The South Carolina Gamecocks walked into Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on Saturday as the road team against a favored Oklahoma Sooners side and left with a 42-25 win, their third straight SEC victory. Afterward, Shane Beamer made a claim about what that run says about South Carolina’s place in the conference this season.
The streak followed a 2-3 start that included an 0-3 opening in league play. South Carolina beat the then-No. 16 Florida Gators, then knocked off the No. 11 Tennessee Volunteers 27-24 in Columbia on Oct. 24 when Malik Orsan kicked a field goal as time expired, and the trip to Norman came seven days later.
“Really awesome night, proud of our football team. We challenged them all week. Nobody in the SEC has been able to do what we did tonight, and that’s come off a big win and follow it up the very next week with another big win.” Beamer said…