South Carolina LB T.J. Holloman says Gamecocks remembered Vandy's preseason smack talk
In football, you never want to give your opponent any extra motivation or bulletin-board material.
Yet, that’s exactly what Vanderbilt RB Ralph Webb did this summer when he guaranteed a Commodore victory over South Carolina in the Week 1 matchup in Nashville.
South Carolina redshirt senior LB T.J. Holloman, one of the Gamecock captains on Thursday night, remembered those words and brought them up in the postgame press conference after his team’s 13-10 come-from-behind victory:
Holloman on Ralph Webb: "We just wanted him to eat his words."
— DailyGamecock Sports (@TDG_Sports) September 2, 2016
Webb did run for 97 yards on 20 carries, but failed to find the end zone against the tough South Carolina defense.
South Carolina will travel to Starkville to take on Mississippi State next Saturday.
Congratulations to South Carolina and their ultimate goal of making it to the top of the bottom. It is still possible!
We’re a good ACC team right now. I only wish we had clempson’s schedule. We would be going to a good bowl game this year.
I’m pretty sure yall would be 6-6 if you traded places with Clempson this year.
Like I said…we are a good ACC team right now.
Troy , SC st, Ga Tech, Boston College, Syracus, Pitt, Wake Forest
Those would all be W’s. 7 games right there, and every other game on that schedule aside from Fla st is winnable. you just want to feel better cause they are going to run yall off the field
you keep copy/pasting that across this site but it does not make it true.
the only part of their schedule that is easier is they get to play USC instead of Clemson
Closet clempson fan?You must have to hide from UGA fans
@weagle and @TFK sounding like Vol fans today, quit trying to hype up two over inflated teams. SC beat one of the ACC championship teams last year and came 5 points away from beating the other and we were the worst team in the sec. GA should beat NC solidly anything less would be a failure, and who knows which Auburn team will show up, but quit talking up the ACC just because y’all are worried this week.
Bill, how in any way do I sound like a vol fanboy? (although I do have 2 degrees from there, so it would make sense) SC also lost to the citadel, so let’s not act like yall were world beaters. If SC traded places you would still lose likely lose the following games: Auburn, Louisville, NC State, Florida State, Clempson, and Pitt.
@weagle by talking up Clemson, the same way Vol fans are talking up App State today, is how the fan bases are alike. go out and take care of business. The fact that SC lost to Citadel further proves my point about the ACC. We were a train wreck last year and beat the second best ACC team and only lost to the ACC champs by 5 points. If the hype at Auburn is true they should beat Clemson.
I mean I would say there is a pretty big difference between Clempson and App state. The sunbelt and the ACC (while both inferior to the SEC) are not even remotely similar in strength. I’m glad yall were able to beak Vandy, but as a program who was winning 11 games a year just a few years ago, you should expect to beat Vandy.
I know you are not a smart person but where did I hype up Tennessee? Please point to a specific example
I will wait
When beating Vandy is a big win, you got problems.
You Ga, LSU, Fla, TN folks are fortunate that you’re fans of historically winning programs. To Gamecock fans, considering our history and lack of expectations this year, beating Vandy or any team for that matter is a big deal. Just amuse us.
Any SEC win is a big win, GA should know they have snuck in a few SEC championship games recently because off one sec win. That’s not a knock, it’s fact. The SEC isn’t the way it was 20 years ago, aside from Bama, the rest of the field is competitive, aside from Bama there is no dominant team.
I’m pretty proud of our All Freshman team. When you can win a road SEC game by manning up in the second half that’s doing something. Go Cocks!!!
your going to be praying for a W when the Dawgs come to Columbia so keep on running that mouth
A conference game is a conference game. Yes it is bigger than playing a non-conference game.
screw U!!!!
the comment above was directed at the first post, esec. why does this site not quote or at least direct the posts toward the comment you are responding to????
as for the aubie and dawg fans, it’s funny how you so easily ignore some important facts when criticizing usc’s win over vandy. first fact, ANY ROAD WIN is a big win in the sec, as they are very hard to come by. second, last year we were without a TRUE head coach for most of the year, and that kind of distraction, and poor coaching the rest of the year with coaches and players out of position, should be understood. but even with that going on, yes, we beat one of the division champs of the ASHESHE, and lost by five points to the other. that in and of itself says a lot about the ASHESHE. next, we have an entirely new coaching staff, new system on both sides of the ball, and are playing with mostly underclassmen. so going on the road for the first game of the season and first game for an almost entirely new coaching staff, and getting a come from behind win IS a big deal for any team in this situation whether you want to acknowledge it or not. it’s always better to be 1-0 than 0-1. the real question is, will your teams be able to say the same thing after saturday???????????
FACT
Appalachian State.
I love all the Gamecock haters on here… good luck this year, we’re coming for you..
This guy gets it! SPURS UP!
I’ve yet to see the expert prognosticators on this site admit they got it just as wrong as Webb…