USC Gamecocks Football

Gameday info: USC-UAB

... Who: No. 8 South Carolina (2-0) vs. UAB (0-1)

... When: 7 p.m. Saturday

... Where: Williams-Brice Stadium (80,250)

... TV: FoxSportsNet with Bob Rathbun, Tim Couch and Elizabeth Moreau

... Radio: WNKT-FM 107.5 with Todd Ellis, Tommy Suggs and Langston Moore

... Satellite Radio: Sirius 92/XM 199

Just the facts

... Series record: South Carolina leads 2-0

... Last meeting: South Carolina won 26-13 in 2008 in Columbia

... Current streak: South Carolina has two in a row

Injury report

... South Carolina: Out: RB Brandon Wilds (ankle), RB Shon Carson (wrist), CB Akeem Auguste (leg); Questionable: QB Connor Shaw (shoulder); Probable: DE Jadeveon Clowney (ribs).

... UAB: None reported.

The week in quotes

“There are a bunch of dudes who have won 200 games. I don’t know how you brag about that too much. That means you’ve coached quite a few years and been fortunate enough to stay healthy and not get fired. Those are the guys who win 200 in college. I think a bigger deal will be, hopefully, when we get eight more to win the most here. That is sort of a neat deal because nobody has ever done it.” – Steve Spurrier

“It was nice just to get the balls out (of the quarterbacks’ hand). You don’t know how many passes I have called since I have been here and the ball never went out. Well, maybe you do know if you’ve been to the ballpark. We threw a few a little late and a few that might could have been thrown a little better, but at least Dylan got them out there and gave our guys a chance.” – Spurrier

“This coach they’ve got) knows the formula to kick our butts because they have done it the last two years at Arkansas, no question about it,” Spurrier said. “They’ve made us look like an average bunch of stiffs around here the last two years. We’ve really gotten clobbered.” – Spurrier on first-year UAB coach Garrick McGee

“Bruce just made a commitment on his own. He wanted to be a good football player and dedicate his time this summer to getting ready for this season. I think he decided I want to really try to see how good I can become in football so I better be there all summer with the guys, throwing the ball around and this, that and the other.” – Spurrier on wide receiver Bruce Ellington, who had four catches for 63 yards last week

“The plan is to play your best (offensive linemen) most of the game. If two linemen are very similar in ability and neither one of them is beating the other one out, then, yeah, you can play both of them all year.” -- Spurrier

What Vegas says

The 33.5-point line “is awfully big. This will be the fifth time the Gamecocks have been favored by more than 30 points under Steve Spurrier. Before Spurrier got there they had not been favored by more than 30 since at least 1996. So it is a big line, and something South Carolina fans were not used to seeing before Spurrier got there. Now that he has gotten there, he is actually 0-4 against the spread in those games over 30 points.” – gaming industry journalist David Purdum (@DavidPurdum on Twitter)

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This story was originally published September 14, 2012 at 12:00 PM with the headline "Gameday info: USC-UAB."

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