Gamecocks open as underdogs at Tennessee
South Carolina football opened as an early double-digit underdog to Tennessee on Sunday afternoon when initial lines for Saturday were released.
The FanDuel Sportsbook installed the Vols as a 10.5-point favorite with an over/under on the game of 63.5 points. Circa Sports has Tennessee as a 10-point favorite with an over/under of 61.5. DraftKings set the line at Tennessee -11.5.
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The Gamecocks (2-2, 1-1 SEC) are coming off a 37-30 victory over Mississippi State Saturday night at Williams-Brice Stadium. Carolina has losses to Top 25 teams North Carolina and Georgia on its resume with a win over Furman to go along with its win Saturday night.
Tennessee (3-1, 0-1 SEC) has blowout wins over Virginia, Austin Peay, and UTSA this season as well as a 29-16 loss at Florida.
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Last season, South Carolina put up 606 yards of offense and Spencer Rattler threw six touchdowns as the Gamecocks defeated Tennessee 63-38 in Columbia.
A year prior, it was Tennessee that knocked off Shane Beamer’s Gamecocks with a 45-20 win in Knoxville.
This season, South Carolina and the Vols are set for a 7:30 p.m. kickoff on the SEC Network at Tennessee.
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The Insider Report: Insights on the Gamecocks’ win over MSU
By Chris Clark
After the South Carolina Gamecocks got back in the win column against Mississippi State, we have more thoughts on the positives and negatives from the 37-30 win.
In some ways, this game did not play as expected. The Gamecocks did an outstanding job for the most part against the Mississippi State run game. Bulldogs RB Woody Marks was banged up with an ankle injury during the game, but he was limited overall to 27 yards on 12 carries. I think anyone would have signed up for that, and I certainly thought he would have a much more productive day.
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