And if you want to keep believing after the No. 7 train leaves the station, college football is where dreams will be made and broken for the next two months.

Holtz's legend for turning losing programs into Bowl teams is safe in South Carolina.

He has taken over losing programs at William & Mary, North Carolina State, Arkansas, Minnesota, Notre Dame, and now at South Carolina and turned them into Bowl teams by the end of his second season every time.

No one believed he could do it again after leading the Gamecocks to a 0-11 record in his first season as coach. But he did the impossible.

No. 18 South Carolina (7-1, 5-1 SEC) ended the dreaded "chicken curse" with a 31-0 opening day romp, and upset both No. 13 Georgia, then ranked ninth, and No. 21 Mississippi State on its way to a 4-0 start to the season.

It doesn't get any easier for Holtz and co. down the home stretch, however, because South Carolina has the toughest remaining schedule next to Florida and Nebraska.

The Gamecocks play Tennessee, No. 7 Florida, and No. 4 Clemson before a potential rematch with Mississippi State in the SEC Championship game.

It sounds like a hard gauntlet to run, but the good news is South Carolina doesn't have to go 4-0 to earn a spot in the Sugar Bowl. A 2-2 might be good enough as long as the Gamecocks pick and choose which games to win and lose.