Trailing 19-3 well into the third quarter and with their Bloomin’ Onion hopes on life support, the South Carolina Gamecocks came storming back to stun the Michigan Wolverines and ring in 2018 with a 26-19 Outback Bowl victory on Monday.
The game got off to a slow and frankly boring start, as both teams’ defenses dug in and neither offense could find production. Michigan finally opened the scoring with a 35-yard field goal when South Carolina’s Chris Lammons muffed a punt deep in Gamecock territory. The Wolverines tacked on another field goal, this one from 26 yards out, after a bad exchange between South Carolina quarterback Jake Bentley and running back A.