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Series History: Ole Miss Rebels vs. South Carolina Gamecocks
After dropping the SEC opener to Kentucky, the Ole Miss Rebels have their work cut out for them in Columbia, S.C., against a young South Carolina Gamecock team.
While the Rebels offense looked quite pedestrian last week, head coach Lane Kiffin is one of the best at assessing and fixing the offense from week-to-week. The Rebels will be going up against another talented front that presents a very different skillset and speed off the edge. The Wildcats’ strengths lay up the middle while the Gamecocks’ speed off the edge has turned them into a pretty stout defensive front.
The Rebels and Gamecocks have met only 16 times, the first coming in 1947 in an out-of-conference matchup played in Memphis.
With this being said, let’s take a look at the last three matchups between Ole Miss and South Carolina.
2009 — South Carolina 16, Ole Miss 10
The game that saw the creation of Sandstrom, the Rebels came in as the No. 4-ranked team in the country with hopes to cause havoc in the BCS.
That dream ended quickly after the Gamecocks dominated the middle of the game thanks to QB Stephen Garcia, who was known to pull off an upset or two during his time in Columbia. The real story of the game was the Carolina defense that manhandled the Rebels’ offense for all four quarters. Jevan Snead tried to mount a comeback in the fourth after a Markieth Summers 45-yard touchdown catch brought the Rebels into striking distance at 16-10.
Ole Miss had another chance to go the length of the field late in the fourth but couldn’t muster enough magic to pull it off and turned it over on downs to give the Gamecocks an upset win at home.
2018 — South Carolina 48, Ole Miss 44
This game started with a bang, a 90-yard kick return from Deebo Samuel, putting the Gamecocks up seven on the first play of the game.
Scottie Phillips had himself a day running the football for the Rebs, going for 141 yards on 21 carries and three scores. Jordan Ta’amu also had a strong performance at 31-of-46 through the air for 379 yards.
The Rebels were down two scores at the end of the first, but Phillips found the end zone followed by a Luke Logan field goal that cut the lead to four at 17-13 early in the second. The Rebels and Gamecocks traded scores throughout the second quarter with Phillips capping off a nine-play 75-yard drive with a one-yard touchdown run from Phillips to tie it at 27 apiece just before halftime.
The Rebels took the lead in the fourth quarter with a Logan field goal and another Phillips touchdown run to put Ole Miss up 37-34 heading into the fourth. Two touchdowns by the Gamecocks in the final frame gave them the 48-44 lead after Ole Miss scored in the fourth as well but punted on three consecutive drives and failed to convert on their final drive.
2020– Ole Miss 59, South Carolina 42
Another back-and-fourth matchup in Kiffin’s first season in Oxford. Matt Corral delivered one of the best performances by any Ole Miss QB in history with over 500 yards passing alongside four touchdowns and no interceptions.
Elijah Moore also had one of his best days in a Rebel uniform, going for 225 yards on 13 catches and two touchdowns. One that went for 91 yards made Kiffin throw his play sheet up in the air and gave the Rebels the lead in the fourth quarter.
The Rebels secured a much-needed win, and South Carolina was left scratching its head and moved on from Will Muschamp later in the year.
(WPDE) — ABC15 is the new official broadcast home for South Carolina Education Lottery (SCEL) drawings, beginning Wednesday, July 1!
Weekday evening drawings for Pick 3, Pick 4, Palmetto Cash 5 and Cash Pop will air live just before the 7:00 p.m. newscast and are approximately one minute long.
ABC15 will also air live jackpot drawings during its 11 p.m. newscast on:
- Mega Millions: Tuesdays and Fridays
- Powerball: Wednesdays and Saturdays
In addition to the live broadcasts, official SCEL results will be displayed on-screen following the midday Pick 3, Pick 4 and Cash Pop drawings. Weekend evening drawings will also be shown through official results crawls.
Richard Hricik, South Carolina’s Democratic nominee for attorney general, has officially launched his campaign for November’s general election.
Hricik was unopposed in the primary, automatically advancing to the ballot in November. He will now race against the Republican nominee David Stumbo, who beat Republican challenger Stephen Goldfinch in a runoff on June 23.
Hricik launched his campaign on June 25, just two days after the Republican primary runoff concluded.
In a press release Hricik, a Charleston attorney of more than 25 years, said that his campaign focuses on the fact that the rule of law should protect everyone equally.
“The Rule of Law isn’t red or blue. It has to apply to everyone, and be defended for everyone,” Hricik said. “An Attorney General who treats the law as their own political agenda — who protects some people and not others — threatens our democracy and makes every South Carolinian’s rights less safe. If someone attacks the State House in Columbia, I won’t ask who they voted for; it won’t matter — they are going to prison. That’s the law, and the Attorney General’s job is to defend and uphold The Rule of Law. For everyone.”
Hricik also announced that he has a no-money pledge for his campaign.
“An Attorney General is supposed to answer to two things: You and The Rule of Law. No one and nothing else,” Hricik said. “So, I take no money — not from special interests, not even from myself. That’s not a gimmick. It’s my firewall against corruption and influence. When you owe no one, you can fight for everyone and The Rule of Law.”
There has not been a Democrat in the attorney general office since Thomas Medlock, who left office in 1995.
Stumbo, who is currently serving a fourth term as Solicitor for the Eighth Judicial Circuit of South Carolina, ran his primary campaign on the basis of being a career prosecutor and lifelong Republican.
On runoff election night, Stumbo and his supporters gathered at the City Club of Greenville to watch results come in. In his winning speech that night, Stumbo said that while there hasn’t been a Democratic attorney general in South Carolina in many years, there would still be work ahead.
“We still got a lot of work to do, and I need everyone in this room fighting like crazy for the next few months to make sure that when we’re standing there on election night in November that we are officially the next attorney g eneral of South Carolina,” Stumbo said.
Ruth Cronin covers Greenville County business, growth and development. Contact her at rcronin@usatodayco.com.
HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WPDE) — A judge has started the process for South Carolina to pursue the death penalty against Brandon Council, the man accused of killing two women during an armed bank robbery at CresCom Bank in 2017.
Council is charged federally with murder after authorities said he walked into the bank to commit an armed robbery that ended with two employees being shot and killed.
He was originally sentenced to death in federal court, but the Biden administration commuted the sentences of 37 death row inmates, changing their status to life in prison.
With Council no longer facing execution under the federal sentence, South Carolina is moving to revive state charges that had been dropped before he was federally charged.
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In court, prosecutors sought to add dates to the case calendar as they pursue the death penalty again.
Fifteenth Circuit Solicitor Jimmy Richardson said the state had initially been looking at April 2027 for a trial date, but the judge denied that as too soon.
“We were being as aggressive as we could be. But by July 17th, the defense will give their order. We will turn in another order, and we’ll see if we can’t come to an agreement. That way, the judge doesn’t have a lot of problems. It’s just an agreement between the two sides,” Richardson said.
During the hearing, the judge and the state were asked about any bias before moving forward.
Richardson said, “I don’t know him. So he’s from a different state, and, they ask us to let them know about any bias. I don’t know about any bias. I just, you know, it’s whatever the crime is.”
He added, “The main thing for me was to get the schedule in order so that we know where we’re going, and it looks like we’re on the road to that, but we’re not there yet.”
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At one point, Council sought to represent himself in court and objected to statements made by the prosecution.
By the end of the hearing, he changed his mind and accepted representation.
Richardson said he does not expect the trial until 2028.
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