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Did You Miss the McCain Speech for This? College Football Thursday Night Live Blog

Equal time? Sure why not. Last week's Obama speech was historic, tonight's McCain speech should be much less historic, and less dramatic than what Americans witnessed last night with Sarah Palin. Regardless, we're not here to talk politics, but college football.We're back again, as will be the case all year, for Thursday...

Smelley, 'Cocks Looking For Pay Dirt

Good news for South Carolina: your 'Cocks are getting Smelley:After an outstanding performance in relief last week, [Chris] Smelley will get the start Thursday night in the No. 24 Gamecocks' SEC opener at Vanderbilt, which defeated Smelley and South Carolina last year.[Steve] Spurrier decided to go with Smelley for the SEC...

Spurrier Half-Heartedly Endorses Beecher as Starting QB

Steve Spurrier is well-known for his quarterbacks and how he relates to them. In a nutshell, he can be a tad... rough. You don't go play for the OBC if you're not ready for a constant barrage of, ah, 'constructive criticism' from both near and afar.From Chris Low's SEC blog: "If we had to play tomorrow, Tommy Beecher would...

Gamecock Fans Wringing Hands After Lousy Spring Scrimmage

Usually spring is the season of unbridled (and in many cases, unrealistic) optimism for college football fans. Not so in Columbia, South Carolina.An unspectacular recruiting season combined with disarray at the quarterback position (redshirt frosh Stephen Garcia was cited for underage drinking last month, his fourth...