[Sean81]

Anyone have a line on the Thursday night season opener? I can not seem to find it anywhere. Thanks in advance.

[The DiB]

http://charliescottsports.wordpress....s-of-the-year/

[SoonerBS]

South Carolina -13.5 . . . .

I want to see what the TOTAL is set on this game as I expect it to be low scoring.

[Sean81]

Thanks, I heard a rumor that was the line but could not validate it. As a Southern Miss fan, I am optimistic that the game will be competitive. We return 9 starters on defense and our head coach has sworn up and down that the unit will be MUCH improved. That being said, I agree completely on the UNDER especially because it should be relatively high considering what the spread is.

[pinnacle212]

i think it opened at 14. If you can get it at 14.5, it would be a very good value bet.

[MendozaLine]

wouldn't touch this one.

[pinnacle212]

wouldn't touch this one.

It wouldnt be on my favorites lists to pick but value wise I can see the logic. USM is a pretty good team every year. They could play in the SEC if they could recruit some of the big names. USM is the school you go to in Mississippi if your dodging cotton fields and southern aristocrats. They play football well and the coast is/was the place to be

[HoldEmHook!!]

I dont have a feel either way yet..... but will have at least a small wager of some sort.

[fishmonger]

Southern miss has one of the the best wr in the nation that will look to surprise.

[mav924]

The game should be close and would go with So Miss plus the points

[jessetopolski]

id say sc -4 and 38 if i had to guess. it will be close for sure

[gr1624]

Hate playing big chalk earlier but I do like South Carolina and believe the will be playing the SEC title game this year.

[BigdaddyQH]

South Carolina's is very inconsistant. Last seasin they open at N.C. State and win 7-3. Then they go to Georgia, where the offense scores 37,yet they lose. That is the history of South Carolina under Spurrier. If the Southern Miss defense can do anything at all, they have a shot, but that was a uit that gave up 34 or more points 6 times las season. I'll pass on tis game. Way too many unknowns for my liking.

[Sean81]

A lot of sources have been calling for South Carolina to be a legit SEC East contender this year. However, their season wins mark is only 7 and the under is a odds on favorite in most situations. The schedule is pretty brutal, but that seems to tell a different story from what most people are projecting.

[M.W.]

Just look at South Carolina's wins last year.

Florida Atlantic and South Carolina State.

A 4-point win over a bad NC State team.

Wins by 2 and 4 over Kentucky and Vandy.

And their "signature" wins: by 6 over Ole Miss with the help of a Thursday night home crowd and over Clemson when Clemson was looking ahead to the ACCCG. South Carolina was about the 55th-best team in the country last year, and returning 17 of the same starters isn't going to do much to improve them. The freshman tailback may help, but a realistic expectation is an improvement to the number 30-35 range.