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Preparations Underway for The Citadel
COLUMBIA, S.C. – The
University of South Carolina football squad returned to the Bluff Road
practice fields Tuesday afternoon. It was the squad’s first practice
session since its 17-12 win over Florida on Saturday.
The
Gamecocks (8-2, 6-2 SEC) are ranked 14th in both national polls and
come in 12th in this week’s BCS Standings. They will be facing a
Citadel Bulldog team that is playing its final game of the season. The
Bulldogs are 4-6 overall and finished the 2011 season with a 2-5 in the
Southern Conference under seventh-year head coach Kevin Higgins.
Following
Tuesday’s practice, defensive coordinator Lorenzo Ward indicated that
safety D.J. Swearinger’s status for Saturday is uncertain. “We’re going
to treat him like we did last week. We’ll rest him a majority of the
week, then we’ll probably give him some reps on Thursday and we’ll
either decide to play him in this ball game or we’ll sit him out. He’ll
be ready to play if we need him to play. DeVonte (Holloman) will be
fine. I think he’ll be back practicing tomorrow. He passed the
concussion test today, so I think he’ll be out here tomorrow.“
Brison
Williams made his first start on Saturday. “I thought he played like a
freshman,” said Ward. “Brison knows that. He should have made some
tackles he missed. He was in the right place for the majority. He had
one bust in coverage, but other than that he was in the right place. He
just didn’t play the game as physically as we’d like him to.”
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