Capital One Bowl Open Thread | #20 Nebraska vs #9 South Carolina
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Capital One Bowl Florida Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL 12:00 pm CST TV: ESPN |
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South Carolina is one victory away from the winningest season in school history, but to achieve that they will have to overcome a team that neither they nor their coach have defeated and their own recent struggles in the postseason. After defeating Houston in the 2006 Liberty Bowl and finishing out of the bowl picture the following year, the Gamecocks have dropped three straight bowls, most recently losing 26-17 to Florida State in last year's Chick-fil-A Bowl. Further, the Gamecocks have never beaten Nebraska, losing all three meetings with the most recent coming in a home-and-home series in 1986 and '87. Neither has Steve Spurrier, whose second ranked 1996 Florida team was demolished by Nebraska 62-24 in a Fiesta Bowl that decided the national championship.
His current team is winning in a much different fashion than the high powered passing offenses that represented his pinnacle at Florida, averaging nearly 200 ypg rushing while playing solid defense, ranking 4th nationally at 268.9 ypg.
The heart of the defense is DE Melvin Ingram, a 1st Team All American after leading South Carolina with 8 1/2 sacks to go along with had two interceptions and a 68 yards TD on a fake punt against Georgia.
SC's offense finally found a rhythm after the unfortunate injury loss of Marcus Lattimore and mid-season dismissal of troubled QB Stephen Garcia promoted sophomore Connor Shaw to the starting job. Down the stretch Shaw completed 30 of 38 passes over his last two games, including a 14 of 20, 3 TD and 107 rushing yards with a TD performance in the win over rival and ACC Champions Clemson to end the regular season.
Meanwhile, Nebraska enters the game having lost two of its last four games, but the Cornhuskers did manage a successful inaugural season in the Big Ten, highlighted by a 24-3 victory over then-No. 9 Michigan State, and with a win here will cement their third straight 10 win season. Much like South Carolina, the Huskers have some unpleasant bowl memories they'd like to leave behind. After their second consecutive losses in the Big 12 Championship Game, the Huskers lost a regular season rematch (those aren't supposed to happen y'all!) against Washington in the 2010 Holiday Bowl 19-7 after having already beaten them 56-21 earlier in the season.
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I have relatives in S.C.
Which explains my tendency to pull for Nebraska.
"Some people have a way with words....some people....not have way." - Steve Martin
"A sign of intelligence is an awareness of one's own ignorance." - Unknown
Sweet play to end the half
"The first person I would like to thank is the good Lord, for giving me the ability to play the game of football. Because without the ability to play the game I would have been at Auburn." - Marty Lyons
by crimsonpride19 on Jan 2, 2012 1:26 PM CST via mobile reply actions
Pelini looked like
he could barely form a sentence. The man was pissed!
"Some people have a way with words....some people....not have way." - Steve Martin
"A sign of intelligence is an awareness of one's own ignorance." - Unknown
I really want to see Florida pull this off against osu.
"There are 40 rules all Schrute boys must learn by age 5. Rule #17- There are 3 things you never turn your back on--- Bears, men you have wronged, and a dominant male turkey during mating season."
Marcus Lattimore
sounds like a really cool guy in the sideline interview.
I didn't see him do anything more than shove him.
"There are 40 rules all Schrute boys must learn by age 5. Rule #17- There are 3 things you never turn your back on--- Bears, men you have wronged, and a dominant male turkey during mating season."
There was a hard shove from Jeffery
But it was after the guy threw a punch at him. You get a hard shove after a punch is thrown at you.
Ya but nothing I saw from Jeffery to get kicked.
"There are 40 rules all Schrute boys must learn by age 5. Rule #17- There are 3 things you never turn your back on--- Bears, men you have wronged, and a dominant male turkey during mating season."
Pelini is going to explode
Looking forward to it.
by Acinum on Jan 2, 2012 2:33 PM CST via iPhone app reply actions
Have
the Old Ball Coach’s Sack’s players always been short of discipline?
"Some people have a way with words....some people....not have way." - Steve Martin
"A sign of intelligence is an awareness of one's own ignorance." - Unknown
It's official:
The Big Ten Sucks. They add Nebraska and they still suck.
How will Pelini find a way
to blame this loss on Texas?
"Some people have a way with words....some people....not have way." - Steve Martin
"A sign of intelligence is an awareness of one's own ignorance." - Unknown
Oh, he'll find a way.
"There are 40 rules all Schrute boys must learn by age 5. Rule #17- There are 3 things you never turn your back on--- Bears, men you have wronged, and a dominant male turkey during mating season."

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