![]() ![]() A lot of that has to do with former Oklahoma quarterback Spencer Rattler’s decision to transfer to South Carolina. South Carolina: There is plenty of excitement about the program moving forward. The defense needs major improvements and offensive line is in need of upgrades as well. North Carolina: The Tar Heels started the season ranked 10th in the country and finished the year with a losing record, so it’s hard to describe this season as anything but a major disappointment. But to go into the offseason with so much momentum is huge.” “But I understand we have to be more consistent. “This is a great statement about where we are,” Beamer said. ![]() This is the first time since 2018 the Gamecocks have finished the season with a winning record. Winning seven games was an encouraging sign that Beamer may finally have this once-proud program headed in the right direction. South Carolina: The Gamecocks posted wins over Florida and Auburn this season in what was expected to be down season and now added a bowl win to the resume. The Tar Heels cut the lead to 11 midway through the third quarter on a double-reverse flea flicker, with Howell finding a wide-open Garrett Walston for a 37-yard touchdown.īut South’s Carolina’s offense proved too much for a porous North Carolina defense as the Gamecocks racked up 543 yards on offense. Howell, a projected first-round pick in the NFL draft, made several impressive throws with his strong, accurate arm.īut the junior quarterback spent most of the game under heavy duress playing behind an offensive line that struggled most of the season. Said Beamer: “We had a plan for how we are going to win the game, but even I didn’t anticipate it going that well.” “They ran it, we didn’t.”īeamer said South Carolina had a 50-play live scrimmage leading up the game. “You’re not going to win football games like that,” Brown said. South Carolina rushed for 301 yards, despite Tar Heels coach Mack Brown saying North Carolina’s game plan was to stop the run. … We just wanted to give them something else to defend.” “The element of making them defend the quarterback run was big,” Beamer said. Noland was 3-of-6 passing for 82 yards as the Gamecocks went nearly three quarters before their first incomplete pass.īeamer said in hindsight he should have used Joyner more at quarterback earlier in the season. Joyner, who was named the game’s Most Valuable Player, finished 9-of-9 passing for 160 yards and also ran for 64 yards. Joyner came into the game having attempted only one pass this season and 31 in his college career.īut the element of surprise proved effective on the Gamecocks’ first possession, when Joyner hit the 6-foot-3, 232-pound Bell in stride down the middle of the field. South Carolina rotated Joyner and Noland under center, and both were effective. Sam Howell threw for 205 yards and a touchdown for the Tar Heels (6-7), and reserve running back British Brooks had a bowl record 63-yard touchdown run for the Tar Heels. Juju McDowell added a 35-yard TD run in the second quarter as South Carolina averaged 11.6 yards per play while opening a 25-13 lead in the first half. ![]()
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