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ENGL 102
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To what extent have the USC Gamecocks improved since Will Muschamp took over as their head coach?
Moriarty, Morgan. “Tennessee is Now 0-5 Against Will Muschamp.” SB Nation. Vox Media, 29 Oct. 2016. Web. 31 Oct. 2016.
1. blog post
2. informative
3. Key Information:
· South Carolina never trailed the Vols at any point during the game
· Muschamp’s record against the entire SEC remains 14-19
· South Carolina hasn’t beaten the Vols since 2012
· The opening line: “Remember when we were laughing at South Carolina for hiring Will Muschamp? Well his Gamecocks just upset No. 18 Tennessee, 24-21!”
4. Moriarty highlights the fact that the Gamecocks’ recent victory over Tennessee marks Will Muschamp’s 5th straight win against the Vols. Although four of these wins, as Moriarty points out, came during Muschamp’s time as the head coach of Florida, it is a record that Gamecock fans can find comfort in. While this loss has been detrimental to the Vols’ hopes for capturing the SEC East title, Moriarty sees it as a pivotal moment signaling a bright future for Will Muschamp’s South Carolina Gamecocks.
5. Morgan Moriarty has written numerous football-related blog posts/articles for SB Nation, which is a blog-based website that caters to sports fans by creating online sports communities for various teams. Moriarty’s blog posts cover a wide range of NCAA football teams including Clemson and Florida State, therefore it unlikely that she is writing from the biased perspective of a Gamecock Nation faithful. On the other hand, because SB Nation operates as a blog website, there is a chance for statistical errors or inaccuracies.
6. There are no page numbers for this online blog. An in-text citation would be: (Moriarty)
To what extent have the USC Gamecocks improved since Will Muschamp took over as head coach?
Kendall, Josh. “How the Gamecocks Went from Downtrodden to Favorites in a Matter of Days.” The State [Columbia, SC], 31 Oct. 2016. Web. 1 Nov. 2016.
1. newspaper article
2. informative
3. Key information:
· Gamecocks are currently favored over Missouri by 7 points
· Kendall points out that the team had always believed it would make it to a bowl game, but, as he notes, “The difference this week is other people are actually saying it’s a possibility.”
· Kendall points out that coaches usually praise losing teams for the things they did right, whereas they are usually much more critical when the team is winning. He urges us to watch Will Muschamp closely this week, and “If he believes the Gamecocks are good enough, or now have the potential to be good enough, he can turn from Back Patter to Behind Chewer, that’s probably a good sign.”
4. Kendall examines how USC’s recent win over Tennessee changed the trajectory of the season for the Gamecocks by giving them an opportunity to make it to a bowl game. Kendall points to the fact that the Gamecocks are now favored to beat Missouri this weekend, a win that should be followed by a victory against East Carolina, therefore giving the Gamecocks the winning record necessary to become bowl eligible. As the author notes, CBS Sports has already predicted that USC will make it to the Texas Bowl where they are projected to play Oklahoma State. This is, according to Kendall, a remarkable feat given the fact that the first half of this season had looked very similar to the one that USC endured last year.
5. Josh Kendall is one of the two main sports writers for The State, which is Columbia, South Carolina’s local newspaper. He covers USC athletics, particularly football, and has no evident bias. The article is fairly recent taking into account the recent win over Tennessee and it targets a local audience that includes many Gamecock fans.
6. This article does not have page numbers, so an in-text citation would be: (Kendall).
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