GamecockinMaryland

Just finished reading all the threads and wanted to add my two cents... The majority of the board, outside of a Clemson grad trying to rile up a fan base that just laughs at Clemson and the ACC altogether, has been revolving around the matchup between AJ and Dennard. While I haven't seen Dennard play, AJ contributes to the team in two ways. 1) He usually gets double teamed, which takes one more of your defenders away from the other play-makers. 2) As soon as you commit too much to our scrambling QB, Shaw tosses a jump ball to AJ who usually has his hands over the defenders hands, regardless of who it is. In all the years I've watched AJ make plays, I've only seen once where AJ dropped a catch he should have made. I've seen about 8-10 catches that he shouldn't have made but did--a catch that the announcers would go nuts over and tv crew would replay more than twice. He's just an insanely good hands WR, and even with his lower numbers this year, he'll easily go 1st round in the draft. Some project him to be top 10. That's a result of two outstanding seasons in his first two years. Some have said what is the best way to beat South Carolina. Well the DT answer was a good one, but another is call Stephen Garcia and tell him that there's a bring-your-own-keg party the night before the game at the team's hotel. Garcia was a major reason we stunk it up in every bowl game the last few years. Garcia came out cold, flat, missing open WR's, scrambling in small circles, and throwing desperation throws when he didn't need to that resulted in picks. It sounds a lot like the first few games. To his credit, though, he bailed us out of the ECU game. And he went toe-to-toe with Georgia when the defense was still trying to figure out how to gel. But after Georgia, he lost it. This will be a great game, I'm sure. You guys keep talking about the WR/DB match-up between AJ and Dennard, but the biggest factor of this game: your QB vs. our D-line. If your QB can avoid pressure and successfully throw under pressure when it comes, you'll do fine. If not, he may look more like Clemson's all-star perennial QB against us. Considering I believe Martinez to be far better than Boyd, you'll put up a better fight. And not to forget your RB threats. In the past, SC has not done so well against high-caliber RB's. AT the same time, they've held others in check. It's a toss-up to see how that'll turn out. But for those who think South Carolina doesn't score more than 10 points? Again, call Stephen Garcia and you might have a shot at being right. Either way, it looks to be a great match-up between two talented teams.