South-Carolina
Beamer attributes South Carolina's offensive struggles to 'a combination of things'
The hole was already plenty deep. South Carolina, mostly by its own doing, found itself trailing by three touchdowns at halftime on Saturday.
Desperately needing a sign of life, the Gamecocks came out of the break and slowly drove down the field and moved inside the Ole Miss 20-yard line. But then came a big decision on 4th and 4. Do you go for it and extend the drive to try and score a touchdown or just take the points by way of a field goal?
Head coach Shane Beamer went with the latter option, taking his offense off the field and sending out his kicker Alex Herrera to try a 38-yard field goal to cut the deficit down to … 18 points. Much like his other decisions throughout the day, this one didn’t work out in his favor. Herrera missed wide right, which left South Carolina in the same spot it was before — still down 21 points.
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Even if Herrera made the field goal, it wouldn’t have made much of a difference in the final outcome. South Carolina’s offense never found the end zone in what would end up being a 27-3 loss to Ole Miss.
“I think it was a combination of things,” Beamer said, trying to put his finger on what led to the offensive struggles. “Was it good enough? No, absolutely not. When you score three points, it’s nowhere near good enough.”
South Carolina finished the game with 313 total yards and showed flashes at times. But that’s all it was — just flashes. Nothing more. The offense, which drove into Ole Miss territory on six different drives, only came away with three points and turned the ball over twice with two additional turnovers on downs.
There wasn’t just one singular thing that stood out as to why the offense couldn’t score. It was a mixture of everything. LaNorris Sellers, making his first start since Week 3, had an up-and-down day. His receivers couldn’t get open consistently. And the protection around him wasn’t great as he took a season-high six sacks.
But if there were any positives Beamer could take away from the lackluster performance, he felt the run game was “decent.” As a team, the Gamecocks rushed for 151 yards with Sellers accounting for 55 of those yards.
“I know with the sacks, the rushing yardage comes down and the yards per rush comes down,” Beamer said. “But on called runs, we were productive and hit some things in the passing game, but nowhere near productive enough there, not good enough on third down.”
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Outside of that, it was nearly impossible for Beamer to find much good through all the bad in the loss. Much like it has all year, South Carolina struggled on third and fourth downs and went a combined 6-for-20 in those situations.
The underlying theme in all these struggles were the details, according to Beamer.
“Overall, I think it was a thing here, a thing there. Everybody had a hand in it, starting with me as the head coach,” he said. “We’ve got to be more detailed in everything that we’re doing, whether it be techniques, assignments, route depths, how we attack certain leverages, you name it. Just gotta be better there.”
New details have emerged in an officer-involved shooting that left one dead and a deputy injured in Anderson County on Monday.
A deputy with the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) initiated a traffic stop outside of Townville, SC, on I-85 Northbound near Mile Marker 11 for a traffic violation, according to a release from the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED).
The deputy requested back-up and spoke to 32-year-old Austin Derrell Robertson, of Pennsylvania, in his patrol vehicle. Once the other deputy arrived, Robertson got out of the vehicle and “a physical altercation involving him and the two deputies” occured, according to SLED.
SC deputy critically injured after shooting during traffic stop, suspect killed
While deputies attempted to tase Robertson, officials said he grabbed a firearm from his vehicle and shot one of the deputies.
Both deputies then shot back at Roberston, and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
SLED said the deputy was airlifted to the hospital and remains there for treatment at this time.
The incident remains under investigation by SLED, as requested by the ACSO.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) – Former South Carolina Lt. Gov. André Bauer has been nominated for a position in foreign diplomacy.
The White House on Tuesday listed Bauer as a nominee to be the next U.S. Ambassador to Belize, a Central American country bordering Guatemala.
It’s unclear when a confirmation hearing will take place. WIS has reached out to the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee for more information.
Bauer was South Carolina’s lieutenant governor from 2003-2011, serving under then-Gov. Mark Sanford. Before that, he served terms in the South Carolina House of Representatives and the South Carolina Senate.
More recently, Bauer entered the race for U.S. Senate in July 2025, looking to unseat Sen. Lindsey Graham in the Republican primary. He ended his campaign the following month.
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CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Six Republican candidates vying to become South Carolina’s next governor met in downtown Charleston for a wide-ranging debate that put abortion, infrastructure and the future of data centers at the center of the race.
The forum was held at the Sottile Theatre, where Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette, state Sen. Josh Kimbrell, U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace, U.S. Rep. Ralph Norman, Lowcountry businessman Rom Reddy and Attorney General Alan Wilson took the stage.
Questions included whether they would support a state hate crime law, how they would address concerns about growth and infrastructure, how to navigate collaboration, abortion and the future of data centers in the state.
One issue that drew near-unanimous opposition was state Senate Bill 1095, a proposed total abortion ban that passed out of committee earlier in the day. All of the candidates opposed the bill, but they differed on what they would do if it reached the governor’s desk.
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Norman said he would sign it.
“You know, this is an emotional issue, but I will tell you if this bill came to my desk as governor. If it passed the House and the Senate, I would sign it,” Norman said.
All of the other candidates on stage said they would veto the bill if it came across their desk as governor, with Reddy arguing the question should be decided by voters.
“The Supreme Court did not say the loudest voice in the ruling class prevails. It said it’s up to the people in the state, so let’s put it to a referendum,” Reddy said.
On infrastructure, candidates discussed reforming the South Carolina Department of Transportation and allowing private-sector involvement to help pay for improvements.
Wilson outlined ideas that included leasing interstate easements and expanding private express lanes.
“We privatized that grass between the interstates. We turn it into private express lanes that can be told we leased the easements on the sides of interstates to telecommunication companies and energy companies, and charge them for natural gas line and fiber optic fiber optic cables,” Wilson said.
Evette also pointed to public-private partnerships and the possibility of fast-pass lanes.
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“We want to make sure that we’re innovative public private partnerships coming in and creating fast pass lanes to allow people that are in a hurry to be able to utilize that,” Evette said.
The final question focused on data centers, with candidates agreeing corporations should “pay their way.”
“They should pay for their water. They should pay for their infrastructure, any roads around it, and we should look at what Governor Ron DeSantis has done in Florida with the large data centers that are coming to Florida. That should be the model in South Carolina and everywhere,” Mace said.
Kimbrell said the state should set limits to protect natural resources and guard against higher power costs for residents.
“Put parameters around data centers to ensure that the water consumption does not impact places like the ACE Basin,” Kimbrell said. “Ensuring that the Public Service Commission makes absolutely sure nobody’s power rate goes up and we try to get behind the meter energy grids in place so they can be self-sufficient.”
Two more debates are planned ahead of the primaries on June 9.
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