Archive for March, 2009

Spring practice musings, day 9

3/31/09
Filing the post-practice blog a little later tonight because we had to wait about 15 or 20 minutes for OL coach Eric Wolford to finish taking his linemen through extra running.
They did not look like they were having much fun.
Nor did Steve Spurrier seem too pleased with the linemen. The media requested five offensive linemen [...]

Gamecocks playing indoors

If it’s the end of March/early April, it must be time for the start of … football season.
Yes, the indoor/beer league season is upon us. And doing a quick lap around the American Indoor Football Association site, I have updates on a couple of former Gamecocks.
Blake Mitchell’s South Carolina Force squad is off to an [...]

Official numbers from USC pro day

It took a few days, but the NFL.com site finally has posted the official results from USC’s pro day last week.
It was a solid day for the Gamecocks’ top draft prospects, including the two junior defensive backs who left USC early.
Cornerback Captain Munnerlyn and safety Emanuel Cook were the only players among the six ex-Gamecocks [...]

Friday scrimmage report (spring musings, day 8)

Playmakers, you want playmakers?
USC might have found a couple Friday during its hourlong scrimmage, which the Gamecocks moved up an hour to beat the rain.
Receiver Tori Gurley was the star, hauling in three passes for 123 yards – a 56-yarder from Stephen Garcia and a 28-yarder from Reid McCollum on which Gurley out-jumped walk-on Brandan [...]

Spring musings, day 7

C.C. Whitlock’s slide into the coaches’ doghouse continued Thursday with Steve Spurrier’s announcement that he has suspended the cornerback indefinitely.
Whitlock’s troubles apparently are academic and personal in nature. Spurrier’s phrasing was that Whitlock is “having trouble doing what we ask him to do.”
Ellis Johnson, assistant head coach for defense, said that Whitlock has “to go [...]