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- QB: he continues to call Taylor something like "the way and the light." He's uncharacteristically effusive in his praise for their QB.

- South Carolina nickels Gerald Kilgore and Quay'Sheed Scott have each played 47 snaps. Scott has 35 coverage snaps and a 74.8 PFF coverage grade, nearly 14 points above Kilgore, who has 24 coverage snaps. The writer sees Scott as stronger in coverage and Kilgore as better against the run; no permanent starter change is announced. - J'Zavien Currence and David Bucey have comparable PFF coverage grades, with Bucey playing 12 more coverage snaps. The writer favors continuing that

- OL: Why do yall keep trying to start shed he hasn’t started yet.

- WR: He's always open because he knows how to run routes to get open.

- Pick/market: if we can do that this game gets so much better...

- Pick/market: All of the above - hopefully the fans give us the 3-4 points and we can slow their QB down.

- Injury: This is the guy who caused the SEC to finally come out against players faking injuries.

- OL: Beamer was asked on his call-in show Thursday about what the plan was for Darius Gray, once Peak was back in there.

- South Carolina nickels Gerald Kilgore and Quay'Sheed Scott have each played 47 snaps. Scott has 35 coverage snaps and a 74.8 PFF coverage grade, nearly 14 points above Kilgore, who has 24 coverage snaps. The writer sees Scott as stronger in coverage and Kilgore as better against the run; no permanent starter change is announced. - J'Zavien Currence and David Bucey have comparable PFF coverage grades, with Bucey playing 12 more coverage snaps. The writer favors continuing that defensive-back rotation while keeping Peyton Williams on the field more consistently. Those are recommendations based on early usage, not a new coaching directive. - The column identifies repeated drops by South Carolina receivers Mazeo Bennett Jr. and Nyck Harbor in the first two games. It argues for more Sequel Patterson and Donovan Murph snaps while retaining Harbor's downfield role. The catching concern is the writer's observation; the suggested receiver changes are not an announced rotation. - South Carolina running back Matt Fuller has impressed the writer as a runner but has also put the ball on the ground. The column advocates a quick substitution after another fumble and notes capable alternatives. It does not report that the staff has benched Fuller or changed the running-back order. - Dayne Arnett and Shedrick Sarratt Jr. have shared South Carolina's right-tackle work and receive a positive early assessment in the column. The writer wants Darius Gray, Emmanuel Poku and Jacarrius Peak on the field but leaves their eventual alignment unresolved. The piece does not announce a settled five-man offensive line.

- At some point on Saturday night, probably after Vicari Swain housed his second punt, the conversation came up between some of South Carolina's coaches, though it's not clear how many passes had already been dropped at that point in the game. "One of our coaches tonight was like, 'Man, we need to get him on offense,'" coach Shane Beamer said, during the press conference after the Gamecocks beat... - Comment: The problem with being a deep ball specialist is he can't catch a 50/50 ball.

- QB: Of the Vandy game from last year..Cocky fanbase with a quarterback playing good...Can't truly trust Beamer in these type of games.

- Pick/market: Hate to say it, but those numbers are about to take a hit as competition ramps up significantly.

- QB: Coach Beamer raised the football up on high, saying, “O Lord, bless these thy Gamecocks, that with them thou mayst blow thine enemies off the line of scrimmage, in thy mercy.” And the Lord...

- QB/OL: Be able to get pressure while not losing contain - Have a LB or maybe even Currence spy the QB to not let him make big plays with his legs as a play breaks...

- QB: God forbid either qb go down Saturday, but we know it’s possible.

- OL: Offensive line coach Randy Clements has brought with him to South Carolina over two decades of experience and a mentality shift.

- QB: He’s a good QB, but itll be interesting to see how he handles the toughest environment he’s had to play in in his career.

- QB: I have the same question about Sellers, is he mentally up to the challenge of being a successful qb.

- Around here, the offense gets most of our attention, but we'll mention a couple of things on defense first. - It starts in the secondary, specifically at nickel, where Gerald Kilgore and Quay'Sheed Scott have split reps so far this season. - And there's a pretty sizable test in Anthony Evans III, who's played 101 snaps from the slot this season, out of 114 total. - Comment: We need him to be the best QB on the field.

- QB: We haven’t shown really what we can do on either side of ball Clayton hasn’t really blitzed that much at all we’ve gotten pressure without having too

- Injury: I always thought Just a minute Sellers injury was huge.

- OL: After two warmups with varying degree of success, stuff gets real on Saturday afternoon.

- South Carolina coach Shane Beamer expects Dylan Stewart and Jacarrius Peak to play against Mississippi State, provided there are no late setbacks. Both were listed as probable Wednesday, and Beamer said Thursday that they had practiced well and were trending toward availability. - South Carolina starting center Carter Miller was questionable Wednesday after a back injury kept him out of the second half against Towson. Beamer said Thursday that Miller was moving to probable and that he believed Miller would be available Saturday; that remains a coach's expectation rather than confirmation of game participation. - South Carolina third-string quarterback Lucian Anderson III will miss Saturday, with Beamer targeting next week for his return. Defensive back Jalewis Solomon is also out; Beamer described that issue as short-term and hoped for a return next week or the following week. Neither return date is guaranteed. - South Carolina receiver Jayden Sellers and offensive lineman Josiah Thompson remain out for the season. Linebacker AJ Holloway was also listed out for Saturday, but this report does not provide a return timetable for him.

- The problems offensively were numerous on Saturday in the win over Towson and sometimes, those problems started with the snap of the football. - Carter Miller, the starter the first two games at center for South Carolina, wasn't as on-point with his shotgun snaps against the Tigers as he was in the opener against Kent State. - Comment: bro is a weak link fr

- OL/DL: I will add that the job of a coaching staff is to find the other teams weaknesses and attack them.

- OL: It's just weird to read about a pre-planned rotation at OL.

- QB: We need to be loud enough to shake the stadium on every offensive down they play!

- QB/DL: See I think pressure from the edge gets this guy in open gaps.

- Injury: "In regards to Lucian, our third-team quarterback, his isn't long-term, should get him back next week.

- OL: Their O-line is massive, especially McVay

- RB: We can’t afford Fuller - we just don’t score enough points to have our RB give up the ball

- QB/LB: Exactly, and if that's the case here, it's still the player's decision.

- QB/LB: See, this is they type of noise that I think has made Sellers worse.

- QB/LB: Towson's QB's numbers weren't impressive (16/30 for 171), but the D did allow him to make a number of big throws.

- QB/RB: this doesn't fit the narrative so the stats are clearly wrong.

- QB: They all excited about the QB but if you remember they were like that when LS came out

- QB/LB: Kamario Taylor is the toast of the college football world at the moment.

- QB: It’s obviously too big an ask that the QB get the ball to him.

- WR: Keep him on O2 and leave him out there the whole danged game !

- Pick/market: Segment Four: — Right now, the kickers are improving each and every day.

- QB: I can understand why people are giving Miss St the treatment, they have an extremely dangerous QB and are going to be very live to pull off some big upsets this year.

- Injury: Not if the reason he didn't play was bc of a back injury that kept him out for over a year and hampered his play for a half a season before that.

- QB/WR: Sellers is jumping around in the pocket and short arming the ball.

- QB/RB: South Carolina is a far more talented team, and they are deeper at every position.

- Pick/market: I’m not saying it’s unrealistic that we lose to them on Saturday.

- OL/DL: there’s not a world where, based off of results, that arnette is better than white.

- RB: Fair assessment honestly although I disagree about the RB room.

- Injury: On Wednesday evening, South Carolina EDGE Dylan Stewart and Jacarrius Peak were listed as probable on the SEC Student-Athlete Availability report for the conference opener on Saturday.

- Injury: Our starting center clearly has an injury, and the snaps were wild last game.

- Injury: From everything I have heard Hay may actually be better anyway.

- OL/DL: Mississipi State's offensive line is not a strength FYI nor is their DL.

- QB: the LT and the DE (rush end)...the three other most important postions on the field.

- QB: Fair point, but it seems like a lot of the time it forces QB's to step up/over in the pocket and DStew being double teamed creates opportunities for other guys to capitalize

- Pick/market: Their team is 2-0.

- Pick/market: Listen, turnovers are nice, but I’d rather have sure fire tackles than trying to force the ball out and missing then the other team breaking off a huge run.

- Pick/market: Put him in on offense 1 or 2 plays each half.

- Pick/market: A lot more on WR than QB.

- QB: all of those things should be questions they’ll face on Saturday

- WR/DB: Was informed preseason that Harbor would move around in this offense and we’ve seen a little of this already.

- LB: Our offense and defense will look different and perform different.

- Pick/market: From my vantage point on the opposite 35 East side it looked like either Briles or Furrey jumped in the middle of MB's backside and chewed on him a bit.

- QB/WR: JMO on Sellers: he needs to get in a shootout with another QB.

- Pick/market: Not what he said, 16 still not an RB…sorry, move along.

- Injury: Agree 100% If it’s a game to game week situation where your QB (was hurt) is questionable I get it..

- OL/LB: Agree, I think Briles will be able to scheme against teams selling out to stop the run and bringing the house on passing downs.

- QB/KICKER: Just execute our offense, defense & special teams.

- WR/KICKER: Swain would be a heck of a slot receiver with his run after the catch ability.

- DL/LB: They’ll take away the middle of the field and force Sellers to make quick decisions.

- Pick/market: Biggest issue on offense- QB and WR have to get on the same page.

- KICKER: GamecockCentral's Jack Veltri shares his grades for South Carolina's offense, defense, special teams and coaching after the Towson win.

- Offense: South Carolina Football Drops the Ball Against Towson South Carolina football were able to soundly defeat Towson despite multiple offensive miscues and dropped passes.

- Coaching: What's crazy is the next year started the 5 year streak.

- Pick/market: Monday afternoon QB.

- Practice: yup- they are back to playing 20 yrds off the receiver at line of scrimmage.

- QB: Athletic QB's have to make athletic plays to be successful, like his keeper for the TD and keeping plays alive with his strength and scrambling abilities, but agree he is not a precision passing...

- QB: Sellers is not the "field general", he is the "special forces" type QB!!!

- QB: I felt like we definitely should have been getting more consistent pressure on their QB.

- QB: I’m pretty confident Carolina has a significantly better roster.

- DL/DB: The Dline and LBs are going to have to be a big factor in this game.

- Pick/market: Listen guys.

- Offense: I suppose that is the hope.

- OL/RB: I know it’s early season, but this might be a put up or shut up game for the OL.

- Pick/market: This is what I’m preaching lol… half of these people coming on here bashing sellers and his accuracy have no clue about just how accurate he’s been thus far this year.

- OL: Most of the bad ones were before the delay when Miller was in the game.

- QB/DB: I agree the D played well for the most part, but they allowed some chunk plays to that QB.

- QB/LB: I’ll take a Tannyhill, D Thompson, Mitchell and Rattler over an athlete playing QB any day.

- QB/LB: If Lebby continues the MSU turnaround and the QB Taylor has a breakout year, it wouldn't surprise me to see Lebby to FSU, bringing Taylor with him.

- QB/WR: If you watch ALL of the film on MB (From Freshman till now).

- Pick/market: We're a very slight favorite, basically a pick 'em.

- Swain also blocked an extra point after Towson’s lone touchdown, a 23-yard pass to Aaron Enterline in the third quarter. - Towson (0-3) struggled to move the ball against the swarming South Carolina defense. - The Tigers managed just 203 yards, just 21 on the ground.

- OL: That’s not the offense.

- QB: something every single one of Muschamp’s OC’s would have done.

- QB: The Defense came to play today.

- Pick/market: With an actual QB we’d be up probably 31-3

- QB/OL: There is no offensive scheme which is solely based on shotgun….the purpose of shotgun is to (alledgedly) give the QB more time to read the defense…any offense can be run under center or from...

- QB: The hard cold truth is that Sellers is average at best as a qb.

- QB: LS just looks sulky walking off the field...bad body language from your QB is a terrible sign.

- OL: Beamer set all of this in motion by winning the toss, and NOT deferring!!!!!!

- QB: Beamer is a joke if Cutter doesn’t start and finish this game.

- QB: I want to see a quarterback at Carolina that looks like they want to play quarterback at Carolina.

- Pick/market: This is the type of team that good teams have down 31-0 at the half.