Let's get one thing straight: South Carolina and Vanderbilt aren't great teams. In fact, neither is very good.
But on college football's official opening night, one coach exhaled a powerful sense of relief and joy, while the other slinked off his own field with the same disappointing feeling he had too many times last year.
Right now, Will Muschamp is soaring after South Carolina's 13-10 comeback win over Vanderbilt. At the same time, Derek Mason is left searching for answers for a team that was supposed to be different, but ended up faltering in the same fashion of the same ol' Vandy after leading a shaky Gamecocks team 10-0 at the half.