Gamecocks Dimiss QB Garcia From Team

South Carolina has dismissed QB Stephen Garcia from the team after testing positive for alcohol and marijuana.

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"Coach Steve Spurrier said Garcia was given several chances to be a student athlete at South Carolina and it was sad he could not live up to that commitment."

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Garcia failed to meet agreed-upon guidelines put in place after Garcia's fifth suspension this past spring. That agreement included not drinking alcohol.