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Take Two returns with a daily offering tackling an issue in the college football landscape. Rivals.com National Recruiting Analyst Adam Gorney lays out the situation and then receives takes from Rivals.com National Recruiting Director Mike Farrell and an expert from the Rivals.com network of team sites or a regional analyst.

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With five-star Arik Gilbert being moved to the tight end position, that means Cartavious Bigsby moves to the No. 1 spot in the athlete rankings, and it’s definitely warranted since so many teams are still chasing him and he's such an asset all over the offense.

One of those teams is South Carolina and things got a whole lot more interesting in the game of dominoes that is recruiting when the Gamecocks landed a commitment from four-star running back MarShawn Lloyd in recent days.

South Carolina has been considered one of the top schools - if not the frontrunner - for Bigsby for some time, and he was back in Columbia this past weekend. The idea remains the same - that the Gamecocks want two running backs in this class and that Lloyd and Bigsby would be the home run.

Georgia could really make this interesting, especially if it starts pressing for the Hoganville (Ga.) Callaway standout, because the Bulldogs were definitely in the Lloyd sweepstakes and they have a lot of high-end running backs they’re pursuing in this class. Bigsby is one of them.

Is South Carolina still the team to beat for Bigsby? Or will another team now swoop in for him after the Gamecocks landed Lloyd’s pledge?

“South Carolina definitely wants two running backs in the class. If they could have their way, it would be Lloyd and Bigsby. Those are the two they want more than any others.

“The weekend was huge as far as seeing if South Carolina is still in the pole position. I feel like the Gamecocks are, and they feel pretty good about it. They’ve been the favorite for some time, but now the questions become: When does Bigsby actually make a decision? And what happens if it drags out?

“Another interesting side of this is that Georgia thought it was getting Lloyd. Does that in turn make Georgia turn up the heat on Bigsby and make it a little more difficult on South Carolina because - for the most part - Georgia has slow-played Bigsby a bit? Does that potentially change their thought process at the position, too?”

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“South Carolina is still very much in the mix here. That’s the school where I always thought he’d end up. Bigsby started to trend toward South Carolina, which makes things more interesting, and I’m not sure if Georgia will move its focus to him because the Bulldogs are still in it with some other very talented running backs and they could probably pull Kendall Milton or Zachary Evans. It wouldn’t surprise me.

“South Carolina would love to have those two as their running backs. He’s a powerful kid who plays a little bit of receiver and he has the ability to catch the football, has the ability to line up wide, ability to line up in the slot and he’s very, very physical and hard to tackle. He’s a little bit raw when you compare him to Lloyd, as far as vision is concerned. They would be a tremendous combination. Georgia is a threat, but I still think South Carolina leads for Bigsby.”