{"id":17793,"date":"2011-09-16T19:52:32","date_gmt":"2011-09-17T00:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=17793"},"modified":"2011-09-16T19:52:32","modified_gmt":"2011-09-17T00:52:32","slug":"college-football-week-3-navy-midshipmen-at-south-carolina-gamecocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-football-week-3-navy-midshipmen-at-south-carolina-gamecocks-17793\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Week 3: Navy Midshipmen at South Carolina Gamecocks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Navy Midshipmen at No. 10 South Carolina Gamecocks
\nSaturday, 9\/17\/11, 6:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN2
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 South Carolina -17.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 South Carolina -16
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 55.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 58
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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South Carolina QB Stephen Garcia is 18-13 in 31 career starts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Navy will meet South Carolina for the eighth time in series history and enters after winning two games to open the season versus lesser opponents.\u00a0 The Midshipmen knows that they are up against it when facing the Gamecocks on Saturday.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019ve haven\u2019t seen a team like that from an athletic standpoint,\u201d commented Navy head coach Ken Niumatalolo.\u00a0 \u201cWe know it\u2019s going to be a tough challenge.\u201d\u00a0 The program last played an SEC opponent in 2004, knocking off the Vanderbilt Commodores by a 29-26 score.\u00a0 Navy is an incredible 75-45 ATS as an underdog, but has failed to cover three of its last four games versus the Southeastern Conference.<\/p>\n

The Midshipmen are leading the nation in rushing, averaging 400.5 yards per game on the ground.\u00a0 Navy has scored 40 or more points in back-to-back games, which is the first time that\u2019s happened since the 2007 season.\u00a0 Since the 2003 campaign, Navy owns an 18-21 record against teams from a BCS conference.\u00a0 It\u2019s a mark that the team is extremely proud of, as it represents the most such victories for a non-BCS school.\u00a0 A win over this year\u2019s South Carolina team would be its highest-ranked upset since 1984.<\/p>\n

South Carolina is off to a 2-0 start for the third time under head coach Steve Spurrier and is coming off a 45-42 win over Georgia as 2 1\/2-point road favorites.\u00a0 The Gamecocks are certainly happy to be undefeated, but problems remain on the defensive end.\u00a0 \u201cI talked to our defensive coaches the other day,\u201d commented Spurrier.\u00a0 \u201cWe just have to play fast, play assignment ball and get after them.\u201d\u00a0 It\u2019s likely the team will walk away victorious on Saturday due to Spurriers 42-0 all-time record against teams outside of the BCS conferences.\u00a0 South Carolina is 7-3 ATS when playing in September and the \u2018over\u2019 is 6-3 in those games.<\/p>\n

The Gamecocks feature one of the more talented offensive units in the entire country, led by sophomore running back Marcus Lattimore, who has rushed for 290 yards and four touchdowns.\u00a0 Wide receiver Alshon Jeffery is a play maker in his own right, catching 10 passes for 177 yards and a touchdown.\u00a0 The key to success is always the quarterback position for a Spurrier-led team, as senior Stephen Garcia continues to be an up and down option.\u00a0 He is still 18-13 in 31 career starts and the best option uner center.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Midshipmen due to their 41-17 ATS mark as a road underdog, while the Gamecocks are 1-5 ATS in their last six home games.<\/p>\n

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Navy Midshipmen at No. 10 South Carolina Gamecocks Saturday, 9\/17\/11, 6:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN2 Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 South Carolina -17.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 South Carolina -16 Opening Total:\u00a0 55.5 Current Total:\u00a0 58 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Navy will meet South Carolina for the eighth time in series history and enters after winning two games […]<\/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":[3128,2835,739,3126,3644,2781],"class_list":["post-17793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-marcus-lattimore","tag-navy-midshipmen","tag-sec","tag-south-carolina-gamecocks","tag-stephen-garcia","tag-steve-spurrier"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17793","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=17793"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17794,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17793\/revisions\/17794"}],"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=17793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}