So, with all of the news coming out about S. Garcia, it turns out he failed his drug test on October 4th.
That was the Tuesday before the UK game. At that point the decision was made to start C. Shaw and open the playbook. Let him play, see what happens, and go from there.
300+ passing yards and several TD's later, it was decided that the best thing to do would be to release the oft-suspended Garcia. But not before the OBC's Tuesday news conference.
The news conference which didn't start until Spurrier got everyone's attention with the words, "There is something I've got to get off my chest". And he proceeded to call out and copnfront a news reporter about a story he'd written 6 months earlier. The fact is, Spurrier waqas pissed off as hell about that article claiming he poached a B-Ball player to play football, bujt kept it in his pocket until his TEAM needed it. And that time was now.
When the star WR has to face reporters this week the question will more likely be, "What is your opinion of Coach Spurrier and his confrontation with Ron Morris?", than "What is your opinion about S. Garcia?" At the very least, they will get equal attention. The first is easy to address - "We stand behindCoach, whatever he decides to say". And when they ask about Garcia, it's much easier to deflect, since there was other matters to discuss.
It was a masterful job of using the media to defeat their own agenda. And gamblers are falling for the trick too. It isn't as though this USC team is coming into this week's gfame banged up or in trouble. Yet if you read stories, it's a "program in trouble". This is what is known in political ciircles as a Manufactured Crisis.
In fact, this USC team couldn't be coming into this weeks game any better. They are healthy, with at least one key player returning after injury, a new QB who excecuted the Spurrier offense better than anyone in years, against an MSU team that absolutely is on the way down.
And yet you can see the line drop, and worry begin to surface about USC's chances this week. Forget it! It's a fascade. A farce. An act.
This team is playing excellent defense, and Shaw represents the first chance to really open up the playbook offensively. Yes, they go on the road, but against an MSU team that has NEVER lived up to any expectations this year. They are a team that allowed a 17 year-old true frosh to pass on them all night long and take them into OT as a 19 point-dog (La. Tech). They are a team that Georgia toyed with from the opening gun two weeks ago. The same Georgia team that USC beat in Week 2.
The opening line in this game at Wynn was 4.5. After 20 minutes it moved to 5. When the offshores opened, they were at 5.5. And it stayed there for hours. Then some whispers came out about Garcia, and just as hoped, the line began to drop. Currently it can be had at 2.5 at some shops. Without a doubt the sharps will wait until it has reached it's lowest point, probably 2, and then swoop in for the easy money.
There is no way that USC, in this first of 3 pivotal SEC road games, drops this game to an 0-3 (in the SEC) MSU. Mississippi is ordinary running, and has been lackluster throwing, that is until they brought in their soph back up against 0-4 UAB when the 18 point favorite led only 3-0 early 2H.
USC wins this game handily and without resistance. It will be an easy cover, as USC has goals higher than a .500 record (unline MSU). They intend on facing LASU/Alabama in the SEC Championship, and Spurrier has tricked the public into thinking they are a program in crisis.
Genius.
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