Cock-A-Doodle Clicks: Gamecocks news, notes for August 23, 2014
By Sydney Hunte
Here’s this morning’s news from around South Carolina Gamecocks nation to get your day up and running. See something that should have been put on the list? Email us. garnet.cocky AT gmail.com.
—Charlotte Observer: SEC preview. They’ve got the Gamecocks as a contender for the SEC crown this year. I think we all know who they picked as the favorite.
–Season’s opening in five days, right? G&BA takes a look at the ten best season openers in the past 50 years, one of which caused Larry Fedora to eat his words. Not just eat them, but slowly chew on them like a old, dried up piece of meat.
—Bleacher Report: Depth chart analysis and season predictions. You might not like the result(s).
—Team Speed Kills: Schedule breakdown.
–No Clowney? That’s OK. The Gamecocks have Skai. (Charleston P&C)
—CFT has the Gamecocks slotted at #7 in their preseason countdown. “The schedule…sets up nicely, with just a pair of what could even remotely be considered formidable road trips: at Auburn and at in-state rival Clemson.” But…the cornerbacks are “extremely raw and very inexperienced”.
—Philly.com columnist Mike Kern has the Gamecocks at a pretty high #6 in his countdown.
—GamecocksOnline had fans vote for the top ten moments in the OBC era. Here’s what they voted #1.
—GamecockCentral: Staff roundtable. ($) And former Bachelor contestant former Florida quarterback/Spurrier protégé Jesse Palmer and David Pollack’s thoughts on what’s happening in Columbia. (also $)
–Our man Rixon Lane at Gamecock Cereal has five (somewhat) burning questions about the 2014 season (SPOILER: Rixon makes a fish joke), while Aaron Weiss takes a look at the praise heaped upon Connor Shaw and why that’s not a surprise. (SPOILER: Aaron drops a “rapscallion” in his article.)