Less than an hour after South Carolina’s 2021 football schedule was released on Wednesday afternoon, the Gamecocks coach Shane Beamer was on Paul Finebaum’s program to discuss the challenges he will face each Saturday as a first-year coach at the SEC.
The opening of the Gamecocks conference is not until the third game of the season, a trip to face Georgia, but the season and home debut against Eastern Illinois on September 4 also have meaning in Beamer’s mind.
“Opening the season is always complicated,” said Beamer. “With Eastern Illinois, in fact, my father, who was the head coach of Murray State, his last game as a coach was against Eastern Illinois. The quarterback was actually Sean Payton, the head coach of the Saints. faces. “
South Carolina 2021 football schedule
September 4 – vs. Eastern Illinois
September 11 – in East Carolina
September 18 – in Georgia
September 25 – vs. Kentucky
October 2 – vs. Troy
October 9 – Tennessee
October 16 – vs. Vanderbilt
October 23 – in Texas A&M
October 30 – BYE WEEK
November 6 – vs. Florida
November 13 – in Missouri
November 20 – vs. Auburn
November 27 – vs. Clemson
Finebaum, jokingly, said: “It looks simple. I don’t see why you can’t go 12-0.”
In response, Beamer said that there are already high expectations in the Beamer family.
“You look like my seven-year-old son. He saw a list of our opponents the other day and put us at 10-2,” said Beamer. “Expectations are certainly high, but they are no higher than in this home. It is a challenging schedule. When you are at the SEC, the largest conference in the country, you know the battle it will be each year.
“The off-conference schedule, playing in East Carolina is never easy. I did this many times when I was training at Virginia Tech. I know they will be excited about the arrival of a program like ours in Greenville. Troy obviously a program for which we have a lot of respect for, and we certainly know what they did against LSU not so long ago in Baton Rouge. Obviously, at the end of the season I know it will be very exciting for our fan base to get this game (against Clemson) back to schedule and compete against these guys again. I’m excited, we have a lot of work to do so far, but I certainly can’t wait for the 2021 season. “