South Carolina vs Vanderbilt Prediction Game Preview

South Carolina vs Vanderbilt game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 10 game on Saturday, November 5

South Carolina vs Vanderbilt prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 10, Saturday, November 5


South Carolina vs Vanderbilt How To Watch

Date: Saturday, November 5
Game Time: 7:30 ET
Venue: FirstBank Stadium, Nashville, TN
How To Watch: SEC Network
Record: South Carolina (5-3), Vanderbilt (3-5)
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South Carolina vs Vanderbilt Game Preview

Why South Carolina Will Win

Just when it seemed like South Carolina was finding its groove, it all came apart in a strange 23-10 home loss to Missouri.

Vanderbilt might just be the cure to get past that fast.

The Commodore defense is having major problems against anyone who can throw, it hasn’t been great against the run, and the other side isn’t throwing well enough to keep things moving.

If that wasn’t enough, there isn’t much of a ground game, either. Vandy hasn’t hit 60 rushing yards in three of the last four games, but …

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Why Vanderbilt Will Win

South Carolina is good, but it’s not Alabama, Ole Miss, or Georgia. That’s who Vanderbilt dealt with over the last month, and it gave Missouri more of a run than the Gamecocks did.

South Carolina starts every game assuming two turnovers. The O has given it away multiple times in all eight games, but the D usually makes up for it with a few takeaways. That didn’t happen last week against Mizzou – USC was -2 in turnover margin – and it could be a problem against a rested Commodore D coming off a two week break.

Vanderbilt doesn’t turn the ball over enough to matter – just three giveaways spread out over the last three games – and the defense came up with two or more takeaways in three of the last four games.

The offense needs all the breaks it can get, and …

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What’s Going To Happen

There won’t be a consistent enough Vanderbilt passing game for the South Carolina defense to worry about, and the offense should be able to move better than it has over the last few weeks.

There won’t be anything pretty about this, but in South Carolina’s third road game of the season it’ll get just enough from Spencer Rattler and the passing attack to stay ahead after getting out to a decent start.

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South Carolina vs Vanderbilt Prediction, Line

South Carolina 27, Vanderbilt 20
Line: South Carolina -6.5, o/u: 47.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 3.5
South Carolina vs Vanderbilt Must See Rating (out of 5): 2.5
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South Carolina vs Vanderbilt prediction, game preview, how to watch: Saturday, October 16

South Carolina vs Vanderbilt prediction, game preview, how to watch: Saturday, October 16


South Carolina vs Vanderbilt How To Watch

Date: Saturday, October 16
Game Time: 4:00 ET
Venue: Willams-Brice Stadium, Columbia, SC
How To Watch: SEC Network
Record: Vanderbilt (2-4), South Carolina (3-3)
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Vanderbilt vs South Carolina Game Preview


Why Vanderbilt Will Win

It’s not consistent, and it’s not explosive, but Vanderbilt’s offense is improving.

It couldn’t do anything against Georgia and Florida, but they aren’t part of this program’s measuring stick at the moment. They were able to run on Stanford, and the passing game got in its reps in the win over UConn – that matters to have some success, even against the downtrodden.

The ground game might not be doing much, but the offensive line hasn’t been too bad, the defense has been okay on third downs – at least when it’s not dealing with the elite – and South Carolina isn’t going to walk through the tunnel and start rolling.

The Gamecock D is horrendous on third downs, the passing game isn’t anything great, and turnovers are a problem but …

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Why South Carolina Will Win

The Vanderbilt defense doesn’t do anything to get behind the line.

It all ties together. Commodores don’t generate any pressure, and that means they don’t come up with enough takeaways to help out an offense that desperately needs a few breaks.  In this, though, it’s about the other side of the ball.

South Carolina hasn’t seen the Kevin Harris of last year – being banged up had something to do with it – but he’s leading a nice rotation for a ground game that should be a whole lot better than it’s been.

This is the game it starts to work.

Overall, it’s about turnovers with this offense. It has a problem with them, but the defense has been able to pick up the slack with a ton of big plays – an SEC high 14 takeaways on the year. And so …

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What’s Going To Happen

Vanderbilt can’t win this without owning the turnover margin, and it’s not going to own the turnover margin.

The South Carolina running game will hit 200 yards for the first time against an FBS team, and the team will win its 13th straight in the series.

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Vanderbilt vs South Carolina Prediction, Line

South Carolina 26, Vanderbilt 13
Line: South Carolina -18.5, o/u: 51
ATS Confidence out of 5: 3

Must See Rating: 2

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1: Pumpkin spice anything

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