I still think most of my observations hold up through the second half. I’ll agree with Mondaynite that it was not the best game I’ve ever seen. (SC beat them 34-0 last year)

Garcia has a tendency to run too much and won’t slide when he should. That could come back to haunt him against SEC linebackers.

South Carolina’s front seven were in the backfield all night long… the secondary however needs some work. They were saved by the fact that NCst has worse receivers than we did last year. Seriously… there were some balls dropped for touchdowns just before the half and then at the end of the game that were just plain inexcusable.

There’s a lot of football to be played between now and October 10, but I think the Gamecocks can be had. It will be a very physical game though.

..and can’t make a fair evaluation, but what the helI. I sure won’t lose any sleep about Garcia lined up behind center from what little I saw. Their defense seemed pretty stout against State but part of that may be NC State. They were last in the ACC Atlantic division last year with a 6-7 record.

Garcia’s passes were off (and short), his line couldn’t block and the offense was basically anemic. At least the Gamecocks won (good for the SEC) but they won ugly. If the whole game was more of what I witnessed, I’m glad I didn’t have to sit through the whole game.

Should be more entertaining – Smurf Turf, gimmick plays, etc.

Garcia was 13 for 22. One INT. Not all that bad.
There running backs controlled the clock and gave NCS little opportunity to give its defense a rest in the first half. I was very impressed with Norwood, the line backer. They’ve got a win against a BCS school and can gauge what they need to work on.
NCS had 133 total yards and 11 first downs. For a team that was suppose to win, I think they got their bubble burst.
18 straight opener wins for Spurrier. Goes back to when he was coaching at Duke.But does he have 14 staight non conference wins?
Georgia will handle then easily next week.

I’m from NC, so the news about playing an SEC team and being favored was a HUGE deal around here to begin with, then actually being on ESPN for the first game of the season just multiplied the importance of that for the fans around here.

While on the one hand I didn’t want to hear NC State fans talking crap about the SEC all year, I wouldn’t have minded if they beat Spurrier. And they honestly should have won that game with the way they played in the second half. Russell Wilson, QB for NC State, made some great high-velocity and deep passes that his receivers just couldn’t get their hands around. Receiver J. Williams (don’t know what the “J” is for) got hit in the chest….in the end-zone….on an 35+yd. pass…over 2 defenders….and he STILL couldn’t grab it.

All-in-all, a loss is still worse than a win, but a 7-3 lose to an SEC team isn’t that bad of a thing to have to talk about for the rest of them season. Well done, NC State, well done.

They slap some codpieces on and smack em like a pimp to his ho’s!!!!

POWDER!!!!!

GO BIG BLUE!!!!!