Live updates: Shane Beamer weekly press conference (Georgia)
It’s officially week three for South Carolina football and talking Tuesday.
The Gamecocks have their weekly media availability with Shane Beamer speaking with reporters at 1:30 p.m.
Follow along with live updates here.
South Carolina hosts No. 1 Georgia at noon Saturday, the first of three home games to close out September.
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The Gamecocks started the season 1-1 with a win over Georgia State then a loss on the road at Arkansas most recently.
Georgia just jumped to No 1 in the country, leap frogging Alabama this week, after walloping Oregon and Samford to start the year by a combined score of 82-3.
South Carolina has plenty of connections with the Bulldogs with Kirby Smart and Beamer spending time together on staff at Georgia for a couple years.
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Former Gamecocks head coach Will Muschamp is Georgia’s defensive coordinator and former South Carolina wide outs coach Bryan McClendon is the team’s pass game coordinator. Mike Bob is a Georgia quality control analyst.
South Carolina opens as underdogs to Georgia
by Wes Mitchell
South Carolina football was no doubt going to be a big underdog this week as the defending national champion Georgia Bulldogs come to town and that was confirmed on Sunday afternoon as the initial lines for next Saturday’s matchups came out.
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The Gamecocks opened as 26-point underdogs to the Bulldogs, according to Circa Sports, which is usually first to release lines.
The bookie installed the over/under for the game at 48 1/2 points.
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Vegas seemed torn on the line with some discrepancies across the various sites.
The VegasInsider Consensus tabbed Georgia as a 23.5-point favorite as of 4:30 p.m. on Sunday.
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BetRivers had the line as low as 16 points, according to Vegas Insider.
The Gamecocks (1-1, 0-1 SEC) were defeated at Arkansas 44-30 on Saturday afternoon after defeating Georgia State 35-14 in their opener.
Georgia (2-0, 0-0 SEC) defeated Sanford 33-0 in Week 2 after defeating Oregon 49-3 in Week 1.
South Carolina and Georgia are set for a noon kickoff Saturday at Williams-Brice Stadium on ESPN.
Gamecock Central will have complete coverage throughout the week.
