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What went wrong with South Carolina this year?
Posted on 12/12/14 at 6:14 pm
Posted on 12/12/14 at 6:14 pm
This is a legitimate question.
I honestly didn't follow them any and only saw them play against us. We played like shite yet somehow they collapsed at the end and let us steal it. With such lofty expectations and pre-season predictions to make the playoff, what went so wrong that led a team that highly regarded to 6-6?
I honestly didn't follow them any and only saw them play against us. We played like shite yet somehow they collapsed at the end and let us steal it. With such lofty expectations and pre-season predictions to make the playoff, what went so wrong that led a team that highly regarded to 6-6?
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Posted on 12/12/14 at 6:16 pm to KCM0Tiger
Underestimated the loss of Shaw and Thompson disappointed, defense was really bad.
Posted on 12/12/14 at 6:19 pm to KCM0Tiger
They were just never that good to start with. Our crappy team beating them proved that 
Posted on 12/12/14 at 6:21 pm to KCM0Tiger
Posted on 12/12/14 at 6:21 pm to KCM0Tiger
The real question to ask is how did this team get a top 10 preseason ranking. Far more mysterious if you ask me.
Posted on 12/12/14 at 6:22 pm to KCM0Tiger
Spurrier getting complacent and lazy like he has been most of his career, except without the talent to overcome it. He was talking all offseason as if USC had already "arrived" before it even won the SEC.
This post was edited on 12/12/14 at 6:23 pm
Posted on 12/12/14 at 6:25 pm to KCM0Tiger
Lost a lot from last year..... Connor Shaw, Clowney, and a bunch of other defensive talent.
Posted on 12/12/14 at 6:26 pm to KCM0Tiger
They sucked
Posted on 12/12/14 at 6:28 pm to KCM0Tiger
quote:
What went wrong with South Carolina this year?
#1 WBB team is rolling right now, baseball team is still fresh from 2 CWS, and CFB lost both Shaw and Clowney and still made a bowl. Maybe expectations were too high in a rebuilding year?
Posted on 12/12/14 at 6:29 pm to KCM0Tiger
I'm not a fan of their dc and when they lost Clowney and others from the D, they were in trouble. People like to say Clowney took plays off and had a poor last season (he certainly looks like a bust in the NFL), but that guy was drawing constant double teams and really allowed the rest of the D to excel.
Posted on 12/12/14 at 6:36 pm to KCM0Tiger
For some reason everyone thought they'd be awesome despite losing the best QB in school history, the #1 overall pick and fielding a shite DL.
#analysts
#analysts
Posted on 12/12/14 at 6:44 pm to KCM0Tiger
Spurrier may have been resting a little on his laurels from the past few seasons where USCe had double digit wins. USCe also finished in the top five last season, ahead of Bama (at #7). That led to an inflated position in the preseason poll for the Cocks. Spurrier taking jabs about not working as hard as coaches like Saban are comments that, in hindsight, he probably wishes he could have back.
Just a classic case of preseason polls being a crapshoot, sometimes. That, and USCe imploded late in several games.
Just a classic case of preseason polls being a crapshoot, sometimes. That, and USCe imploded late in several games.
Posted on 12/12/14 at 6:46 pm to KCM0Tiger
Their defense went full Sal Sunseri. Tennessee offense scoring 2 TD with 3 minutes left in the game should tell you all you need to know.
Posted on 12/12/14 at 7:41 pm to KCM0Tiger
Defense, particularly the line took a huge hit. We Lost pretty much the entire starting line to NFL previous year. 3 of our high rated defensive lineman recruits didn't qualify academically and another didn't win an appeal to an SEC rule requiring a certain # of semesters in Juco even though he had a year at Univ of Illinois under his belt. Then there was the loss in defensive coaching over the years. Losing Lawing to Florida I believe was a big reason for drop off in production of Clowney the year before and the pass rush this year. Deke Adams recruits well enough if they qualify but his defensive line coaching philosophy is suspect imo. On top of that we lost our two only experienced corners, as one attempted to get in the NFL early and the other transferred to Utah to play baseball. So we were playing mostly true freshman corners with a horrible defensive line and pass rush. Add that up and you got 30+ points a game for every opponent.
This post was edited on 12/12/14 at 7:49 pm
Posted on 12/12/14 at 7:45 pm to KCM0Tiger
Some teams get lucky in their QB replacement and coaching -- Bama, obviously, and UGA to a lesser extent. UT, TAMU, and UF all managed to pull themselves out of the death spiral with mid-season replacements. For whatever reason, LSU and USCe didn't have whatever it took to reload properly. That's especially devastating with a coach like Spurrier.
Posted on 12/12/14 at 7:55 pm to KCM0Tiger
Screwster
Posted on 12/12/14 at 7:55 pm to KCM0Tiger
Screwster
Posted on 12/12/14 at 8:00 pm to KCM0Tiger
Defense was bad. They were Clownyless...
Posted on 12/12/14 at 8:28 pm to KCM0Tiger
Offense, defense, and special teams. Other than that they were ok.
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