SEC Shorts trolls Tennessee after Gamecocks' blowout win
South Carolina football fans aren’t the only ones having some fun at Tennessee’s expense after the Gamecocks’ 63-38 thumping of the Volunteers on Saturday night at Williams-Brice Stadium.
Tennessee entered the game with a No. 5 ranking and a likely pretty clear path to the College Football Playoff if it could just beat South Carolina this week and Vanderbilt the next.
But after a historic performance from Spencer Rattler and the Gamecocks, the Vols were sent packing with their second loss of the season and their CFP hopes crushed.
As one would expect, the brilliant folks at SEC Shorts got in on the conversation.
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Spencer Rattler, Jaylen Nichols earn SEC weekly honors
University of South Carolina quarterback Spencer Rattler was named the SEC’s co-Offensive Player of the Week and left tackle Jaylen Nichols was recognized as the SEC’s co-Offensive Lineman of the Week following Saturday’s win over Tennessee, the conference office announced today.
Rattler, a 6-1, 215-pound redshirt junior from Phoenix, Ariz., had arguably the best game by a quarterback in Carolina school history in the win over fifth-ranked Tennessee.
Rattler completed 30-of-37 passes for 438 yards and a school-record six touchdowns with no interceptions. The 30 completions, 438 yards and six TDs were all career highs.
The 438 yards was the fourth-highest single game mark in school history.
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Twelve different players had receptions, including a 15-yarder by Rattler from Dakereon Joyner.
He was named the Walter Camp National Offensive Player of the Week and the College Football Performance Awards (CFPA) Division I National Performer of the Week and is one of eight quarterbacks named Manning Award Stars of the Week.
Nichols, a 6-5, 322-pound senior from Charlotte, N.C., graded out at 90 percent with no quarterback pressures or sacks in the Gamecocks’ 63-38 win over the Volunteers.
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The Gamecocks rolled up 606 yards of offense, including 153 on the ground and 453 through the air. Carolina’s 63 points was its second-highest points scored in an SEC; the most by a Carolina team against a top-5 opponent; the most by an unranked team against an AP top-5 opponent in the poll era (since 1936); the most points by an unranked SEC team vs a ranked SEC team ever in regulation; and the most points allowed by Tennessee in an SEC game.
Rattler, Nichols and the Gamecocks (7-4, 4-4 SEC) will travel to the Upstate this week to face No. 7/8 Clemson (10-1, 8-0 ACC) in the annual Palmetto Bowl. Game time is set for noon ET and the contest will be televised nationally on ABC.
