South Carolina vs. Georgia live updates: Bulldogs dominate depleted Gamecock squad
The State’s Ben Breiner is inside Williams-Brice Stadium for Saturday’s South Carolina football game against Georgia. The game kicks off at 7:30 p.m. on SEC Network. The Gamecocks are playing a 10-game, SEC-only schedule during the coronavirus-delayed season.
Muse TD: Georgia 45, South Carolina 16
Tight end Nick Muse has put up a career effort on his Senior Night, and he capped it with a 7-yard touchdown grab from Luke Doty to cap a 98-yard touchdown drive late in this blowout. Muse has eight catches for 131 yards. It was Doty’s first career TD pass.
Smith TD: Georgia 45, South Carolina 10
Luke Doty threw his first interception of the game late in the third quarter, setting Georgia up in South Carolina territory. JT Daniels took advantage with a 31-yard touchdown pass on third down to Arian Smith to put the Dawgs up by five scores. It was Smith’s first career catch.
Podlesny FG: Georgia 38, South Carolina 10
Another long Georgia drive ended without a touchdown, as a rushing score was called back on an illegal formation penalty. Instead, UGA had to settle for a field goal, but the Gamecocks had several more defensive players shaken up on the 12-play possession.
White TD: Georgia 35, South Carolina 10
The Gamecocks opened up the second half with a disastrous drive that went 12 yards backwards, and freshman punter Kai Kroeger’s kick was returned more than 50 yards to set Georgia up with a short field. Zamir White took advantage with a 3-yard touchdown run, his second score of the day.
Cook TD: Georgia 28, South Carolina 10
Georgia’s ground game keeps on humming, and South Carolina can do nothing to stop it. Running six times in seven plays, the Bulldogs race down the field and scored on a 29-yard scamper by James Cook to go over 200 total rushing yards before halftime.
White FG: Georgia 21, South Carolina 10
Kevin Harris continued to power the South Carolina offense, accounting for 41 of 57 yards on an 11-play drive that stalled out near the Georgia 20-yard line, leaving senior kicker Parker White to drill one from 39 yards out.
Harris TD: Georgia 21, South Carolina 7
Sophomore running back Kevin Harris got the Gamecocks on the board with a 1-yard plunge to kick off the second quarter. Harris’ score capped an eight-play drive highlighted by a 35-yard pass from Luke Doty to tight end Nick Muse on a fleaf-flicker.
White TD: Georgia 21, South Carolina 0
Linebacker Ernest Jones, South Carolina’s emotional leader on defense and the team’s top tackler, went down with an injury on the first play of the drive, and without him, the Bulldogs simply rolled over the Gamecocks, running four more times to smash the ball in for a third touchdown in the first quarter.
Cook TD: Georgia 14, South Carolina 0
A quick three-and-out by USC gave the ball right back to Georgia, and the Bulldogs marched 82 yards in just nine plays to double their lead. Junior running back James Cook accounted for a large chunk of that with a 44-yard burst, then got in the end zone with a 5-yard rush.
McKitty TD: Georgia 7, South Carolina 0
The depleted Gamecock defense was no match for Georgia’s ruthlessly efficient offense, led by quarterback JT Daniels, who connected on a 40-yard pass to tight end Tre’ McKitty to set the Bulldogs up in the red zone, then found McKitty again for a 5-yard score.
Doty to start at quarterback
As expected, freshmen Luke Doty was announced as the Gamecocks’ starting quarterback on Saturday. Doty came in last week in the second half for Collin Hill and led the USC to a pair of scoring drives in the loss to Missouri.
Doty is the fourth freshman to start at QB for USC since 2016.
Honoring the Gamecock seniors
It was senior night at Williams-Brice Stadium on Saturday and the following players were honored: Slade Carroll, Chandler Farrell, Sadarius Hutcherson, Christian Kinsley, Nick Muse, Adam Prentice, Will Register, Shi Smith, Keir Thomas, Jay Urich, Noah Vincent and Parker White.
Seniors that didn’t walk in ceremony Saturday were Jaylan Foster, Collin Hill, Spencer Eason-Riddle, Jabari Ellis, Aaron Sterling, Damani Staley and Sherrod Greene.
Gamecocks down one of top tailbacks
Interim coach Mike Bobo mentioned that tailback Deshaun Fenwick might also be out for the game. Fenwick has 297 yards and a TD this season for USC. Freshman defensive lineman Jordan Burch also won’t play in the game.
Smith not in warmups for SC
Shi Smith wasn’t out in warmups. He’s doubtful with a concussion and On the pregame show, Derek Scott said Smith was still not out of concussion protocol. Walk-on Ben Rollins, who won a state title with Chapman on this field last year, was dressed for the second straight week.
Enagbare out for Gamecocks’ defense
South Carolina football will try to slow down Georgia quarterback JT Daniels off a strong starting debut.
And the Gamecocks appear to be set to do it without one of the best defenders it has.
Kingsley Enagbare was not out in warmups ahead of Saturday’s game.On the pregame radio show, interim coach Mike Bobo said Enagbare tested positive for COVID-19.
This story was originally published November 28, 2020 at 6:58 PM.
