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Joel Klatt calls out Shane Beamer for not going for two late vs. Alabama

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Oct 25, 2025; Columbia, South Carolina, USA; South Carolina Gamecocks head coach Shane Beamer reacts to a play against the Alabama Crimson Tide in the second quarter at Williams-Brice Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Blake-Imagn Images

With 10 minutes remaining in the fourth quarter on Saturday, South Carolina scored a touchdown to take a 21-14 lead over Alabama. South Carolina head coach Shane Beamer was left with a choice: Go for two and potentially make it a two-possession game, or take the extra point and go up by eight points.

South Carolina ultimately played it safe, kicking in its extra point and taking a 22-14 lead. Alas, the move came back to haunt the Gamecocks when Alabama scored and converted its two-point conversion attempt to tie the game.

Alabama ultimately went on to win the game 29-22. On Monday, FOX Sports’ Joel Klatt called out Shane Beamer for not attempting a two-point conversion early in the fourth quarter.

“By the way, these coaches make a lot of money to make wrong decisions,” Klatt said. “Shane Beamer goes up seven late in that ball game and doesn’t go for two to get a multiple possession lead. What? Like, what? I don’t understand. I don’t understand that. Shane Beamer should have gone for two.

“If they get it, it’s a 9-point game. It’s two possessions. South Carolina wins. If they don’t get it, it’s a 7-point game, and I don’t think that there’s any world that Alabama is going to go down there and go for two and put their season, and maybe their playoff hopes, on the line on one snap. They’re definitely going to overtime if Beamer goes for two. The game ends in overtime, period. But he didn’t, which forced ‘Bama to play it a little bit differently.”

With the loss, South Carolina fell to 3-5 on the season and 1-5 in conference play. On Monday, Beamer addressed his decision to take the extra point in the fourth quarter instead of go for two.

“To me, you make it an eight-point game. Now they’ve got to drive the field, score a touchdown and go for two to tie the ball game,” Beamer said. “You could be aggressive and say go for two and make it a 9-point game, but then if we don’t get it, y’all are asking me on the call today, ‘Why did you not kick the extra point there and make it an 8-point game?’

“We discussed it on the sideline for about five seconds during the drive that if we scored here, do we want to go for two? And it was an absolute, ‘No.’ It was kick the extra point and now they’ve got to do two different things just to tie you. Got to go down the field, score a touchdown and get the two-point conversion.”