No. 25 South Carolina at No. 4 Florida (Minus 21)

Florida (8-1) defeated South Carolina (7-3) 51-31 in Columbia last season and leads the series 21-4-3. Steve Spurrier is 1-2 against his former team.

South Carolina’s defense, the best in the SEC, will be tested by Florida’s high-octane offense. Look for Florida’s Percy Harvin and Brandon James to make an impact on this game. Harvin will make his mark rushing and receiving and James will have at least one big play returning a punt or kickoff.

Due to turnovers and allowing big plays the Gamecocks will become 0-12 in Gainesville and the losers in 17 out of the last 18 games against the Gators.

Florida 38, South Carolina 20


Random Notes
South Carolina
The Good
Leads the SEC and is ranked third in the country in total defense (256.5 ypg).
The pass defense only allows 155.1 ypg and is 4th in the nation.
South Carolina is only allowing opponents to average 101.4 rushing yards a game. 11th in the country.

The Bad
The quarterback has been sacked 33 times this season 116th in the country.
The rushing game is last in the SEC and 107th in the nation averaging 103.5 yards a game.
Only gaining 5.8 yards a punt return, last in the SEC and 105th in the country.
The Gamecocks have a negative 5 turnover margin.

Florida
The Good
Leads the SEC and 4th in the nation with a plus 13 turnover margin.
Leads the SEC and is 3rd in the country averaging 18.7 yards a punt return.
The defense is fourth in the nation and best in the SEC allowing 11.9 points per game.
The defense is holding opponents to 177.9 yards passing and 108.3 yards rushing per game.
Florida is averaging 42.8 points per game, best in the SEC and 7th in the nation.
The Gators lead the SEC with 198.7 rushing yards per game.

The Bad
Florida is last in the SEC and 98th in the country averaging 4.8 tackles for loss a game.


Players
Quarterback
South Carolina- Chris Smelley 118/200 (.602), 1,439 yards, 11 TD, 9 INT

Florida- Tim Tebow 126/194 (.649), 1,740 yards, 17 TD, 2 INT

Rushing
South Carolina- Mike Davis 479 yards, 3.5 ypc, 3 TD
South Carolina- Stephen Garcia 170 yards, 3.0 ypc, 2 TD

Florida- Jeffrey Demps 395 yards, 9.6 ypc, 4 TD
Florida- Chris Rainey 360 yards, 6.0 ypc, 2 TD

Receiving
South Carolina- Jared Cook 542 yards, 33 rec., 16.4 ypr, 2 TD
South Carolina- Kenny McKinley 463 yards, 35 rec., 13.2 ypr, 4 TD

Florida- Percy Harvin 513 yards, 32 rec., 16.0 ypr, 7 TD
Florida- Louis Murphy 398 yards, 24 rec., 16.6 ypr, 4 TD

Defense
South Carolina- Eric Norwood leads the SEC with 7 sacks and leads the Gamecocks with 10.5 TFL

Florida- Brandon Spikes leads the team averaging 8.25 tackles 1 tackle for loss per game.

Team Stats
South Carolina Florida
Rushing- 103.5 Rushing- 198.7
Passing- 229 Passing- 208.8
Total- 332.5 Total- 407.4
PF- 24 PF- 42.8
PA- 15.6 PA- 11.9