South Carolina football

For head coach Jimbo Fisher and the Aggies, wins have been surprisingly hard to come by in 2022. Luckily, their Week 8 opponent is one they have plenty of ...

South Carolina 17, Texas A&M 0 (Q1 9:51). South Carolina 7, Texas A&M 0 (Q1 14:46). Likewise, South Carolina (4-2, 1-2) is coming off a bye week. The Aggies (3-3, 1-2 in SEC) are coming off a bye week and have had more than a week to recover from its 24-20 loss to Alabama. Texas A&M will continue its SEC slate on Saturday when the Aggies face South Carolina at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, S.C., at 6:30 p.m. A&M is 8-0 all time against the Gamecocks, and they need to keep that streak alive to avoid dropping below .500.

The Aggies are on the road again on Saturday and play against USC at 7:30 p.m. ET Oct. 22 at Williams-Brice Stadium. A&M might have the Gamecocks circled on ...

A pair of defensive stats to keep in the back of your head while watching: A&M ranks third in the nation when it comes to rushing touchdowns allowed, with only three on the season. This next contest is expected to be close, with the Aggies going off at just a 3-point favorite. It was a group effort with five guys contributing. No one had a standout game offensively for A&M, but they got scores from WR The Aggies are on the road again on Saturday and play against USC at 7:30 p.m. The Texas A&M Aggies and the South Carolina Gamecocks have had some time off and are no doubt ready to hit the field.

The USC Gamecocks and TAMU Aggies face off in a college football game at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, SC. What's the score right now?

The over-under for points scored in the game is 44.5 - Sept. It’s second-longest kickoff return in Gamecocks history, dating back to Sterling Sharpe’s 104-yard return. The momentum is squarely on USC’s side to start the game. Another Texas A&M mistake opened the door for the Gamecocks to score. After their first two drives of the game ended with turnovers, the Aggies finally put together a sustained offensive drive for eight plays and 41 yards. USC halfback Juju McDowell fumbled to set up an Aggies field goal. After getting off to a 17-0 start — thanks in large part to defense and special teams — the Gamecocks haven’t been able to sustain momentum. Running back MarShawn Lloyd ran for an 18-yard touchdown to give the Gamecocks a 24-14 lead with the third quarter winding down. Running back Devon Achane ran up the middle 15 yards to cut the deficit to 24-21. Saturday, with the game televised on SEC Network. The Gamecocks took advantage of a shanked punt on the second three-and-out to set up a scoring drive.

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Meanwhile, Texas A&M has performed a bit below average in that department. In contrast, I don’t think this Texas A&M team has been downgraded enough. 52.4% (74) However, a two-week break against Charlotte and South Carolina State allowed the Gamecocks to get much healthier (on offense too). 48.6% (93) 26.9 (76) 28.4 (101) If you remove two non-offensive touchdowns and another score in garbage time, Texas A&M has averaged only 16.8 offensive points per game against its five FBS opponents. Their three wins came against an FCS school and two Power Five clubs in Miami (FL) and Arkansas. Or will Texas A&M improve to 9-0 all-time against the Gamecocks with its ninth straight victory in the past nine years? Rattler has thrown three fewer touchdowns than interceptions (5-8) and ranks 100th in QBR. [DraftKings](https://www.actionnetwork.com/online-sports-betting/reviews/draftkings).

The South Carolina Gamecocks host the Texas A&M Aggies in SEC football 2022 action Saturday, October 22, at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, ...

... The Gamecocks have scored at least 30 points in four of six games after reaching that total in just three of 13 games in 2021. ... Texas A&M is 28-4 when scoring first under coach Jimbo Fisher and 26-0 in that span when leading after the first quarter. Texas A&M is 3-3 overall, 1-2 in the SEC this season, while South Carolina is 4-2, 1-2. South Carolina: RB MarShawn Lloyd is finally running like the highly regarded back he was expected to be when he arrived in 2020. He’s ninth in the country with two forced fumbles. The Aggies are second in SEC pass defense, allowing only 175 yards per game. ... The Aggies have forced eight fumbles, which ranks ninth in the country. ... The winner of this game receives the Bonham Trophy, an award named after Alamo fighter James Butler Bonham who was a South Carolina graduate. SEC Network will broadcast the game nationally. The Gamecocks also are seeking their first-ever win against Texas A&M. The game Rattler has been up and down but is still averaging 227 yards per game through the air.

What a start from the South Carolina Gamecocks! Speedy returner Xavier Leggette was not going to be denied on the first play of the game vs. Texas A&M.

The Gamecocks are looking to lock up a postseason bowl appearance with a win Saturday followed by one of Missouri, Vanderbilt and Florida. He made a house call, returning the opening kickoff 100-yards for 6. Speedy returner Xavier Legette was not going to be denied on the first play of the game vs.

South Carolina has offered senior riser quarterback LaNorris Sellers of South Florence.

Bradford, who is the seventh-ranked quarterback prospect in the 2024 class, is expected to visit USC Saturday night for the Gamecocks home game against Texas A&M. South Carolina also remains interested in four-star Jaylen Bradford, a former Chapin quarterback who is now at IMG Academy for 2024. [Robert Anae](//247sports.com/Coach/Robert-Anae-786), who was Virginia’s offensive coordinator under Mendenhall, then joined Dino Babers’ staff at Syracuse and Sellers followed him there with a commitment to the Orange, who are undefeated heading into their showdown with Clemson. He has been selected to the Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas and is in the hunt for all-state honors. Daniels is originally from San Diego, Calif., and has the same personal quarterbacks coach as Rattler. [Bronco Mendenhall](//247sports.com/Coach/Bronco-Mendenhall-784) decided to take a break from the profession last offseason.

South Carolina football is making a late run at one of the state's top quarterback prospects. The Gamecocks offered South Florence High School senior quarterback LaNorris Sellers on Saturday. South Carolina coaches have had their eyes on the Class of ...

The game was called in the third quarter after a fight in the stands. Sellers’ performance came a week after he threw for 426 yards and eight touchdowns and rushed for another in a 63-0 win over Wilson on Oct. 1 in Class 4A. He then chose Syracuse in March. The “It’s been talked about for a while now and it finally happened.

Spencer Rattler and the USC Gamecocks go for college win over the TAMU Aggies at Williams-Brice in Columbia, SC. Here's the score, stats.

But with King sidelined due to injury and freshman Connor Weigman guiding A&M’s offense, head coach Jimbo Fisher’s squad couldn’t find the final counterpunch. The mayhem compounded one possession later when a snap ricocheted off King’s knee and landed in the hands of Gamecocks defensive lineman Tonka Hemingway. Yet as it did two weeks ago at Kentucky, South Carolina’s offense slogged through the opening 30 minutes of competition. Texas A&M quarterback Haynes King followed, starting A&M’s early offensive ineptitude when he slung his fourth pass of the day into the hands of South Carolina cornerback Darius Rush’s outstretched arms. Xavier Legette glanced to his left, dipped up the Texas A&M sideline and hit the gas. It wasn’t pretty.

Stating the obvious in saying, "We can't start off on the road like that," Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher and the Aggies lost to South Carolina on Saturday ...

[Haynes King](https://www.espn.com/college-football/player/_/id/4428993/haynes-king) was 17-of-32 passing for 178 yards, with a touchdown and an interception before leaving with an injury in the fourth quarter. [MarShawn Lloyd](https://www.espn.com/college-football/player/_/id/4429023/marshawn-lloyd) ran 18 times for 92 yards and had both of South Carolina's touchdowns in the second half to keep Texas A&M from climbing back into it. ... We just have to be more consistent with what we're trying to do." "We just have to keep our poise and go play," Fisher said. After that, the Aggies need two victories out of four games -- Ole Miss, Florida, at Auburn and at LSU. "We battled back, we played really good, we had some consistency," Fisher said.

South Carolina football nearly squandered a 17-0 lead in the first quarter, but held on to beat Texas A&M 30-24 for the first time in program history.

It was the second game in a row where South Carolina has faced a first-year quarterback after beating Kentucky with redshirt freshman Kaiya Sheron instead of Will Levis. Running back Juju McDowell fumbled on the South Carolina 29-yard line in the first quarter which resulted in a Texas A&M field goal. There were some questions early in the week as to who would start at quarterback for Texas A&M with presumed starter Haynes King recovering from an injury sustained before the open week. South Carolina also had difficulty getting the run game going, which was key in all of its three previous wins. The Gamecocks (5-2, 2-2 SEC) started the game against A&M (3-4, 1-3) on a spectacular 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown by Xavier Legette, but they struggled to get points after that. After taking the early 17-0 lead, the offense couldn't even get into field goal range on a full drive.

MarShawn Lloyd rushed for 92 yards and a pair of touchdowns, and host South Carolina held on for a 30-24 victory over Texas A&M in SEC action Saturday n.

Xavier Legette returned the opening kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown, Darius Rush’s 59-yard interception return led to a field goal, and Tonka Hemingway’s 20-yard run after a fumble recovery set up Christian Beal-Smith’s 5-yard touchdown run. But the Aggies began chipping away at their early deficit. They needed it as the Aggies recovered an onsides kick after Randy Bond’s third field goal with 10 seconds left.

Did South Carolina win? Shane Beamer, the Gamecocks and Shane Beamer got the win over Jimbo Fisher and the Texas A&M Aggies.

The Delaware product has been a workhorse for the Gamecocks this fall, and he’s on a tear. He’s not a Heisman contender or anything like that, but the better Lloyd had been, the better South Carolina has performed. Yes, it needs to improve. Saturday was no exception, as the Gamecocks raced out to a 17-0 lead in the game’s opening minutes only to narrowly hold on for dear life. Yes, South Carolina’s offense was bad on Saturday. That’s after racing for 359 yards and five touchdowns in the three games leading into the weekend. The offensive line is experienced.. I’ll grant that Texas A&M is a more talented defense than it appears statistically. Instead, the Gamecocks were sluggish offensively and the Aggies hung around. South Carolina was all over a Texas A&M team that has been a shell of the version of itself that was considered a possible College Football Playoff contender at season’s start. South Carolina’s start was something (more on that in a second). This week was the complete opposite.

The USC Gamecocks are almost bowl eligible in 2022 after Shane Beamer's team beat the Texas A&M Aggies at Williams-Brice Stadium.

Lloyd ran for 81 of his 92 yards in the second half. A fourth-quarter field goal and a recovered onside kick made the ending nervier than it ever should have been in the first place. “I didn’t know it was going to be on the very first play of the game.” Even the victory over Texas A&M will draw asterisks as the once-hyped Aggies seem destined for a 6-6 season or worse. There was the lofted interception South Carolina defensive back Darius Rush returned to the Aggie 5-yard line on King’s first possession of the night. We’re here to compete with anyone and we’re just going to just keep getting better and better each week.” It cut the Gamecocks lead to three with 27 seconds remaining in the third quarter. As an encore, South Carolina’s defense made Texas A&M quarterback Haynes King look closer to the version of himself that was benched two games into the 2022 season in favor of the since-injured Max Johnson. Beamer has maligned his team’s slow starts over the last year-plus. If there’s any constant with USC under the Beamer regime, it’s that the Gamecocks are exasperatingly imperfect. South Carolina over the last two years has looked downright dominant in wins over Florida, North Carolina and even Kentucky. It’s also been run off the field by Georgia (twice), Tennessee and even by the Texas A&M team it beat on Saturday.

Legendary Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer was in attendance to watch his son, South Carolina coach Shane Beamer, get a historic win over Texas A&M.

"After the team meeting last night I told (special teams coordinator) Pete (Lembo), we're going to make a big play on special teams, and it's gonna be the difference in this game tomorrow," Shane said. It's a really, really special group of kids in that locker room." 18 Kentucky](https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/sports/college/usc/2022/10/09/how-spencer-rattler-shane-beamer-got-redemption-for-south-carolina/69531506007/) 24-14. Midway through his second season in Columbia, Shane is 12-8 and has won five times as an underdog — twice in the last two weeks. That was a long, stressful night, but I'm really happy," Shane said. Saturday's [win against the Aggies](https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/sports/college/usc/2022/10/23/south-carolina-football-beats-texas-am-30-24-first-win-over-aggies/69563697007/) (3-4, 1-3) was significant beyond being the team's first — it also extended South Carolina's win streak to four games, the longest it has been since 2013. "We want to (play special teams) because we know there are three phases of the game. Frank was also known for "Beamer Ball," the nickname coined for his Hokies teams' emphasis on special teams and defense. Punter Kai Kroeger was one of the team's stars against the Aggies with two punts inside the 6-yard line and three of six punts traveling more than 50 yards. It may be too early in Shane's head coaching tenure to draw comparisons to his father's legendary career, but the Gamecocks coach has already had a more successful start than Frank did in his first years at Virginia Tech. The Gamecocks had a 17-0 lead before the offense ever completed a drive. "It was a just a little over a month ago I sat in here after the Georgia game and got asked did I sense any quit in this football team," Shane said.

The Texas A&M Aggies are heading in the wrong direction. On Saturday night, Jimbo Fisher and the Aggies suffered their third consecutive loss, falling 30-24 ...

7 Ole Miss Rebels in College Station next Saturday, followed by matchups with the Florida Gators, and a road matchup against the Auburn Tigers. [Click Here to Subscribe to the All Aggies Newsletter](https://www.si.com/fn/newsletters) What's even more frustrating for Fisher and Co.? Want to see the Aggies in action? [South Carolina, and dropping to 3-4 on the season](https://www.si.com/college/tamu/football/texas-a-m-aggies-vs-south-carolina-gamecocks-live-in-game-updates). The Texas A&M Aggies are heading in the wrong direction.

South Carolina struggled throughout the game, but their program culture allowed them to defeat Texas A&M.

[Final Injury Report For Texas A&M](https://www.si.com/college/southcarolina/football/final-injury-report-for-south-carolina-vs-texas-a-m) [Betting Movement Continues For South Carolina vs. Texas A&M](https://www.si.com/college/southcarolina/football/bold-predictions-south-carolina-vs-texas-a-m) That's good enough for now, but this direction will eventually take them into a new domain. Football is a bottom-line sport, and the Gamecocks handled business. Texas A&M had six false start penalties, all caused by the overwhelming noise in the stadium. The play calling and results reflect as much; they play aggressively on both sides of the ball, no matter the circumstances.