Steve Spurrier stood on the USC practice field on a pleasant Saturday evening and sounded ready to put four weeks' worth of work into play Thursday night against Southern Miss in the season opener. "It wasn’t too hot. Nice little breeze here. Maybe it’ll be like this in about five days," Spurrier said. “So anyway, I’m looking forward to the ballgame and looking forward to practicing a little harder the next couple of days." "There’s always just a little bit more awareness that the game is getting closer. As you know, four weeks is a long time before you play a game. We used to have three weeks to practice, now it’s four," he said. "You have to pace yourself. I’ve seen teams get ready too early and forget to get ready the week of the game." Spurrier, who’s entering his sixth season with a 35-28 record in Columbia, would like nothing more than to finally put USC’s last game behind him. The Gamecocks dropped a 20-7 decision to UConn in the Papajohns.com goal on Jan. 2. He’s confident the fall camp has them prepared to erase the memory of that game. "We haven’t overdone it. Our team will be a ready to play. Southern Miss is a good team, and they believe they’re going to come in here and beat us," he said. "What we have to do is prove we’re a tough, disciplined team. Last time we attempted football at South Carolina, we were not. We were embarrassing. So we’re going to try not to be embarrassing."
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