2011 NCAA First Round Playoff-South Carolina-34, Kansas State-13

Manhattan, KS-The South Carolina/Kansas State game posed a serious question; should I use a player who is injured in real life as if they were healthy in this game? After careful consideration, I decided to not take real life injuries into account for this (or any other) simulation. South Carolina's star RB Marcus Lattimore injured himself during the Gamecocks' 2011 season, but he was a part of lifting the team to a #9 finish in the BCS standings, so I decided he, or any other injured player in real life, would be able to be healthy on THPF in any simulation.

South Carolina wound up getting 122 yards from Lattimore and 110 more from Brandon Wilds as the Gamecocks won the battle up front and became the 2nd SEC team to qualify for the Quarterfinals. The Gamecocks defense held Kansas State to 172 yards for the game, and Lattimore did the rest. He scored on runs of 7, 9, and 31 yards to help South Carolina pull away in the second half.

South Carolina Gamecocks........(11-2)-0-10-10-14-34
Kansas State Wildcats.............(10-3)-10-0-0-3-13

KSU-Cantele 50 FG
KSU-Klein 6 run (Cantele Kick)
USC-Sanders 16 pass from Shaw (Wooten Kick)
USC-Wooten 24 FG
USC-Wooten 38 FG
USC-Lattimore 7 run (Wooten Kick)
KSU-Cantele 34 FG
USC-Lattimore 9 run (Wooten Kick)
USC-Lattimore 31 run (Wooten Kick)

Rushing (season totals in parentheses)
USC-Lattimore-26-122-3 (189-940-13), Wilds-13-110-0 (120-596-3), Shaw-15-22-0 (131-505-7)
KSU-Klein-34-66-1 (327-1165-27), Hubert-21-63-0 (209-996-3), Pease-8-31-0 (42-175-2), Rose-7-4-0 (16-39-0)

Passing
USC-Shaw-16-11-109-1-0 (187-123-1327-13-6)
KSU-Klein-5-1-8-0-0 (256-146-1753-12-5)

Receiving
USC-Jeffery-3-30-0 (48-644-7), Sanders-2-28-1 (28-366-3), Miles-2-15-0 (8-76-0), Jones-1-15-0 (13-158-1), Wilds-1-12-0 (16-148-0), Ellington-1-7-0 (18-218-1), Lattimore-1-2-0 (20-184-1)
KSU-McDonald-1-8-0 (9-141-0)