Through much of the first half Saturday against Vanderbilt, one could say South Carolina’s football team was at a crossroads.
The team had lost a highly-hyped game to Georgia and then had to sit out a week because of a hurricane. Vanderbilt spent that week nearly pushing Notre Dame to the limit, and the hype built enough the Commodores got a clean sweep of ESPN College GameDay picks.
With the way expectations built for this season, there was no place for a loss to Vanderbilt.
So before the game, the team — especially the older players — got some words of wisdom from former USC star and current director of player development Marcus Lattimore.