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Well, there’s hardly a dull moment around the South Carolina HC, Shane Beamer. Yes, the Gamecocks have got a co- -y coach, you see? This time Beamer got too carried away, sharing an instance from his past. Now, those who have doubted the HC in the past must be biting their nails off in regret. After all, those who refused to count on the man, it’s the same man who is making himself and his program proud with every passing day. Maybe that’s because even though Beamer has moved past the bitter feeling, he has kept the hunger to do better alive within himself. And it paid well beating rival HCs Ryan Day and Lane Kiffin’s records. 

The Gamecocks might have lost their first bowl game under Beamer, but it did not dampen the HC’s spirit in any way. And what better timing to address the ones who questioned the direction that Beamer is driving his program to? Now, to ward off the doubts, the HC thought of addressing an old conversation with a player. He stated, “There’s a player that left our program after last season and one of the reasons he told me that we were leaving is he said I don’t think we’re going to be very good and we don’t have a quarterback like he told me that.”

He tried to make him understand that their QB LaNorris Sellers were enough to take the program forward. But sadly, it was not enough to gain the player’s trust as Beamer shared snippets from the conversation, “And that player said I don’t know coach it ain’t looking too good. Well he is somewhere else right now.” Yes, the player might be getting FOMO since he missed out on the chance to be under Beamer’s tutelage that helped Sellers get himself a place among the top five QBs in college. Now can you guess who the player was who messed with the Gamecocks HC?

Well, even though Beamer did not disclose the name, in all likelihood was wide receiver Antwane “Juice” Wells. The athlete left South Carolina for Ole Miss Rebels this off-season since he considered Kiffin’s program to be “the best team in the SEC.” Now Wells might be going through heavy regret now that Beamer has beaten Kiffin. 

How Shane Beamer is on a winning streak outshining bigger names

By now, the South Carolina HC has grown a thick skin to criticism. On November 17, analyst Brandon Walker posted a tweet about Beamer’s team. And as usual, it no way had anything positive for the Gamecocks as he wrote, “The biggest lie that the national media guys have tried to sell you lately is that South Carolina is good. They are a thoroughly average team.” But thank God, Beamer was lucky enough to find at least one supporter to stand by his side this time.

Well, Walker’s comment did not sit well with CBS Sports analyst Josh Pate. He then re-shared the tweet, throwing an open challenge to the analyst, knowing very well that Walker would soon realize his mistake for demeaning Beamer’s squad. Pate wrote, “I screenshat this just in case.” Yes, he was right. Now the South Carolina HC is giving tough competition to the rival HCs.

Already he is a step ahead moving toward reaching the standards set by his predecessors, legends like Will Muschamp and Steve Spurrier, in Columbia. The Gamecocks after crushing Missouri in their 34-30 home win, unlocked their sixth victory over a top-25 opponent. Plus, Shane Beamer now has more top-25 wins than Ohio State’s Ryan Day, Ole Miss’s Lane Kiffin, LSU’s Brian Kelly among others.