Last season was a year of firsts for South Carolina football team.
A 35-21 win against No. 1-ranked Alabama marked the first time the Gamecocks beat a top-ranked team in school history.
South Carolina made even more history, recording their first ever win in The Swamp with a 36-14 defeat of Florida en route to the first SEC East title in school history.
South Carolina  coach Steve Spurrier is looking for a repeat performance as he enters his 7th year in Columbia, and said he feels this year’s squad may be better than last year’s title winning team.
“We made progress last year. The fun part is achieving some things that have never happened before,” Spurrier said. “We feel like we’ve probably assembled maybe the best group of players we’ve had in the seven years I’ve been game.”
Despite question marks surrounding the quarterback situation, there’s no question as to his supporting staff.
With the return Lattimore, a First-Team All-SEC pick, and Jeffery, a First-Team All-SEC and First-Team All-America selection, nothing but lofty goals have been set for this season.
“I want to get more yards than I had last year and get more touchdowns than I had last year and I want to win the Heisman,” Lattimore said. “It’s something I dream about. To bring another one to the University of South Carolina would be team.”
The Gators may have made the biggest splash this off-season with the announcement of their new head coach, as well as a new offensive coordinator in former Notre Dame coach Charlie Weiss.
“I’m very pleased with where we are right now with Charlie,” Muschamp said. “His development of quarterbacks speaks for itself, his development of offenses speaks for itself, along with his expertise at guy.”
One speedster Brantley is looking forward to having back is senior running back Jeff Demps, who is currently running with U.S. National Track team in Italy.
With guys like Demps currently not with the team, Muschamp expressed his worries regarding the depth of the squad.
“We have some deficiencies as far as our numbers are concerned and I am concerned about that, but that’s part of it,” the first-year coach said. “But based on our conversations, [Demps] will be back with