ESPN: Resting Lattimore might be smartest move
South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier says freshman tailback Marcus Lattimore isn’t definitely out for Saturday’s game at Vanderbilt.
But if the Gamecocks are smart, they won’t risk it.
Yes, they’ve had all sorts of problems with Vanderbilt the last three years. They scratched by 14-10 last season, and that’s after losing to the Commodores in both 2007 and 2008.
There are no automatic wins in this league.
Still, if South Carolina wants to have its best chance of getting to the SEC championship game for the first time in school history, the Gamecocks will let Lattimore rest his sprained left ...