Black Magic | South Carolina Gamecocks | CFB 27

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Penn State fighting for their lives. Leavitt doing his big one

Leavitt gonna make everyone forget about #4+1

Penn State ain't winning anything with Rocco Becht under center

At all

Boy saw the allegations and avoided Nyck Harbor like the plague

He had 9 catches in the game. He just wasn't getting open downfield or making as much happen in space

he led the team in catches but didnt make the boxscore? we wanna see his stats every game

I sort receiving stats by yards. He had 56 yards so he ain't make the cut.

every chise I've seen lately Ole Miss gives LSU the belt in S1

EA clearly Lost Causers

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South Carolina Gamecocks

Game Preview — Week 4

#22South Carolina Gamecocks

3-0 (1-0 SEC)

AT

#8Alabama Crimson Tide

3-0 (1-0 SEC)

Saturday, September 26 • 12:00 PM • SEC

Saban Field at Bryant-Denny Stadium — Tuscaloosa, AL

Tale of the Tape

42.3	PPG	41.7
521.3	Total YPG	505.7
153.3	Rush YPG	173.7
368.0	Pass YPG	332.0
14.3	Opp PAPG	18.7
290.7	Total YAPG	306.0
97.7	Rush YAPG	73.0
290.7	Pass YAPG	233.0
+5	Turnover Margin	+2

Preview

South Carolina is taking the show on the road for the first time this season and it's one of the biggest tests they'll face this season as the Crimson Tide welcome them to Tuscaloosa with Kalen DeBoer looking to finally make this the season that he makes Alabama fans believers after taking over from legendary head coach Nick Saban three years ago.

The Gamecocks are coming into the game off the back of a 36-23 win over Mississippi State in their SEC opener, a game in which their defense expertly dealt with the dual threat ability of Bulldogs quarterback KaMario Taylor. They'll need more of the same against the Tide as Bama has redshirt freshman star Keelon Russell at quarterback. At the same time, they'll need to find a way to be more consistent running the ball themselves as that was something that they've struggled with in recent weeks.

Alabama heads into the game with their closest win of the season—a 17-point victory over Florida State in Bryant-Denny. So far this season, the Tide have looked like one of Saban's teams but that's not saying a lot when you consider they've only played East Carolina, Kentucky and Florida State. The Gamecocks will be their first ranked opponent, but DeBoer will need to keep his team focused as they have a murderers' row of games coming up in October, including Georgia, Tennessee and Texas A&M.

Coaching Staffs

South Carolina

HC	Julian Sneed	3-0 (1st yr)
OC	Kendal Briles	Air Raid
DC	Clayton White	4-2-5

Alabama

HC	Kalen DeBoer	23-8 (3rd yr)
OC	Ryan Grubb	Multiple
DC	Kane Wommack	Base 3-4

Players to Watch

South Carolina

#16

LaNorris Sellers

QB

478/108, 1,058 YDS, 8 TD

#40

Simon McAllister

HB

42 car., 168 YDS, 2 TD

#8

Nyck Harbor

WR

24 rec., 323 YDS, 6 TD

#0

Jay R Johnson

MIKE

27 TAK, 3 TFL, 1 INT, 1 FF, 1 TD

Alabama

#12

Keelon Russell

QB

71/110, 996 YDS, 10 TD, 1 INT

#4

Daniel Hill

HB

57 car., 325 YDS, 5 TD

#1

Ryan Coleman-Williams

WR

30 rec., 470 YDS, 5 TD

#18

Bray Hubbard

SS

17 TAK, 2 TFL, 1 INT

Injury Report

South Carolina

Shedrick Sarratt, Jr.

LT

OUT — Broken Ribs

Alabama

[Baze]

Need Sellers and Harbor to have career games

[Captain Canada]

I sort receiving stats by yards. He had 56 yards so he ain't make the cut.

9 catches for 56 yards? And he's in my RTG talking crazy

Fuck Bama (in this context alone).

[redsox907]

9 catches for 56 yards? And he's in my RTG talking crazy

Nyck Harbor is a *checks notes* flat track bully?

you ain't gotta win this one, but you can't just bend over and grab ya ankles either

[Caesar]

Need Sellers and Harbor to have career games

I sort receiving stats by yards. He had 56 yards so he ain't make the cut.

9 catches for 56 yards? And he's in my RTG talking crazy

Fuck Bama (in this context alone).

9 catches for 56 yards? And he's in my RTG talking crazy

Nyck Harbor is a *checks notes* flat track bully?

you ain't gotta win this one, but you can't just bend over and grab ya ankles either

[Caesar]

#22South Carolina

3-1 (1-1 SEC)

6

#8Alabama

4-0 (2-0 SEC)

30

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	F
SCAR	3	0	3	0	6
BAMA	3	17	1	0	30

Saturday, Sep 26 • Saban Field at Bryant-Denny Stadium

Tide exposes South Carolina as they roll to 4-0

Saban Field at Bryant-Denny Stadium — Tuscalooa, AL

Alabama showed South Carolina that there are levels to this game as the Crimson Tide's defense brutalized the Gamecocks, beating them pillar to post in Alabama's 30-6 victory in Tuscaloosa.

South Carolina actually began the game brightly, driving down the field and getting a field goal to take an early 3-0 lead in the first quarter. The Tide would match them two drives later with a field goal of their own, and it was all over from there.

Gamecocks quarterback LaNorris Sellers fell off a cliff after three standout performances to begin the season. The junior signal caller threw his first three interceptions of the season and also fumbled the ball. One of those bad throws resulted in a touchdown through a Bray Hubbard pick six. Hubbard forced the turnover when Sellers threw the ball to a receiver standing in the middle of the field and facing the quarterback.

It was the bow on a 17-0 second quarter that blew the game open.

Gamecocks head coach Julian Sneed said sometimes it's not about the game you call but the talent of the players who are on the field.

"Alabama, no matter who the coach is, is going to be able to recruit some of the best players in the country. That's no different when you look across this team and the players they are putting out on the field," Sneed said. "Kudos to them but the Jimmys and Joes are almost always going to win out against the Xs and the Os. That's where we fell short today."

South Carolina struggled their way to 61 yards on the ground and barely broke 200 yards through the air, putting up their worst offensive performance of the season so far. A large part of those struggles were caused by junior edge rusher Yhonzae Pierre, who finished the game with three sacks.

On the other side of the ball, Alabama didn't need much from their offense with how badly things were going for their opponents. One could almost argue that the Gamecocks played just as good of a game defensively as Alabama did, however, a sputtering offense is always going to make things difficult for their defense.

"If your players are out there for 20, 30 minutes then they are going to start feeling that and it's no surprise that we were giving up touchdowns when we did, despite holding them to barely more than 300 yards," Sneed said. "As the guy calling the plays on offense, you have to lay the blame at my feet for how we call this one."

South Carolina will seek to pick up the pieces next week against Kentucky.

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter
7:30	SC	Upton Bellenfant, 49 yard field goal	3-0
2:10	ALA	Mitch King, 28 yard field goal	3-3
2nd Quarter
10:33	ALA	Daniel Hill, 34 yard pass from Keelon Russell	3-10
3:03	ALA	Mitch King, 49 yard field goal	3-13
0:59	ALA	Bray Hubbard, returned interception 47 yards	3-20
3rd Quarter
8:36	ALA	Daniel Hill, 3 yard run	3-27
2:48	ALA	Mitch King, 49 yard field goal	3-30
0:34	SC	Upton Bellenfant, 28 yard field goal	6-30
4th Quarter

Team Stats

SCAR		BAMA
15	First Downs	19
275	Total Yards	330
28 | 61 | 0	Rushes | Rush Yards | TDs	39 | 107 | 1
21 | 37 | 0	Comp | Att | TDs	24 | 30 | 1
13	Pass Yards	223
4/16 (25%)	3rd Down Conversions	4/12 (33%)
2/3 (66%)	4th Down Conversions	1/1 (100%)
0 | 1 | 33%	Red Zone Conversions	1 | 1 | 50%
4	Turnovers	0
5 | 34	Penalties	1 | 15
20:06	Possession	27:54

Passing

South Carolina

PLAYER	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	RTG
#16LaNorris Sellers	21/37	214	0	3	89.1

Alabama

PLAYER	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	RTG
#12Keelon Russell	21/30	223	1	0	143.4

Rushing

South Carolina

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
#46Simon McAllister	10	29	2.9	0	12
#16LaNorris Sellers	11	16	1.4	0	14

Alabama

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
#4Daniel Hill	13	55	4.2	1	27
#0A.K. Dear	5	35	7.0	0	39

Receiving

South Carolina

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
#8Nyck Harbor	6	79	13.1	0	49
#1Nitro Tuggle	4	45	11.2	0	15
#6Donovan Murph	1	33	33.0	0	33

Alabama

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
#1Ryan Coleman-Williams	5	57	11.4	0	19
#4Daniel Hill	2	44	22.0	1	34
#33R.J. Rogers	6	42	7.0	0	15

Defense

South Carolina

PLAYER	TKL	TFL	SCK	INT	FF
#1Gerald Kilgore	14	5	1.0	0	0
#9David Bucey	10	3	0.0	0	0
#0Jay R Johnson	9	2	0.0	0	0

Alabama

PLAYER	TKL	TFL	SCK	INT	FF
#7Caleb Woodson	10	2	0.0	0	0
#0Yhonzae Pierre	9	2	3.0	0	0
#18Bray Hubbard	8	0	0.0	1	0

Player of the Game:

#4 Daniel Hill — 13 car., 55 YDS, 1 TD • 2 rec., 44 YDS, 1 TD

[Captain Canada]

Despite it being expected, that's seriously gotta hurt. 3 picks, including one going to the house? Yikes.

[Count]

Not ready for the big time

[Baze]

still got a long ways to go before you compete with the big boys.