Jake Bentley plans to stay at South Carolina long enough to win a national championship
You have to hand it to South Carolina rising sophomore quarterback Jake Bentley in this regard, he clearly doesn’t lack for confidence. Thrust into the starting lineup at the halfway point of last season, Bentley helped a 2-4 Gamecock team finish with a 6-6 regular season record and a trip to the Birmingham Bowl.
While South Carolina lost its bowl game to USF in overtime, the team showed massive strides in the second half of the season after entering the year projected by many to be the worst team in the league.
In his seven games of action, Bentley threw for 1,420 yards, nine touchdowns, and four interceptions. Not bad for a guy who skipped his senior season of high school to enroll early in Columbia.
Bentley spoke to the media for the first time in his college career Wednesday, following the team’s scheduled press conference, and was asked by reporters how long he planned to stay in Columbia. The question was poised to Bentley if he would consider leaving for the NFL after three seasons — if that was an option for him down the line.
Judging by his answer, Bentley’s only goal at this point in his career is bringing home a national title to Gamecock Nation.
“I’m thinking to stay here for four years right now,” Bentley said. “I want to win a national championship, and however long that takes, I’m going to do it.”
Bentley was then asked if the team was built to accomplish such a lofty goal.
“Every year we expect to win the East and the state,” Bentley added. “If we don’t do that, we fall short of our expectations that we have set for ourselves. The young talent that we have is definitely ready to win a national championship, win a SEC championship and we are willing to do whatever it takes. We are working hard so far, and we’ll build on it in the spring.”
The quarterback’s words ring very similar to that of his head coach’s, who declared the goal of the program was to bring home championships.
“This is coaching staff has won multiple, multiple championships,” Muschamp said Wednesday, “national championships, conference championships, we know what good looks like. We know what it feels like and our players, in my opinion, have done a good job of buying into that and understanding that culture we want to go with.”
Judging by the comments of the head coach and starting quarterback, South Carolina expects to do just that in the future.
Son, you can’t stay that long, you only get four years of eligibility. Sorry.
If he was expecting to win a national championship during his college career, he definitely shouldn’t have gone to South Carolina. Lets be honest, SC won’t be winning any type of championships in the near future. Building a championship program from the bottom up takes years and he definitely won’t be around.
Right attitude, wrong team.
I don’t know if he will live long enough to witness a SC NC in football.
Wrong school, son. You can’t build a program from the ground up in 3-4 years.
Y’all would certainly be experts on that. 37 years and counting. Even with a five year recruiting rank average of number 5. There is no bigger waste of talent in the SEC. Hell, even LSU is a distant second.
SC has a long way to go. Physically or skill set wise, they just don’t have the dudes right now. Against legit competition it’s like looking at a 7A high school versus a 2A high school. Bentley’s kids won’t see a NC at SC.
Kinda like Clemson minus Deshaun Watson, congrats on your Championship, now enjoy going back to getting spanked by FSU.
Keep telling your delusional self that yard buzzard. You may want to look at the replacement QBs we got lined up, not to mention the 26 of 28 returning letterman on both lines. It must suck being a chicken fan, having to live vicariously through the success of the relevant sec teams and whoever happens to actually beat Clemson. 68-42-4…ass whipping 69 is coming 11/25/17
Lol nothing more pathetic than a Clemson fan attempting to troll an sec site, have fun dying a virgin (circle jerks with people named Trip, Dabo, Kyle, and Chad don’t count) you booger eating, pencil necked geek.
Pencil necked….that’s funny coming from a pencil d***. Touchdown Citadel…LMAO
Pencil d*cked, lol I’ve got enough d*ck to throw in that gonorrhea cave your wh*re mother calls a p*ssy and still have enough to slap those herpe crusted lips of your aunt, but keep fantasizing you little, b*tch lol.
More recycled insults….YAWN…56-7
Recycled insult, lol, so you must hear about your wh*re mom’s cave of a p*ssy a lot, sad.
And yet another recycled insult from a butt hurt juvenile….56-7, 68-42-4, 13 out of the last 20
LOL this post just makes me happy
I know people ay college is the best time of their life, but eventually, you have to leave. Sorry Jake Bently, but you can’t stay in college infinitely (which is how long it will take S. Carolina to win a title.)
Says the LSU fan, lol thank you for the laugh.
Are you really too stupid to realize LSU is a much more storied and respected program than USuCk? You do realize that WAKE FOREST has more conference titles in it’s history than your yard buzzards do?
Lol yes Ed Oregeron screams championships, you dumb b*stard, also Winning ACC championships, that’s like winning gold at the special Olympics, it’s like a Clemson fan claiming to have had s*x, your dad’s d*ck in your mouth don’t count, you get the point, lol
I can tell your a scrawny p**** just by how belligerent you became. Truth be told, in person you wouldn’t dare cause A) you know I’m right and your chickens are a perennial door mat, and B) I would smack the d*** out of your punk mouth.
A) It’s you’re not your you dipsh*t
B) The only one that is belligerent is the moron, that is just recycling the same insults that was tossed his way, must’ve struck a nerve d*ck juggler.
C) At the end of the day you are responsible for 0 Championships, you are defending a team of football players you have nothing in common with you sad, little b*tch.
Ah yes, grammar policing…last resort of a fool losing an argument
And seriously…recycling insults? Pot meet kettle d*****bag
Complaining about grammar policing, the argument of an illiterate dipsh*t. And yes recycling insults is all you have, how about you have the one relative of yours that wasn’t a product of inbreeding, read the comments slowly and show you where you lost, junior.
Show where I lost? Lol! They handing out trophies now for hurling middle school insults d***?? That’s great news for you. It will be the only trophy you see as a gamecock fan, 56-7
And it’s hilarious how you point out that I’m just a fan and therefore responsible for 0 championships, all while ranting and raving over your loser team as if you actually are on the team or something….typical ignorant coot that can’t see their own double standard….hilarious
3>0, and your welcome.
I guess he should just quit right now, lol. There’s a reason he wears the gear while the rest of y’all have to spend your mowing money and government checks to go out and buy your teams gear. He has drive, talent, and, desires to win. The best part are the GA fans, lol like they have any room to talk sh*t. TN 2016 2.0, Lol GA enjoy your preseason Championship until reality sets in, lol GA, thanks again for the laughs.
ROTFLMAO….this is just more little brother syndrome from the shamecocks. Big brother Clemson (more like DADDY) wins the natty and ever since that we keep seeing these stories coming out of the armpit of the state (Columbia) about chicken recruits and players talking up their goals of doing the same. Apparently these fools have bought the lie that pep talks and motivational temper tantrums from their loser, meat head coach can somehow overcome the MASSIVE talent gap between them and their sec opponents and their daddy Clemson. These kids are either incredibly gullible, ignorant of history, or both. Someone should remind these kids that USuCk has no national titles, no sec titles, 1 sec Least title, and has fewer conference championships in it’s football
history than WAKE FREAKING FOREST. And oh by the way, that “master recruiter” coach of yours found a way to lose to an FCS school (sound familiar chickens? 23-22 Citadel…LMAO) when he was at Florida and had a roster full of 4 and 5 star players.
It’s amazing you could knock the d*ck out of your hand long enough to type that, congratulations.
I had to knock it out YO MAMA….get ya facts straight….and have that rent on Willy B’s ready come 11/25/17 cause we coming to collect boy
Lol my mom’s dead so you brag about F*cking dead people not sure that counts. No wonder Clemson admins are k*lling themselves having to deal with inbred necrophilliacs such as you, lol. Nice try needle d*ck.
If I had a son like you I would have killed myself too p****
P*ssy, that must be a foreign concept to you, keep chugging d*ck at least you are good for something. My mother didn’t kill herself, that’s Clemson’s M.O., you necrophilliac.
Nope, p**** is not a foreign concept. I see plenty of p****** like you every day. 120 lb key board warriors who can’t bench their own body weight don’t impress me son
I believe you lost when you admitted to necrophillia, and keyboard warrior, says the loser ACC fan attempting to troll an SEC site all the while admitting the only p*ssy he gets is from dead people.
I did play collegiate football, although I wasn’t good enough to play Division I, I was blessed enough to to get my undergrad and the memories of actually playing. If you notice I never once threw up numbers like I played for SC, I just pointed out that the ones attempting to troll probably have never played, you included you pervert. No double standard here, so yet again, you are wrong.
You putting words in my mouth while half the block puts something else in YO MAMA’s mouth…oh the hilarity of it all…..and yea, I’m sure you played college ball….on Playstation maybe you scrawny p****. Oh well, at least on Dynasty mode with the difficulty on beginner you can win those shamecocks a natty…be the only way those losers ever get one. That is what truly stews your prunes…deep down you and the rest of your delusional brethren know that you will NEVER make the play off, let alone win a natty. 56-7
And no need to hate on the ACC…you know…the second conference your team was a member of and couldn’t win enough so they became independent? 90% of the ACC OWNS USuCk historically, so please know that most are laughing at you when you have the nerve to talk about how weak the ACC is. Btw, the ACC champ beat your SEC champ this year for all the marbles soooooo….
And you base this confidence on your massive victories over juggernauts like UMASS and West Carolina??? LMAO….man, the chicken players are just as delusional as their fans….BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Conference championships….Wake Forest, 1970 & 2006….USuCk…..1969….national titles…USuCk…..ZERO….SEC Least titles…..USuCk….1 in 25 years….Mizzou….2 in 5 years….yea….what a powerhouse they have down in Columbia….not to mention Clemson has more SEC wins than the chickens do AND the chickens have an over all losing record against 90% of the teams in the ACC….what a juggernaut down in Columbia…..how many fifth place finishes will Mudshrimp have to get before those losers hang up a banner for him?? LMAO
Mudshrimp = the nickname Marulj got after he got caught pulling his needle d*ck out his dad’s a**. Keep trying junior, lol.
Oh look, yard buzzard fan recycling those same 5th grade insults again…56-7
So they started calling you Mudshrimp in 5th grade, got it, Mudshrimp cool nickname bro. 56-7, lol Mudshrimp is bragging about taking 56 d*cks in 7 days, that’s impressive, golf clap, lol
Nope, them cock fans sure took 56 d**** back on November 26th though…LMAO
nice try Mudshrimp I already used that insult, try to keep up. Lol
I know, you keep recycling the same 5th grade insults to try and steer attention away from your dumpster fire program’s horrendous history, or should I say lack thereof?
I’m more interested in your history of F*cking the dead, rather than arguing about two football programs that neither of us played for, so when did you find out that you were into f*cking corpses.
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You sure do seem obsessed with necrophilia…..you may want to call a therapist and stay away from traumatic events such as your teams impending failure of a season. And I love how now you try to act as if football isn’t worth talking about because neither of us played for these teams….typical chicken fan BS. When you guys had your little fluke win streak going, mysteriously those same rules went out the window. Mysteriously, bragging and being obnoxious were just fine but yet when Clemson is enjoying being on top (which they usually have been (68-42-4) suddenly Clemson fans are supposed to just stay silent. Too bad chump, 56-7, National champs, and sec champs by default…you know…using your own coot logic there…Lol
Are you really gonna keep arguing with a tater who comes from a place where it takes the police, a search party, and tracking dogs to find a guy who kicked the bucket in his own yard?
And took 15 hours to do it.
And don’t 4get…USuCk’s greatest accomplishment in football was a 5 game win streak over Clemson. A feat that netted them 0 championships or major bowl wins. A feat that was directly preceded by Clemson winning 10 out of 12 between 1997 & 2008. Even a dumb chicken should realize 10 > 5
Does Bentley realize that the Birmingham Bowl is not part of the New Year’s 6? Lmao
I think he may realize that he has the opportunity to play college football while you are hanging around cemeteries attempting to get a date, lol
More recycled insults from the fan of the University of Seventh Choice. Mudshrimp must be pinching himself that he was able to find a school stupid and desperate enough to hire him….Lol
Nobodies putting words in your mouth, you were the one bragging about f*cking a dead person, that is called necraphillia, try and keep up. It’s cute you tried but nothing and I mean nothing you can type brings you back into the conversation when you openly admit to necraphillia, no run along back to your ACC sites where I guess necraphillia isn’t frowned upon.
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I can’t wait for you all to eat your words. SPURS UP! Bentley skipped his senior year and y’all fools are about as educated the everyday drop out. So that in mind If Bentley believes this team can win a Championship than I’m going to believe in them to. So please underestimate the Gamecocks and like I said eat your words.
I like the confidence but even as an SC fan I don’t see that happening with Bentley. Not because of his skill set, I really believe we have offensive skill players that are good enough to be on SEC maybe even NC caliber teams, but until our O and D lines get better we won’t even sniff a NC game. I can see Bentley competing for and possibly even winning the east by his 3rd or 4th year with line and defensive improvement, but I just don’t think we’ll have a NC caliber O and D line by the end of his career here. But hey who know, anything can happen right?
National championships, or not (I only know how it feels in baseball), but I like Bentley’s attitude. I’d rather hear him say that than something like, “wow, I sure hope we are 6-6 again next year.”
We Carolina fans have waited forever already; we can wait a little longer. I just hope to see improvement year-to-year and be competitive in the East again and the SEC overall.
Hope springs eternal.
What the hell is going on in this comment section?
To sum it up, a Clemson fan attempted to troll but instead outed himself as a necrophilliac, lol.
Yeah well…nobody gave us a chance that we would win 11 games a season 3 years in a row. Nobody gave us a chance at ever winning the SEC east. Nobody ever gave us a chance at finishing 4th in the country. Nobody ever gave us a chance that we would recruit the #1 player in the country in Jadeveon Clooney. So I’m not too worried about all the Yahoo!’s with their prognications.
lol