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- Pick/market: Around this time seven days ago, there were a handful of players, decisions and matchups that were taken into consideration before South Carolina opened SEC play.

- Coaching: Notes from Shane Beamer and LaNorris Sellers -- Beamer opening statement: Really, really disappointing with how they performed.

- Coaching: The postgame statement Shane Beamer made on Saturday night could end up being right.

- South Carolina CB Judge Collier was beaten by Mississippi State WR Zion Ragins for a sideline TD and drew an illegal-hands-to-the-face penalty that erased a turnover, according to this Alabama-week column. These are observed Mississippi State plays, not a confirmed change to the Alabama cornerback assignment. - South Carolina DB J'Zavien Currence has nine tackles through three 2026 games versus David Bucey's five, although Bucey has played 39 more snaps, per the Alabama-week column. It cites PFF tackling grades of 79.5 for Currence and 41.7 for Bucey; the writer recommends more Currence, but no new snap plan is announced.

- South Carolina allowed nine Mississippi State pass plays of at least 15 yards, including three touchdowns; those plays supplied 216 of the Bulldogs' 251 passing yards. Three runs of at least 10 yards added 76 of their 135 rushing yards. The report shows how concentrated the damage was in explosive plays, without identifying a new coverage system. - Mississippi State converted six of its first nine third downs against South Carolina, including a third-and-18 touchdown, before finishing 6-of-12. Also, 17 of its 27 second-half points came on drives starting in South Carolina territory. Those game situations qualify the final third-down rate and scoring totals; they are not a new defensive call or personnel change.

- Injury: South Carolina coach Shane Beamer shared the latest injury report on Thursday night during 'Carolina Calls' with Todd Ellis.

- Coaching: Through the first three games of the season, South Carolina has seen multiple freshmen take the field and make an impact.

- After South Carolina's Mississippi State loss, Shane Beamer said Gabe Dindy, Jabree Coleman, Gerald Kilgore and Shawn Murphy had not finished the game. On Sunday he did not expect long-term absences, but said playing that day would have been difficult and further testing was underway. No diagnosis or Alabama-game clearance was provided. - In Sunday's post-Mississippi State update, Beamer said Vicari Swain and Mo Brown had been banged up but he expected both to be fine. He also said South Carolina thought Carter Miller would be back. These are the coach's qualified availability expectations ahead of Alabama, not completed medical clearances or confirmed game participation. - Jacarrius Peak and Dylan Stewart made their 2026 season debuts against Mississippi State, playing 37 and 14 snaps respectively. Those are actual return workloads from that game, not future snap allocations or proof of unrestricted availability. The supplied article mentions a discussion of Stewart's late-game status but does not provide its details.

- Injury: Beamer this evening on the teleconference: "Nobody can question his want to last night because he was throwing his body around.

- QB/OL: I want to see Sellers play more than one game with Briles, simple as that.

- Coaching: Two areas South Carolina has to clean up heading into its Week 4 matchup against Alabama in Tuscaloosa are execution in the red zone and getting off the field on third downs defensively.

- QB: Nah, Loggains just decided to offer him after missing out on Ryan Montgomery

- QB: Beamer has done some questionable stuff over the years, look no further than going for it on fourth and 9 last weekend.

- QB/OL: Based on how they've run it in practice, they really liked the play they tried to run where Fuller and Tuggle ran into each other and blew it up themselves.

- QB/WR: Not making excuses, but providing context, it was likely a choice route, meaning the WR is running a different route depending on the coverage and the QB and WR had to be on the...

- In Thursday's 2026 Alabama-week radio remarks, South Carolina coach Shane Beamer says Dylan Stewart is cleared and healthy but still building toward a larger game workload after 14 snaps against Mississippi State. Beamer hopes to get more from him this week; the reference to 40, 50 or 60 plays is not a promised Saturday snap count. - South Carolina's Shane Beamer hopes offensive tackle Jacarrius Peak's playing time increases against Alabama in 2026 after his 37-snap return at Mississippi State. Beamer says Peak wanted to play the whole game but the staff limited him. This is the coach's workload expectation, not a new starting assignment or an unrestricted snap guarantee.

- Coaching: South Carolina offensive coordinator Kendal Briles had a lot of questions to answer on Wednesday afternoon, to close out the Week 3 loss to Mississippi State.

- Shane Beamer said South Carolina chose Malik over Max at kicker on Thursday because Malik had the better, more consistent practice week, not because Max missed a kick in the prior game. Malik made four field goals, including two from 50-plus yards. On the final drive, the stopped clock helped Beamer choose the fourth-and-10 field goal rather than keep the offense out. - Beamer said Darius Gray had played well as South Carolina's starting left tackle through three games, so getting Peak involved did not mean stripping Gray of that role. The staff rotated linemen against Mississippi State and used their positional flexibility; Beamer did not announce a replacement starting OL or a fixed new position for Peak. - South Carolina wanted tempo against Mississippi State and had more uptempo calls in this week's plan than in the first two games. Beamer said some huddles and slower sequences let the staff and quarterback identify defensive looks and adjust the call. The slower pace was not a pregame decision to abandon tempo. - Beamer said South Carolina's corners were beaten by receiver speed and poor ball technique on some explosive plays, while a separate touchdown came from a coverage bust against a pattern concept that should have been covered. He defended the defense's use of isolated corners but demanded better technique; he did not announce a new coverage scheme. - After South Carolina's 41-34 loss, Beamer faulted red-zone execution and first-half field goals that left points available against Mississippi State's offense. He rejected defensive fatigue as an excuse for the third-quarter slide because the defense faced only 20 first-half plays, versus 47 for the offense, and emphasized execution and avoiding turnovers despite poor field position.

- Offense: He has underthrown some passes this season.

- Pick/market: There's a certain measure of pride in the South Carolina defense under Clayton White, now in his sixth year with the program, and that had to be rocked a bit over the weekend in...

- DB: Yep, CB depth is still a concern.

- Intel: FRIDAY UPDATE: No changes to the availability report on Friday evening.

- Intel: spell check: a Bolivian instead of oblivionScore: Bama 48 SC 19 (late TD otherwise 4 FGs)

- Intel: THURSDAY UPDATE: Gabriel Brownlow-Dindy was downgraded to out.

- Intel: Some of y'all are talking about him being fired in mid-season .

- Intel: South Carolina football fell out of the top 25 in ESPN's Football Power Index (FPI) rankings after the Gamecocks' loss to Mississippi State.

- Intel: GamecockCentral Film Room: What went wrong for South Carolina against Mississippi State, part one GamecockCentral Film Room: What went wrong for South Carolina against Mississippi State; Early-game missed touchdown opportunities www.on3.com

- LB: If Cutter comes in and LaNorris doesn't play, all we got to go on is what we got, and it won't be very high.

- Intel: Here you are sir: Inside the snap count: South Carolina vs.