{"id":17379,"date":"2011-09-01T00:46:46","date_gmt":"2011-09-01T05:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=17379"},"modified":"2011-09-01T00:46:46","modified_gmt":"2011-09-01T05:46:46","slug":"east-carolina-pirates-vs-south-carolina-gamecocks-ncaa-football-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/east-carolina-pirates-vs-south-carolina-gamecocks-ncaa-football-picks-17379\/","title":{"rendered":"East Carolina Pirates vs South Carolina Gamecocks NCAA Football Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"

East Carolina Pirates vs. No. 12 South Carolina Gamecocks
\nSaturday, 9\/3\/11, 7:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 South Carolina -19.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 South Carolina -20.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 58.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 63
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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South Carolina Gamecocks QB Stephen Garcia will have one more chance in Columbia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

East Carolina opens up its season season under head coach Ruffin McNeil in a non-conference matchup at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte against the No. 12 South Carolina Gamecocks.\u00a0 The main switch in-between seasons will be a change from a 4-3 to 3-4 defensive alignment, as the unit was scorched during the 2010 season.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019m looking forward to the challenge for the defense,\u201d commented McNeil.\u00a0 \u201cI like our preparation.\u201d\u00a0 Since joining the Conference USA in 1997, the program has tallied a 39-54 road record, including a 2-5 mark in 2010.\u00a0 East Carolina is 13-13 ATS in its last two campaigns.<\/p>\n

The Pirates have lost 10 of 15 meetings with the Gamecocks, including dropping five of the last seven matchups.\u00a0 McNeill has tallied a 2-0-1 record against South Carolina head coach Steve Spurrier, picking up that mark as a graduate assistant with Clemson.\u00a0 It\u2019s hard to imagine an East Carolina victory in this contest due to the school coming in with a 5-21 record against current members of the Southeastern Conference.\u00a0 One thing is for certain, the team will score points, as quarterback Dominique Davis is back under center.<\/p>\n

South Carolina has won 11 consecutive season-opening games and is 77-36-4 all-time in such contests.\u00a0 The Gamecocks have an outstanding chance of continuing that success due to Spurriers remarkable 20-1 record when opening a season.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re a pretty good team, but not a great team,\u201d Spurrier stated during the offseason.\u00a0 \u201cWe lost our last two games.\u00a0 Wee have opportunity to be good.\u201d\u00a0 The conference media seems to believe that will be the case, picking them to win the Eastern Division.\u00a0 South Carolina is 6-8 ATS as a favorite over the last two years.<\/p>\n

The Gamecocks have tallied a 15-0 record against schools outside of BCS conferences under their current front man, as he\u2019s actually 41-0 all-time in such contests.\u00a0 South Carolina has enjoyed unprecedented success recently in tallying three-straight seven-plus win seasons for the first time in program history.\u00a0 Talent is found everywhere on the field, including All-American candidates Alshon Jeffery and Marcus Lattimore on the offensive end.\u00a0 Quarterback Stephen Garcia is also expected to be back under center, but he\u2019ll be splitting time with sophomore Connor Shaw.\u00a0 The fifth-year senior has stated 30 games in his career in Columbia and has thrown for 5,753 yards over that span.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Gamecocks due to their 6-2 ATS mark in non-conference action, while the Pirates are 2-10 ATS in the same situation.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning football season and let the NFL handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

East Carolina Pirates vs. No. 12 South Carolina Gamecocks Saturday, 9\/3\/11, 7:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 South Carolina -19.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 South Carolina -20.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 58.5 Current Total:\u00a0 63 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker East Carolina opens up its season season under head coach Ruffin McNeil in a non-conference matchup at Bank of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":5043,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[5377,5379,2826,3128,5378,3126,3644,2781],"class_list":["post-17379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-bank-of-america-stadium","tag-dominique-davis","tag-east-carolina-pirates","tag-marcus-lattimore","tag-ruffin-mcneil","tag-south-carolina-gamecocks","tag-stephen-garcia","tag-steve-spurrier"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17379"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17380,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17379\/revisions\/17380"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}