are outgained (by yardage) in 4 of those games, your official record is 8-4?? WOW that sux!!
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When you have two special teams TD's and only score 24 points against a Division 2 school, I think that's reason for concern. When LaNorris is sacked and pressured by SC State, that's another reason for concern. If this was against LSU and the score was 38-10, then I wouldn't say a word. These are the teams that you should beat by 50.
 
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