There are 2 factors that Auburn needs to guard against biting them this week -- one it is a short week, and two they better not get caught not taking the Gamecocks seriouly.
South Carolina, while honestly not a very good team, benefits from the perception that they are a bad team. All anyone sees is that they were Manhandled by Georgia and struggled against Wofford of all teams. BUt they do have a very good defense, and this game may be much closer than anyone thinks.
Still, Auburn just has too much talent compared to S.Car. --- Final Score Auburn 17 S. Carolina 6.
About the short week, Auburn spent all of last week preparing for USC not Buffalo. Of course, USC has had three weeks since they prepared for Wofford and Florida Atlantic.
Speaking of Wofford, they had 303 yards rushing against USC.....USC's rush defense is 101st in the nationa against the run. Mediots like Lou Holtz point to their pass defense which is ranked 3rd. They've only had 81 passes attempted on them all year because they give up the run. Against UGA, they gave up 184 passing which is 75 above USC's average for the year and most of that was with a true freshman at QB. They also gave up 205 rushing which is 70 yards more than UGA typically rushes for. Currently Auburn rushes for 185 and passes for 182. In my opinion, Auburn would have to play a poor game (4+ turnovers) to lose. That being said, I'll be surprised if we score in the 30's because of the running game and the new clock rules shortening the number of chances to score. My prediction is 28-7.