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I did this for the Big Ten Championship game and it gave me a pretty good feel for that game so I figured I'd do it for this one as well. I present to you another Badgerfan breakdown... Information What: The 66th Capital One Bowl (previously known as Tangerine and Florida Citrus bowls) Who: The University of Nebraska Cornhuskers at the University of South Carolina Gamecocks Location: Citrus Bowl, Orlando Florida. Capacity 70,000. Date & Time: 12PM CST, Monday, 2 January 2012. Weather: Average High 72° F, Average Low 51° F. Broadcast Info: Televised on ESPN Nebraska Radio Network South Carolina Radio Network Website: Official Facebook Twitter Tickets: Official NU USC Distance to Orlando From Columbia: 377 miles From Lincoln: 1209 miles [*]Last year's game: Alabama at Michigan State. Alabama won 49-7. [*]Last meeting between these teams: 3 October 1987 in Lincoln, NE. Gamecocks 21 - Huskers 30* [*]All time record between teams: Three meetings: 1987, 1986 and 1964. Nebraska won all three games.* [*]Players to watch South Carolina- QB Connor Shaw, WR Alshon Jeffery, WR Bruce Ellington, DE Melvin Ingram, CB Stephon Gilmore, DE Jadeveon Clowney Nebraska- QB Taylor Martinez, RB Rex Burkhead, WR Kenny Bell, RB Ameer Abdullah, LB Lavonte David, CB Alfonzo Dennard, K/P Brett Maher SEE NOTE TWO [*]Spread: South Carolina favored by 2* [*]Last Capital One Bowl Appearance Gamecocks: 1975 (lost to Miami, OH) Huskers: 1991 (lost to GT) Both teams are 0-1 in this bowl oddly enough [*]Unit Rankings Offense Gamecocks: 74th Overall Nationally, 375.4 ypg. Passing: 97th, 177.4 ypg. Rushing: 26th, 198.0 ypg. PPG: 45th, 30.1 pg. Huskers: 59th Overall Nationally, 390.5 ypg. Passing: 103rd, 166.6 ypg. Rushing: 13th 223.9 ypg. PPG: 43rd, 30.5 pg. [*]Unit Ranking Defense Gamecocks: 4th Overall Nationally, 268.9 ypg. Passing: 2nd, 133 ypg. Rushing: 45th, 135.91 ypg. PPG: 13th, 18.8 pg. Huskers: 36th Overall Nationally, 350.7 ypg. Passing: 17th, 189.08ypg. Rushing: 66th, 161.91 ypg. PPG: 39th, 22.8 pg. [*]Takeaways Interceptions USC - 18 NU - 10 [*]Fumbles USC - 12 NU - 8 [*]Coaches Gamecocks: Steve Spurrier 22nd year Overall, 7th at USC. 196-75-2 Overall, 54-35 at USC. (.717, .604) Bowl Record: 7-10, 1-4 at USC Accomplishments: 1 National Championship, 6 Conference Championships, 9 Division Titles. [*]Huskers: Bo Pelini (4th year) 4th year Overall, all 4 at NU 39-15 (.722) Bowl Record: 3-1 Accomplishments: 3 Division Titles [*]Human Anatomy: The human head weighs 8 pounds. [*]Injuries and losses: Gamecocks: RB Marcus Lattimore, QB Stephen Garcia [*]Huskers: SEE NOTE TWO DT Jared Crick, Possibles: TE Ben Cotton, C Mike Caputo [*]Rankings ​Gamecocks: AP 10, Coaches 9, BCS 9 Huskers: AP 21, Coaches 20, BCS 20 [*]Strength of Schedules ​Sagarin Rankings ​USC - 33rd (73.13) NU - 30th (73.37 [*]​Opponents Overall Records ​USC- 75-58 (.563) NU- 81-54 (.600) [*]Breakdown of Schedules ​USC 10-2 (6-2) NU 9-3 (5-3) Marquee Wins ​USC: @Georgia, vs. Clemson NU: vs Ohio State, vs. Michigan State [*]​Bad Losses ​USC: @Arkansas (loss by 16) NU: @Wisconsin (loss by 31) @ Michigan (loss by 28) [*]​The "What the heck happened!?!" Loss ​USC: Loss by 3 to visiting 7-5 Auburn. NU: Loss by 3 to visiting 6-6 Northwestern. [*]​Record against end of year ranked opponents: ​USC: 2-2 (Wins against #16 UGA and #15 Clemson, Losses to #25 Auburn and #6 Arkansas) NU: 2-2 (Wins against #17 MSU and #22 PSU, Losses to #10 UW and #13 UM) [*]​Average Margin of Victory ​USC 15.4 NU 17.1 [*]​Average Margin of Loss ​USC 9.5 NU 20.6 [*]Close Losses (Within 7) USC: One v. Auburn (by 3) Best case scenario: 11-1 NU: One v. Northwestern (by 3) Best case scenario: 10-2 [*]Close Wins ​USC: Four v. Florida, UGA, Navy and Miss. St. Worst Case Scenario: 6-6 NU: Two v. Ohio State and Penn State. Worst Case Scenario: 7-5 [*]Select skill position numbers ​QB ​USC: Shaw (So, 6'1", 204lbs, 4.53sec) PASSING - 12 TD's, 6 INT's, 65.5% comp, 1218 yards, 135 ypg. RUSHING - 483 yards, 7 TD's, 4.2 ypr, 53.7 ypg. Best Game: v. UK, 4TD's 311 yards Worst Game: v. UF. No TD's, 1 INT, 81 yds. 50% comp. NU: Martinez (So, 6'1", 200lbs, 4.47sec) PASSING- 12 TD's, 7 INT's, 55.9% comp, 1973 yards, 164 ypg. RUSHING - 837 yards, 9 TD's, 4.9 ypr, 69.8 ypg. Best Game: W1 v. Chat. 116yds Passing, 0 TD's 135 yds Rushing 3TD's Worst Game: @ UW, 3 INT's no TD's passing. 50% comp or @ UM 39.1% comp and 122 yards. [*]​RB ​USC: Wilds (Fr, 6'0", 217lbs, 4.5sec) 486 yards, 3 TD's, 4.5 ypc, 54 ypg NU: Burkhead (Jr, 5'11", 210, 4.46) 1268 yards, 15 TD's, 4.9ypc, 105.7ypg [*]WR ​USC: Jeffery (Jr, 6'4", 229lbs, 4.5sec) 614 yards, 7 TD's, 13.6 ypc, 51.2 ypg. NU: Bell (Fr, 6'1", 180lbs, 4.45sec) 408 yards, 2 TD's, 14.1 ypc, 37.1 ypg. [*]Select Defensive Leaders USC ​DE Jadeveon Clowney- 33 Tackles, 2 FF's 6 Sacks, 6 TFL DE Melvin Ingram- 44 Tackles, 8.5 Sacks, 12 TFL LB Antonio Allen- 82 Tackles, 4 FF's, 3 INT's CB Stephon Gilmore- 41 Tackles, 1 Sack, 3 INT's CB CC Whiltock- 15 Tackles, 3 INT's S DJ Swearinger- 73 Tackles, 3 INT's [*]NU ​LB Lavonte David- 112 Tackles, 3.5 sacks, 2 INT's CB Alfonzo Dennard - 27 Tackles S Austin Cassidy- 59 Tackles, 2 INT's SEE NOTE TWO [*]Motivation ​USC - Getting motivated for bowl games has been an issue in the past with players often checking out and not trying or feeling disgruntled with the quality of the bowl. This game looks to be different but we'll see. The team needs to recover from a long bowl win drought. Fan base split between being angry about missing out on Atlanta despite having beat every team in the East and happy about missing out on having to play LSU, either way they feel they have something to prove this year. Nebraska- SEE NOTE TWO Note One - Full disclosure, I'm a Wisconsin native and fan but I am also a USC grad. Now that that is out there it shouldn't matter much because most of this is just raw stats but if you see something you question there's your answer. I AM biased. I admit it, I want the Gamecocks to beat Nebraska. Anything that is not pure numbers and stats is my opinion. Take it at that. Note Two- I am not as familiar with Husker football as you guys are. I put this in places where I'm ignorant of your situation and would like to difer to your opinions, but feel free to chime in on other areas as well.