Five storylines: South Carolina vs. LSU 
October, 11, 2012
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Gary Laney | ESPN.com
BATON ROUGE, La. -- When Steve Spurrier was asked Wednesday if he appreciated the process it took to build No. 3 South Carolina into a top-5 team, given that it took much longer than it did at Florida, he was quick to challenge the premise of the question.
"We're only halfway through the year," he said. "We haven't hit the heights we hit at Florida."
Not yet. Coming off a ground-breaking 35-7 rout of Georgia, the Gamecocks must now go to No. 9 LSU (7 p.m. CDT Saturday, ESPN) and prove it's for real.
"We're only halfway through the year," he said. "We haven't hit the heights we hit at Florida."
Not yet. Coming off a ground-breaking 35-7 rout of Georgia, the Gamecocks must now go to No. 9 LSU (7 p.m. CDT Saturday, ESPN) and prove it's for real.
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Gary Laney
Gary Laney joined ESPN.com in 2012 after spending a year and a half as online sports editor of the Baton Rouge (La.) Advocate. Before that, he covered LSU sports for the Advocate. He has also been the sports editor at the Beaumont (Texas) Enterprise and covered McNeese State athletics for the Lake Charles (La.) American Press. Laney currently lives in Baton Rouge. Email him at glaneyespn@gmail.com