South Carolina v Georgia: game balls

Do you remember all the good points to discuss after the game against Missouri? It seems like a long time ago.

We saw the South Carolina defense take several steps back while the attack played, really, as I expected.

The backups on the defensive end played like backups, and I was grateful to see the Cocks get 16 points, considering the lack of protection that the offensive line was giving and how no one could put themselves in Shi Smith’s place except Nick Muse.

To give Georgia credit, they also did an incredible job of containing Luke Doty.

I thought that to win the game the defense would have to make plays because the attack would add up to 17 points at most, and nobody did, for the most part.

You could blame players outside of South Carolina’s performance because of COVID, withdrawal or injury, but it was still a little disappointing.

Anyway, some guys played well.

Come on!

Offensive game ball: Nick Muse

Doty and Muse have developed something really good, although it is probably due to the fact that there are no other capable options to launch.

If Brooks, Vann or literally anyone else had not yet produced, I would not have expected anything to change against Georgia.

Muse hit eight balls in 131 yards, including his first SEC touchdown, and it seems that, at least for now, he took on the role that Shi Smith held until last week.

Almost half of Doty’s conclusions went to Muse, which shows his value for his attack.

It also appears that he mainly fixed the drops problem.

Hopefully, he will remain next year, although it seems that his destiny is directly linked to tight end coach Bobby Bentley.

Defensive game ball: N / A

South Carolina allowed THREE HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR yards to run (counting the four biggest ball carriers of the day).

I can’t even remember the last time I saw this in an SEC game.

It is as if Georgia tells them that they were throwing the ball and they still can’t stop.

Oh, and the Bulldogs scored 45 points, including scores every second drive, not to mention what ended the game.

There will be better days ahead for this Gamecock defense.

Honorable mentions: Jammie Robinson

Yes, the defense played terribly, but I felt that Robinson was the only guy out there with a pulse.

Because of how they played as a unit, I felt that the defensive general at USC deserved only an honorable mention, not a game ball.

Robinson was practically the only guy who could tackle in the open, and passing defense wasn’t the biggest problem on Saturday night either.

He also had a nice dive interception, although it proved useless in the end.

We’ll get them next week.