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College football preseason magazine guru Phil Steele is bullish on South Carolina this fall, but doesn't expect the Gamecocks' improvements during Will Muschamp's fourth season to necessarily show up in wins and losses.
Facing the nation's toughest slate, South Carolina has the arduous task of battling likely the nation's top three teams in the preseason rankings, take on upstart North Carolina in the opener and host Appalachian State in November, a non-conference tilt that's a definite schedule strengthener.
Within reach of several individual records as a multi-year starter, senior quarterback Jake Bentley hopes to leave a lasting mark on the program as one of the Gamecocks' most important players this season. Much of the team's success will fall on his shoulders, Steele believes.
"Bentley is tough, but will need to improve his accuracy in order to reach the upper-echelon SEC quarterbacks in his fourth year as a starter," Steele writes.
Steele calls South Carolina's linebackers "the most experienced group on defense" that should "be up a few notches" this season. T.J. Brunson returns to lead at a position that should get meaningful snaps out of Daniel Fennell and Rosendo Louis as well.
Here's a portion of Steele's 2019 lookahead for the Gamecocks:
College football preseason magazine guru Phil Steele is bullish on South Carolina this fall, but doesn't expect the Gamecocks' improvements during Will Muschamp's fourth season to necessarily show up in wins and losses.
Facing the nation's toughest slate, South Carolina has the arduous task of battling likely the nation's top three teams in the preseason rankings, take on upstart North Carolina in the opener and host Appalachian State in November, a non-conference tilt that's a definite schedule strengthener.
Within reach of several individual records as a multi-year starter, senior quarterback Jake Bentley hopes to leave a lasting mark on the program as one of the Gamecocks' most important players this season. Much of the team's success will fall on his shoulders, Steele believes.
"Bentley is tough, but will need to improve his accuracy in order to reach the upper-echelon SEC quarterbacks in his fourth year as a starter," Steele writes.
Steele calls South Carolina's linebackers "the most experienced group on defense" that should "be up a few notches" this season. T.J. Brunson returns to lead at a position that should get meaningful snaps out of Daniel Fennell and Rosendo Louis as well.
Here's a portion of Steele's 2019 lookahead for the Gamecocks:
