Gamecocks Suspend Starting QB Stephen Garcia
We have a football betting update from Bodog as the Gamecocks suspend starting quarter back Stephen Garcia. They may well be our favorite online sportsbook with great prices and tight spreads. Whilst they love to write these sports betting previews we don’t always pay attention but as always any insight is helpful:
The start of college football season is about five months away, but a decision on Wednesday in Columbia, S.C., could well determine your 2011 SEC champion.
South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier has suspended starting quarterback Stephen Garcia indefinitely, and it’s quite likely that the oft-troubled senior’s collegiate career is over. This is the fifth suspension since Garcia arrived on campus. Reports are that Garcia showed up Tuesday night for an SEC-mandated life skills event smelling of alcohol and was asked to leave after being disruptive. Garcia later admitted to Spurrier that he had been drinking prior to the event while celebrating teammate Kyle Nunn’s birthday according to reports. But Spurrier wouldn’t say officially what the suspension was for and that it would last through the spring semester and Garcia’s status beyond that would be determined at a later date.
Garcia helped lead the Gamecocks to the SEC East Division title and the school’s first-ever SEC Championship Game last season, where they were route by Auburn. Garcia was set to lead all SEC returning quarterbacks in passing yards; he threw for 3,059 yards and 20 touchdowns with a 64.2 percent completion rate in 2010. But he threw an SEC-high 14 interceptions and had three picks in the Chick-Fil-A Bowl loss to Florida State. Garcia was found with girls in his room during a routine bed check the night before that bowl game. That led to a suspension for the first week of spring practice and Garcia was told he had a zero tolerance policy for any other issues.
USC is projected as a betting favorite to win the East again with stars Marcus Lattimore (tailback) and Alshon Jeffery (receiver) back. Connor Shaw, a sophomore backup, will become the starting quarterback in Garcia’s absence. Shaw threw just 33 total passes last year. The Gamecocks’ spring game is this Saturday. They are 35/1 on Bodog’s NCAA football odds to win the national title next season.
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