2008 SCHEDULE

I think 8-4 or 9-3 with a 5-3 record in conf.

Well, I made predictions before last season, and just about everything I predicted about the other teams came to fruition.  But nothing I predicted about us did.

Looking at the schedule and who the competition is, we could very easily begin the season 6-1 again.  At this point, Georgia is almost a sure loss.  Mark Richt could try and screw it up the way he has the last 3 or 4 times he's come to Columbia, and play extremely conservative giving us a chance to win.  Or he could finally let his team loose and rip the crap out of his.  Totally Richt's call.

NCST, Vandy, Wofford, UAB and Ole Miss are all who we think they are, and shouldn't be a problem beating (I use the word "shouldn't" as obviously we lost to Vandy this past season).  Kentucky lost all a ton of senior leadership, and will be taking a step back next season.

So, that sets up for the potential 6-1 start, simply waiting for our team and coach to grab it.  As for the remaining five, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Clemson will all be beatable.  In fact, if we do sport something of a decent team this year, we should have no problem beating depleted Tennessee and Arkansas teams at home.  I'd give more respect to Clemson if they had a better coach.  The athletes and facilities (Tommy's big excuses his first nine seasons) are there.

So, that gets us to 9-1.  LSU lost a lot on defense, their offense is in turmoil with the suspension of Ryan Pirreleaux, and we get them at home.  I'm not predicting a win, just saying they will be beatable by decent teams.

As much as I hate to admit it (for I absolutely detest Urban Meyer), Florida is going to have a pretty dang good team next season, so go ahead and throw that one in the loss column.

That's my breakdown, but this is all I'm willing to predict: Georgia - Loss, Wofford - Win, UAB - Win, Florida - Loss.  2-2 is all I'm willing to predict before the season. 

i saw predicted us going 9-3 last season and look what happened. so i won't predict our record but i agree w/ USC_Cocks 100%. Clemson will have a good team this year, but if we play hard enough we can beat them.

i really cant handle another bad season so im hoping we keep our guys healthy and out of trouble. sure doesn't look like we can keep our guys out of jail =/

A certain team in the upstate didn't have a quarterback entering last season.  Except for failing to win the big games, they turned out alright.  We do have a qb with starting experience, unlike y'all did last year.

I know.  Been an issue for three straight years, but it's obviously not a coaching issue, as Spurrier didn't see the need to make a change there (end sarcasm).

can not stop the run

I've seen teams with lesser athletes be able to at least slow down the run.  I'd like to believe last season's run issues were coaching related.  Maybe it was a combination of the o-line stinking so bad that the d-line was never able to practice.  At any rate, new experienced defensive coach, new defensive scheme, the return of Jasper, and the maturation of several true freshman/rising sophomores should go a long way to shoring up the run defense.

I'm not holding my breath; not predicting anything; just saying you'd be stupid to count us out before the first game is even played.  We're an unknown entering '08.  Nobody, including Spurrier, I think knows what to expect.  But a third place finish in the East with a decent bowl game is probably going to be the order of the day.  That, and a close, down to the wire, team with the ball last wins contest with that team from the upstate.

I will hand it to you upstate fans, at least you know what to expect from your team.  A hot start, an inexplicable loss to a lesser team, a close battle but loss to the division leader, and a trip to Atlanta for some peaches.  If only that WestZone project had been started when Tommy first requested it.  Could've changed the whole season.

PS  How is it that you feel you can predict wins and losses, when you don't even keep up with the fact that Tennessee lost their starting quarterback and offensive coordinator savior?  More than likely, Tennessee is going to struggle to become bowl eligible.  At the very least, they don't get the benefit of the doubt of being one of our sure losses.

Well, if that team from the upstate were to play a Div I-A schedule versus a Div I-AA schedule, they'd be looking at 7-5 as well.  Go have fun beating SC State, The Citadel, Duke, NCST, Wake Forest, etc. 

Face it, your conference sucks (and you still can't win it, but that's another story).  But in classic Clemson ideology, you make up for your conference sucking by scheduling not one, but two FCS teams. 

Y'all better hope and pray we finish 9-3, so that you'll have at least one top 25 team on your schedule.  Everybody else on it is bottom 40 and below.  Of course, if we finish 9-3, I can guarantee who one of our losses won't be to.

allorange... u obviously didnt see the garnet and black spring game

the O-Line stacked up very well, i cant recall a single sack and very few stops in the backfield

QB is still a problem but Smelley and Beacher have plenty of time to improve

as for the running D goes, im not sure how much it has improved, but i assure you it couldnt have gotten any worse

here is my prediction...

9-3, and if a couple balls bounce our way and minimal bad calls from refs(seems to be haunting us past few seasons) we could go 10-2 or even 11-1!!

just remember everyone thought that the USC/Kentucky game was gonna be a last second play to win it, but they all underestimated The Brice.

This how see the gamecocks for 2008(9-3) possible(10-3).  I see them winning their first three basicially because they home, except for Vandy, but that win wont happen this year from Vandy.  They will beat Georgia, because off of rust.  Early in the year is the best to catch Georgia, sometimes start off slow.  They should go undefeated until they meet up with LSU,  I think they can pull it off because they home, Tennessee still have no answer at the QB position and they OFF Coach left them, Arkansas wi;; probably play them better then anybody else because of their head coach and good quarterback that just left Michigan.  I think they will lose their last two games.  Florida just have too much for everybody in the College football, eventually they should win the National Championship.  Clemson will beat them because off their running back, but South Carolina can upset them because of rival.

Projection

 NC State(35-14) Vandy(31-7) Georgia(21-18) Wofford(56-7) UAB(38-14) Ole Miss(31-19) Kentucky(38-20) LSU(34-31) Tenn(28-24) Arkansas(42-35) Florida(17-31) Clemson(17-28) 

My record depends how the quarterback will be played and at running back.  I not worried about the WR and the offense line, we finally got that straight.  The defense should be one of the best in the Nation, especially at the DBs postion.  They have more dept their so it should be able to defend passes when then runn is working for the other team.  They return all their starters on defense, except Casper Brinkley.  If the Lindsey Twins can play this year that add more dept, that give really 13 defense players with great experience.