[Tuck4Bama]

It took one game for South Carolina to go from SEC contenders to “average stiffs.”

Imagine Steve Spurrier’s reaction had his team lost to Louisiana-Lafayette on Saturday.

Instead, Spurrier could celebrate a 28-14, season-opening win that featured steady play from a pair of backup quarterbacks and another bend-but-don’t-break effort from a defense that again struggled with a misdirection running game.

“In a way this is real good for our team. Now we know we’re just a bunch of average stiffs,” said Spurrier, who set the goal of an SEC championship in his third year. “And we’re going to have a very average year if we don’t play a lot better. So we don’t need to think we’re any good.”

USC (1-0), which won its eighth consecutive opener, travels to Georgia next week. The 13th-ranked Bulldogs beat Oklahoma State 35-14 on Saturday

The State | 09/02/2007 | A long way to Geaux

[Lefty Noob]

For once, I'm taking him at his word. He's not trying to coach them up. They really were mediocre.