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Jake Bentley catching heat from frustrated South Carolina fans following loss to Kentucky
By Nick Krueger
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It’s easy for anyone to play armchair quarterback after a loss. In the 21st century, it may be even easier to play keyboard quarterback. For many South Carolina fans sitting at home or on their phones Saturday night and early Sunday, quarterback Jake Bentley was the decided upon target for most of the heat.
A quick look at his stat line from the Gamecocks 24-10 loss to Kentucky shows why. He completed just 13 of 28 passes for 148 yards with one touchdown and three interceptions. His only true highlight came on a 58-yard touchdown pass to Deebo Samuel.
Combine that with falling to 2-2 on the season and a 1-2 record in the SEC and it was a perfect mixture for Bentley to feel the heat on social media.
It wasn’t a pleasant experience for Bentley if he decided to search his name. Fans and others compared him to drunk Stephen Garcia and an unconscious Clemson quarterback among other things.
Take a look at some of the insults thrown his way recently on Twitter:
Jake Bentley is ass, him and his father can hit the fucking road for all I care
— Josh Hatchell (@josh_hatchell) September 30, 2018
Jake Bentley aiming for the trash can https://t.co/cU2PjBWg94
— BD (@BrandonDavisBD) September 30, 2018
Remember when Jake Bentley played well in a big game? Me either
— Zach Buchanan (@ZBuck14) September 30, 2018
Excuses for Jake Bentley’s college career.
Year 1: “oh he’s suppose to be in high school, give him a break “
Year 2: “oh Kurt roper is a bad qb coach give him a break,it will get better”
Year 3: now what?— Myles Ayer (@myles_ayer) September 30, 2018
https://twitter.com/CUFan321/status/1046127224812916742
https://twitter.com/PrimeTimeBo/status/1046232164621320192
Drunk Stephen Garcia > Jake Bentley
— Tom (@thetomdotc0m) September 30, 2018
https://twitter.com/garrettg23/status/1046207251432833024
2018 Cal football in one image pic.twitter.com/9yrNVTwxRa
— Riley McAtee (@RileyMcAtee) September 30, 2018
Is it bad that I'm looking at that graphic and looking at Jake Bentley's numbers and wishing South Carolina hadn't forced McIlwain out?
— Michael Baumann (@MichaelBaumann) September 30, 2018
Nick covers SEC football for Saturday Down South.
