Tennessee Volunteers players and South Carolina Gamecocks players check on injured South Carolina Gamecocks running back Marcus Lattimore. (Jeff Blake-US PRESSWIRE)
PETE IACOBELLI
AP Sports Writer
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina running back Kenny Miles sees the same desire, the same drive, the same focus from the Gamecocks, even with tailback Marcus Lattimore on the sidelines.
The 11th-ranked Gamecocks (7-2, 5-2 Southeastern Conference) have a much-needed week off before closing out league play at home against Arkansas on Nov. 10.
Miles, a senior, will start in place of Lattimore, the star tailback who was lost for the season after a gruesome knee injury last week against Tennessee.
Losing a leader and team captain like Lattimore is a blow, Miles said. But the Gamecocks have made it through this storm before, going 5-1 after Lattimore tore a ligament in his left knee midway through the 2011 season.