College Football pundit Phil Steele has picked South Carolina to beat Clemson. Here is what he writes:
Happy Thanksgiving!
#14 SOUTH CAROLINA vs #18 CLEMSON |
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| Rushing | Passing | Points | TO’s | ST | |
| CLEMSON | 137 | 198 | 23 | 3.2 | • |
| SOUTH CAROLINA | 199 | 193 | 36 | 2.5 | – |
| SC has now won B2B games (1st time S/’69 &’70). LY SC won despite having the SEC Champ on deck and TY they are only off The Citadel while CU is on the 2nd of B2B away and has the ACC Champ gm on deck. LW SC faced option-oriented Citadel and they only won 41-20. The win did earn SC B2B ssns with at least 9 wins for the 1st time in 118 years. QB Shaw is avg 126 ypg (65%) with a 9-6 ratio and has avg 89 rush ypg (6.6) L/2 wks while RB Wilds has 3 100 yd gms replacing Lattimore. LW CU in a flat spot was sloppy committing 4 TO’s (11 TO’s L/3W after just 2 first 8 gms) in the 37-13 loss to NCSt. They had been avg 37 ppg and 478 ypg but didn’t reach the EZ until the final :90 and didn’t crack the 200 yd mark until late in the 3Q. The Tigers did play w/out all-purp star Watkins (shld’r) while QB Boyd is avg 296 ypg (62%) with a 27-9 ratio. CU is 9-2 in Columbia S/’89 but lost the LTH when they had the ACC Title gm on deck and mailed it in. The L3Y have all been decided by 17+ each (3Y prior just 9 ttl pts) but look for this one to be tighter as CU should be motivated after LW and has the off edge (#17-52) and ST’s edge (#55-80). However SC is at home, has the D edge (#10-61) and will be looking to win 10 gms for the 1st time S/’84. | |||||
