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First Published Clearwater Sun  1965****VOL 47, NO. 7

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Game 7 | No. 3/4 Florida (6-0, 5-0 SEC) BCS #2 vs. No. 9/8 South Carolina (6-1, 4-1 SEC) BCS #7 Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (88,548) | Gainesville, Fla.

   October 20, 2012 | 3:30 p.m. ET | CBS

*****GATORS ARE #1 IN BCS COMPUTER RANKINGS***** 

Series: Florida leads USCe, 23-6-3 In Gainesville: Florida leads, 12-1-0 Streak: South Carolina has won 2

106th SEASON

UF IS  A 3-point VEGAS FAVORITE . OPTIMISTIC TRADER RICK HAS GATORS ASV6 POINT FAVORITES. LAST YEAR:2011 FLORIDA 12, South Carolina 17 (Columbia S.C.)

*******FIVE (5) TOP 20 TEAMS ON UF'S SCHEDULE THIS YEAR******

COMMON OPPONENTS THIS SEASON

VANDERBILT............  UF WON 31-17 (+14) --USC WON 17-13 (+4)

KENTUCKY................. UF WON 38-0 (+38) --- USC WON 38-17 (+21)

LOUISIANA STATE... UF WON 14-6 (+8) ---- USC LOST 21-23 (-2)

 

 

HOW DID GATORS OPPONENTS DO LAST WEEK?

BGSU 4-3 BEAT MIAMI OHIO  37-12/ #19 TEX A&M 5-1 WON @ LA TECH 59-57/ TENN 3-3 LOST @ MISS ST 31-41/ UK 1-6 LOST @ARK 7-49 / #6 LSU 6-1 BEAT  #8 USCe 23-21/ VANDY 2-4 LOST TO #4 UF 17-31/ #8 USCe 6-1 LOST @ #6 LSU 21-23/ #12 UGA 5-1 BYE/ MIZZOU 3-4 LOST TO #1 ALABAMA 10-42/ LOUISIANA 4-2 LOST @ N TEX 23-30/ JAX STATE 3-3 LOST @ E ILL 28-31/ #10 FSU 6-1 BEAT BC 51-7

For the sixth time this season, UF will play in front of a nationally-televised audience. Florida will be making its 35th appearance on ESPN’s College GameDay (3rd time this year), a figure that leads the nation. 

For the first time in the series, both teams are ranked in the Top 10. This will be the fifth time in the series that both teams are ranked in the Top 25, with UF holding a 3-1 record in the previous four meetings.

Former Florida head coach and current South Carolina head coach Steve Spurrier is 3-4 against his alma mater and former team. Florida head coach Will Muschamp is 4-1 all-time against South Carolina. All four wins came while serving on the coaching staffs at Auburn (‘96, ‘06) and LSU (‘02, ‘03).

 

 *MISS ME YET? DEPT: Urban  Liar’s INELIGIBLE  #7 (AP) TOSU NUTS( 7-0) Beat Indiana 52-49  last week. Postgame, He said:"“When you get to where the air is rare, the real elite teams, at some point you got to play some real good defense,” 

 *URBAN LIAR’S DREAM TEAM DEPT: #5 Notre Dame (6-0) beat #23 Stanford 20-13 (OT) NEXT UP: BYU.

*USCe FUN FACT: South Carolina dropped its first game of the season last weekend, losing 23-21 at No. 9 LSU.

*TEBOW WATCH:  Patriots coach Bill Belichick says the Pats have to be mindful of New York's Tim Tebow Sunday. He says Tebow is "a strong guy that's a good runner and can throw the ball" and the Patriots have to be prepared to defend him.

GO GATORS! CHOMP, CHOMP!