... Gamecocks a legitimate contender to challenge Florida for the SEC East in 2010.  

Their schedule isn't an easy one; it's an SEC schedule.  While there are a few games that should be nice changes of pace, with the exception of Furman on September 18, and Vanderbilt on October 23, the Gamecocks play bowl teams from 2009.

The Gamecocks will again open up on a Thursday night, against Southern Miss, which should be a pretty good way to gauge the Gamecocks in their first, and while it isn't close to a cupcake game, they'd better use it to prepare.  Following that Thursday game, rival Georgia comes calling on Saturday.

The Gamecocks should win both games.  Georgia is hungry and stinging from last season's "disappo...

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