The SEC league office named its players of the week Monday, and unsurprisingly, a Gamecock did not make the list for the first time this season.
OFFENSE: QB Nick Fitzgerald, Mississippi State: Fitzgerald has continued his evolution into a starter the Bulldogs can do big things with. He went 15 of 23 for 180 yards and two touchdowns with 88 rushing yards and two more scores in a titanic win against LSU. Much has been made of the SEC East being such an open division, but the West may also be getting more interesting than we realized.