I just played 2 units on South Carolina +17 -115 (bought hook from +16.5 [-105]).
Ealry Doucet, who was a late scratch for the MTSU game will not be playing according to what I heard this morning and was just confirmed. This affects the LSU offense very much, as he is the only experienced receiver on the team, and the best blocker by far. He has played in BIG games, and excelled. This type of leadership is not replaced easily, even though his backups run 4.4's and were all big time prospects out of High School and CC. Anyway, this ine will drop imo, so I grabbed it while I could. I may middle off of this play down the line, but for now I'm on SC. GL to all.
From AJC:
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 09/17/07 Steve Spurrier says he wants to achieve a lot of "firsts" in his time at South Carolina. On Saturday, Spurrier will get another chance when the Gamecocks go to No. 2 LSU (3:30 p.m., CBS). In its 100-plus years of playing college football, South Carolina has never beaten a team ranked higher than No. 3.
Spurrier, a voter in the USA Today coaches poll, told reporters on Sunday he had LSU No. 1 on his ballot.
"Between LSU, Oklahoma and Southern Cal it's pretty much a coin flip," Spurrier said. "But since LSU is in the SEC and we're playing them this week, I voted them No. 1."
? It's safe to say the South Carolina offensive line is in Spurrier's doghouse. And quarterback Blake Mitchell is keeping them company. Spurrier ripped into his offensive line, which gave Mitchell little protection in a 38-3 win over South Carolina State. Mitchell threw three interceptions and Spurrier just ran the ball in the second half.
"Our right guard just whiffed on a guy," Spurrier said. "Didn't slow him down. Then the quarterback starts getting a little gun shy."
Someone pointed out that LSU, which features All-America defensive tackle Glenn Dorsey, is not the team you want to play if your offensive line is not playing well.