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South Carolina's Loss to Citadel Shows Gamecocks Could Be in for Rough Future

For 60 minutes inside Williams-Brice Stadium on Saturday afternoon, South Carolina put on a show.

A horror show.

The Gamecocks fell 23-22 to The Citadel out of the FCS, dropped to 3-8 on the season and made it abundantly clear to the college football world that the man who will permanently take over for former head coach Steve Spurrier—who retired in October—has a nearly impossible task.

Interim head coach Shawn Elliott was straightforward on what went wrong for the Gamecocks, according to David Cloninger of the State:

Shawn Elliott: "They out-coached us, they out-classed us.