Spurrier said Shaw has been a quick study since graduating high school early and enrolling at USC in January."Connor's one of these guys that tries to learn everything there is to learn. He's ready to play right now, and he's only been here three or four months," Spurrier said. "Some of our guys have been here two years and don't know anything."
Spurrier has made it clear he expects more this year from Garcia, a redshirt junior who was the SEC's second-leading passer in 2009 behind Ryan Mallett of Arkansas. Spurrier said Garcia took too many sacks - the 37 allowed by the Gamecocks tied LSU for most in the SEC - and failed to keep his focus every play.
But Spurrier's biggest push with Garcia is to get the right-hander to improve his commitment level.
Garcia has been at his parents' home in Lutz, Fla., since the semester ended. He has been working out at his former high school and will return to Columbia at the end of the month for the start of summer school and the team's voluntary passing drills.
"We're hoping Stephen Garcia will have a good summer," Spurrier said. "We give our guys a plan to follow through the summer. Hopefully this year, he'll follow it. He hasn't followed it very well other years."
But Spurrier is not putting all of the weight of the 2010 season on Garcia's shoulders. He mentioned three other areas in need of improvement: the offensive line, special teams and the ability to come up with defensive takeaways and scores.
Spurrier is working with his third offensive line coach in as many years after John Hunt was let go after four seasons and his replacement, Eric Wolford, left after one season to become the head coach at Youngstown State.
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