Our crew of four (Adam Aizer arrived Monday and has been going full speed with us since he landed in Memphis), enjoyed the sights and sounds of an early football's eve in South Carolina.

"Auburn, shoot, they're running the football," said Phillips to one caller. "Tuberville said they were going to pass against Buffalo, and he ran instead. They're going to run and run and run and do what they do best."

Callers were predicting the game cautiously, with most taking the second-ranked Tigers to win.

As a caller gave a 24-10 Tiger prediction, Morgan nodded his head. "That's a pretty good pick," he said.

"Hopefully, we (Carolina) can put on a better show than we did the last time you were here," Morgan said, laughing as he noted the Gamecocks' 18-0 loss to Georgia during our last visit to Gamecock country.

Meanwhile, fans were debating if Auburn could cover the 16 point spread against Carolina, and how many yards Auburn RB Kenny Irons would get during the game. Most were taking Carolna to beat the spread, but just not win the game.

As for Irons, the numbers were quite varied.

"87 yards," said one caller. "He's good, but we'll cover him well."

"I'll take the nice round number of 113," said another caller, to Morgan and Phillip's dismay.

"That number spells likely doom for Carolina," said Morgan. "If Irons gets over 100, we're in big, big trouble."

Somwhat surprising was that the two lowest picks for Irons belonged to Glenn and yours truly. While I thought Irons would get 71 yards, Glenn predicted 42 in a Carolina defensive shutdown. Two thoughts though rang true with Carolina fans and our Carolina radio crew: for the Gamecocks to win, Irons must be stopped, and Carolina has to put up enough points to win a low-scoring game.

Will they do it? That's to be found out tomorrow, as our road crew hits Williams-Brice stadium for what should be another intense game in Columbia!