South Carolina opens as around a touchdown underdog to Missouri
South Carolina opened as around a touchdown underdog Sunday afternoon when initial lines for the Gamecocks’ upcoming matchup with Missouri were released.
Fanduel Sportsbook set the early line at Missouri -6.5 while Circa Sports had it at -8. The over/under was set at 58.5 and 56.5, respectively.
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The Gamecocks (2-4, 1-3 SEC) are looking to bounce back from a brutal 41-39 loss to Florida in which South Carolina had a 10-point fourth-quarter lead at home.
On the year, the Gamecocks have wins over Furman and Mississippi State with losses to North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, and Florida.
Missouri (6-1, 2-1) marched back from an early 14-0 deficit to beat Kentucky 38-21 on Saturday.
The Tigers also have wins over South Dakota, MTSU, Kansas State, Memphis and Vandy as well as a loss to LSU.
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Missouri has won four straight over South Carolina including a 23-10 victory over the Gamecocks last season at Williams-Brice Stadium. The last Carolina win in the series was a 37-35 Gamecock win at home with backup quarterback Michael Scarnecchia at the helm.
This Saturday’s matchup between the two schools is set for a 3:30 kickoff in Columbia, Mo. with SEC Network carrying the action.
What Shane Beamer said after loss to Florida
By Jack Veltri
South Carolina head coach Shane Beamer met with the media after a 41-39 loss to Florida on Saturday. Here’s what he said.
— Disappointed South Carolina didn’t make enough plays. Proud of the fight. Knew it would be a four quarter SEC war. In the end, didn’t do enough good things to win.
— Main problem defensively was calling a lot of pressures but not running them. Pointed out situations where they ran the pressure but either didn’t execute it properly or got flagged for a penalty. Had some calls that were perfect but Florida made the plays and South Carolina didn’t.
— Extremely frustrating to not get stops on third and fourth down. Did a good job of holding them to field goals in the first half. But when Florida is 75 percent on fourth downs in the last few minutes, they couldn’t get it done. Says they should’ve been off the field multiple times. Going to be a tough night when Florida is passing for over 400 yards and running 81 plays.
