the thing leading into it you know let's do a little bit of South Carolina football scheduled talk I I mentioned it earlier I was talking about Spencer Aller the South Carolina Gamecocks are the Talk of the Town down here in Colombia and there's a lot of optimism there's a lot of optimism when I you know I went on kind of go over some of the same stuff a recorded episode last week that got corrupted so I I apologize for that but um I went on this rant about South Carolina football and you know South Carolina football fans I didn't end up graduating from USC but I did go there for more than anywhere else so that's who I root for in college football and I'll root for them um I'll root for them all season long you know as soon as we start tailgating a couple beers flowing couple Bush lights couple bow Jingles tees whatever you're into you know I will be as die hard as anybody I will but college football takes time to build success you cannot expect somebody to come in and completely change the program in one two years to where you're a national championship Contender especially in a tough conference to play like the SEC especially in South Carolina where your position next to Clemson Georgia Tennessee you're fighting all these bigger schools than you for talent and recruiting Because all these guys want to go to the best and you're not always the best so I think what Shane Beamer has done in his first couple of years as the coach is remarkable and I don't think that there shouldn't be optimism around the team however we're starting to see these guys who come out of the woodwork who are like all right it's time baby it's time USC USC USC Sandstorm all that [ __ ] I love it I do it's fun we have some of the best traditions in the country I guarantee it the problem is and I'm going to start by talking about Spencer Rattler once again like I said before this kid was terrible terrible through the first half of the season last year I mean he was atrocious and he has three great games at the end of the year don't take those away from you I mean fantastic games from Spencer Rattler played the games of his life demolished that Tennessee defense demolished that Clemson defense had a lot of big plays the problem is if I look at him as a whole I go oh wow great radio there um I see a lot of holes a lot of holes and in the SEC every little hole matters a great great deal we lose a lot of talent in the secondary on defense we lose more Talent up front um I mean uh Jordan Burch transfers to Oregon so you're losing one of your former top recruits you know I get that we're replacing them with others and I'm sure the recruiting train um I don't know what their recruiting rank is uh are this year but I know they're pretty good um let's see here let's check this out 17th and uh 16 in overall and composite ranking for um this website that I just pulled up so I mean a middle of the pack top 25 recruiting class they're gonna have some guys they really are you know they got that Harbor kid it was gigantic and runs like four three but I gotta I gotta see it from South Carolina and let's let's dive into the schedule specifically and I'll be able to show you what I mean a little bit here and there they start the season off at a neutral sight game against North Carolina a game that South Carolina traditionally wins and I'll give it to him as a win if I'm going through the schedule picking wins here way too early but I was talking to a friend of mine about this recently this is a game that South Carolina traditionally loses it's a tradition I mean not well sorry not to contradict myself technically they traditionally win this but when South Carolina has some hype behind them they go into a game they think they should be able to win and they take it all especially opening week of the Season you know it might not get them as much but neutral sight there's a lot of excitement around the program everyone's hyped up first game you're playing arguably one of the best top three quarterbacks in the country and Drake may like I was talking about earlier and you could get caught you could easily get caught sleeping in a game like that do I think they will not necessarily I think they probably get it done in this game but this is a game that I could see South Carolina losing and then fans revolting against Shane Beamer already in week one because they lose a game like this to a team who they perceive is not very good again really great quarterback we're getting younger you never know permanent at home that's a win then you go to probably the hardest part of the schedule for South Carolina you go on the road to Georgia which that's a loss that's two and one I'm giving that a loss we are I mean you never know it could happen but that's just the game I'll never be able to pick you know South Carolina Over Georgia going into it I'll root for it I want it to happen please please let it happen but I gotta see it first Mississippi State at home I've seen a lot of mixed opinions about Mississippi State this year I'm gonna give South Carolina the win especially if they get Molly whopped by Georgia which is usually what happens um so I'm gonna give them the win there and then they go back on the road to Tennessee their second hardest opponent arguably right there and I think that might be another Molly whopping so those are two games where if South Carolina is the real deal you compete in those games at least do I think that we could compete I think we will compete more especially in the Georgia game more than usual I don't think it'll be a 50-point blowout like it usually is but I could you know I still think that they will win decisively by 10 or 15 points so you know say what you will I think that's a win honestly if you look at South Carolina I think that's a win for South Carolina as a program who yeah you want to get wins against those guys but you got to start somewhere you got to build up the hope in your players and I think Beamer has done that but we'll just you we have to wait and see then you go on uh hope back home and play a Florida team who is supposed to be terrible this year that should be a win but again that's a game you know coming off a loss especially if we beat Tennessee on the road if we beat Tennessee on the road come back to Florida come back home to play Florida that is a classic South Carolina lay on that game I'll give them a dub in that so if I'm going back through it I've got 1-0 against North Carolina 2-0 against Furman 2-1 against Georgia two uh three and one against Mississippi state three and two against Tennessee uh four and two against Florida I'll give them the win on the road against Missouri that's five and two then Texas A M again another team I've heard a lot of mixed things about this year obviously they were atrocious last year um on the road at Kyle Field could be a night game uh I'll give them I will give them the w so that is one two and one three and one three two four and two five and two six and two Jackson's uh Jacksonville State smattering that's seven and two Vanderbilt they they beat eight and two Kentucky at home a game they traditionally win that's nine and two going into the Clemson game who they have at home and honestly if I could see them winning two of their big games I I obviously it happened last year but I would still say Clemson is you know you've got more of a chance at Clemson at home than George on the road I don't Clemson is another team with Cade Club Nick I don't necessarily trust and aside from him there's a bunch of uncertainty so you really just don't know what's gonna happen over there I mean Cade will play but you have no idea it'll work or if it won't um but yeah so that's nine and two going into the Clemson game and I think again the Clemson game we we win in a close one last year I think no problem at all you compete again this year I think it'll be a good game which is fun it's fun and for people that are not from South Carolina let me fill you in on something here the state of South Carolina turns blood red in late November the week after Thanksgiving is always the week rivalry week in the NCAA and if you have not you know been in a good rivalry in a while and you're trying to check you're trying to check out a rivalry folks let me tell you the people down here that go to these two schools do not like each other and I don't like the Clemson kids my grandparents live 10 minutes away from there and I never in my entire life wanted to go there because most of the people that go there suck ass they're just pompous they do nothing and they're just they're just the most like annoying yeah yeah yeah as soon as they do anything slightly good they just [ __ ] down your [ __ ] throat just in your face I mean I remember back in the day when Taj Boyd was the quarterback for the Clemson Tigers people thought he was Jesus incarnate and was going to take them to the Super Bowl I'm in the Super Bowl the national championship game he still walks around in the area and just does like he just goes like hey whoa whoa people love that guy he was not good he was fine he was a good college quarterback they thought he would change the Jets that's hilarious of course not but you know we're not much better and they but they attack us they provoke us they come after us obviously it's been a a beating here up until of recent you know historically but if you look at the rosters the tides might be a turning and let me tell you when I said earlier the state turns blood red that's with literal blood from violence from internet violence from [ __ ] tweets they come after you the Clemson fans will find you on a dark corner of the internet and bully you if they get a chance which you know when you're winning is is fine but like all the time and especially when you suck ass chip calm down because it's not always going to be like that and you know what all you're doing is provoking yourself to have us [ __ ] right back down your throat just like we did last year when you [ __ ] didn't even put up the score after the game Go Cox I'm gonna predict ten and two with a win over Clemson and I think that is the it's obviously the best season in South Carolina has had in years I think even if they finish eight and four it is a win this season but I will say ten and two right here this is a personal list for all the haters out there all the friends that I have that [ __ ] down my throat for telling me telling them that we're not going to be this good this year I'm telling you the door is open for 10-2 there is no reason that this team cannot go 10-2 but or there is there's plenty of reasons why they won't go attendant to but like there's no reason why they shouldn't go tenant too but if they end up somewhere like eight and four which I honestly think could happen no problem it won't be that hard I think that's still a win for the program you know I think it's still a win call me an idiot call me a loser I don't care Go Cox tended to you know we'll see what happens hopefully it's even better than that if they go to the national championship and win I'll duct tape a chicken's head to my ass and and run around the run around downtown Columbia and I'll film it I'll put it on the internet who cares it's never gonna happen I hope it does Never Gonna