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GAMECOCKS RETURN TO WORK
COLUMBIA, S.C.– The
University of South Carolina football squad returned to the Bluff Road
practice fields. The Gamecocks (7-1, 5-1 SEC) are ranked ninth in this
week’s BCS Standings. They are preparing for Saturday night’s top-10
matchup at No. 7 Arkansas (7-1, 3-1 SEC). Game time is set for 7:15
p.m. ET in Fayetteville’s Reynolds Stadium. The game will be televised
nationally by ESPN.
Defensive coordinator Lorenzo Ward indicated
that he expects both cornerbacks, C.C. Whitlock and Victor Hampton,
should be ready to play on Saturday. “Vic’s calf is getting better
daily and C.C. will be back from his concussion,” said Ward.
Defensive
line coach Brad Lawing was pleased with the defensive performance
against Tennessee. “Three points. That says it all right there,” said
Lawing. “They had about 35 yards rushing. Anytime you hold a team under
200 yards you’re doing pretty good. We affected the quarterback the
entire night. If you get sacks, that’s great, but the whole thing is
affecting the quarterback. You want sacks, but anytime you make the
quarterback move in the pocket and he starts throwing the ball high or
throwing the ball wide, you are affecting him.
“Arkansas is a
good football team, they really are,” said Lawing. “There is a reason
why they’re ranked where they are. We’ve got to affect the quarterback.
Our goal is every snap we do that whenever they drop back. Then we’ve
got to stop the run game. We didn’t let Tennessee run the football, so
we made them one-dimensional which helped us. I don’t know if you can
do that to Arkansas.”
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