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South Carolina pulled off a huge upset win at Clemson on Saturday, winning 31-30 in the regular season finale for each team.
With the victory, the Gamecocks ended a 7-game losing streak to their in-state rivals and also snapped the Tigers’ 4-game home winning streak.
Additionally, they ended a streak of 68 consecutive games that Clemson had won when leading at halftime.
Spencer Rattler passed for 360 yards and 2 TDs in the South Carolina win. But in many ways, it was “Beamer Ball” that propelled the Gamecocks to victory, as the defense and special teams will outstanding.
The defense held DJ Uiagalelei to 8-for-29 passing for just 99 yards and South Carolina punter Kai Kroeger averaged 54 yards per punt on 7 attempts, 5 of which were downed inside the 20.
Finally, the Gamecocks special teams helped seal the win by forcing a Clemson fumble on a punt return with just over 2 minutes to play.
It was a huge win for the Gamecocks, who close their season by beating CFP contenders Tennessee and Clemson, which had college football fans on social media buzzing:
South Carolina fans taking over the field at Death Valley.
Chants of “Beamer Ball” ringing out right after this video ended. pic.twitter.com/xTst1sfSt1
— Ben Portnoy (@bportnoy15) November 26, 2022
Who had South Carolina with 2 top 10 wins on their bingo card?
— Mark Go with your move Caesar (@pissyopants1) November 26, 2022
Wow! Wow! Wow! Shane Beamer was the answer #SouthCarolina
— Alyssa Butterson (@abutterson) November 26, 2022
Quite the seven days for Shane Beamer and South Carolina football.
— Ben McKee (@benmckee14) November 26, 2022
BEAMER BALL pic.twitter.com/hc7mdVmrve
— Big Cat (@BarstoolBigCat) November 26, 2022
BEAMER BALL!
— Caleb Sandage (@CalebSandageAR) November 26, 2022
https://twitter.com/TitoCora_/status/1596607705153536000?s=20&t=tGmanKN0-pPC76tHVB8eQQ
Kai Kroeger man…special
— Marqwell Batts (@marqwellbatts) November 26, 2022
#BeamerBall is real !
— Keith Hammond (@AKeithHammond) November 26, 2022
Beamer Ball ? https://t.co/5cds2SOUak pic.twitter.com/ypALHZo5Eg
— Emily McKiernan (@EmilyMcKiernan_) November 26, 2022
Kai Kroeger for Heisman
— christopher collins (@christopherco70) November 26, 2022
Kai Kroeger is pretty magical. #Gamecocks
— Katie Dugan (@KBDugan) November 26, 2022
To the shouts of “Beamer Ball” from Gamecocks fans at Clemson pic.twitter.com/Y00KQXlQin
— @sapakoff (@Sapakoff) November 26, 2022
"Chris Wallace covers college football for Saturday Down South. He has covered college athletics for multiple newspapers and also worked previously for Rivals.com and GolfChannel.com."
