Gamecocks win 44-16 over Kentucky

Welp, we picked up our expected win against Kentucky this weekend. I'm just gonna break this rant down into the good, the bad, and the ugly.

The Good:
-Sidney Rice. Number 4 had 125 yards in 8 attempts that included two touchdowns in the 3rd that gave us the momentum we needed. He's also scored atleast one touchdown in our past 5 games.


-Ko Simpson recovered a fumble to score 6 and also got an interception. As usual, he led our defense in tackles. It's great that he's making plays, but I'd much rather our linebackers or linemen lead our team in tackles. Tackling in general will be discussed shortly.

-Blake Mitchell went 23 for 34 for a total of 277 yards (2 touchdowns/1 interception). I'm glad our previously injured starter lit it up in his comeback. I personally think he's the best quarterback I've seen at Carolina (yes, better than Petty). Sure, he occasionally throws a bounce pass to our receivers cutting through the middle, but I attribute all of that to inexperience.

The Bad:
Extra Points- Josh, sometimes they can make or break the game. If you question that, refer back to the Georgia game. I know they are only worth a point, but we should start cashing in on these freebies. I mean, what is it about Carolina and getting the easy points? Anyone remember our free throw shooting last basketball season?

Counting to 11- DAMNIT. Let's make it through a game with 11 players on the field on every play damnit. Not 12 players on defense damnit. Not 10 players on offense dammit. That's just poor coaching damnit.

Penalties- The previous point should be included in this, but what about all the clipping. We had 9 penalties for 97 yards, which is almost as many yards as we had rushing (139).

Tackling- I think our defense has forgotten that football is a contact sport. I'm sick of us playing bumper cars with the opposition's running backs and shoving their receivers out of bounds. Watch and see how many times our players will drop their shoulders straight into our opponents numbers.

The Ugly:

Williams Brice stadium has a terribly intimidating atmosphere.. for a tea party. The fair was in town. It's been raining alot this week (the weather on gameday actually helped Columbia reclaim the title the armpit of South Carolina).


The band was terrible. The jumbotron was broken. Cheerleaders are misnomered. The crowd hadn't had enough bourbon, although I do have to give credit for the yelling on a few defense 3rd downs. But atleast we had a few butchered classics and geriatric shagging during halftime. I hope our fans can make it to some of the more social to-do games in November atleast.

I'll have the pics up later this week.