Monday analysis: Be honest, what were you thinking with 1:10 left in the game?

[18IsTheMan]

Missouri scored with 9:12 left in the game to take their first lead at 22-21, and we had done diddly on offense in the 2nd half. At that point, it had that classic feeling we've all experienced more times than we can count: a game that just slips away from us in the end.

Somehow, though, the offense which had been asleep the second half, with the game on the brink, woke up and responded for an 8 play 75 yard TD to take the lead back 27-22 with 5:04 left in the game. At this point it feels a bit like "ok, just get a defensive stop, get the ball back and run this thing out." But, not to be as our D just didn't have it and Mizzou calmly marched 66 yards to score a TD and take the lead back 30-27 with 1:10 left in the game. It felt like a backbreaker and it just seemed all too poetic and fitting that we would lose by 3 when we had given away 3 points early in the 3rd quarter. It just felt like fate at that point.

Now, be honest, did any of you see us going 70 yards in 47 seconds to score the decisive TD? I can count on one hand, maybe just 2 or 3 fingers, the times in my life when I've seen us be clutch in a moment like that.

 

[Blues man]

The final few minutes happened so fast it was a blur. I thought we were toast but that didn't last long. I'll say this though, that sinking feeling was well worth the rug being pulled out from under Mizzou.

 

[PrestonyteParrot]

I was hopeful, but with serious doubts.
Once in field goal range, I was still doubtful and filled with uncertainty we would tie the game, and the thought of overtime was not positive the way they were running the ball.
I am so thankful that Rocket would not be denied and took it to the house and ended all those bad thoughts.

 

[18IsTheMan]

The final few minutes happened so fast it was a blur. I thought we were toast but that didn't last long. I'll say this though, that sinking feeling was well worth the rug being pulled out from under Mizzou.

The ending made the roller coaster of emotions all worth it. I'm almost too old for this stuff, haha.

 

[18IsTheMan]

I was hopeful, but with serious doubts.
Once in field goal range, I was still doubtful and filled with uncertainty we would tie the game, and the thought of overtime was not positive the way they were running the ball.
I am so thankful that Rocket would not be denied and took it to the house and ended all those bad thoughts.

Like most of us, I'm sure, I've rewatched that Sanders run a thousand times by now. You can see his head, as soon as he gets the ball, he's looking at one thing the whole way: the end zone. You can just see his determination as soon as the ball hits his hands, he WAS going to score. It was one of the most determined plays I can recall where he simply refused to not score.

 

[SouthernBelly]

Didn’t think they would regain the lead once down 22-21. Much less take the lead again to win it. Really, like many of us I thought they were going to lose even when they were still winning.

 

[Spinal Tap]

Watching the game aged me by a year or two. Our highlights were separated by periods of frustration and some despair before the clock hit all zeroes.

 

[Gradstudent]

I really was thinking, if the situation was reversed I would be thinking we scored with to much time on the clock, and upset, so I felt we had a chance, and I had liked what Harbor had done in the game, but then they showed our kicker and showed all the misses and he looked kind of nervous to me, I thought we would need to score a TD to win.

We may need to get Dalevon Campbell the ball more, and more involved is what I'm thinking this morning

 

[DarthQuincy]

"we haven't had the happy ending in a game like this in 10 years, and it's not happening now."

 

[Hank Williams]

I was not hopeful. Since Beamer had not gone for the field goal on an earlier 4th down opportunity, I took it as not having confidence with the kicker. Now we find ourselves with a little more than a minute to get in position to kick a game tying field goal with the shunned kicker. Even during the extra point after Rocket's great play, I held my breath because if it was missed a field goal by Missouri would have tied the game.

I've been a fan of USC years before I graduated in 1976 and this comeback was a great surprise.

 

[cockyferg]

Missouri scored with 9:12 left in the game to take their first lead at 22-21, and we had done diddly on offense in the 2nd half. At that point, it had that classic feeling we've all experienced more times than we can count: a game that just slips away from us in the end.

Somehow, though, the offense which had been asleep the second half, with the game on the brink, woke up and responded for an 8 play 75 yard TD to take the lead back 27-22 with 5:04 left in the game. At this point it feels a bit like "ok, just get a defensive stop, get the ball back and run this thing out." But, not to be as our D just didn't have it and Mizzou calmly marched 66 yards to score a TD and take the lead back 30-27 with 1:10 left in the game. It felt like a backbreaker and it just seemed all too poetic and fitting that we would lose by 3 when we had given away 3 points early in the 3rd quarter. It just felt like fate at that point.

Now, be honest, did any of you see us going 70 yards in 47 seconds to score the decisive TD? I can count on one hand, maybe just 2 or 3 fingers, the times in my life when I've seen us be clutch in a moment like that.

I was thinking, "I have seen this too many times! Carolina blowing a game that they should win after previous successes. I am so tired of watching Carolina fold when they have the chance to do something great." However, this team showed grit I am not accustomed to seeing after going down. Also, Beamer's choices to go for it on the 4th downs really almost did us in. I know there were some execution problems with one of those plays, but we could have just taken the points and made it a 3 score game. In hindsight, it didn't kill us, but it could have sunk us.

 

[The Reel Ess]

I said it out loud. "I've seen how this game ends for us so many times I just want to turn it off." But I didn't. Then I said to the wife, who's a clemson fan, "The old USC would have folded like a Velcro wallet after that last score by Mizzou." I was wrong about anything I may have said about Beamer not getting it or not being "The Guy". No none can say he doesn't have HC experience anymore, if that was their knock on him. I do realize he has the Jimmys and Joes, lots of seniors and depth at the moment.

They didn't cover and it was ugly here and there. The defense wasn't as good as it's been and the offense couldn't run the ball. That's usually a formula for a loss. But they managed to grind out a win when it looked bleak. Mizzou is a little better than I thought. They were a tough matchup.

 

[PrestonyteParrot]

Does this mean the curse has been lifted?

 

[18IsTheMan]

Well, so we were all thinking about the same thing!

 

[18IsTheMan]

Does this mean the curse has been lifted?

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Let's not get carried away, haha.

The entire setting for the gam and the game itself was almost a microcosm of USC football history. For the setting, just about the time we start to get some national respect, we crash and burn and get exposed. That's been our history for the most part. For the game itself, we've all seen valiant efforts that fall just short more times than we can count. Scoring to take the lead with 5 minutes left, then having the rug pulled out from under us with Mizzou pulling off a huge pass play to take the lead back with 1:10 left in the game. It was a textbook ending for USC football. Until it wasn't.

So, I won't go so far as to say the curse is lifted, but we bucked some historical trends to walk away with the win.

 

[USCEE82]

I was thinking game over.

 

[The Reel Ess]

Does this mean the curse has been lifted?

For a week

 

[PrestonyteParrot]

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Let's not get carried away, haha.

The entire setting for the gam and the game itself was almost a microcosm of USC football history. For the setting, just about the time we start to get some national respect, we crash and burn and get exposed. That's been our history for the most part. For the game itself, we've all seen valiant efforts that fall just short more times than we can count. Scoring to take the lead with 5 minutes left, then having the rug pulled out from under us with Mizzou pulling off a huge pass play to take the lead back with 1:10 left in the game. It was a textbook ending for USC football. Until it wasn't.

So, I won't go so far as to say the curse is lifted, but we bucked some historical trends to walk away with the win.

I'll go with that. We broke one chain and are working on more.

 

[Uscg1984]

I was thinking about how much I hate Missouri. I hate them with a teeth-gnashing rage that is only eclipsed by my hatred of Clemson. I hate that they are in the SEC. I hate that they were in the SEC East, despite being one of the most westward teams in the conference. I hate their head coach. And I hate Brady Cook, who seems like he has been their QB for a decade, and I hate the fact that he had to come back healthy against _us_ after missing several games.

And then, suddenly, a minute or two later, everything was fine in the world.

 

[18IsTheMan]

I was thinking about how much I hate Missouri. I hate them with a teeth-gnashing rage that is only eclipsed by my hatred of Clemson. I hate that they are in the SEC. I hate that they were in the SEC East, despite being one of the most westward teams in the conference. I hate their head coach. And I hate Brady Cook, who seems like he has been their QB for a decade, and I hate the fact that he had to come back healthy against _us_ after missing several games.

And then, suddenly, a minute or two later, everything was fine in the world.

That about sums it up.

We beat Mizzou, A&M and UK all in the same season. I'm pretty giddy over that. All 3 have had significant streaks against us.

 

[Carolinafan1031]

I texted my gf we lost. Lol

 

[ThinnyJ]

I couldn't believe we let those idiots beat us again... After the first half, I was hoping for a blowout, and I was flat out mad at what I saw happen. I don't know why I hate their coach so much, but I do...

Then the stars aligned

 

[18IsTheMan]

I couldn't believe we let those idiots beat us again... After the first half, I was hoping for a blowout, and I was flat out mad at what I saw happen. I don't know why I hate their coach so much, but I do...

Then the stars aligned

Yep. Up 21-6 at half, I was feeling pretty doggone good. The failed 4th down attempt on our first drive of the 3rd quarter really gave them a shot in the arm and shifted momentum for most of the 2nd half.

 

[Lone Star Rooster]

"Here we go again."

Mizzou is just one of those programs that, inexplicably, has had our number over the years. I can't stand 'em. They broke our hearts in Spurrier's first bowl game as our HC. In our 2011-2013 golden age (I forget which of those years it was, and don't care to go back and look), Mizzou wound up in the SEC Championship game instead of us. They had beaten us 5 straight going into Saturday. Hell, even Drinkwitz beat us when he was still at App State. By all accounts, Columbia, SC > Columbia, MO. The reasons to hate 'em go on and on.

We had to have that win.

 

[PrestonyteParrot]

I was thinking about how much I hate Missouri. I hate them with a teeth-gnashing rage that is only eclipsed by my hatred of Clemson. I hate that they are in the SEC. I hate that they were in the SEC East, despite being one of the most westward teams in the conference. I hate their head coach. And I hate Brady Cook, who seems like he has been their QB for a decade, and I hate the fact that he had to come back healthy against _us_ after missing several games.

And then, suddenly, a minute or two later, everything was fine in the world.

Their celebrating and ragging of the Gamecock fans were really uncalled for but that is the kind of team they are, and you love to hate.
Thankfully they got to reverse that jubilation and Cook looked like he was going to cry on the sidelines after Rocket's TD.

 

[18IsTheMan]

Their celebrating and ragging of the Gamecock fans were really uncalled for but that is the kind of team they are, and you love to hate.
Thankfully they got to reverse that jubilation and Cook looked like he was going to cry on the sidelines after Rocket's TD.

It's the pre-meditated stuff that irks me. I get that it's emotional and spontaneous stuff comes us, but some of what they did was obviously planned, like the one player doing the chicken dance in the end zone. Yes, getting the W makes it extra special when they behave like that.

 

[I4CtheFuture]

Not gonna lie - I was absolutely LIVID ...... like Ralphie's father in "A Christmas Story" - I was stringing together profanities with such vitriol that it would have made Red Fox and Richard Pryor blush. I mean I was PISSED!!!!!!

That game was absolutely CRITICAL for so many reasons and it seemed like we once again found an inexplicable way to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Buddy, I was HOT!!!! Lol.

 

[18IsTheMan]

Not gonna lie - I was absolutely LIVID ...... like Ralphie's father in "A Christmas Story" - I was stringing together profanities with such vitriol that it would have made Red Fox and Richard Pryor blush. I mean I was PISSED!!!!!!

That game was absolutely CRITICAL for so many reasons and it seemed like we once again found an inexplicable way to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Buddy, I was HOT!!!! Lol.

For me, it was more of a slumped shoulders, passive resignation.

 

[Tngamecock]

Does this mean the curse has been lifted?

You silly goose…..

 

[Tngamecock]

once we got in field-goal range, I visioned the proverbial missed field goal to rip our hearts out. I am Pavlov‘s greatest dog.

 

[Debo77]

I had started looking for the Pepto

 

[KingWard]

I was thinking overtime. I finished the game on the upper southeast ramp. I asked my granddaughter if she was ready for some overtime.

 

[will110]

I'll be honest, I actually was optimistic. I told my wife in the West upper stands that we had 1:10 left and 3 timeouts, plenty of time to go down and score. I said the good thing about only having a minute to go was we would have to throw the ball and not try to run it. Missouri hadn't stopped our passing game all day, so I thought we had a pretty good shot.

The reverse to Harbor got the crowd back in it on the kickoff, and the stadium never felt hopeless. That was a huge spark, I thought, even though it only added a few extra yards of field position.

My brothers at home watching on TV said they felt the game was over, so perhaps it was just the difference of being there.

 

[Coastal Gamecock]

I was thinking heartbreak.

Full disclosure: I was at a fancy dinner for wifes bday, glanced at phone a few times as 4th qtr went. Saw Missouri go up 30-27 with 1 minute or so to play and I turned it off, sad, but enjoyed the steak. Went to use restroom and wanted to suffer more so checked score to confirm the heartbreak….and I had to hold in my scream of joy!!!! I returned and we ordered several desserts, I cant even describe how good that cheesecake tasted

 

[Gamecock72]

I was not a fan of several of the 4th down calls. Mainly in the 1st half when it was a close game and in FG range.

It was an awesome game atmosphere. Unfortunately, I did not watch the 2nd half from the stands. Right before the half, the wife and I went down to the club area to get some food. Another awesome brisket mac and cheese sandwich. It was almost time for the 2nd half to start by the time our food was ready. So we decided to eat it down there and watch it on the TV until we were done eating and then go back up to our seats. But then my wife's reflux started acting up bad and she really did not want to go back to the seats so we walked back to the RV lot and watched the game with my cousin, his wife and the others that stayed out there to watch the game. But man was that stadium loud as hell. One of the things about watching in the RV lot is you hear the stadium well before the play shows on TV. And the fireworks well before the scoring play.

For the past two home games, the RV lot has been the fullest I have ever seen it. On Friday it looked like it was going to be a lot of empty spots but surprisingly there were a ton of RV's that came in Saturday morning. That has not been typical for a game weekend. Usually what it is on Friday night is close to what it is going to be for the game. Just one more weekend in the RV lot for the season.

 

[atl-cock]

Does this mean the curse has been lifted?

Cuse was lifted in 2010 when winning the CWS.

 

[Tidalcock]

Was hoping for field goal.

 

[Lurker123]

Was hoping for field goal.

Yeah, "don't f up the field goal......wait TD! Okay, I'll take that!"

 

[SouthernBelly]

Their celebrating and ragging of the Gamecock fans were really uncalled for but that is the kind of team they are, and you love to hate.
Thankfully they got to reverse that jubilation and Cook looked like he was going to cry on the sidelines after Rocket's TD.

I noticed this too. All of their celebrations, except for Burden's at the end, made them look like a bunch of tryhards. I don't watch much Missouri football so I don't know if that's common for them. Maybe this is what you get with a coach that declares his team to be back in the playoff hunt after beating what just became a .500 Oklahoma team. A lot of lack of self-awareness in secondary Columbia.

 

[KingWard]

Missouri scored with 9:12 left in the game to take their first lead at 22-21, and we had done diddly on offense in the 2nd half. At that point, it had that classic feeling we've all experienced more times than we can count: a game that just slips away from us in the end.

Somehow, though, the offense which had been asleep the second half, with the game on the brink, woke up and responded for an 8 play 75 yard TD to take the lead back 27-22 with 5:04 left in the game. At this point it feels a bit like "ok, just get a defensive stop, get the ball back and run this thing out." But, not to be as our D just didn't have it and Mizzou calmly marched 66 yards to score a TD and take the lead back 30-27 with 1:10 left in the game. It felt like a backbreaker and it just seemed all too poetic and fitting that we would lose by 3 when we had given away 3 points early in the 3rd quarter. It just felt like fate at that point.

Now, be honest, did any of you see us going 70 yards in 47 seconds to score the decisive TD? I can count on one hand, maybe just 2 or 3 fingers, the times in my life when I've seen us be clutch in a moment like that.

I was honestly looking at overtime.