Legends take Arkansas over South Carolina

Overshadowed by the other SEC matchup (ahem… LSU-Alabama) is a top 15 showdown in Fayetteville on Saturday.

Arkansas hosts South Carolina in a battle of once-beaten teams. Vince Dooley’s former team, Georgia, stands to benefit from a Gamecock loss.

Vince Dooley: South Carolina and Arkansas are going to play each other and I believe Arkansas will win that ballgame primarily because they’re better. And, even more so now that Latimore is out.  South Carolina is struggling right now without Latimore and again, they’ve played good defense. They’ve got some big playmakers on defense, but I don’t think that they are that good. And I think that Arkansas will beat them and I think that Georgia, as the result of that, has a great chance to go ahead and be the Eastern Division Champions. In the case with Florida, they were just physically better than Florida. Up front, Florida got their quarterback, Brantley, back. He played good for about a half and then he got worn down. And so Georgia, because of a good draw on the schedule, and a pretty good team – solid – with a good quarterback – they probably will end up as the Eastern Champions.

But I think South Carolina is not as good as maybe not even in the top 10 without Latimore.

Pat Dye: I agree with Vince about South Carolina. I’ve looked at them and we’ve got them ranked No. 11. They’re probably more like down No. 17 or No. 18 in my opinion the way they’re playing offensively now. They can’t score any points.

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