Missouri at South Carolina

Spurrier’s teams have always done very well in bowl games and he puts a ton of stock in them. What we know about Mizzou is they go as Brad Smith goes. When Smith is not playing well, and has no lanes to scramble into, the Tigers get crushed. The Gamecocks might just punish this Tiger bunch. South Carolina beat both Florida and Tennessee this season, and Spurrier knows the importance of a win here. A win sends his team to the off-season, and recruiting with a ton of momentum, crucial for his rebuilding process. Missouri dropped three of its final four games and have lost a team captain to drug charges for this game, so you once again have to wonder if Pinkel has control of this ship. Three stars on the Gamecocks minus the four.