Chambers and Other Bright Spots From the Martin Game

Here are a few bright spots from the Martin game:

*Gabriel Chambers. Making his much anticipated debut, Chambers had kick returns of 42, 24 and 38 yards. He was one broken tackle away from taking at least one of those for a touchdown.

*Rashad Smith. Smith, a linebacker from Florida, must play a more prominent role for the Gamecocks. He had a good start Thursday with nine tackles.

*Texas Garrott and Marquis George. These two defensive ends made several solo tackles and tackles for loss.

*JSU's second half offense. After doing nothing for most of the game, the Gamecocks had three straight 50 yard plus drives. Perhaps that indicates that the offensive line was meshing together late in the game.

*Conversely, after allowing UTM a td to open the second half, the Gamecock defense held the Skyhawks to two field goals on their next seven possessions. Most of those possessions were relatively short. The Gamecocks gave some yards up on the last drive, but presumably were attempting to make UTM burn clock.