Delusional Fans or as the Gamecock Turns

This past football season has barely ended and the talk of football domination at South Carolina in ’08 has already begun. Who would have thought? I dropped into the gamecock forums today and in one thread found these gems!

Cocklover said
“I don't see any reason why we can't be 5-0 to start the season off. GO COCKS!!!”

Let me point out a few flaws here Cocklover……..NC State to start the season, hope you play better than this past years opener, Vanderbilt ( didn’t you have a loss last year ), GEORGIA in game 3, Old Ball Sack doesn’t have all off season to prepare this year. Now you finish this 5 game stretch with Wofford and UAB. MY guess on Carolina’s start? 2-3……3-2 at best.

CockyTalkin said
“Everybody just needs to get ready to win a lot of football games. I'm going to go with my perennial prediction of an undefeated season. Why??? Because I'm not psychic, and there isn't one guaranteed loss on our schedule. If we were a bottom tier SEC team like Vandy, or UK, or MSU I would probably have to say we were headed for a couple of guaranteed losses.”

You sir are correct, no guaranteed losses…..but if I was you I wouldn’t bet the house on the Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, LSU, and Clemson games. Oh and Kentucky is a bottom tier SEC team???? Didn't they win a Bowl game this year while you were home for Christmas?
CockRoche said
“Won't even speculate what we'll do, but I'm not sold on UGA just yet. UT beat them pretty badly and they should have lost to Vandy. OK, they beat a Florida team who's defense isn't that good, plus they were kind of due to beat the Gators. UGA was incredibly pumped for that game, but for some reason, I feel pretty good about our game with them.”

This is good to know, so no excuses this year???? Please!

Honk if????

Buy it on Ebay!

Sorry!

Things have been very busy this week and I have been unable to post. Will try and start posting again either tomorrow or monday.

Go Dawgs!

SEC Games of the Week Oct. 6th

Kentucky(5-0) at South Carolina(4-1)
This is the game that lets the world know if Kentucky is a real contender for the SEC East this year. Kentucky has the SEC's best scoring offense averaging over 46 points a game going against a SC defense that lost it's biggest play maker in Jasper Brinkley. Kentucky so far has had a balanced offense, averaging 223 yards rushing and 268 yards passing per game. On the flip side Kentucky's defense is unable to stop anyone on the ground, ranking 11th in the SEC in rushing defense.

South Carolina will look to pound the ball against a porous defensive line at Kentucky , though at this point in the season the running game has been less than spectacular. An interesting matvh up in this game should be Woodson against the SEC's #1 pass defense. If South Carolina is unable to get penetration into the backfield it will be along night in Columbia.
Prediction: Kentucky win 31-24

Florida(4-1) at LSU(5-0)
This game was being billed as a preview of the SEC Championship game, that is now in question as over the last 2 weeks Florida has been exposed. Auburn and Ole Miss to a lesser extent showed how to beat the Gators. LSU is not an offensive juggernaut, but they have the best defense in the country. Mark this down, this is the game that Tim Tebow gets hurt in. When Tebow run the QB option up the middle, expect to see the defensive line of LSU deliver some vicious hits. This one will not even be close so I'm not gonna waste much time on it. The game will not be as close as the score makes it appear.
Prediction: LSU win 30-21

Georgia Bulldogs at Tennessee Volunteers

This Saturday will go a long way to deciding whether Georgia still has a shot at the SEC East this year and whether Phil Fulmer still has a job next year.

Georgia boasts the SEC's 6th best scoring offense, averaging over 32 points a game versus Tennessee's league worst scoring defense, allowing over 37 points a game. On the other side of the ball is a Tennessee offense that is scoring an average of over 34 points a game against a Georgia defense allowing just over 17 points a game.

Look for the Georgia defense to blitz early and often to keep Eric Ainge on his heels and feeling the pressure most of the afternoon. Ainge has had to press a little more with the defense not providing enough overall help, and the running game being merely average. Expect there to be numerous interceptions in this game and the Georgia secondary steps up big in this game.

Georgia has notched 3 wins in a row in Neyland Stadium under Mark Richt. Look for that trend to continue. There simply is no better at getting his team prepared for big road games than Mark Richt. Tennessee simply isn't doing enough on defense right now and the rent is due on Richt-Neyland Stadium.

Prediction: Georgia wins 31-20

Xavier Avery Commits to UGA

Georgia picked up it's 21st commitment for the 2008 recruiting class. Xavier Avery committed to Georgia yesterday. He is a Rivals 3 star athlete and a Scout 3 Star RB.

Athlete
Ht: 5-foot-11

Wt: 185 lbs

Forty: 4.4 secs

GPA: 3.8

Carlton Thomas Commits to UGA

Seems I have been asleep at the wheel and missed Georgia's newest recruit. Carlton Thomas has committed to play at Georgia.



All-purpose back
Ht: 5-foot-7
Wt: 159 lbs
Forty: 4.6 secs
Bench max: 315 pounds
Squat max: 440 pounds

Rivals has him rated as a 3 Star recruit, while scout has him listed as a 4 star. Overall I think this is a really good pick up for the Dawgs.