SBNation.com - South Carolina Stuns Ole Miss in 16-10 Upset https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/46737/sbn-fave.png2009-09-25T14:25:47-04:00http://www.sbnation.com/rss/stream/8167132009-09-25T14:25:47-04:002009-09-25T14:25:47-04:00Is the History of South Carolina's Season Already Being Rewritten?
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<p>The Gamecocks registered a huge win for their program on Thursday night, which has some folks questioning how South Carolina could have lost to Georgia. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.dawgsports.com/2009/9/25/1054738/blogosphere-meme-watch-dr-saturday">Dawg Sports nips this emerging meme</a> in the bud.</p>
https://www.sbnation.com/2009/9/25/1054918/is-the-history-of-south-carolinasChris Mottram2009-09-25T00:20:52-04:002009-09-25T00:20:52-04:00Does That Count as a Signature Win? South Carolina 16, Ole Miss 10
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<p>Team Speed Kills <a target="_blank" href="http://www.teamspeedkills.com/2009/9/25/1054121/does-that-count-as-a-signature-win">also has a superb review of the game</a>, with particular attention paid to how Stephen Garcia, harried all night by an excellent Ole Miss pass rush, played the way Jevan Snead could not when the game was on the line: effectively, efficiently, and intelligently. Yes, those words associated with <i>that </i>Stephen Garcia. It's like he's growing up..right...in...front of your...eyes (/holds back tears)</p>
<p><br>SBN Ole Miss blog Red Cup Rebellion, however, has<a target="_blank" href="http://Our%20defense%20was%20stellar.%20%20We%20played%20some%20lights-out%20ball%20despite%20the%20low%20number%20of%20turnovers.%20%20Our%20defense%20made%20plays%20when%20they%20mattered.%20%20Our%20offense,%20on%20the%20other%20hand,%20was%20predictable%20and%20boring."> little but scorn for the offense and worse for Arkansas fans </a>wanting to crow about their former coach's most high-profile failure at his new gig. Do you like profanity, kids? Oh, there's some over there if you really must have it.</p>
https://www.sbnation.com/2009/9/25/1054181/oes-that-count-as-a-signature-winSpencer Hall2009-09-25T00:02:17-04:002009-09-25T00:02:17-04:00Ole Miss, Victim of Irrational Exuberance
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<p>Brian Grummell of Fanhouse <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/09/24/upstart-4-ole-miss-gets-upset/" target="new">notes that if you were disappointed in Ole Miss’ performance tonight, you may blame false expectations</a> and misreads of what they were as much as any shortcomings of the team itself:
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<p>How one should interpret Ole Miss after this depends on how one interpreted them before the season. The more skeptical among us received some confirmation, while those grooming Colonel Rebs’ spectacular moustache must be confused. The reality is they weren’t what popular perception said they were.</p>
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https://www.sbnation.com/2009/9/25/1054159/ole-miss-victim-of-irrationalSpencer Hall2009-09-24T23:38:47-04:002009-09-24T23:38:47-04:00Take Your Hats Off And Tip Them In The Direction of South Carolina's Defense
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<p>Credit the South Carolina fans for getting ahead of the curve and do so boldly: they were chanting “o-ver-ra-ted” not at the end of the game. No, Gamecock fans, sitting on a mountainous 6-3 lead, went ahead and busted out a lusty chant of the four-beat classic as Ole Miss walked off the field <em>at halftime.</em></p>
<p>It is both an indication of how awful Ole Miss looked on offense and how vicious the Gamecock defense was in reducing Jevan Snead’s Heisman launch party to a pile of smoking rubble. 9/21, 107 yards passing, one TD, and a rolling shambles of an o-line withering beneath the pressure of South Carolina DE Eric Norwood trashing blocking schemes singlehandedly.</p>
<p>Norwood’s insane effort and Gamecock defensive end Ellis Johnson’s suffocating game plan deserve credit, but they had a cast of accomplices on the opposite sideline in the Ole Miss coaching staff. Ole Miss left Dexter McCluster, the only offensive threat throughout the second half, on the sidelines for a crucial late 3rd and 12 after having McCluster take the ball and throw on a trick play the previous play. The next play topped the ineptitude of the previous one: Ole Miss was flagged for having 12 men on the field, and then fizzled out on a prayer of a pass to end the game.</p>
<p>Aside from that last series—which was inept and unpredictable—the rest was inept and predictable, with South Carolina defenders in position wherever Ole Miss put the ball. Add in a competent but unspectacular performance by Stephen Garcia and the Gamecock offense, and 16-10 played out like a big sloppy equation it takes you three and a half hours to unravel.</p>
https://www.sbnation.com/2009/9/24/1054133/take-your-hats-off-and-tip-them-inSpencer Hall2009-09-24T22:54:04-04:002009-09-24T22:54:04-04:00Carolina D Finally Yields, Ole Miss Brings Score to 16-10
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<p>After a night of near-perfect defensive anticipation, a quick collision in the defensive backfield gave Ole Miss their first offensive touchdown of the night — and, when you think about it, their first impressive pass play of the evening. About time.</p>
<p>Jevan Snead found Rebels wideout Markieth Summers wide open behind the Gamecock defense after safety Zo Winfield got tangled up with teammate Chris Culliver. Summers waltzed into the end zone for an easy score. The challenge now: Escaping Columbia alive, and with that No. 4 ranking intact.</p>
https://www.sbnation.com/2009/9/24/1054083/carolina-d-finally-yields-ole-missEamonn Brennan2009-09-24T22:03:04-04:002009-09-24T22:03:04-04:00There It Is: South Carolina Scores Game's First Touchdown, Takes 16-3 Lead
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<p>Hey, a touchdown! After Jevan Snead’s disastrous fumble, South Carolina has put its 10th point on the scoreboard in the past three minutes. The Garcia pass to tight end Derek DiMarco gives the Gamecocks a 16-3 lead, and Ole Miss is official in trouble in Columbia.</p>
https://www.sbnation.com/2009/9/24/1054028/there-it-is-south-carolina-scoresEamonn Brennan2009-09-24T21:56:50-04:002009-09-24T21:56:50-04:00Bad to Worse: Snead Fumbles, SC Recovers
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<p>What was that I was just saying about Ole Miss looking horrible? Let’s double down: Jevan Snead fumbled (confirmed via booth review) and South Carolina recovered on the Ole Miss 25. Let’s see if Carolina can actually get the ball across the goal line here.</p>
https://www.sbnation.com/2009/9/24/1054021/bad-to-worse-snead-fumbles-scEamonn Brennan2009-09-24T21:51:10-04:002009-09-24T21:51:10-04:009-3, SC: Huge Pass Play Gets Carolina Close, Only to Settle For Another Field Goal
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<p>Stephen Garcia completed a 69-yard pass to Gamecocks’ wide receiver Moe Brown, and all appeared peachy in the land of the Cocks. Alas, this game is still touchdown-less: South Carolina went three-and-out and settled for another field goal, making it 9-3. As Chris Fowler just said, despite a huge discrepancy in total yards (Carolina has 246 to Ole Miss’ 90) just can’t seem to pull away.</p>
<p>In the meantime, Ole Miss looks nothing like the No. 4 team in the country. This is just … ugh.</p>
https://www.sbnation.com/2009/9/24/1054017/9-3-sc-huge-pass-play-getsEamonn Brennan