South Carolina improved to 5-2 overall and 3-2 in the SEC on Saturday with a 15-9 win against reeling Tennessee. Here are five things we learned in that game:
A.J. Turner has Will Muschamp’s trust
After playing sparingly in the first half, Turner ended up as the game’s leading rusher with 14 carries for 86 yards, all of which came after halftime. The 5-foot-10, 184-pound sophomore is the Gamecocks smallest back and generally the third back into each game, but he seems to be the coach’s favorite choice in crunch time. After Turner appeared to miss a hole on a play that would have sealed South Carolina’s win without the last-second dramatics, Muschamp defended Turner.