South Carolina has taken two steps forward. It can’t take one step back Saturday against Kentucky.
The Wildcats have been an unexpected thorn in the Gamecocks’ side of late, beating USC in each of the past three seasons. South Carolina has beaten every other team in the SEC East at least once in that span, but what have become annual losses to Kentucky have kept it from having any chance of returning to the top half of the division.
If the Gamecocks want to return to division contention, they first must beat the Cats, and that chance comes Saturday at 7:30 p.