Gamecock Nation Morning Links

Football season is drawing closer and closer. In fact, freshman are moving in to their dorms this weekend, and I’m moving back up to Columbia on Monday.

But enough about me. Whatabout football?

Well, I’m glad you asked. I just wrote my first post about Cadarious Sanders transferring, and got behind someone to be his replacement on the depth chart.

“My vote goes to Ahmad Christian… He is truly a gifted athlete. He rushed for more than 1500 yards, made 64 tackles, intercepted four passes and got drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in his last year of high school.”

Here’s a rundown of what happened in the Gamecocks’ last open scrimmage of preseason practice:

“The four quarterbacks who saw action had a bit of an up-and-down night overall. The quartet combined to complete 26-of-43 passes for 358 yards and two touchdowns, but also threw three interceptions. Redshirt junior Andrew Clifford was the top passer statistically for the second straight scrimmage, hitting 10 of 13 attempts for 142 yards. Junior starter Connor Shaw connected on 9 of 12 passes for 98 yards and a touchdown.”

Yahoo! Sports says Marcus Lattimore looked strong in that scrimmage:

“Lattimore didn’t play after South Carolina’s first two offensive series. He rushed for 23 yards on five carries, two which went for first downs. He also caught a pass for 5 yards. Lattimore also showed off his tough, inside running style, breaking several tackles.”

The Sports Bank already has it’s preseason rankings for Basketball, from #1 to #111. Believe it or not, the Gamecocks cracked the top 100.

“How the South Carolina Gamecocks lured Frank Martin away from Kansas State is still one of the great mysteries of this college basketball off-season.  Martin will certainly have his work cut out for him since the Gamecocks lost three starters from last year’s team that finished dead last in the SEC.”

Now some news from the Twitterverse:

And, finally… A video.