South Carolina needs this one, there’s really not much way around it.
The Gamecocks sit at 3-3, coming out of their off week. They have two tough opponents left, two likely wins and a pair of SEC games that could be considered tossups. This is the first, the one at home and a game where they get a still-ailing Tennessee program.
The Vols aren’t a good team, with a competent offense and a kind of dreadful defense. The Gamecocks, they’ve had the same consistent nagging issues: mistakes and miscues, not playing up to what appear to be their abilities.