South Carolina football didn’t play the kind of game most folks would’ve wanted.
The play was sloppy. The Gamecocks were down early. Tennessee isn’t a particularly good team. The starts of both halves were mostly not ideal.
But there was fight. And for now, that might have to be enough.
South Carolina trailed by 11 points twice. The defense seemed ready to give up most of the gains the offense generated, allowing the Volunteers to three times extend leads after Gamecocks scores.
But after each of those, Jake Bentley, Rico Dowdle and the rest of the offense found a way to answer on the way to the 27-24 win.