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South Carolina over LSU as SEC's biggest 2015 upset?
There's talk every year -- usually rightfully so -- about how deep the SEC is, especially after a highly ranked team loses in rather unexpected fashion to a team closer to the middle of the conference pack.
This week, SEC fan site Saturday Down South took an early shot at identifying five possible "Who saw that coming?" in-conference upsets this season. And taking the top spot on the list is a projected South Carolina upset of LSU in Columbia on Oct. 10
A brief synopsis of the reasoning for South Carolina as an upset pick:
"Before last season’s home demise, the Gamecocks made Williams-Brice Stadium one of the nation’s toughest venues in the country over the previous five seasons. Eighteen consecutive home wins ... meant the opposition was in for it when they arrived at a destination that’s famously hot -- and loud.
"South Carolina’s defense will have to (hold) up its end of the bargain against Leonard Fournette and Co. to pull this one off. I wouldn’t imagine LSU has the offensive firepower to pull away on the road, and if this one’s close heading into the fourth quarter, 80,000-plus will be in a frenzy."
Home-field advantage, a strong defense and an opponent with a major question mark at quarterback? Yeah, that would seem to be a recipe for an upset.
For those wondering, neither South Carolina nor LSU makes any other appearances on the list ... although if the Gamecocks can knock off the Tigers, they might not need any other big upsets to stay in contention in the East.
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