University of South Carolina

Even after his best receiving game of the season, people kept giving D.J. Williams grief.

South Carolina launched a Web site this week to promote senior linebacker Eric Norwood.

Two of South Carolina's best receivers aren't on the field at the same time.

Sam Muldrow scored 17 points to lead five Gamecocks in double figures, and South Carolina pulled away from Kentucky Wesleyan in the second half to post a 78-55 exhibition win Thursday night at Colonial Life Arena.

Ryan Mallett and Stephen Garcia are 1-2 in passing yards and total offense, and are the only quarterbacks in the conference to eclipse 2,000 yards in either category. They both were highly-recruited high school quarterbacks who have had at least one off-the-field incident.

In addition to the four opponents that make up the closing “Orange Crush” portion of the South Carolina schedule, Gamecocks coach Steve Spurrier has identified a fifth adversary: outsiders who dwell on the team's season-ending skids the past two seasons.

Lorenzo Ward only worked with Bobby Petrino for one season, and a losing one at that. Still, it was enough for Ward to decide that the Arkansas coach operated on a different level than most of his peers.

In the bowels of Neyland Stadium late Saturday night, South Carolina quarterback Stephen Garcia and receiver Moe Brown huddled to discuss what they could do to make sure this season does not go the way of the previous two.

South Carolina fell out of the AP college football and USA Today polls after losing to Tennessee 31-13 Saturday.

Decked out in black jerseys, Tennessee took three South Carolina fumbles and turned them into touchdowns as the Volunteers beat the No. 21 Gamecocks 31-13 Saturday night.