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GAMECOCKS GO INDOORS MONDAY
Carolina Football Practice Report
COLUMBIA, S.C. (August
29, 2011) – The University of South Carolina football team began game
week for the season opener indoors on Monday night, as a thunderstorm
moved through the Columbia metropolitan area. The Gamecocks are
preparing for Saturday’s season lidlifter in Charlotte against East
Carolina. Game time is set for 7p.m.
The
top story coming out of Monday’s practice was that senior cornerback
Akeem Auguste reinjured his foot. “He was doing well, then he twisted
it and hurt his foot again,” said coach Lorenzo Ward. “We’ll see an
evaluation in the morning. I don’t know if he reinjured to the point it
was at first, but he was doing well and then all of a sudden he made a
cut on it and hurt it again.” Auguste has been hampered by an arch
injury during the preseason camp.
Look
for senior C.C. Whitlock to make the start on Saturday at the corner
opposite Stephon Gilmore. “If Akeem wasn’t full speed, wasn’t 100
percent, there’s no chance he was going to start. C.C. will start,”
said Ward. Senior Marty Markett will back up at that position if
Auguste is not able to go on Saturday. Cadarious Sanders would be the
fourth cornerback option. “I’m 100 percent sure that C.C. will start,”
noted Ward.
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