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Game SOUTH CAROLINA GAME NOTES VS. GEORGIA 2 September 10, 2011 u Athens, Ga. u 4:30 p.m. ET u ESPN GAMEDAY INFORMATION Stadium............................................. Sanford Stadium Capacity ............................................................92,746 TV ..............................................ESPN Play-by-Play ................................... Sean McDonough Analyst .......................................................Matt Millen Sideline .................................................... Heather Cox Gamecock Replay .....................SportSouth Play-by-Play ..........................................Andy Demetra Analyst ......................................................Brad Muller SOUTH CAROLINA GAMECOCKS GEORGIA BULLDOGS RADIO............................Gamecock Radio 1-0 Overall; 0-0 SEC 0-1 Overall; 0-0 SEC Play-by-Play ................................................ Todd Ellis AP: No. 12/Coaches: No. 12 AP: No. 19/Coaches: No. 22 Analysis ................................................ Tommy Suggs Sideline ....................................................Terry Cousin Head Coach........................................... Steve Spurrier Head Coach.................................................Mark Richt National ...............................ESPN Radio Alma Mater..........................................Florida (1967) Alma Mater..................................Miami (Fla.) (1982) Play-by-Play ............................................Bill Rosinski Career Record ............................187-73-2 (22 years) Career Record ................................. 96-35 (11 years) Analyst .....................................................David Norrie South Carolina Record ...................... 45-33 (7 years) UGA Record .................................... 96-35 (11 years) Sideline ....................................................... Joe Schad Media Relations Director ............................. Steve Fink Media Relations Director ........................Claude Felton SATELLITE RADIO ............. Sirius 219/XM 200 Fink Email [email protected] Felton Email ......................... [email protected] Fink Office ...........................................803-777-7987 Felton Office ........................................706-542-1621 SERIES CAPSULE Fink Cell..............................................803-240-5268 Felton Cell...........................................706-543-3910 Series History ...............................UGA leads 46-15-2 Assistant SID..........................................Andrew Kitick Office Fax ..............................................706-542-9339 Kitick Email [email protected] Official Website ........................www.georgiadogs.com In Columbia ....................................UGA leads 19-8-2 Kitick Office .........................................803-777-5257 In Greenville ....................................UGA leads 26-7-0 Kitick Cell............................................803-240-4150 At Neutral ..........................................UGA leads 1-0-0 Office Fax ..............................................803-777-2967 First Meeting (1894 in Columbia) ..........UGA 40, SC 0 Official Website ................ www.gamecocksonline.com Last Meeting (2010 in Columbia)...........SC 17, UGA 6 Last SC Win in Athens (2007) ..............SC 16, UGA 12 Current Streak .......................... SC has won 1 in a row SOUTH CAROLINA SCHEDULE GEORGIA SCHEDULE DATE Opponent Time/Score TV DATE Opponent Time/Score TV Spurrier vs. UGA ..................................................13-5 09/03 East Carolina W, 56-37 FSN 09/03 Boise State (Atlanta) L, 21-35 ESPN Richt vs. South Carolina......................................... 7-3 09/10 at Georgia* 4:30 pm ESPN 09/10 South Carolina* 4:30 pm ESPN 09/17 Navy 6 pm ESPN2 09/17 Coastal Carolina 1 pm PPV SOUTH CAROLINA QUICK FACTS 09/24 Vanderbilt* TBA TBA 09/24 at Ole Miss* TBA TBA Location ...............................................Columbia, S.C. 10/01 Auburn* TBA TBA 10/01 Mississippi State* TBA TBA Founded ...............................................................1801 10/08 Kentucky* TBA TBA 10/08 at Tennessee* TBA TBA Enrollment.........................................................29,957 10/15 at Mississippi State* TBA TBA 10/15 at Vanderbilt* TBA TBA Conference .................Southeastern (Eastern Division) 10/29 at Tennessee* TBA TBA 10/29 vs. Florida* (Jacksonville) 3:30 pm CBS Colors ............................. Garnet (PMS 202C) & Black 11/05 at Arkansas* TBA TBA 11/05 New Mexico State TBA TBA Surface ................................................... Natural Grass 11/12 Florida* TBA TBA 11/12 Auburn* TBA TBA 11/19 The Citadel 12 pm PPV 11/19 Kentucky* TBA TBA SOUTH CAROLINA COACHES 11/26 Clemson TBA TBA 11/26 at GeorgiaTech TBA TBA Head Coach........................................... Steve Spurrier Special Teams Coordinator/Spurs ..............John Butler QUICK HITS Running Game Coordinator/ u Senior offensive tackle Rokevious Watkins was selected as the SEC Offensive Lineman of the Week for his efforts Offensive Line .........................................Shawn Elliott in the season opening win over East Carolina. Watkins, a 6-4, 340-pounder from Fairburn, Ga., graded out at 87 Running Backs/Tight Ends ........................Jay Graham percent, with eight knockdowns, four pancakes, no sacks and no quarterback pressures allowed. Carolina had just Safeties .....................................................Jeep Hunter one lost yardage play in the contest. u Assistant Head Coach/ South Carolina begins its 20th season of competition in the Southeastern Conference. The Gamecocks are 8-11 in league openers since joining the SEC prior to the 1992 season. Of those 19 previous SEC openers, 16 have Assistant Coach–Defense/Linebackers .. Ellis Johnson come against Georgia. Defensive Line..........................................Brad Lawing u The Gamecocks were picked by the media as the favorites to win the SEC Eastern Division title this year. It’s the Quarterbacks ...........................................G.A. Mangus first time that Carolina has ever held that distinction. In fact, they had never been picked higher than third prior to Passing Game Coordinator/ this season. The Gamecocks were picked for third in both 2009 and 2010 after a seven-year stretch in which they Wide Receivers/Recruiting Coord......Steve Spurrier Jr. were tabbed for a fourth-place finish. Defensive Coordinator/Cornerbacks ......Lorenzo Ward u The Gamecocks are looking to start the season 2-0 for the third time in the seven years under head coach Steve Director–Football Operations .............. Jamie Speronis Spurrier. They were 2-0 in 2007 en route to a 6-6 season, and 2-0 last year when they went on to finish 9-5. Strength & Conditioning Coach ..........Craig Fitzgerald u What will he do for an encore? Marcus Lattimore’s coming out party came last season against Georgia when he Head Football Athletic Trainer ................Clint Haggard carried 37 times for 182 yards and two touchdowns in a 17-6 win in Columbia. 2011 South Carolina Football 1 Game SOUTH CAROLINA GAME NOTES VS. GEORGIA 2 September 10, 2011 u Athens, Ga. u 4:30 p.m. ET u ESPN GAMECOCK ALL-AMERICA CANDIDATES #1 ALSHON JEFFERY #98 DEVIN TAYLOR #5 STEPHON GILMORE #21 MARCUS LATTIMORE Wide Receiver Defensive End Cornerback Tailback Junior u 6-4 u 229 u 2 VL Junior u 6-7 u 260 u 2 VL Junior u 6-1 u 193 u 2 VL Sophomore u 6-0 u 232 u 1 VL St. Matthews, S.C. (Calhoun County) Beaufort, S.C. (Beaufort) Rock Hill, S.C. (South Pointe) Duncan, S.C. (Byrnes) 4 2011 Watch Lists: 4 2011 Watch Lists: 4 2011 Watch Lists: 4 2011 Watch Lists: Biletnikoff Bednarik Bednarik Walter Camp Walter Camp Lombardi Thorpe Maxwell Maxwell Award Nagurski Hornung Doak Walker 4 Playboy Preseason All-American Hendricks Lott Trophy 4 Sporting News Preseason 4 Phil Steele Preseason All-American 4 Phil Steele Preseason All-American 4 Playboy Preseason All-American All-American 4 Sporting News SEC Preseason 4 2010 First-team All-SEC by the AP, 4 Phil Steele Preseason Second-Team 4 Sporting News SEC Preseason “Most Thrilling” Phil Steele and Rivals.com All-American Player of the Year 4 Sports Illustrated Cover (8/15/11) 4 2010 All-Sophomore first-team by 4 2010 AP third-team All-American 4 Sporting News Doak Walker 4 2010 Biletnikoff Finalist CollegeFootballNews.com 4 2010 First-team All-SEC Preseason Favorite 4 2010 First-team All-American by 4 2010 National Freshman of the Year AFCA, FWAA, Phil Steele and 4 2010 SEC Freshman of the Year ESPN.com 4 2010 First-team All-SEC 4 2010 Second-team All-American by Walter Camp, Sports Illustrated, Lattimore’s Statistics AP and CollegeFootballNews.com –Rushing– Year GP/GS Att Yds Avg TD ‘10 13/13 249 1197 4.8 17 ‘11 1/1 23 112 4.9 3 A. Jeffery’s Statistics Taylor’s Statistics Gilmore’s Statistics 14/14 272 1309 4.8 20 Yr. GP/GS Rec Yds Avg TD Yr. GP/GS TT TFL QBS PBU QBH Yr. GP/GS TT TFL QBS INT PBU –Receiving– ‘09 13/7 46 763 16.6 6 ‘09 12/5 28 5.5 2.0 0 2 ‘09 13/13 56 6.0 3.0 1 8 Year GP/GS Rec Yds Avg TD ‘10 14/14 88 1517 17.2 9 ‘10 14/14 46 13.0 7.5 8 11 ‘10 14/14 79 6.0 3.0 3 2 ‘10 13/13 29 412 14.2 2 ‘11 1/1 5 92 18.4 0 ‘11 1/1 3 1.0 0.0 0 2 ‘11 1/1 10 0.0 0.0 0 1 ‘11 1/1 3 33 11.0 0 28/22 139 2372 17.1 15 27/20 77 19.5 9.5 8 15 28/28 145 12.0 6.0 4 11 14/14 32 445 13.9 2 2011 South Carolina Football 2 Game SOUTH CAROLINA GAME NOTES VS. GEORGIA 2 September