re: First Spread of the 2013 CFB Season from 5dimes - SoCarolina -14.5

That half point is the hook, but it's likely to change between now and gameday quite a few times.

The other "possible" motivation that cannot be overlooked, I suppose, is the Quinshad Davis angle.

Davis was a highly regarded prospect out of Gaffney, I actually met him several times as he came to all but one home games his senior season and tailgaited beside us on the south end of the stadium.

We were after four WRs that year. Fuller, Smith, Roland and Davis. We told all four of them that we would take three in that class, the first three to commit.

Davis wanted to wait, while the other three, Fuller and Shaq Roland, both more highly rated, committed. But when Kwinton Smith committed (who I wanted more than Davis fwiw, so I was happy), that meant Davis was going to be left-out and he couldn't believe it. He kept thinking that if he came to the games and kept hanging around, he would still get the scholly. (Davis is, to his credit, a very nice kid and I do wish him well.)

When that did not happen (him getting a spare scholly offered) he was left scrambling in the end between UNC, Tennessee and Wake Forest because Clemson, Ole Miss and NC State were already full-up by then.

So, now, Davis has been saying he is looking forward to this game - and he is certainly very familiar with the surroundings. There may be, from what I have heard, some element of payback motivating him - and he is a good player - but our guys are gonna tee-of on him. He's the enemy now as far as they are concerned.