By the Numbers

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Will Muschamp vs. Tennessee as a head coach (4-0 at Florida)

COLUMBIA, Mo. – It shaped up to be a sour evening. Missouri was slicing through South Carolina’s defense with a zone-read run and then when the Gamecocks thought they had it played, Drew Lock went over the top for a 61-yard pitch-and-catch touchdown.

Then Deebo started bobbin’ and ...

COLUMBIA – Where was it? Where was this vaunted three-headed rushing attack South Carolina talked about all preseason?

On standby, that’s where. For this week.

“Our game plan was to come in and throw the ball around and let our guys on the outside make plays,” quarterback Jake ...

Four key factors for South Carolina when the Gamecocks play at Missouri on Saturday night:

The running men

USC running backs Rico Dowdle, Ty’Son Williams and A.J. Turner had middling stats last week as the Gamecocks concentrated on the pass to beat N.C. State. That’s expected to ...

COLUMBIA – South Carolina’s depth chart for the NC State game featured around a dozen changes from the preseason camp chart.

There still wasn’t a starting running back listed – although Will Muschamp said that Rico Dowdle would probably start during his weekly press conference – and the ...

COLUMBIA – South Carolina offered a brief glimpse of some early formations and lineups during its Friday practice.

From left to right, Dennis Daley, Donell Stanley, Alan Knott, Cory Helms and Zack Bailey were the starting offensive linemen during an 11-on-11 drill. Quarterback Jake Bentley ...

Quarterback

In many ways Jake Bentley saved South Carolina’s season, providing an accurate downfield threat that opened things up for the running game. Without him, USC is likely home for the holidays. But South Florida is singularly dependent upon Quinton Flowers, a dual-threat dynamo who ...

Quarterback

The key to the Gamecocks one day retaking control of this rivalry, or leveling the playing field, is closing this gap. USC’s Jake Bentley has made precocious strides, and instead of playing for a high school title he has won four college starts. But Deshaun Watson shook off a ...

South Carolina (6-5) at No. 4 Clemson (10-1, No. 4 CFP), 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Line: Clemson by 24.

Series record: Clemson leads 67-42-4.

WHAT’S AT STAKE

Clemson is trying to reach the College Football Playoffs while South Carolina will look for perhaps its biggest takedown ...

It may be a Football Championship Subdivision opponent, but still plenty for South Carolina to play for with a bowl berth on the line against Western Carolina. It’s also Senior Day for a class that’s been through an awful lot, and memories of last year’s upset at the hands of The Citadel remain ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Jake Bentley on South Carolina’s first snap Saturday calmly changed a play call that resulted in an 8-yard Rico Dowdle run. The freshman appearing in his fourth college football game also led a valiant fourth-quarter rally attempt.

Great. The Gamecocks have a capable ...

COLUMBIA — The drive that carried South Carolina to the cusp of bowl eligibility started in the shadow of its own goal post. Ninety-eight yards later, Rico Dowdle was in the end zone, and the Gamecocks were able to safely envision a postseason that once seemed only a dream.

But not after ...