On Meechie Johnson's growth and what it means for this men's basketball team:

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244th ranked player in the 2022 class per Perfect Game.

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Koval wasn't expected to pick the Gamecocks but Carolina had been recruiting her.

When both offensive tackles have a PFF in the mid thirties, it's going to be a long night.
Time after time I watched the Tenn. end blow past Tree. He's got to improve his footwork.
The O-line needs work not time off. Let's coach them up.

Ran a lot of numbers on Shane Beamer's fourth down decisions in his tenure as head coach, and also some notes on Jalon Kilgore and Nick Emmanwori in the stats dive this week:

The No. 41 player in the 2026 class details his relationship with the Gamecocks coaching staff

Current Line: -12 UT | O/L: 63.5

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UT's first SEC home game and much incentive for them to come out swinging given what happened last year. On paper, the game looks like it could be a other shootout.

On offense, our OL needs to play like it did in the first half of the UGA game for us to have a decent shot. Wells is likely out once again and UT will probably be overplaying Legette as a result. Other receivers are going to have to setup up if we're going to keep up with their explosive offense. There will probably be opportunities to run the ball and we'll have to find a way to take advantage if UT goes to any type of zone to slow down Rattler. (likely)

On defense, we'll have to play our best game of the year to have any chance. Milton is a very capable senior QB and their receivers are some of the best in the SEC. They also have a good balanced running game to lean on. Three of their RBs average over 6 yards per carry and the QB is a threat to run as well. It will be interesting to see how DC White chooses to play their receivers in this one after our secondary was torched last weekend with the tighter coverage.

We're likely going to need intangibles to go our to have any chance in Knoxville (turnovers, penalties, special teams, etc.) If the stars were to align, It would be a great win for this staff and certainly serve to wash away any UNC hangover.

Hope this isn't the case: UT: 38 USC: 24

One of them yelled, "cleaned his clock!" as the Trojan's QB got sacked.

Fall baseball notebook: What Mark Kingston said about the new coaches on staff, the shortstop battle, non-conference schedule and more:

Plan your traffic around the state fair accordingly:

Hearing from Mark Kingston to preview the fall baseball circuit.

Mantrez Walker was in town for the win over MSU

That the transfer portal will bite our ass hard soon.

Trent Noah commits to South Carolina! Scores 46 percent of attempted three point shot. Welcome to the team Trent.

Can we get some more articles from this site? Thank you in advance.

@Alan Cole with live updates from Knoxville following the Gamecocks' 41-20 loss in Knoxville.

We'll be live chatting here: https://southcarolina.forums.rivals.com/chat/ if you'd like to join us. As always, all our responses will show up in this thread as well. Looking forward to fun football game from Knoxville.