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South Carolina reportedly hires FBS head coach as offensive assistant

South Carolina hires the Georgia State head coach, who had been in charge of the Panthers since 2017, as an offensive assistant.

According to multiple reports, Georgia State head coach Shawn Elliott is expected to be hired as the new tight ends coach at South Carolina.

Elliott has been the head coach of the Panthers program since 2017 and has amassed a combined 41-44 overall record during that span. Across those seven seasons, Elliott led Georgia State to five bowl games, with his best year having been an 8-5 campaign in 2021, as well as their record in bowl games being 4-1.

Elliott now returns to South Carolina where he spent from 2010-16 in a variety of different assistant coaching roles, as well as having served as the interim head coach back in 2015, leading the Gamecocks to a 1-5 record.

South Carolina is coming off a 2023 season in which they finished at 5-7 overall as well as 3-5 in SEC play.

The Gamecocks tight end room will feature the likes of Joshua Simon, Connor Cox, Maurice Brown II, Lukas Vozeh, Nick Elksnis, Reid Mikeska, Brady Hunt, and Will Helmadollar.

Gallery: Clemson tops South Carolina, celebrates at Williams-Brice Stadium

Check out the best photos from Clemson’s road win over South Carolina on Saturday night.

Clemson defeated South Carolina 16-7 at Williams-Brice Stadium on Saturday, and the Tigers understandably were happy to celebrate the rivalry win.

In the nine-point victory, Clemson’s defense was the story of the game, as it held South Carolina to 169 total yards and seven points while forcing two turnovers. While the Tigers’ offense struggled to earn points, the defense came up clutch when it mattered, with true freshman defensive back Khalil Barnes recording both takeaways, including a 42-yard fumble return for a touchdown in the first quarter.

With the win, the Tigers reclaimed the Palmetto Bowl Trophy and moved their all-time record versus the Gamecocks to 73-43-4.

Here are some of the best photos from the game:

Aggies Wire Staff Predictions ahead of Texas A&M vs. South Carolina

Our Staff at Aggies Wire have predicted just how things may shake out during Texas A&M’s Saturday home matchup vs. South Carolina.

Texas A&M (4-3 2-2 SEC) is coming off their bye week after consecutive close losses to Alabama and Tennessee, set to host the struggling South Carolina Gamecocks (2-5, 1-4 SEC) on Saturday afternoon.

Taking center stage week after week, the Aggies floundering offense starts and ends in the trenches, as A&M’s offensive line has continued to digress after solid showings to start SEC play, leaving quarterback Max Johson either on his back or scrambling for his life after every snap.

Looking to show some improvement against a porous Gamecocks secondary and unimpressive pass rush, there’s plenty of improvement to be had, especially in the passing game. Again, with such a talented receiving core led by Evan Stewart, Ainias Smith, Noah Thomas, and Moose Muhammad, there’s no reason the offense should be struggling at this rate.

Ahead of the battle for the Bonham Trophy, we at Aggies Wire have provided several key storylines and five players to watch ahead of the game. At the same time, Our Staff has made our predictions ahead of Saturday’s showdown.

Cameron Ohnysty, Managing Editor: 

“Coming off of their bye week, will Texas A&M’s offensive line finally show some level of improvement? South Carolina may be the cure to the Aggies’ offensive woes. 

While quarterback Max Johnson needs to get the ball out faster, above-average blocking should be enough to reignite the offense and get back to “feeding the studs” in the passing more consistently. While SC quarterback Spencer Rattler is certainly a threat, the Aggies’ 10th-ranked defense, specifically the pass rush (29 sacks), should feast against the Gamecock’s O-line, ranked 132nd in sacks allowed per game (5.0). 

All in all, this should (hopefully) be a much-needed rebound game for the Maroon and White.” 

Final Score Prediction: Texas A&M 28, South Carolina 14

Pete Hernandez, Staff Writer: 

“After two tough back-to-back matchups against SEC behemoths, A&M comes off a much-needed bye week and is greeted with a softer matchup compared to the last two weeks. Simply put, it’s do or die, and the Aggies HAVE to win this game.

Being two-touchdown favorites seems generous, but then again, SC boasts just the 81st-ranked scoring offense and the 114th-ranked scoring defense. Texas A&M needs to show marginal improvement, and they should get a much-welcomed return to the win column.”

Final Score Prediction: Texas A&M 28, South Carolina 17

Jarrett Johnson, Staff Writer: 

“I’m not sure what to think about this team anymore. Every game, they have shown the potential to score at least 30 points but disappear in the second half of games. That could be attributed to several things; however, with the experience the team possesses across the offensive coaching staff, they are still a step behind the elite teams.

Getting back on track, South Carolina is not an impressive team right now. Even though I believe in the concept of “Any Given Saturday,” there is no way in my mind that Bobby Petrino will call an aggressive game, putting his players in the best position to score points.

The defense will handle business as usual, as DJ Durkin has been in his play-calling bag since the Miami game. The defensive line is clogging lanes, keeping the linebackers clean, and helping propel Edgerrin Cooper to an All-SEC type of bounceback halfway through the season. In conclusion, the Aggies will have a lot of yards, and the defense will have a lot of sacks en route to a comfortable victory.”

Final Score Predictions: Texas A&M 30, South Carolina 12

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Shane Beamer likes idea of helmet radios after sign stealing discussion in college football

South Carolina head coach Shane Beamer likes the idea of helmet radios after sign stealing discussion in college football.

Third-year South Carolina head coach Shane Beamer discussed his stance on potentially having radios in helmets on Wednesday’s Southeastern Conference coaches media teleconference.

“I like the idea of it,” Beamer said. “When I first got hired here as the head coach at South Carolina, it was up for discussion. I can remember some of our early head coaches meetings when I got hired in the spring of 2021, it was something that we discussed. Something that I thought was very intriguing. Everybody has technology. You go to high school game, tons of technology. I think I saw where Matt Rhule talking about this yesterday, NFL games, they have technology. For whatever reason, college is a little bit behind. One, making sure that every team, whether you are SEC, Group of Five, Big Ten, Big 12, everybody’s got the same capabilities and policies, making it universal, but I think it would be good.

“Essentially, you’ve got a group of coaches that don’t want it for certain reasons, and then you’ve got a group of coaches that do want it for certain reasons. I know it’s a big topic of discussion this week with sign stealing, or signal stealing, and things like that, but me personally, I like it, would be in favor of it.”

Beamer’s comments come after sign stealing allegations at Michigan.

Connor Stalions, an off-field analyst for Michigan football, is reportedly a person of interest in an investigation of scouting opponents in-person, potentially violating NCAA rules.

ESPN’s Pete Thamel reported that Stalions allegedly purchased tickets to more than 30 games of Michigan’s opponents throughout the past three years.

Photo by Dan Harralson, Vols Wire

South Carolina’s head coach breaks foot in frustration over Florida loss

Florida football did more than break the spirits of the South Carolina Gamecocks in their homecoming game last Saturday.

Florida football did more than break the spirits of the South Carolina Gamecocks in their homecoming game last Saturday. The frustrating defeat also resulted in head coach Shane Beamer breaking his right foot following over the Gators’ 41-39 comeback victory.

On Tuesday, the injury made national headlines as Beamer admitted that he “kicked something I shouldn’t have kicked” after his team fell to 2-4 on the season.

“It hurts like you-know-what, but I gotta show toughness,” Beamer said with a smile. “It’s been one of those years … We’ll be like, faking punts from the 2-yard line on fourth-and-30 because I’ll be loopy if I’m on pain meds, so have to make sure I can fight through with no pain meds.”

However, the skipper was quick to take full accountability for his poor reaction.

“Before anybody starts the narrative that the head football coach is frustrated and lost his poise and all that, no, I care,” Beamer said. “I care about these kids, and I was really upset on Saturday that I didn’t do enough to help them get over the hump to win the football game.”

Athletic director Ray Tanner “died laughing” when Beamer called him to tell him what happened but that does not mean that his temper tantrum was acceptable.

“Like I told the players, I don’t condone it. I’m not saying that it’s OK to kick things after a game goes bad,” Beamer said. “I feel bad as a dad because my kids saw me and were like ‘what the heck.’ So, lesson learned. Stupid on my part.”

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Shane Beamer broke foot kicking something after Florida loss, he says

Shane Beamer kicked something in frustration after the Florida loss on Saturday. Once adrenaline wore off, he realized something was wrong.

South Carolina coach Shane Beamer said Tuesday that he broke his foot after the Florida loss this weekend when he “kicked something (he) shouldn’t have.”

“I was frustrated,” Beamer said. “I thought I was okay, but the adrenaline of the game wore off.”

Beamer said South Carolina athletic director Ray Tanner laughed when he told him about the incident.

The Gamecocks led the Gators by 10 points with five minutes to play on Friday, but Florida led back-to-back touchdown drives, including one buoyed by a huge fourth-down conversion. The Gators scored the game-winning touchdown with less than a minute remaining on the clock.

Beamer said he was frustrated he didn’t do enough to get his team over the hump.

The news of the broken foot comes just days after Beamer’s impassioned postgame press conference when he strongly critiqued his team’s defensive execution down the stretch.

South Carolina fell to 2-4 on the season with the loss. The Gamecocks travel to No. 20 Missouri on Saturday.

 

Shane Beamer recaps South Carolina’s loss at Tennessee

South Carolina head coach Shane Beamer recaps the Gamecocks’ loss at Tennessee.

Tennessee (4-1, 1-1 SEC) defeated South Carolina (2-3, 1-2 SEC), 41-20, Saturday at Neyland Stadium.

South Carolina head coach Shane Beamer recapped the Gamecocks’ loss in Week 5.

“First of all, congratulations to Tennessee,” Beamer said. “They played really, really well. That was an awesome college football environment tonight. They made plays. We are going to look back on this thing, there were a lot of missed opportunities from our standpoint. Third downs and fourth downs that we didn’t convert. When you go 2-of-14 on third down and you go 2-of-5 on fourth down conversions, you make it tough on yourself. We sit there and we have a third down that early, I think on the first drive, run the route the wrong depth. We have a fourth down where the route depth is not where it needs to be. Those are two critical plays in the first half. We faked a punt and we have field position plus territory, get no points out of it. We give up a touchdown the opening drive to start the second half.

“Proud of our players, the way they battled, fourth down and inches and we can’t get six inches on a fourth down. It’s disappointing. Field position was tough all night. Having said that, we cut it to a two-score game with nine minutes left in the game. We allow them to go 75 yards right down the field for a touchdown, which was disappointing. Proud of the effort of our guys, but we did not play well enough to win the game. When you’re on the road in the SEC, you got to capitalize on your opportunities, and we didn’t do a great job of capitalizing on our opportunities tonight.”

PHOTOS: Tennessee defeats South Carolina in dark mode uniforms

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South Carolina’s Juice Wells out Saturday against Miss. St, won’t miss season

The 2022 first-team All-SEC wideout’s foot injury won’t keep him from the rest of the 2023 season, head coach Shane Beamer said Tuesday.

[autotag]South Carolina Gamecocks[/autotag] wide receiver Juice Wells won’t be available this weekend against Mississippi State with a left foot injury, head coach Shane Beamer said Tuesday.

Beamer did say the wideout should return at some point this season after a meeting with a specialist Tuesday morning. Beamer did not specify the nature of the injury any further than Wells’ foot.

The senior caught two passes for 32 yards against Georgia, including the first touchdown of the game, before he left in the first quarter.

Wells caught 68 passes for 928 yards and six touchdowns a season ago, leading the Gamecocks in all three categories on his way to first-team All-SEC selection.

According to the 2-deep depth chart that was released ahead of the Mississippi State game, true freshman Nyck Harbor is listed as his primary backup. Harbor has caught one pass this year for seven yards. That play resulted in a touchdown.

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South Carolina’s Shane Beamer offers high praise of Alabama QB Tyler Buchner

Shane Beamer refers to Tyler Buchner as a ‘gamer’ when asked about him at the 2023 SEC media days.

The 2023 SEC media days have come and gone and that means fall camp will begin in just a couple of weeks for most college football programs.

When Nick Saban and the Alabama football team begin camp, one question will rise above the rest, who will be the Crimson Tide’s starting quarterback? The competition will between Jalen Milroe, Ty Simpson, and Tyler Buchner will most likely keep Tide fans and college football analysts guessing right up until kickoff against Middle Tennesee State on Sept. 2.

On Thursday, South Carolina head coach Shane Beamer was asked about Notre Dame transfer Tyler Buchner since Buchner was the guy who helped the Fighting Irish defeat the Beamer’s Gamecocks in the Taxslayer Gator Bowl 45-38.

Of Buchner Coach Beamer had the following to say:

“Really talented, athletic, gamer. I remember seeing him right after the game – I finished my press conference and he was out in the hallway, getting ready to go in for their press conference. I just told him, ‘Heck of a performance, great respect for you.’ He made some really good throws in that game, as well, and just a guy that you could tell his teammates had great respect for him and rallied around him and certainly a guy they had a lot of confidence in at Notre Dame.”

Buchner put up what I would call an interesting performance against the Gamecocks where he scored five total touchdowns and accounted for 334 total yards but also had three turnovers in the contest.

It’s hard to tell if that was just “coach speak” from Coach Beamer but I do think it’s important to note that Beamer is better known for telling it like it is than being cliche.

We’ll know soon enough just how much of a “gamer” Buchner is as we are now just about six weeks away from kickoff.

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‘They’re certainly ready’: Shane Beamer on the Sooners’ move to the SEC

While Shane Beamer believe Oklahoma is ready for the move, he acknowledged the SEC is a different animal than the Big 12.

One of the many topics at SEC media days is if the Oklahoma Sooners are ready for their new conference when they make the move in 2024.

You heard from Nick Saban, Brian Kelly, and many others who love the new additions to their league.

Another coach who sees issues with the Sooners making the move is former Oklahoma assistant coach and current head coach of the South Carolina Gamecocks, Shane Beamer.

He believes they are “ready” for this move. He spoke about the six straight conference championships they won before winning 11 games in 2021.

But he acknowledged the SEC is a different animal than the Big 12.

“The line of scrimmages are different,” Beamer said. “Beyond the field, just the stadiums. It’s one thing I love about this conference, just the stadiums that you get to go into every single Saturday.”

Beamer relayed that the SEC led the nation in average attendance and that will be a far cry from what the Big 12 can put in the stands.

That will certainly be an adjustment period for the Sooners. The SEC has eight of the 12 largest stadiums in college football. Outside of Oklahoma and the Texas Longhorns, the Big 12 doesn’t have any in the top 25.

“Certainly feel like they’re ready,” the former OU assistant went on to say. “They’ve got great tradition at that place. Certainly excited about going back to Norman in 2024. We got a lot of football to play before then, but that’s a proud program with great leadership under (athletic director) Joe Castiglione. Excited to have OU and Texas in this awesome conference.

Because of last season, it seems like people have forgotten Oklahoma is one of the “blue bloods” of college football.

Typically those programs don’t get knocked down for long. We’ve seen it with recruiting. Oklahoma had a top-five class in 2023 and is on an absolute hot streak right now in the 2024 cycle.

Now, all that’s left is for Brent Venables to prove the Sooners can have as much success on the field as they’ve had off of it. That will determine how successful Oklahoma is in the SEC.

Historically, defensive-minded coaches take a little longer to get things going than head coaches. Go look at Nick Saban’s first season for the Alabama Crimson Tide and Kirby Smart’s first year for the Georgia Bulldogs.

Georgia was coming off two straight 10-3 seasons when Smart took over and they went 8-5. They could have easily gone 6-7. They beat Nichols State and a four-win Missouri Tigers team by a combined three points. They also beat a 7-6 Kentucky Wildcats team by three points as well.

But both Smart and Saban turned it around the next season. Smart went 13-2, and after a 7-6 campaign, Saban went 12-2. Venables and the Oklahoma fan base are hoping for similar progress to really show they are ready for success in the SEC.

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