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COLUMBIA, S.C. -- In a career of special moments, Steve Spurrier added another one in South Carolinas victory over fifth-ranked Georgia. And there may be some even bigger ones ahead for the Gamecocks and their ball coach. Connor Shaw threw two touchdown passes and ran for another, Ace Sanders had a dazzling 70-yard punt return touchdown and No. 6 South Carolinas defence dominated fifth-ranked Georgia in a 35-7 victory Saturday night. "If we play like this, maybe we have a chance for a real big year," Spurrier said. "Maybe." Spurriers caution is well placed. After all, this is the Southeastern Conference. The Gamecocks (6-0, 4-0 SEC) head to angry LSU, the defending league champions who lost for the first time earlier Saturday, next week night, then go to Florida -- the undefeated Gators beat LSU -- for a game that should decide the Eastern Division. South Carolina sure looks ready for the challenge. "We definitely sent a message out to the whole country," Gamecocks tailback Marcus Lattimore said. "Its not the old South Carolina. We can play with yall. We can play with anybody." The Gamecocks their school-record 10th straight game with a performance that marked certainly marked them an Eastern Division front-runner -- and maybe showed theyre capable of even more. "This was a special one," said Spurrier, who has a national title on his impressive resume from his time with Florida. "It really was." South Carolina grounded "Gurshall," holding Georgias stellar freshmen Todd Gurley and Keith Marshall to 76 yards combined. The Bulldogs (5-1, 3-1) finished with 224 yards, less than half their seasons average coming in. "First of all, the bad news is we took a whipping. The good news is we all took it together. It was a team loss," Georgia coach Mark Richt said. Lattimore ended with 109 yards and a touchdown, the third straight time hes gone past the century mark on the Bulldogs. Coincidence the Gamecocks have posted their first-ever three game win streak in the series that began in 1894? The Gamecocks 10th straight victory surpasses a school best set with their 9-0 start in 1984. That team reached No. 2 in the country and were poised for the top spot when No. 1 Nebraska lost, but South Carolina fell to Navy to lose perhaps its best-ever shot at a national champion. This South Carolina team showed the brand of championship defence usually found on the SECs best teams. Georgia came in with a league-leading 48.2 points and 536 yards a game of offence -- and where shut down by the Gamecocks. Gurley and Marshall kept pounding the line to little effect, held scoreless after combining for 294 yards and five TDs in last weeks win over Tennessee. Aaron Murray was 11 of 31 for 109 yards. He was sacked twice and threw one interception. The game figured to be a matchup of Georgias explosive offence against South Carolinas impenetrable D. The Gamecocks showed early it was no contest, holding the Bulldogs to just 111 yards of offence in the first half and taking control of the game. South Carolinas offence set the tone at first, Spurrier once again showing there are few better at calling plays. Damiere Byrd outfought Georgias Bacarri Rambo for a 42-yard catch on the games second snap. Two plays later, Shaw hit a wide-open Bruce Ellington for a 20-yard TD catch that sent the record crowd of 85,199 into a frenzy. They had more to celebrate moments later when Kelcy Quarles tipped Murrays pass high in the air and safety DeVonte Holloman made a diving interception. Shaw cashed in again for the Gamecocks, ending a 69-yard sequence when tight end Rory Anderson came open in the end zone for a 14-yard touchdown. South Carolina used special teams -- typically a Georgia strength -- to extend the lead a few plays later after a three-and-out by the Bulldogs. Sanders bobbled the punt, got the ball back, broke several tackles and outrun the punter to the left pylon for a 21-0 lead with less than nine minutes gone. The Gamecocks defence took control after that. Georgia "didnt move it very far when they were out there," Spurrier said with a grin. South Carolina defensive end Jadeveon Clowney sacked Murray for a loss of 6 yards to stall one series. Gurley and Marshall were continually swallowed up for minimal gains. The Bulldogs looked as if theyd found their footing right before halftime, Murray converting three third-down passes to get to the Gamecocks 4. But on fourth-and-goal, Rantavious Wooten was stopped shy of the end zone after catching a short pass by D.J. Swearinger and Shaq Wilson. First-year defensive co-ordinator Lorenzo Ward thought his team could put on a show against the high-powered Bulldogs. "I believe in the young men that I coach every day, I believe in the system that we run and I believe we can play with anybody," he said. The biggest drama of the second half was whether Georgia would leave with its first shutout since a 31-0 loss to Alabama in 1995. Spurrer kept his defensive starters in, yet the Bulldogs drove 75 yards to score on Ken Malcomes 3-yard TD run with 1:55 to go. Malcome finished as the teams top rusher with 45 yards, all on Georgias scoring drive. "We hoped to make a play to change momentum but they never allowed us to," Richt said. Wholesale Nike NFL Jerseys From China . It will be tough to top last seasons unpredictable, breath-taking campaign, capped off by the final day dramatics seeing Manchester City win Englands top flight for the first time in 44 years. Wholesale NFL Jerseys China . It was the final action of the season for the Impact, who played a pair of friendlies in Italy after the end of the Major League Soccer regular season. http://hipstervancouver.com/ . Cushing was hurt in the second quarter of the Texans 23-17 win over the New York Jets on a low block by guard Matt Slauson. Cushing walked off the field on his own, but didnt return. Coach Gary Kubiak said Tuesday that Cushing has a torn anterior cruciate ligament and will need surgery in two to three weeks, after the swelling subsides.LOS ANGELES, Calif. - The Arizona Diamondbacks scored each of their runs in bases-loaded situations. The Los Angeles Dodgers kept putting runners on, and stranding them.That was the difference between Wade Miley and Chad Billingsley on Tuesday night.Miley wiggled out of a couple jams while pitching into the seventh inning and the Diamondbacks snapped the Dodgers five-game winning streak with a 5-1 victory.He just did a great job for us, and thats what we needed tonight, manager Kirk Gibson said. He had 72 strikes out of 102 pitches. He maybe started labouring a little bit later in the game, but it was big for him to get as far as he did for us. Thats how hes been pitching all year. Hes got a great tempo. He throws all of his pitches in any count and uses the whole plate.Miley (4-1) scattered eight hits and walked one in 6 2-3 innings, limiting Los Angeles to just one run on Mark Ellis homer. The 25-year-old left-hander is 3-1 with a 2.35 ERA in five starts since being inserted into the rotation on April 23 to replace Daniel Hudson, who is out with a right shoulder impingement.A win anywhere is a big win right now, Miley said. Weve been scuffling a bit, but tonight we put some runs on the board and kept them at bay. I was just trying to stick with the plan.Miggy (catcher Miguel Montero) called a great game and we didnt get away from the plan. Everything he put down we went with, and I was fortunate that it worked out. He was telling me to keep challenging guys, throwing quality pitches and throwing strikes and let the defence play behind me. I was commanding the fastball early in the count and getting ahead.Ellis finished with three hits in the Dodgers first game since centre fielder Matt Kemp went on the 15-day disabled list because of a left hamstring strain. They still own the best record in baseball at 24-12 and lead San Francisco by six games in the NL West.Billingsley (2-3) threw 77 pitches in four-plus innings and was charged with four runs and eight hits in his 200th regular-season game. The right-hander is 0-3 with a 5.34 ERA in his last five starts, a stretch that began with a 12-0 loss at Houston in which he lasted only 3 1-3 innings.Arizona loaded the bases in the second when Miley reached on a strikeout-wild pitch after a two-out intentional walk to Aaron Hill. Billingsley then walked Gerardo Parra to force in a run, but he minimized the damage by retiring Willie Bloomquist to end the inning.The big reason we jumped out to the lead was Wade hustling after he struck out, Bloomquist said. Thats just a little thing that probably wont show up in the box score, but thats whaat kept that inning going.ddddddddddddThe Diamondbacks opened the fifth with six consecutive singles, including run-scoring hits by Justin Upton and Montero against Billingsley and another RBI single by Jason Kubel against Javy Guerra. But Ryan Roberts grounded into a 5-2-3 double play and Aaron Hill grounded out with a chance to break the game open.We got six hits in a row, and we havent done that in a while, Gibson said. Guys have been loose, even though weve been going through tough times, and tonight we got rewarded with some results.Lyle Overbay drove in Arizonas fifth run with a sacrifice fly in the seventh, again with the bags full. The Diamondbacks came in 6 for 30 in bases-loaded situations.The biggest thing was getting the bases loaded, and guys came through with big hits, Bloomquist said. We were threatening in virtually every inning to score. Not to look at the negative, but if you were trying to be picky, we left a lot of guys on base. The positive is, we had a lot of guys on base. So we were making things happen and we executed a lot better.Dodgers right fielder Andre Ethier, who won his first Gold Glove last year, started in centre for the first time in seven big league seasons — and caught the games first two outs. He also made a diving catch to rob Upton of a hit in the sixth.I kind of laughed to myself after that first pop fly was hit to me, said Ethier, who also started the 2010 All-Star game in centre field and played 90 minor league games at that position between 2004 and 2005.Youve just got to be ready. You cant be saying: Dont hit the ball to me. I was out there wanting to track down stuff and just trying to be aggressive and knowing where my teammates were going to be on certain balls. More than anything, I just wanted to have fun with it out there.NOTES: Scott Van Slyke, the son of former major leaguer Andy Van Slyke, was in the starting lineup for the first time in the big leagues. He played RF and was 0 for 4 while batting third in front of Ethier. ... Dodgers 1988 Cy Young Award winner and World Series MVP Orel Hershiser threw out a ceremonial first pitch on a night when the club handed out Hershiser bobbleheads. His catcher was another Dodgers Cy Young Award winner, Clayton Kershaw. ... The Dodgers wore black caps with an interlocking LA during batting practice as a show of support for the NHLs Kings in Game 2 of the Western Conference finals. The Kings beat the Phoenix Coyotes 4-0 to take a 2-0 series lead back to Staples Center. ... Miley helped fuel the fifth-inning rally with a single and has six hits in 16 at-bats this season. ' ' '