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We havent had much success with announcements either. Sharif Floyd was supposed to pick us at the Army game and ended up picking Florida. Even though this year it looks like we may get quite a few commits with these announcements. DE Tyriq McCord, Diggs, and Shumate are all supposed to announce at the Army game and Elder at the UA game.

Keep in mind when Diggs came for the clemson game that was his first visit to the school..EVER, Kind of surprising considering his dad played here, but I think we really made a move with him. I think the biggest thing about his visit was him watching our current Spur LB(position JD would play for us) Antonio Allen. Allen is our best defensive player and really disrupts opposing offenses. Allen is also a senior and that spot becomes WIDE open next year and Diggs realizes this. I dont know anything for sure, but I believe he is a Gamecock as of now.

Im super worried about having to stop Martinez and Burkhead. All year long we have played teams who on offense their main way of moving the ball was through the air, besides Navy and Citadel who were triple option teams. So we have yet to see what we can do against an offense who wants to pound it away out of the spread. Nebraska will probably win this game if they can stay out of 2nd/3rd and long situations. If they happen to get in long passing situations, we have arguably the best pass rushing d line in the nation with Clowney, Ingram, and Devin Taylor who can provide pressure without us having to blitz. Another thing that worries me is we tend to play a lot of man, which means if Martinez gets away from pressure all of our DBs will have their backs turned which can turn into a huge gain for Martinez. Offensively we are nothing special. We have solid backs who can consistently gain 4 yards. Connor Shaw is a really good game manager. If nothing is there he wont force it as he usually runs for a few yards instead of taking a sack or throwing into coverage. We do have Alshon who teams have doubled all year long. I expect the Huskers to do the same. One thing to keep in mind is that there is a rumor about Alshon maybe not being eligible, so stay tuned for that. If not that would be a huge loss for us as he takes a safety out of every play just with his presence alone. The thing about our offense is we eat the clock. Our backs may not bust 50 yard TD runs, but they consistently get 4-5 yards. Once we get in those 3rd and short situations its tough to stop us. Brandon Wilds our true freshman back is about 6'2 225 and he takes after Lattimore in the way he runs. He might get hit for what would be a 2 yard gain but he keeps his legs moving and seems to always fall forward for an extra few yards. When we pass the coverage can be perfect but then you have to worry about Shaw picking up the first with his feet. We also tend to run the jet sweep to our speedster WR Byrd who gets a solid 7-8 a carry. This tends to get the defense swaying one way or the other and this is when that inside zone run play really gets them. Also look out for Shaw keeping it from time to time on the zone read. The bottom line is our o line. They have been up and down all season. Overall I think we have 2 really similar teams who love to run it and play great defense. Should be(hopefully) a good one.