South Carolina Hosts 3rd-Ranked Clemson In Palmetto Bowl

'Cocks Look to Destroy CFP Hopes for Clemson

The fans at Williams-Brice Stadium will see the Palmetto Bowl, between the 3rd-ranked Clemson Tigers and the 24th-ranked South Carolina Gamecocks on Saturday night.

Both teams have qualified for bowl games. South Caronlina sure would love to ruin Clemson's national championship playoff dreams for 2017.

Oddsmakers have the Tigers as a 13.5-point favorite. The total is at 46.5.

Dabo Swinney won his first game as Clemson's interim head coach against Boston College midway through the 2008 season. He was thinking only of the next game at that point in his career. Less than 10 years later he can earn his 100th career victory on Saturday night.

A victory against the Gamecocks would make him only the fourth coach to win 100 games in his first 10 years. Swinney would be joining a select group that includes Bob Stoops, Urban Meyer and Chris Peterson.

South Carolina Looks for Better in 2017 Palmetto Bowl

South Carolina lost last year's game at Clemson. They lost it badly, 56-7. The Gamecocks were a 6-6 team under first-year coach Will Muschamp. This year the team has built a solid-team with an 8-3 record by winning five of its last six games.

The Gamecocks rely on a solid run defense to keep games close. They then hope that sophomore quarterback Jake Bentley can make some plays.

South Carolina is playing for an attractive bowl bid and and upsetting Clemson pads that resume.

Clemson Still has Swarming Defense

Clemson boasts a deep and talented defense. The squad ranks second nationally in sacks, third in scoring defense, sixth in tackles for loss. They are seventh in total defense.

The team has a diverse offense that again ranks among the best in the nation. This, despite losing quarterback Deshaun Watson and other offensive stars off last season's national championship team.

Kelly Bryant makes the Tigers go from the QB position. The Junior is blessed with a ton of weapons. Wide receivers Deon Cain, Hunter Renfrow and Ray-Ray McCloud stretch the field. While big-play running backs Travis Etienne and Tavien Feaster pound you in the middle.

Recent Form

Name	Record	ATS	Offense	Defense	Diff	ATS Home	ATS Away	OU Record	OU Home	OU Away
Clemson	10-1	6-4-1	35.27	13.91	21.36	4-2-1	2-2	5-6	3-4	2-2
South Carolina	8-3	7-3-1	25.36	19.64	5.72	2-3-1	5-0	4-7	3-3	1-4

Power Stats

Yards Per Point

Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
CLEM	12.96	20.86	-7.9
S.CARO	13.89	18.64	-4.74

Yards Per Pass

Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
CLEM	10.93	11.79	-0.86
S.CARO	11.57	11.50	0.07

Yards Per Rush

Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
CLEM	5.22	3.09	2.13
S.CARO	4.08	3.88	0.2

Team Records

Clemson Tigers

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	10-1	7-0	3-1	6-4-1	4-2-1	2-2	35.27	13.91	21.36
vs Conf	7-1	4-0	3-1	3-4-1	1-2-1	2-2	32.13	17.63	14.50
Last 3	3-0	2-0	1-0	2-1	2-0	0-1	43.33	16.00	27.33

South Carolina Gamecocks

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	8-3	5-1	3-2	7-3-1	2-3-1	5-0	25.36	19.64	5.72
vs Conf	5-3	3-1	2-2	6-1-1	2-1-1	4-0	24.50	20.25	4.25
Last 3	2-1	2-0	0-1	2-1	1-1	1-0	23.00	18.00	5.00

Palmetto Bowl Supergrid

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	35.27	25	19.64	22
Away Team Road Passing vs Home Team Home Passing Defense	224.25	62	217.00	72
Awy Team Road Rushing vs Home Team Home Rushing Defense	195.00	34	118.33	31
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	25.36	89	13.91	4
Home Team Home Passing vs Away Team Road Passing Defense	235.83	63	296.25	117
Hom Team Home Rushing vs Away Team Road Rushing Defense	163.83	81	130.25	23

Head To Head Summary

Name	Record	ATS	OU	Score	Rush	YPR	PA	CP	PY	TY	TO +/-
Clemson	5-5	3-7	4-6	25.30	155.00	4.14	29.80	61.74	223.80	378.80	2.30
South Carolina	5-5	7-3	4-6	24.60	132.90	3.42	31.90	52.66	219.00	351.90	1.30

Head To Head Detail

Date	Away	Home	Score	Line	Total	OU Result	ARY	APY	ATY	ATT	HRY	HPY	HTY	HTT	Away Team Attempts	Home Team Attempts	Away Team Completions	Home Team Completions
Nov 26, 2016	S.CARO	CLEM	7-56	111	107	218	1	240	372	612	1
Nov 28, 2015	CLEM	S.CARO	37-32	236	279	515	3	181	221	402	1
Nov 29, 2014	S.CARO	CLEM	17-35	63	276	339	1	225	266	491	1
Nov 30, 2013	CLEM	S.CARO	17-31	127	225	352	6	140	178	318	0
Nov 24, 2012	S.CARO	CLEM	27-17	134	310	444	1	145	183	328	2
Nov 26, 2011	CLEM	S.CARO	13-34	70	83	153	1	210	210	420	0
Nov 27, 2010	S.CARO	CLEM	29-7	95	227	322	0	61	190	251	3
Nov 28, 2009	CLEM	S.CARO	17-34	48	212	260	3	223	165	388	2
Nov 29, 2008	S.CARO	CLEM	14-31	92	212	304	4	184	199	383	2
Nov 24, 2007	CLEM	S.CARO	23-21	214	229	443	1	80	284	364	3

Palmetto Bowl Betting Trends

Clemson Tigers
Clemson is 2-3-1 ATS in its last 6 games
Clemson is 15-1 SU in its last 16 games
Clemson is 17-1 SU in its last 18 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Clemson's last 9 games on the road
Clemson is 2-6 ATS in its last 8 games when playing South Carolina
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Clemson's last 7 games when playing South Carolina
Clemson is 0-5 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against South Carolina
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Clemson's last 6 games when playing on the road against South Carolina

South Carolina Gamecocks
South Carolina is 5-1-1 ATS in its last 7 games
South Carolina is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
South Carolina is 2-3-1 ATS in its last 6 games at home
South Carolina is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
South Carolina is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games when playing Clemson
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of South Carolina's last 7 games when playing Clemson
South Carolina is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Clemson
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of South Carolina's last 6 games when playing at home against Clemson

Team Last 5 Games

Clemson Tigers

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	ATS Result	offensive rush yards	offensive passing yards	offensive total yards	defensive rush yards	defensive passing yards	defensive total yards	turnovers	Location
Nov 18, 2017	CITADL	61-3	W	-45/		183	479	662	155	61	216	-2	H
Nov 11, 2017	FLAST	31-14	W	-16/44.5	W/O	227	151	378	21	208	229	0	H
Nov 4, 2017	NCSU	38-31	W	-10/51.5	L/O	224	191	415	153	338	491	-1	A
Oct 28, 2017	GATECH	24-10	W	-14/51	P/U	221	207	428	198	32	230	0	H
Oct 13, 2017	SYRACU	24-27	L	-23.5/58	L/U	113	204	317	162	278	440	-1	A

South Carolina Gamecocks

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	ATS Result	offensive rush yards	offensive passing yards	offensive total yards	defensive rush yards	defensive passing yards	defensive total yards	turnovers	Location
Nov 18, 2017	WOFFOR	31-10	W	-23/		195	194	389	155	72	227	-3	H
Nov 11, 2017	FLA	28-20	W	-4.5/40.5	W/O	220	249	469	78	223	301	1	H
Nov 4, 2017	GEORGI	10-24	L	23.5/45	W/U	43	227	270	242	196	438	1	A
Oct 28, 2017	VANDY	34-27	W	-7/43.5	P/O	212	174	386	107	333	440	-1	H
Oct 14, 2017	TENN	15-9	W	2/45	W/U	194	129	323	120	133	253	0	A

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