ESPN College Gameday coming to Columbia for South Carolina vs. LSU
For the first time in 10 years, ESPN’s College Gameday is coming to Columbia, S.C. next Saturday for South Carolina’s home matchup with LSU.
The Gamecocks (2-0, 1-0 SEC) celebrated a 31-6 win over Kentucky Saturday night in Lexington.
The legendary show runs from 9 a.m. to noon on ESPN each college football Saturday.
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LSU, which started the season with a loss to Southern Cal, will likely be 1-1 and was beating Nicholls State on Saturday night when the Gameday announcement was made on Twitter/X.
Gameday was last in Columbia in 2014 when South Carolina hosted Missouri, a game in which they had a two-score lead late only for the Tigers to come back and win.
Host Rece Davis is at the helm for his 10th season, joined at the desk by GameDay analysts Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit, Michigan legend and Heisman Trophy winner Desmond Howard, Pat McAfee and Nick Saban.
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LaNorris Sellers’ 1st SEC road start ends in South Carolina victory over Kentucky
By Griffin Goodwyn
The pressure was on for South Carolina after a narrow season-opening win over Old Dominion on Aug. 31. A lot of that pressure also fell on the shoulders of LaNorris Sellers.
Sellers’ first collegiate start against the Monarchs was far from ideal. There were moments in his second game of the 2024 season that weren’t pretty, either.
But the redshirt freshman quarterback showed flashes of improvement at Kroger Field on Saturday. And those flashes – along with another strong performance from South Carolina’s defense – helped South Carolina pick up an important 31-6 win over Kentucky.
“What a team win for our football program. Offense, defense, special teams – you talk about gritty. You talk about tough. You talk about competitive. We showed it all today,” Shane Beamer said.
“Coming on the road, you’ve got to have great toughness. Check. You’ve got to have great physicality. Check. When adversity hits, you’ve got to have great composure. Check. And great togetherness, and we showed that, as well. We talked about getting that game into the fourth quarter and finding a way to win it, and we absolutely did.”
Before Sellers and South Carolina’s offense could find their groove, the team’s defense would set the tone early.
The Gamecocks’ 23-19 win over the Monarchs was due in part due to a strong performance from South Carolina’s (2-0, 1-0 SEC) defensive line and secondary. The Gamecocks sung a similar tune against Kentucky (1-1, 0-1 SEC), as it kept the Wildcats’ offense at bay during the opening 30 minutes of the game.
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