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Must-win and trap games of 2017: South Carolina Gamecocks

There are 12 regular-season games, but they’re not all created equal.

To help get prepared for next season, we’re looking at every SEC team’s must-win and trap games.

Next up is South Carolina.

Must-win game: Last season was about exceeding expectations, but this season will be about living up to them. And that process starts, as it often does, with the beginning of league play where for the first time in what has to feel like a long time South Carolina has a chance to go on the road as favorites at Missouri. Beat the Tigers, and you’ve done as you’re supposed to by taking care of business against a team that won four games and finished last in the East this past season.