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quickly from his linebacking position mock starting the season here in Knoxville and then at Georgia State in Atlanta next week hit as he throws good Ball by artopi is to noooo wat Nuna Watley and it's down to the 36 yd line it's the biggest play for the mocks today nice play action fake in the back field you see kind of they're trying to sell the wide Zone he pulls it stabs one in there to wattley nice completion Far and Away the greatest success we've seen the mock offense have so far 22 yd completion with Omari Thomas in his face artopia won't go that way turns around throws and it's a perfect ball down to the 18 to Sam Phillips well we talk about the improvisational skills of the other quarterback what about otopus here so he's trying to get outside looking to kind of half roll out ends up having to redirect a great job of finding one of his favorite tops top targets rather in Sam Phillips and maybe could have even drawn a flag there towards not a ton of contact like the no call there let him play in the red zone for the mocks for the first time Davis down to the 15 Elijah Simmons making the tackle you're head coach Rusty Wright you you've got to be thrilled with the way your team has come out here in the second half I mean they got punched early in the first two quarters and you don't always know what you're going to get coming out of the locker room in a lopsided game game and you want to find out what kind of DNA your team really has to the end just short of the end zone incomplete he looking for AJ little Ty West pressured artopia there that time coming all the way across and West gets up field quickly oropus took a big shot at the end of that throw ball just a little bit behind him you see the mocks going to more RPO type plays narius make the read after the [Applause] snap third and [Music] eight down to the 10 Flags everywhere wattley be just short of the first down [Music] [Applause] looks like the mic is down this offensive pass interference on the [Applause] mocks we've seen this a couple times this afternoon Taylor you know the Chattanooga offense seems to have something working they get a negative yardage play or a penalty it undoes the forward progress they were in the Red Zone with a completion for positive yards and instead you end up with that offensive Pi but where they' had some success is the Run pass option place you're asking your quarterback to make a read after the snap to was have done a good job you can see coach right's not happy with that call so instead of third and eight now third and 23 and a handoff to Davis down to the 25 where will Brooks makes the tackle and we'll see if coach R Alex to put some points on the board Jude Kelly who has been punting some today is also the kicker had a the 48 Yer last year as his long of the Season 8 for 10 last year 43 yards on this [Applause] attempt and Chattanooga is on the board 10 10 to go in the third quarter [Music] make this a summer to share in the three R Kia 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from start to finish you're watching SEC football presented by All State on a steamy hot Saturday in beautiful Knoxville Tennessee Falls are starting the season strong up 45-3 thanks in large part to Nico iamal Ava's terrific start through for over 300 yards in that first quarter first half rather MOX just scored for the first time short kick fielded at the 30 yd line down to Alysa guys one of the story lines coming into this season for Tennessee is the return of wide receiver Brew McCoy we'll see in just a moment how much responsibility he has left in this game today but Tennessee fans remember well on this field last season he suffered a season-ending leg injury and he went through quite the journey after that he told me it was hard to articulate thinking about being back out here on this field today a little bit anxious but more than anything he was so grateful because he didn't know if he'd ever play football again or un brew a little bit later yeah I was hoping we would eat cookies Alissa we tell you more on that coming up as Gaston Moore is in the game and throws it to hold stays stays will pick up nine Gaston is the fifth year senior from Hilton Head and he's been with this coaching staff longer than T than Josh Hy's been with Tennessee he was at UCF with these guys and then he came over here he's the third string quarterback the last two years see The Limited action in his career can update that number now to 11 completions after that nyd catch there is a player down on the field for Chattanooga and he's on the he's near the Tennessee bench I [Music] believe it almost seems like Aston Moore should have like a a slash offensive analyst guy that's knows this offense inside and out not sure what they were working on over there on the sideline [Music] coach hpel now with more and we could see Jake merklinger as well the true freshman is the third string quarterback hand off to Seldon and cam gets into Mock's territory that's his fourth carry of the day and his best one for 13 yards really was kind of had to pick his way through the interior portion of that offensive line more slings it near the sideline and it's a good ball to squirrel white number 99 in squirrel's career offensive coordinator Joey hallsley he made it a point to tell us look Jon Moore knows this offense but he can quote Drive the football downfield he can make the throws it's evidenced by that last throw now to the end zone out of the end zone Brazzle tried to drag a foot That official was right there to witness it though let's see it again he's trying to slow down you can tell he knows ah yeah right foot clearly out of bounds good job by the back judge all over it just one step that ball hung up just a hair too [Music] long 4 62 over 200b bounds could have some coaching in his future we hear Seldon almost scored but he gets the first down as batist prevented the touchdown the Tennessee offensive front it's interesting in a Tempo offense usually you see a ton of of just inside Zone everybody kind of stepping with the same foot there's not a lot of time to get assignments down they pull an offensive lineman on more than half of their runs [Music] good pressure that by that time by Zion rutage that time an inside Zone run there but a lot of times you have to work on your assignment you're actually pulling for a specific player their ability to communicate up front so quickly that just adds another element to this offense makes it very difficult to defend Seldon won't get much it'll be third down another nice play by rutage you triggering up field quickly this time the mock defense able to find a way to the ball carriers stop before they can really get downhill you don't see coach hypo slow it down that often but he has here on this drive for Moore's first drive of the game what does Gaston do on a third and 10 here need to get around the 14 to move the chains it's plenty of time throws to the back of the end zone again Brazil's out it'll be fourth down look like he could have come to Nimrod on the outcut and you can see coach hpel maybe a little bit frustrated with that decision was late trying to force it in there probably could have picked up a first down and preserve The Possession but you mentioned it far more deliberate pacing that time for the Tennessee offense Gilbert made his first career fuel goal last time he came out here West Tennessee's Max Gilmer now kicking for East Tennessee's volunteers and he knocks it right through there 48 a three doesn't matter where you're from in this state they love the BS make this a summer to share in the three R Kia sento the tech forward Sportage the available all-wheel drive seltos or the iihs top safety pick plus tell your ride each one recommended by Consumer Reports this summer visit your local Kia dealer [Music] Kia movement that inspires driveing to Summer with a new Honda heading out for a day at the beach or a weekend in the mountains make an impression with the unmistakable style of the HRV or turn heads in the Sor cic and when you drive a Honda you're driving with the 2024 Kelly blue books kbb.com best value brand so act now to get an offer you'll love buy online Reserve from select dealers or hurry into the Honda Summer [Music] Event as a successful CFO I have one secret to help you build wealth you need to be careful who you listen to when it comes to financial decisions I'm not a CFO and this is not a penous it's a nerd wallet commercial I'm not even human I'm cake when it comes to your finances listen to the Nerds we've researched and reviewed thousands of financial products to help you make smarter decisions [Music] [Applause] [Music] let's check out the good hands play brought to you by All State well there's a lot to choose from in this one but let's give it to Dante Thornton Jr guy that he's battled some injury too when he's since he's been here with the balls and he's had quite an afternoon look that one all the way in with those big old Paws might not see a ton more of him here in the second half about that three catches over 100 yards and a couple touchdowns the second time in his career he's been able to do that big Target literally 6'5 every inch of it speaking of the other side of the state JT Carver from Martin Tennessee to kick off got a cannon for a leg just like turbyville does take the kickoff out of play in college football stench not in the pros anymore it's going to take us some time to wrap our minds around that new rule talk about new rules looks weird our friend Joe Buck had to spend his entire open in that preseason game explaining what a kickoff is going to look like now in the National Football League it is it's odd very odd looking and shout out to our friend Mike Keith the voice of the Tennessee Titans in this state I don't know who's watching Falls today he'll do a good job explaining that when the Titans Tee It Up next week Lance Jackson gets a couple of yards up to the 28 was interesting we were talking about these Pro Stadium these games played in Pro stadiums obviously Tennessee be playing in the Carolina stadium next week these iPads they're showing video and in the pros it's just still photos the NFL does not have that capability capability allowance we'll say and all the stadiums here in the SEC they've been wired up for those feeds topus tried to get it across the middle to Phillips the Jordan Matthews with great coverage there we talking with folks that in charge of that process here and you know it's they have to go into these Pro St make sure that both teams have access to their tablets you see there that's like the tablet cave trying to keep them [Applause] cool in this third and seven see if otopus can move the [Music] [Applause] chains he can't and up past the 45 to Chris Demar Melissa since you were talking about those iPads it's been really interesting to watch it for the first time here on the sidelines I've been on the sidelines of the SEC for about seven seasons now and a lot of times when you have say a young offensive or defensive lineman they come out after a long drive come over to the bench and the o line coach is trying to describe that moment in the midst of that long drive where Maybe there was a missed assignment or a missed block or something now they have it right there ready to go on those iPads yeah it's like almost real time film review and you know the real question is how much time do you devote to that these guys got to kind of reset it's like the The Fog of War come over the sideline needs to be a little bit of a sanctuary it can't you can potentially overdo it when you've got access to it is going to be fascinating to see how it changes everybody's strategy I don't think it's going to change Co typo much because of yeah the tempo the tempo that he uses already but the technology last week stench in Ireland they have a different carrier over there than they do here so Stone like Florida State and Georgia Tech both had to use a different type of technology and then it stopped working and so then of course both teams can't use it somebody dropped the Chisel what happened Sam Phillips gets the first down again that was a heck of environment over in Dublin watch the jackets shock the nuls hey speaking of the jackets Georgia Tech they play Georgia State for the first time ever in the battle for Atlanta tonight you can watch that on acc network with our friend West Durham and the and the rest of the crew there tonight and of course Georgia State plays Chattanooga next week new head coach Dell McGee longtime running back coach you see defensive backs coach Willie Martinez out on the field trying to get his guys lined up D McGee the longtime running backs coach at University of Georgia taking that job Over Georgia State Sean Elliot joining the coaching staff up there at South Carolina Georgia again that's right yeah again was an interim head coach former o line coach up there you know we were talking with the coaches yesterday specifically with uh coach hallsley and what they did how they changed they being the vs in their approach to the season because it potentially could be a very long season one almost commensurate with the length of an NFL season as far as physical practices another completion topus and it was interesting Taylor you know they were saying we we had to be cognizant of how physical we were with these guys so you have to wonder what kind of impact that's made on some of these openers how physical they've been in practice that was zier Thornton that caught that last ball and Jack Jackson was met in the back field on that play by Jordan Ross fourth down great job by Ross getting up field trying to get to the edge was Jackson Ross did a great job of penetration watch him get underneath the block expecting your offensive guard to get there and help you said L and Ragin end up or could rather end up getting split on that one this might be no man land but it's a 55 ydd field goal attempt by Cara Allen Kiku a senior from Chattanooga yep there's the last man in and Coach Wright's going to have to burn a timeout he's fired up guys called their first charge timeout of the second half see if Coach Wright changes his mind here he does in fact try to kick this 55 Yard field goal with 251 to go in the third quarter all vs so far read and react with Cole cubelic and Roman Harper is back for another year each week they take a look back at the biggest plays players and games from the weekend season premieres Monday night at 7 Eastern right here on the SEC network in the ESPN app my man harp was working on his golf game quite a bit this summer we bumped into each other a couple of times I know he's pumped to be in the studio with you Tuesday nights with Alyssa as well Cole be at Kentucky in Southern Miss tonight should be a good one in Lexington from 55 yds that's hooked had the [Applause] leg still 48-3 couple minutes to go in the third make this a summer to share in the three R Kia sarento the tech forward Sportage the available all-wheel drive seltos or the iihs top safety pick plus tell your ride each one recommended by Consumer Reports this summer visit your local Kia [Music] dealer Kia movement that inspires drive into summer with a new Honda heading out out for a day at the beach or a weekend in the mountains make an impression with the unmistakable style of the HRV or turn heads in the SMY Civic and when you drive a Honda you're driving with the 2024 Kelly blue books kbb.com best value brand so act now to get an offer you'll love buy online Reserve from select dealers or hurry into the Honda Summer [Music] Event as a successful CFO I have one secret to help you build wealth you need to be careful who you listen to when it comes to financial decisions I'm not a CFO and this is not a penthouse it's a nerd wallet commercial I'm not even human I'm cake when it comes to your finances listen to the Nerds we've researched and reviewed thousands of financial products to help you make smarter decisions n [Music] [Applause] [Music] style in sports it's a onew pun originality that style today we're going to be helping style some high schoolers we're about to get some styling in with some student athletes we're going to take these kids to the next level you know mean something different swag AR we here man style is all about a representation of yourself if you look good you feel good you play good it goes all in one [Applause] dor NOA in studio with the AT&T Studio update you know the phrase if you had better hands you'd play offense that does not apply to Malachi Starks who's made a habit out of interceptions like this one against Clemson phenomenal defensive play dogs have outscored Clemson 283 in the second half and are steamrolling the Tigers in Atlanta guys what what a statement to start the season there Dar here Caleb web spins out of a tackle and he gets the first down web the sophomore from Powder Springs Georgia Gaston Moore a quarterback on his second Drive steps into that throw to the other side another good ball Brazzle still working now near the 42 yd line good start to the season for the number one team in college football today in Atlanta for Georgia yeah kind of a slow start it looked like offensively couple of field goals early they were definitely able to get it going another nice run that's to Shawn Bishop really the dogs defense man stifling it would appear in the opener we're just about 15 minutes away from the next big matchup involving an ACC and an SEC School Miami at Florida fla on ABC Moore he lucky to get another attempt on this next one as he wanted to throw it to Caleb web and Taylor Smallwood just about picked it off he didn't know the ball was coming to him I couldn't yeah it almost looked like it could have even been intended for Nimrod who was underneath it as well would have been really tall for him but they were both receivers kind of in the line of that throw was high and with some serious heat on it second and 10 this is a good one to Brazzle nice turn after the catch it's understandable all the attention that squirrel white and Brew McCoy get they deserve it but this guy was terrific for two lane last year Brazzle I'm talking about 44 catches there kind of burst on the scene the season ago All Conference performer over there in the American Bishop [Music] [Applause] touchdown nice patience on this run by Bishop see if just kind of wait let the blockers get out in front good job by Klan pulling around getting engaged with the defender that has to feel good right there stench for a guy that was injured last year a highly decorated High School Star right here in town at K's high school and it's [Music] 55-3 and the lineup rolls on coming up next South Carolina host Old Dominion at 4:15 then tonight it's Kentucky and Southern misss on SEC Saturday night presented by T-Mobile those are all the the other games you can get on SEC network plus Jeff lebby the new coach for Mississippi State Brave New Era down there in Mississippi State last season kind of a Lost season for the Bulldogs they're eager to get going again and here's our cheerleaders oh oh wait a minute they cut those short there's no way they did not do 55 push-ups right there hey by the way last year's coach of Mississippi State Zack Garnett now is on the staff for Lane kein and will miss sacrilege in the state of Mississippi that is is not pencil but you know what for really either party because I feel certain the Old Miss folks got to be like hang on a second he's a double agent Lane kein I think in some ways Lan kein was benefited from the mindset of like a Nick Sav and some of these head coaches that need a chance to stay in the game Zack Arnett's a good coach did not have a good year as a head coach and of course of leby used to work for Lane yeah and the wheels on the bus go round and round it's just one big washing machine very disappointed in the cheerleaders those guys just I mean if you're going to do push-ups do all of them right now we're now we're just doing seven push-ups at a time I am sure you would be doing all 55 if you were instructed to do so down there I would try at least I would do the calf raises like my man at the end of the row last [Music] time topi has tried to sling it in there into some significant coverage looking for John McIntyre and jacobe Thomas had him wrapped up Thomas comes over from Murphreesboro where he played for Middle Tennessee that's a nice break should break on this ball and nearly got there in time to get a turnover topus out the back door throws over the head of his Target will be third down hey speaking of Murphreesboro want to wish Derrik Mason our old colleague some luck at Middle Tennessee the legendary head coach Rick stock still after a terrific career there we miss D mace he's such a good man enjoyed having him on the SEC network family but he's back coaching what he loved to do just down the street from where he used to coach for the Vanderbilt commodor who by the way they're over on ESPN right now and they Trail 2720 but they're driving against the hokes the hys two fourth quarter touchdowns to take the lead there third and 10 Reggie Davis that's his 18th carry of the game Jamal Wallace wrapped him [Music] up yeah Davis a guy that they're going to have to lean on hard this year in the ground game a different type of runner for the mocks offensively just has not been able to get untracked today that's not a surprise sizable challenge today for Chattanooga in the Run game saying that's Cam Seldon that's deep but it his name says Carter bu Carter with the fair catch at the 33 yd line so the BS next week go to the Queen City to Bank of America Stadium to take on the wolf pack that'll be an awesome atmosphere to Rabbit college football fan bases come back here the following Saturday night on SEC network to play Kent State and then Josh hypo yeah the hyp goes to Norman Oklahoma where he won a national championship to play against his alma mater that'll get a lot of attention you got to go to fville after that Gator come to town then the tide comes here at Georgia and Athens in November stench don't be surprised if this team is playing football in that new college football playoff in December you know Arkansas looked pretty good in their opener now incredibly efficient was all 10 offensive possessions scored on every one of them on the last play of the third quarter that's Payton Lewis The Freshman from Salem Virginia with his first Carry we're back to watch the fourth quarter here on SEC network in just a moment this summer is the perfect time to get away with a great deal on your favorite Hyundai models all backed by America's best warranty plus 3 years or 36,000 M of complimentary maintenance add more joy to your journey hurry into the Hyundai getaway Sales Event but Act Fast the hottest deals of the summer won't last get in and get away now now for a limited time 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[Applause] face just it the fire inside the fire inside don't just true South rolls into Austin Texas to watch in admiration as new arrivals sample old traditions in this booming college town true South coming Tuesday September [Music] 10th the new 12 team college football playoff begins December 20th on [Music] ESPN how much fun will it be that first Friday of the 12 team playoff and then three more games on Saturday the 21st quarterfinals on December 31st and New Year's Day could the volunteers be one of the teams in it Gaston Moore backup quarterback is in there ready to throw and he gets it out there to Caleb web then web's down at the 40 yd line late flag comes in [Music] after the play personal foul Defense number 42 late hit on a defenseless player 15yd penalty added to the end of the play and includes an automatic first down both of those players are from Powder spring Rings Georgia so chances are they've known each other for quite some time web went to I see rutage went to Hillgrove High School and then Webb went oh micher how about that Powder Springs hand off to pton Lewis true freshman getting some action today for the volunteers [Music] another another 27 out there we saw some of the legendary numbers being played up here during one of the breaks and Bo that's to web again and more Flags down yeah probably going to be an illegal touching here I think maybe there's a chance that web came ran out of bounds wasn't forced out of bounds and then was the first to touch the [Music] football and now it's a player downfield offense number 72 5yd penalty repeat second down instead end up that happens from time to time when you see it so we just talked about pton Lewis a true freshman that's got some action at tailback who's on the field right now another true freshman out there that the vs like a lot that's snapping the football William satte freshman from Barberton Ohio the air apparent to Cooper Mae at the center spot Moore gets it out of there and a good ball to it's complete and it's right near a first down that is Dayton Sneed with the catch some of the Tennessee fans are going to wonder if you're even allowed to play football without Cooper Ma at Center just short of a first down and then the Freshman Lewis moves the chains there are a couple other true freshman that I know volunteers fans are eager to watch Mike Matthews and brilin Staley both not playing today coach hpel said for health reasons he was going to wait to see them in their debuts but Matthews had a big 63 yard touchdown catch in the spring Parview High School grb I knew you were going to get that in there yeah buddy Lewis down to the 25 you see so many players switching schools these days and that seems to get a lot of attention but there's still a true freshman making a difference in the game more it's dropped that was Charlie Browder the tight end had it just got a little bit eager wanted to turn up field right through his hands nearly a pick pretty athletic roll there after the drop more oh it's picked off this is Kobe Joseph trying to go the distance it's a foot race won't make it down to the 10 yd line Joseph the Harvard [Music] transfer Nathan Leo prevented the touchdown he tries to jam it in there is out front looked like it deflected up a little bit yeah just got to run run through that throw that's on your receiver that time you're expecting him to run through the throw instead he kind of throttled down end up a pick the other way and get Joseph some oxygen look at him that is a long run it's been a long afternoon defense has played a a lot of snaps not even on the field a lot Davis down to the nine 72 snaps for the mock Defense Joseph trying to take it the distance you see sometimes you'll get those linebackers back hopefully he's over there hitting the oxygen set his offense up with excellent field position deepest penetration of the game for Chattanooga on a second and goal Davis again this time down to the seven where Tyrie Weathersby makes the tackle can they convert last time the mocks got inside the Red Zone they ended up getting a penalty and being pushed back out of that red zone resulted in the field goal that we see on the board now and they capitalize there are no first downs to gain right here you got to put it in the end zone [Applause] artopi is one-on-one ball to the corner incomplete it was Phillips and Beasley Phillips caught it but he was out of bounds oneon-one oh Beasley got his hand in there at the end too great job by Beasley to finish through the football like Phillips was going to be able to come up with that one great job by the MOX defense to even set up this field goal attempt a 25 yd field goal attempt by Jude Kelly and he hooked it after all that the mocks come up empty and Tennessee will get it back did you know there's a detergent that gets your dishes up to 100% clean even in an older dishwasher switch to Cascade Platinum Plus designed with leading manufacturers it delivers 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sophomore from Birmingham merkling a freshman from Savannah Georgia he threw for over 3,000 yards 38 touchdowns just two interceptions in his senior year at Calvary Day High School there that's his first completed pass and it's a good one for a first down to Nathan Le I loved holley's story about merklinger said they went down there and watched him play basketball they said they're in some you know cage of a gym it's rough intense they said he was was just giving it as good as he could was getting it and he just got it there four guys sacking him like a little bit of miscommunication out there on the perimeter but they loved his competitive spirit and said skip that sack to Kai Tao by the way he uh Josh hypo was like that's our guy this is our guy let's go get him a competitive Spirit a little hard count [Music] offside Defense number 50 Z 57 in the neutral zone with contact 5y penalty second out yeah they they were coach olley was saying that merklinger is fearless like a little more Fearless than you would expect a true freshman to be at times but you like that it's got some Moxy to him in August and that's why we're getting to see him play in the first game of the season Keith has some space and gets up to a first down Tennessee's been able to see some football from just about everybody here today merklinger being one of them we knew that talking to the coaches they said they fully anticipate getting guys in there if they game goes well it certainly has merklinger he said he could run and he gets a few there up to the 49 Emanuel Dixon with the [Music] tackle there nine minutes left in a week one win for Tennessee and get ready for NC State next Saturday night in Charlotte it's about 4 hours to get back home for Alyssa and me BS will head over there is about 2 and 1 half hours away from Raleigh so you you really will you could have a split crowd there next Saturday night Tennessee travels like nobody's business and everybody knows that especially considering the season they're anticipating right yeah this will definitely stoke the Flames this kind of performance good catch down to 43 yd line by Trey weie his first Catch of the Day sophomore from Houston Berlinger another underneath throw and another great catch by weie just keep doing [Music] it well if it's there might as well get it right he's looking out there saying huh this is almost call it free yardage prior to the timeout being called the previous players under VI R viiew for the ruling of the catch weary the sophomore from Houston is credited with consecutive catch es haven't had much to review or look at today in fact this is the only review we've had in the game I'd like to do a review on these uh moonshine cookies we got up here we're going to eat those suckers it's a good point so folks we were supposed to eat a moonshine nice look like a catch great job there moonshine Mountain cookie today that's if Brew McCoy caught a touchdown pass as part of the deal is is when he catches a touchdown everybody gets free cookies and I'm sorry to report that it doesn't look like the whole entire Stadium or all of Knoxville is going to get them but we are that's because we went there yesterday say we preempted the whole process we went there yesterday just to plan for this now Alysa has some of her own down on the field so we give it to Burns didn't Burns get one Peter Burns for the SEC now live show that depends on whether or not Alyssa shared them yeah fair enough they're checking out the DV sport replay there looked to me to be a catch but yeah we had to know right you're going to do that type of a promo what kind of cookies are we talking here and there's a lot of different places you can get cookies but wow these are uh there's they're difference makers after video review the ruling on the field stands second [Applause] out [Music] huh so Tennessee will have the ball at the mocks 35 on this next play on a second and two after consecutive catches by Trey weary that stand and Keith will get a couple of yards you're ready to tackle this I've got the all game this is chocolate chocolate chip you've got a chocolate chip uh Russ and Kevin have their cookies in here as well but thanks to Moonshine [Music] Mountain as Keith gets down near the 30 I know Alyssa Alyssa where is your cookie well I had to find a uh air conditioned room to store the cookies where I did not think uh I'd be able to actually eat them cuz it's like a furnace down here so I just ran over to get him I don't know where my uh camera is but I'm down on the left to the left of Tennessee's bench outside the dotted line Looks like you gave me two Eminem Taylor what the heck hey know what you don't have to eat them both save one I'll eat the other going to eat them but you know some variety would have been nice wow look at this unbelievable it really is kind of unbelievable isn't it wow I can't believe this we made a special trip that deliver those cookies yeah and that's the response we get unreal hey did you keep keep them over there with the iPads those iPads will keep them cool they got a little iPad cave could be a cookie cave weary with his third catch of the drive by the way I've had a lot of chocolate chip cookies it's hard to make them special right we've all had them but I don't know I don't know what they've done to this cookie but it is amazing and it's Keith again and he gets down near the 10 for the record we did confirm there is no moonshine in the cookies yeah just the name a propo for the region we're [Music] in we didn't find out does Brew I want to be like he's a big proponent of these cookies oh yeah look at Keith hard running inside the five first and goal down to the three and for just the third time in program history three the BS go over 700 total yards of offense goodness wow and the pads are still popping down there Keith is met in the back field that time by Justin Gilmore good job by Gilmore getting to the mesh point on that give couple of big licks delivered on this drive we could hear him all the way up here he went over my chewing of this cookie maybe that's our thing this year desserts we've we've gone all around the SEC the last few years eating at various great restaurants I'm not suggesting we're going to stop doing that but maybe we shot out oh desserts this year as Keith moves the ball all the way down to the one good hard running between his pads how about this MOX defense they're going to fight trying to defend every blade of grass here late in this contest Kelvin Morris down there still battling away at defensive tackle third and goal from the one Keith he got in there Khalifa [Music] Keith nice push on the inside and like you said some good hard running Keith able to get his name in the box score Josh turbyville gets to kick this extra point and he knocks it through there it's 62-3 with 406 remaining in nean [Music] stadium this summer It's Time to Get Away with super hot deals on your favorite Hyundai models 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Clark League it's another big win for Van deep two years ago remember they were playing these Tennessee Volunteers and they were five and six going in that last game of the season last season certainly didn't go the way they wanted Luke Schamberg's a quarterback and he hands it to Journey W and he gets eight yards so Georgia takes care of Clemson VY surprises Virginia Tech Florida and Miami just underway today was three matchups today with the SEC versus the ACC I guess Notre Dame sort of kind of is in the ACC sure a little bit is uh they play Texas A&M tonight occasionally occasional ACCC member Rocky start you know and even some ACC on acc crime knocking off a top 10 team Georgia Tech over FSU helmet pops off it's we for a first down up to the 40 Tyrell Ragland left guard as helmet comes shooting off he's going to have to leave the field for at least a snap yeah Chattanooga is going to have to find a way to regroup they knew what they were facing tall task today it's a pretty big mountain to climb made a couple of plays put themselves in position to score they could have had more than three points the interception returned by Kobe Joseph and now we not much that time as Jaylen Smith makes the tackle coach Bank says he can rotate about 10 guys on his defensive line another five or six at the linebacker position is is a deep team you got James Pierce of course who is EXP to be one of the first picks in the draft if he does decide to go into the draft next year Big O Omari Thomas Joshua Josephs Dom Bailey Omar Norman lot is on the Reese's Senior Bowl watch list of course that's played down in Mobile Alabama wh gets a couple of yards and it'll set up a third down is a deep defense that's only given up three points today it is the two-minute timeout in Knoxville Tennessee this summer is the perfect time to get away with a great deal on your favorite Hyundai models all backed by America's best warranty plus 3 years or 36,000 M of complimentary maintenance add more 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reviewed thousands of financial products to help you make smarter decisions you're saying Boost Mobile is now a major Network yes but better more affordable you're telling me the new Boost Mobile's got 5G towers and we're proud to announce unlimited talk text and data starting at just $25 per month forever forever forever forever forever [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] don't you fight it just ignite it fire [Music] inside Dory no in studi someday somebody might ask you who scored Texas's first touchdown as an member the answer Quint trevan Wisner into the end zone hook him up 7 nothing early on Colorado State what a time in the SEC to have OU and Tech is both in the conference never expected Dari NOA to give us a Texas update on an SEC game but here we are in 2024 just two minutes to go in this game where the vs lead 62-3 Nico iamal Avo was terrific today for Josh Hy Tennessee Volunteers Third and 13 for Luke shamberg in this offense and Luke throws and that's that's a good ball right near the sticks zier Thornton makes the catch it'll be fourth and short certainly thinking about the entire hypo family there is Josh's dad Ken Josh's mom Cindy passed away this past May Ken is always on the sideline watching his boy coach the volunteers that is a family committed to coaching and to higher education a tight-knit family I know all the Hypes certainly Miss Cindy and we're thinking about them today on this first football game of the season in 2024 ju has it blocked I mean right into is Bread Basket Jordan Ross touchdown [Music] [Music] Tennessee's been close a number of times in this game it's been a dangerous play so many punts by the mock in this one and it was close numerous times they finally got home right here at the end of this contest now the Special Teams up on the board [Music] they had four blocks last year on special teams and already one in the first game of the season [Music] watch get up field right now many times just a fantastic job didn't really even have to lay out Ross just goes up and blocked it with almost both his hands it's been a prolific day on offense and now of course more push-ups for our guys somewhat abbreviated performance once again [Music] [Applause] Ross The Freshman from outside of Birmingham Vestavia Hills what a start to his [Music] career JT Carver to kick off with just 107 left in the [Music] game and a reminder coming up in just over 10 minutes from now Williams Bryce Stadium will be rocking as the Gamecock and head coach Shane Beamer Post Old Dominion start the season Lenoris the quarterback of the Gamecock now what a young guy out there at quarterback right one of two we just saw one here today L nor sers a lot of excitement in and around his potential another dual threat type of quarterback and Weiss for a few Falls next Saturday night at 7:30 in Charlotte play number 24 ten NC State on ABC Georgia State and Chattanooga meet next week in [Music] Atlanta next Saturday we are headed to College Station Texas Peter will be on the air at noon eastern time and then we're up at 12:45 for the Aggies against MCN State first first the agies have to take care of Notre Dame tonight a lot of interesting games to open this season when you think about it some already some surprising outcomes who the one you just talked about with vanderbild over Virginia Tech earlier we've seen some some upheaval early on in this [Music] season looks good for from every vantage point today for Tennessee on a third and four and Jackson won't get much and that should be the last play of the game niik yamala yava is the story 22 of 28 313 yds and three touchdowns in just one half of football as Tennessee starts the season with a statement victory over Chattanooga 69-3 it's started fast for the BS 11pl Drive got to see some runs and passes then they opened up that passing game man they were hitting on all cylinders was until the really the end of the second quarter before that offense seemingly falter defense was very Stout and impressive performance in all the areas you would expect 36 first downs The New School record 717 yards it's the third most in school history and the second most points in school history with 69 for Matt stinko Melissa Lang Ryan Jordan and our entire crew up Taylor Zar are so long from Knoxville where Tennessee beats Chattanooga 69-3 South Carolina in Old Dominion coming up next on SEC network [Applause] all right as we welcome you into SEC now presented by Regions Bank the cockaboose kabi whatever right in Columbia South Carolina I don't know I just I just pluralized cockaboose Lenor sellers getting ready for a start that a lot of people have been excited to see as South Carolina hosting Old Dominion that game gets going a little over 13 minutes from now we will dive into that Jared Brown hoping to be a big part of uh what South Carolina can do offensively as he made the trip to Columbia from Coastal Carolina all right there we go with that we welcome you in here to RCC Network Studios Dar NOA Chris doring Benjamin Watson let's talk Tennessee real quick over 700 yards of offense felt like what probably should have happened I think everybody wanted to see what niiko IAM malava looked like in his first opener as the guy what' you see from you know what it was it was the same thing we saw Thursday with Missouri same thing we saw with EUR Alma moer last night with Oklahoma a fast start from the offense virtually perfect going up and down the field the first seven possessions you get six touchdowns one field goal and then Josh Hyo got frustrated with the last two possessions of this the first half and it kind of carried over but as far as Nico's day it was exactly what we wanted to see 79% of his passes were complete 313 yards didn't throw the interception maybe most importantly that you want to avoid I thought at least for from what we saw from him at the Helm of the offense it was a success and how about some of the weapons Dante thoron Jr coming of agees seem to speak a guy that we talk about a lot he's got all the intangibles GU fast he can take the top off goes for three for a 105 today which is big for him and the Run game we talk a lot about about uh Tennessee's Run game Dylan Samson kind of filled that role he go for 124 The Rush game as a total goes for 300 yards and so I think you're right this is what you want to see from this offense this is more like the Tennessee offense that we saw a couple years ago seven or so explosive plays downfield and so the vertical passing game was at will which is what you should expect I think in an opening game like this to your point they were averaging at one point in time in the first half I think 11.3 yards per play so the explosiveness that we saw a couple years ago when henen hooker was at the helm is kind of what we saw today all right how about a take on Nico from Nico who is standing by in Knoxville with a list of line ni you set a School record today the only quarterback in Tennessee History to throw for as many yards as you did today in a half of football how did you feel like you settled in when did you feel like you settled into this game at the first drive we settled in pretty well um once we got on a Tempo I thought we started rolling and uh yeah it felt good after that first drive for we were talking about what it might feel like for you to run through the te for the first time as the starter take me through what it felt like for you felt great man it was it was good seeing all our fans again um you know first home opener and uh yeah man it felt good to go out there and compete with my teammates you went to work with Dante early walk me through how you were able to build such great chemistry right off the bat in this one it just starts with our preparation um you know practice we were getting a lot of those same looks and uh when we got out here and game we was just having fun so I think it all clicked from practice carrying that over to the game dam was in the end zone a whole lot what does he bring to you from the Run game what do you hope to get from him for the rest of the year brings a lot man brings you know that that big playability any play he can he can break loose and you know go get us in the end zone so I think having s you know his elusiveness got a lot of got a lot of jiggly wiggle and um yeah man he's great with the ball in his hands I know you're ready to hit the film look back on how this one went what was some of the feedback that coach hyp gave you throughout the day today I think uh just keep our foot on the Knicks you know I think at the end of the second quarter we got a little sloppy in the end so I think just cleaning that up and uh you know preparing for a week two thanks Nico congrats on your first win as a starter thank you thank you all right so there you go that one uh off the board there chatt a get done next up NC State in Charlotte NC State trailed Western Carolina at home in Raley by double digits in the second half before coming back and taking care of the catamounts eventually it's not a great opener for them has not been a great opening weekend for the ACC in general no comment on Miami and Florida right now we it's early it's still early very very very early all right uh Clemson continuing that theme yes no question tight game early on against uger and the dogs georg's last season opening loss exactly 11 years ago to Clemson 3835 how about that throw and catch there for the Bulldogs as Carson Beck gets him on the board first touchdown of the game made it 13 nothing now 20-3 Beck again vanderville transfer Lon humpers yeah I love the way that they operated out of the bunch formation there switch release got the defender caught up with the official and had some space to get humph the ball out there for the touchdown 28 second half points for Georgia and they knock off Clemson all right mention that bad weekend for the ACC imagine if Virginia Tech probably a top four team in that League were to lose to a team that most feel would be last in the SEC but they didn't know about Diego pav of the New Mexico State transfer in overtime puts Vanderbilt ahead they needed one big stop on fourth down and guess what they got it D first season opening win against a power conference opponent knock that by the way gator just picked off cam best story I've heard all that glad to deliver that to how how about this so far let's get into the Vanderbilt significance of Vanderbilts win against a team that was a 13 and a half Point favorite against them in Nashville what about just just having an opening week win against a team you know that's not only favored but I mean for Vander bille look this offseason has been a lot of questions you get Clark Lee taking control of the defense but how about the quarterback Diego Pavia I we can't talk enough about what he did he was creative he was improvising he made a lot of plays on his own that I don't think were actually designed plays he gets out on the edge he flips the ball he throws passes and so he he was the xfactor to me today that Virginia Tech just had no answer for and then Vanderbilt's defense was able to shut down uh pretty formidable running quarterback uh in drone that Virginia Tech has just an allaround team effort and then to have the fortitude I think to play into into overtime you know a lot of times people don't don't understand how tough it is to get into the overtime situation but they lasted and then they came out with the you know you know it stood out to me we were arguing about whether or not they should kick the field goal or go for two at the end I like the decision only because it showed confidence in your defense you're just giving up a long touchdown to give the lead up they go ahead and decide to to to kick and trust their defense they get the stop Pavia is able to take them down for a drive and then fourth and 11 they get off the field for the win it was Clark Lee e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e Runner you can throw it into the flat South Carolina was right there to stop him flag comes out to stop the [Applause] play false start offense number 51 5yd penalty remains second down that's on the center Michael Flores it you know both these teams have something very similar and that is they had to clean it up on their offensive line from a year ago 61 sacks for this offensive line last year and that's not just all offensive line I'm not going to blame the big boys up front that's quarterback being on time that's receivers being on time as well to improve that stat this season Wilson loses the football it's snapped out of the air and South Carolina will have it at the 2yd line Debo Williams comes up with the football oh we talking about offense is coming out slow but not the defense here at South Carolina this place is loud the defense is flying on the blitz and we talk about what it takes to protect the quarterback no one was open down the field and then you have tenacious pass rush getting after the quarterback pops it in the air for the first turnover of the season for South Carolina Kyle Canard put the hit on Wilson which set up the turnover and now South Carolina with a first and goal he'll spot the ball at the three yd linee rocket Sanders in at tailback sers gets a clean snap they'll hand it off to rocket he Dives forward touchdown South Carolina Welcome to columia Rocket Dave you and I talked yesterday after sitting down with rocket Sanders about just the difference in his personality from a year ago banged up not really involved in Arkansas offense and just his excitement to be here this afternoon feeling healthy being a part of this offense he knows the offensive coordinator from his time there at Arkansas as well and coming out your first snap in a in a new uniform and you get in the end zone got to feel good for that young man still wearing a little bit of red a little different flavor at the garnet of South Carolina they're taking a look to make sure that he did cross that goal line before a knee went down great effort and yeah I think he's going to be down where's the ball he's he might be a little short yeah I think he's going to be down about one or the half yard line so take it back first run not a touchdown for Rocket I'm sure he's going to get an opportunity on the second play y Daniel goo gets the word for up above and he'll spot the ball inside the one yd line so rocket will get back on the field you know you do have Lenor sers in there at 63 he might just uh take this snap and lean forward you have a quarterback that's 245 lbs running back that's 225 lbs we might get a little tush push right here it is a little quarterback keeper and let's see if that's enough no signal yet as they push Norris back they're going to say he didn't get in so third down now in about a half a yard you would think with all that muscle back there in the backfield You' be able to get the half yard I Just Called It Again 245 quarterback get him in the gun here so some sort of downhill dive Zone Reed out of the shotgun they give it to Sanders and they're going to say touch toown touchdown this time around for [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Rocket third times the charm his hand to the big running back kind of very similar feeling to what he was doing there at Arkansas a couple years ago with KJ Jefferson another big physical quarterback about 240 250 himself and you saw those guys do a lot of that inside the Red Zone just run the football wear down defenses throughout the game you'll get a lot of that with Rock and L Norris throughout this game here this afternoon well the monarchs did not make it easy for South Carolina but they do punch it in here's the point after Alex Herrera connects on the first extra point of 2024 and South Carolina after a defensive stop that gave him the football inside the five get the touchdown from raheim rocket Sanders to lead at seven to nothing here at Williams Bryce 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yards a game they rush for over 150 but a revamped offensive line a matter of fact completely new starter up front for the Mars here Narin young back at a tail back first down and 10 from the 25 fourman look for the Gamecocks handed off to Young and he'll pick up a yard or two tough yards out to the 27 yard line DeAndre jwes first one there for South Carolina who hit the transfer portal pretty hard and they feel like they've got some exceptional talent in their front seven actually front six for the Gamecocks Wilson has time going up deep has a man Isaiah Paige makes the catch Paige to the 15 to the 10 dancing around Dives for the Pyon got it touchdown [Music] monarchs 72 [Music] yards this is an offense Dave that that struggles on first and second down and long drives but they can score quickly 12 drives last year where touchdowns in less than one minute they can score fast it's just when they have to drive the length of the field which was the issue and one onone just dancing Tippy toone the sideline is Isaiah pagee finding a way to get in the inzone to tie this thing up point after from Ethan Sanchez on the way Isaiah pagee a former walk-on led the team with 43 catches a year ago a couple of touchdowns just posted a 72 y as the point after is up and good and we're quickly tied at seven four career touchdowns you can now give him five but how about some of the moves he was putting on and this is something that Clan white defensive coordinator for South Carolina told us yesterday his biggest fear is just giving up the big play when receivers get on top of the DB's great job splitting the two Defenders and running through it in a perfect thrown ball from Grant Wilson doesn't slow down the receiver that much he's able to catch it in stride and then find a way to make one-on-one and then this pylon cam looking like you Dave Neil on the Dance Floor finding a way to get in the end zone big plays is what this team can do they want to sustain drives but you will take seven points on the road against an SEC team any chance you can get credit to a couple of pieces to that little puzzle right there offensive line held up gave Wilson a little time and then Wilson threw a perfect pass to Pig Juju McDow to return this kick for South Carolina coming near side and that'll actually bounce through the end zone and that'll come out to the 25 yd line so what an answer from Old Dominion we'll see if their defense now that has actually some field to work with can do with the South Carolina offense again led by Lenor sers the red shirt freshman from just up the road Florence South Carolina taking over for Spencer Rattler who put together such a fantastic season two seasons here really played in three games last year perfect throw in the football averaged over 10 yards per carry LED his high school state team to a state championship three-man Rush by the monarchs here's sers trying to find a little bit of room and he does so out to the 30 yd line give him 4 and 1/2 yards Mario Thompson pushes him out of bounds oh this this is a good example right here Young quarterback want to make a mark the excitement of being the guy heading into the season you I'm going to take away that first possession cuz it's a little bit unique getting the ball inside the three but right there you have an easy completion into the flat I want to see Lenor just take completions don't try to force a big play down the field hand off to Rocket Sanders breaks a couple of tackles he's out over the 35 to the 38 yd line will Jones the second trips him up but a nyd pickup for Rocket just a good feeling if you're a South Carolina fan to see early success running the football right now and Rocket looks healthy he's our offense last year Dave 85 yards rushing per game it has gone down every single year over the past three years that is unacceptable you want to get over 100 yards per game on the ground sers has some room cuts it back taken down inside the Old Dominion 40 yd line Manning able to hang on to those ankles of Norris a gain of 21 yard excuse me sellers gain of 21 yards it's just too easy for the big quarterback and talking to the staff they said oh you know the offense isn't going to be that much different from last year with Spencer Rattler listen when you got a 63 240lb quarterback that can run like that you better make the offense a little bit different with him out of that pistol formation dump it off well played there by Old Dominion Michael Smith with the catch out of the back field that'll be a a loss of two on the play but Smith young steps up does a nice job in the open field you're going to see a defense right now little 326 action playing three defense alinan they just struggle at that level of of Collegiate football to recruit big guys up front going to play with a lot of DBS on the field three safety look and those guys job today they're going to be coming downhill pretty aggressively Sanders little stutter step down to the 33 yd line be a gain of about eight Mario Thompson getting the start today Old Dominion was hoping to have EJ green out there at linebacker but he's a little banged up so Mario Thompson getting the start today good to see 42 in white played a little bit the first series he we didn't think we would see him today Jason Henderson who's led the conf the country in tackles the last two years here's sers and he needed to get to the 28 he saw the stick right in front of him but I don't think he got there it's going to be fourth down in about a yard or so for South Carolina yeah would like to see the big man put his shoulder down get the first down but I'm sure heading into that play the the we talk about the newness of college football this year Dave the quarterback also have the earpiece in the helmet where they can communicate with the quarterback from the offensive coordinator I'm sure talking to him before that play it was hey we got two plays to get a for to get the first down Don't Force It try to get some positive yards hand it off to Sanders and he Powers his way for the first down Manning again in on that tackle from the secondary I've been impressed with Sanders and obiously a running back that's played a lot of football in the SEC a lot of wear and tear especially in the lower lower part of his body the knees and the cuts he's making right now really good feel great patience this is a new offensive line that he's working behind as well new system looks very comfortable sers will take it Brady hunt to tied in a transfer from Ball State with a nice block helping Lenor sellers pick up six yards I love those reads nowadays where the quarterback's not only reading a defensive end but you're going to get a back block from right to left from the tight end he's going to turn into the lead blocker for the quarterback if he decides to pull it out of the belly of the running back great read and then great block down the field Oscar outway the third in at running back they will give it to him big hole off the right side he's down to the 15 yd line that's a enough for the first down after a gain of six it's a great job by this offensive line going against a unique front the three 3 2 six once again don't see a lot of that in the SEC see a lot of it in the Big 12 and the type of offenses they run so your blocking schemes excuse me are a little bit different from what you're used to going against more four down fronts they doing a great job handling it working their way to the second level to give their running backs plenty of room 10th play of this drive eight of them have been on the ground make it nine on the ground this time sers is stuffed Manning and cber make the play defensively for the monarchs it'll be second down that's going to be the interesting thing here this this this season just in Jenifer South Carolina is you believe you have an improved defense and I think they will be improved on that side of the football great front seven they feel tremendous about their back end as well can you be an offense that can dictate the tempo run the football eat up clock move the ball down the field take take it to an opposing defense Sanders cuts it back and he gets walloped around the 14 yard line Jaylen white mlan the first one there and it'll be third down coming up the ball sits just inside the 15 yd line this going to be the first true opportunity to throw the football on a known passing down for this offense and I would say if we talk about the improvements throughout the football team the big question to me is the receivers who's going to step up from that room and make plays inside the red zone three split to the near side saers looking that way and he is hit and he'll be dropped back at the 23 yd line that'll be a loss of eight it'll be fourth down Mario Thompson came flying in from his linebacker position to make the hit well if they're going to bring pressure they have to bre Blitz someone from the second level it's very difficult to get three rushing only three to get after the quarterback so you're going to see linebackers blitzing twisting up front but most importantly great great job down the field no one was open well here's Alex Herrera he has been on campus now this is sixth season but this is his first career field goal a 40 Yer on the way high enough long enough and it is good enough so a 40 yd field goal will give South Carolina the three-point lead first quarter football from Williams Bry Stadium you I asked my brother if I could bring anything to his barbecue he said a propane tank have enough to deal with get the Honda CRV engineering safety resale you can't go wrong with a Honda as a successful CFO I have one secret to help you build wealth you need to be careful who you listen to when it comes to financial decisions I'm not a CFO and this is not a penthouse it's a nerd wallet commercial I'm not even human I'm cake when it comes to your finances listen to the Nerds we've researched and reviewed thousands of financial products to help you make smarter decisions style and sports is a one two pun originality that's style today we're going to be helping style some high schoolers we're about to get some styling there with some student athletes we're going to take these kids to the next level you know I mean something different so the swag get it under AR we here man style is all about a representation of yourself if you look good you feel good you play good it goes all in [Music] one this is the SEC on ABC and this is how it's [Applause] done and it's never never going to die [Applause] don't you fight it just IGN it the fire [Music] inside [Music] inside no sweat SEC network football is presented by the all news Sonic Smasher live free eat [Music] Sonic 10-7 South Carolina out in front of Old Dominion first ever meeting between these two clubs Carolina was gifted a touchdown right out of the gate nice defensive play by South Carolina gave the offense the ball first and goal a three took a couple of plays but Sanders pushed it through and then Old Dominion came right back on a 72 yard touchdown pass for Isaiah pige to tie it up and then the three-pointer just a minute ago from Alex Herrera has given the game Cox this three-point lead it is a smoldering hot day here in Columbia this kick will sail into the end zone and out to the 25 yds line Old Dominion last year boy they had an unbelievable season I feel bad for their fans because if they weren't healthy when the season started didn't have good strong heart man they might have had to go see a doctor they had 11 of their 13 games were one possession one score games they had a handful of games it came down to the final play of the game that's fun football though why would you not like that as a fan give me games I'll be sitting down watching the entire thing and then you got to call a heck of a bowl game too unfortunately they in the wrong WR side of that one that was a Nutty bowl game Western Kentucky won Bryce Duke in had running back they'll hand it off to him big hole off the left side and welcome to the game Bryce he'll pick up a couple out over the 37 to 38 yd line that's a gain of 13 and a first down Nick e man warry bringing him down but a good hole off the left side Wilson on the Run that one is batted away it'll be incomplete Jaylen Kilgore back there defensively well for those SEC fans watching this football game right now you're going to say what does this offense look like very similar to Tennessee going to spread you out receivers all the way almost to the sideline a lot of times two by two formations you're going to get a lot of the Zone read option from the quarterback who he has the ability to throw the ball quickly to the outside of the field as well and then they'll go Up Tempo to try to push the limits Duke stays in the game at running back they'll fake it to him hit a little slant to Isaiah paage he gets his arms underneath the football right at Midfield and that's another first down for Old Dominion well it's a good test on both sides of the football for South Carolina you're going against a unique defense at 326 we talked about last possession then offensively again this uptempo spread you out your eyes have to be in the right spot for the front seven especially to make sure that you're not giving up easy Slants behind the linebacker like that previous play [Applause] here's Bryce Duke off the left side drives it into South Carolina territory where Alex Huntley wraps him up G of about four on the play for ODU they get to the line of scrimmage in a [Music] hurry here's Duke again lost the football as he was hit immediately there by bam Martin Scott sixth year player is fourth year here at South Carolina I tell you what I really like the two linebackers here for South Carolina Debo Williams bam Martin Scott little bit different Debo more that run through you bam great job figure out what the offense is going to run go out there and execute make plays just like that one third down and seven let going to see if they can get after the def or quarterback here third and long situation pocket collapses right at the last moment Wilson just air mails into his bench it is fourth down coming up let's see what OD wants to do here they're going to bring out the kicking unit oh we got a little bit of a taste right there Dylan Stewart the five-star defensive end going to be coming in mostly on third down situations to be able to get after the quarterback and man do they love this young man beautiful size 66 250 lbs can bend and get after the quarterback going to be a nightmare in this league for at least three years jamus Hall to punt it away Jaylen Kilgore is back deep at the 10 yd line comes up to the 15 calls fair Catch and that's where he will make it oh South Carolina's offense will have the football again 437 to go here in the opening quarter from Columbia Drive Into Summer with a new Honda heading out for a day at the beach or a weekend in the 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I can hear it there's a spirit whispering in [Music] my and just growing like from the it's amazing face [Applause] [Music] you [Applause] feel F just it theide the fire inside just ignited the fire inside this is the SEC on ABC and this is how it's done well last year Xavier Legette Spencer Rattler had to be pretty much the show offensively Legette 71 catches over 12200 yards seven touchdowns he and Rattler were a dynamic combination matter of fact they got Le get to be a first round draft pick 32nd overall just up the road with Carolina but some sort of athlete boy he was a lot of fun to watch in his career with the Gamecocks that was a big bright spot for that offense last year the combination of Rattler to the get do we have a sellers to Jared Brown no incomplete flag down at the line of [Applause] [Music] scrimmage an eligible receiver downfield offense number 19 number 19 was covered up and went out for a pass 5yd penalty remains first down well well Dave we got the the first look of what this young man can do throwing the football down the field stepped into it and Jared Brown the transfer from Coastal Carolina who is a just Dynamic Athlete with the ball in his hands just unable to track this one Old Dominion has decided to decline the penalty it'll be second down once again a little taste for this fan base here of maybe some big play potential with that strong arm from Lenor sers Oscar outway the third in at running back sellers will throw again pump fakes Lofts it up high in the air and this one is incomplete no flags on that Far Side crowd thought there was some pushing and shoving manger was the intended receiver but it'll be third down and 10 look pretty good from up here both offensively and defensively little hand and grabing do a good job by the referee keeping it in the pocket see grab little grab of the Jersey from the OD Defender there now third down and 10 from the 15 yd line outway stays in the game at running back fourman Rush noris sers will throw high and that one will be incomplete trying to hit the Speedster Nick Harbor at 65 235 and Nick down awkwardly and now hobbling off the [Music] field that's a play you got to make you're a dynamic quarterback doing a great job getting outside the pocket you break down the defense Nick haror does a great job of becoming a very friendly Target to the quarterback and like you said Dave 65 the Speedster looking for a big second year in this offense you got to put it right on the body let him catch it then with that speed in the open field who knows what could happen Isaiah Paige back to return this punt seven yards per punt return Kai Kroger one of the best in the business line drive kick fair catch called for at the 40 so good field position coming up here for Old Dominion talking about Xavier Legette and guess what the former South Carolina stars with Ashley guys I found him right here on the sidelines and Xavier what does this feel like for you being on the sidelines as opposed to being out there oh man it's great man just being able to come watch the younger guys that I played with last year man it seemed like they excited man and they ready to play and man the fans they brought the energy out here for them as well oh yeah this energy is unmatched drafted by the Panthers so you're right down the road I know it's just been the preseason but how has that transition been for you from college to the professional level uh the transition has been pretty good for me man it's a little faster start all playing in the NFL and but I had a little down time man um I deal with a couple injuries but man I'm back on track n everything going great for me and Xavier rare in today's world to have someone spend their entire college career at one place what does this school this program mean to you oh man this program mean a lot to me it got me where I am today and man I'm very happy for this place man and and it's going to continue to grow all right what do you think so far about Lenor sers in this offense oh man well being able to be here with him last year and work out with him during the offseason last year man I know he going to be a great player and I like the way that he do what he doing out there now all right Xavier thanks so much we're excited to watch you in the NFL I appreciate you guys how do you not like Xavier get how do you not like this pass rush from South Carolina Kyle Canard with a big series a couple of huge plays for the Gamecock the transfer from Georgia Tech he played 42 games over on the flats making his presence felt here with the Gamecocks that's a great job a little hesitation than getting around the left tackle and like you said backto back plays or two play two of the three plays able to find a way to get into the back field and be disruptive they have four or five defensive ends that they can really rotate throughout the game hopefully stay fresh stay healthy gear Gard Edmund and then the young talented freshman and Stewart as well Rush is on a wobbly kick and a flag comes down we may have a roughing the punter call South Carolina tried to get after it they blocked 14 kicks the last three years that is most in the SEC they had four blocks last year running into the kicker receiving team number eight the penalty is declined first down South Carolina always got to be ready for some sort of beamer ball whether it's in a return situation block a punt situation and oh he got hit high and low yeah about to say shot block on the punter there essentially only five yards though well our Stellar SEC football lineup rolls on tonight six Eastern five central on SEC network plus Mississippi State hosting Eastern Kentucky number six Old Miss will host Ferman at s Eastern and alurn will host Alabama A&M at 7:30 Eastern 6:30 Central Kentucky will host Southern Miss on the SEC network work on our SEC Saturday night game at 7:45 every game also available on the ESP app so you can watch anywhere you may be rocket Sanders on that carry as we approached two and A2 minutes to go in the first quarter I'm excited for some more shots down the field this three safety look defensively these guys are coming downhill fast after kind of what this offense did to score the first touchdown then the next possession of just running it and running and running giving it to Rocket l the Norse run as well starting to get a little greedy on the back end lorris keeps it himself and he is out to the 35 they'll spot him I guess that Big Frame got it out to the 37 yd line and they will move the change good enough for the first down after the eight- yd pickup you go back to last year's film and watching Spencer Rattler obviously more of a passer doing a great job up the preseason for the New Orleans Saints but adding the dynamic of the quarterback run just involves so many more players defensively to have to worry about it pulling the big boys up front to create some space sellers push back at the last moment Mario Thompson made the tackle no flag down but that'll be another first down it's a great job by this offensive line getting out front you're going see pulling tackles and guards kicking out defensive [Music] backs this offensive line too Dave last year that the the G is going to be stay healthy nine different starting rotations so the first nine games of the Season like they built some decent chemistry throughout the offseason have about eight or nine guys that can rotate in as well Ro Sanders trying to find a save couldn't do so picks up a yard and a half cicardo Williams Jr making the stop for ODU rocket has lost some some weight and man you want to talk about a physical specimen his body fat body M body fat I mean it is a different looking guy I mean just not just in his physical look but mentally and just that was a tough year for him in Arkansas last year fighting through a knee injury occurred in the first game of the season then had shoulder surgery this off seon season High throw incomplete Jacobs was separated from the football around the 39 yd line and he is slow to get up boy he is on his back big hit coming from that back end for injur player Mario easterly part of that crew for ODU they're going to get play action pass big post with a deep cross nor do a good job ball just just High that's twice now we've seen ball is just out of the reach of the receivers you want to be able to put that on him that way he's not having the turn and is in a vulnerable position for a Defender to come in hit him right there in the rib cage easterly the red shirt sophomore out of Harrisburg Pennsylvania 14 stops a year ago but boy put his shoulder right into the chest of andrevus Jacobs a transfer from Florida [Applause] state looks like Dre will be all right easy for me to say I guess sitting up here I didn't take the shot to the have you ever had have you ever had one of those shots before Dave my older brother used to okay wail on me pretty good when I was a kid now these third and long situations have not been good for South Carolina just trying to find that breakout start at the receiving position someone that you know you can go to pressure comes cellers trying to dance around it can't do it dropped by Nowa the red shirt sophomore making a big play had 14 tackles in their bowl game playing for Jason Henderson they're all American linebacker and now comes up with a big sack that was a loss of eight on the play that is the end of the first quarter so the end of the first 15 minutes South Carolina got things going early on after a turnover gave him a first and goal situation but not much since 107 gamec second qu football on the other side you I asked my brother if I could bring anything to his barbecue he said a propane tank have enough to deal with get the Honda CRV engineering safety resale you can't go wrong with a Honda the first step to Building Wealth is being careful who you listen to when it comes to your finances I'm not a CFO and this is not a penthouse I'm 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the it's amazing face look [Music] [Applause] don't you fight it just IGN it the fire inside theide back inside Williams Bry Stadium great opening day crowd on this super hot day South Carolina leading 10 to7 in their 131st season of football first year was back in 1892 had a couple of years on off that they did not play they are leading by three in the opener of 2024 Kai Kroger to punt it away for the Gamecock Isaiah Paige back to return a line drive kick and this one hits and takes a favorable ODU bounce out to the 24 yd line and that is where it will be downed by the mon by South Carolina well tonight SEC football final is back for another season Dar Chris Benjamin back to break it all down they'll talk you through the biggest stories of the day and break down all the games it's coming your way around 11 Eastern 10 Central right here on the SEC network and the ESPN app and of course a lot to talk about today Georgia little slow out of the gates but boy did they get it going it looked like a real deal I mean that is a powerful football team we saw today I mean the Georgia big win versus Clemson Vanderbilt's getting an awesome win at home to get their season going as well hand off to Aaron Young nothing doing there there well we got a second let's head downstairs visit Ashley all right guys maybe one of the most unique pregame rituals that I've seen yet is from old dominions head coach Ricky Ronnie he told all of us earlier this week that he likes to take a piece of each stadium that he goes to and bring it with them this is some grass some Turf from right here at uh Williams Bryce Stadium here in Columbia South Carolina he does this before every game he's been a part of a lot of different ones and obviously in a lot of different conferences he said in Athens he took some of the hedges and then Missouri he took a rock he was able to just uh get a little piece to bring it with him he says he has something from over 50 schools and his late father-in-law who was one of his Heroes made a little box for him to be able to display all these little momentos through his coaching career so guys just a really cool pregame ritual he says people know he does it now so I don't think he gets in trouble obviously but he does collect these little sandwich baggies and has them with him and it's something he's going to be able to look back on when he's done with his coaching career guys yeah he used to come out with a little pocket knife nowhere to run for Grant Wilson he has dropped back around the 16 yd line he had some time just couldn't get rid of the football that's Kenard and Stewart two defensive ends just colliding at the quarterback in the back field but you said a best save nothing open down the field has time I mean the pockets collapsing on them you feel the pressure as a qub back can't really step up you can't go backwards is that the worst when you can't go forward no not really unless if you don't have the size yet a little bit but if you're able to get around the Defenders that's when you see the real big play happens if you can get outside the tackle but great job by those two defensive events making sure the quarterback kind of felt the pocket surrounding him unable to get out of it jamus Hall punts it around away to Juju McDowell who will fair catch it at the 41 yd line so some good defensive possessions for South Carolina now they'll try to get their offense cranked up they lead by three here in the second quarter you I still have questions about almond milk have enough to deal with get the Honda Accord engineering safety resale you can't go wrong with a Honda at US Bank we know how good it feels to reach your milestones but we also know what really goes into getting you there that's why we introduced cob brows which connects you to a real Banker in real time to help you do anything from adding a new debit card learning how to save smarter even creating spending limits mind if I just gra the one with cob brows we're 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football the last couple of years Jason Henderson 61 225 led the country in total tackles in 22 with 186 that was third most in FBS history came back and had 170 tackles a year ago just a staggering amount of plays he makes every game did not play the bowl game had a knee injury took him a while to rehab it averaging over 14 tackles a game last year he has been banged up coming into this game loose football picked up by the monarchs down the sideline Patrick Smith young pushed out of bounds inside the 10 and ODU with a huge play I tell you what this defense has played well 10 points given up in the first quarter but seven of those a touchdown they were backed up inside their own three yd line one-on-one open field big quarterback put your hat on the football you got to wrap it up with two hands if L noris sers Angelo Rankin Jr beautiful form tackle and then the scoop and bringing it back inside the 10 yd line I tell you what though Nick Harper running a track star making sure he didn't get in the end zone there 37 yd return sets up ODU first and goal from the 9 yd line split two receivers to each side Aaron Young is your tail back H goes in motion looking that way and that one is picked off odonald Fortune stays in the end zone Touchback oh he baited him he baited him you're going to get a smash Concept in the corner is going to jump up real quick to the cover the flat Defender that's just understanding route Concepts defensively you're going to jump up and then come back knowing that there's going to be a corner route over the top Savvy Savvy play right there from fortun to go back there and make the big time interception get the ball right back for his offense boy even from up here it looked like there was a little bit of room to get that pass in there you got to throw it high as a quarterback you know any ball towards the front of the end zone you want to throw low make your receivers go down anything middle and back you got to throw it high too many guys that can drop back and make a play on it that's an easy interception but once again very Savvy play understanding route Concepts fifth career interception for Fortune first down and 10 now from the 20 yd line boy a golden opportunity for ODU to take the lead here in the second quarter but goes for not Denzel Lowry hits Juju McDow in the back field Juju 59 1884 the senior out of mainbridge Georgia 63 yds on 26 car a year ago did have 11 receptions as [Music] well second down McDow dancing around cuts it back try to get the edge and he's knocked over by his quarterback Lenoris sellers ran right over him trying to get in front I mean we know lenorris is big in all but man don't knock over your own running back I thought we were about to get a house call great job vision and L Norris who's a good 60 lbs heavier trips up his own running back that's when you go back I watch the film like man QB I'll say that to the house right now this offense Dave struggling to throw the football first quarter stats lenorris one for five minus three yards through the air I don't know why Juju McDow [Music] having a hard time keeping his emotions in after he felt like he was going to hit he's upset he thought he had a touchdown but we just got word that there is a lightning strike in the area thus the teams are being sent to their respective locker rooms it is a hot humid day here in Colombia we're going to have to wait 30 minutes Juju McDow still have some time to kind of simmer down love to hear that discussion when they get back in that locker room though oh you know he's going straight to his quarterback saying what what are you doing bud come on man that was a house go [Music] so there is just some spotty clouds in the area but our referee Daniel goo got the message and immediately went over to the sideline and first had a conversation over there with Ricky ronne the Old Dominion head coach so with 1142 to go here in the second quarter we will uh have a break for a while let's hope it's no more than this 30 minutes good news is dar's getting the boys back together in the studio well they had a short short window yeah right right they should be ready right they they've got the energy the juice with the overtime game for Vandy they were cut short a little bit before our game so so Dar I hope you enjoyed your little snack in the meantime it's all yours all right welcome into the studio here D during Watson lightning in the area there in Columbia South Carolina we will keep you company for a bit 107 Gamecocks here two other teams in the SEC are playing right now Texas no problem with Colorado state Florida big problem right now at home with Miami but in the early going here South Carolina we just saw sers take down his own ball carrier trying to get up in front of him and lead a block but 10- s game could be worse after the big mistake you know what the got the big interception the end before the big interception Nick Harbor coming back across the field to make the tackle there after the fumble was recovered easily could have been a touchdown reminds us of a play that our boy Benjamin Watson made back in the NFL little longer you had to run but that's a big time play by Nick Harbor to force the offense on the field and ultimately get the interception yeah how about the defense the defense keeps him in the game I mean old old dein has a chance to kind of Take the Lead there defense gets an interception game started off with an interception by this defense and so again while this Lenor C's passing attack is starting to get off the ground we just talked about the negative3 passing yards that's not where you want to be as a quarterback right now but never see that we were looking like really one for five for three Nega but the rushing you know rocket Sanders getting back this offensive line you know last year this offensive line really really struggled so part of what I wanted to see today was whether they going to be able to protect him and allow him to get the ball downfield and open up some holes in the running game 84 yards they've allowed to this particular point just three yards on the ground on 10 carries for Old Dominion I'm trying to see how many three sacks too for South Carolina in just over a quarter of play yeah well again again it's a defense one thing you got to know about South Carolina they're going to play good special teams they're going to play good defense and a lot of times it's the defense that keeps the games close I mean that's what this is about especially in the game that's now going to be muddy the weather's coming in it's going to be a grind but this defense has been playing well getting some turnovers you see five tackles for loss there that's all we've heard about during the preseason too and the scrimmage is it's largely been dominated by the defense and so it was excited to see how those guys would play today they do look like they're more aggressive this year they do look like they're playing a little more physical so uh if we can get the offense going could be a nice pairing uh Lenor sers by the way leads the team in rushing 45 yards on 11 carries I think everybody want to see rocket Sanders South Carolina debut eight for 27 uh and but again just the minus three yards pass passing to this particular point for South Carolina whenever this delay ends I'm kind of just trying to grab a glimpse of a radar it looks like it's essentially just a one little spot just west of of Colombia yeah uh that doesn't seem to necessarily you know how it is in the summer though no this is the time this is the time of year stuff pops up and hangs around for a little while yeah this is the time of year all right uh let's show you what else has happened earlier in the day talking Clemson and Georgia you South Carolina fans would no doubt like the way this game turned out for the AR travel Clemson Tigers third quarter no touchdowns on the board for either side yet just six nothing dogs Carson Beck Colby young transfer from Miami with a touchdown 13 nothing great field by Carson Beck knowing that the defender on top of the receiver back shouldering him so he can make a play and a good catch by young little Crossing route here by the Vanderbilt trans for London humpr who turns on the Jets shot crosses are sometimes hard to defend for defenses the wide receiver gets the ball with a lot of running room and speed to burn with running humph you can use an official as a oh Malachi Starks very reminiscent of the interception he had as a freshman in that same building against Oregon who says if you can't catch you play defense right d right I asked him you can catch and you play defense you will make a lot of money and how about if you can stiff arm a dude to the ground and tight Roop the sideline with a cool Mustache Cash stash right no doubt look at that stash bro cash Jones Cash Money 343 what a route 283 in the second half for Georgia absolute domination what happened offensively that got them going in the second half started running the football a lot better you know weren't running the football very well in the first half a lot of the passes were short kind of Dink and dunk passes you saw Mike Bobo call several passes to the perimeter that kind of serve as runs kind of the screen pass types and so in the second quarter second half you start to see Carson Beck go down the field more you start to see more of that deeper play action pass interesting to see how so many different pieces are involved in this offense Nate Frasier the the the rookie the F The Freshman uh running back gets a touchdown you got Kobe young who comes over from Miami he gets a touchdown Lon is not here you got other guys showing up and so sometimes in these first games although you've been with your team for the entire off season you've been with your team for the entire fall Camp you want to see them in game type action and so I think offensively Carson Beck did a great job of number one one taking care of the football not turning it over not doing anything to get the team beat and then when the time came to open it up he did that to Perfection I thought that was purposeful too I thought that Kirby Smart knew exactly who they were and maybe more importantly what the limitations for Clemson was I don't think they thought at all that they'd be able to move the football so very conservative in the first half as you talked about not wanting to give Clemson a short field or any uh pick six or scoop and score and then they became a little bit more aggressive in the second half after that that offense for Clemson was completely neutralized you mentioned it earlier ton of pressure all day long on C Club Nick 39% of his dropbacks he was getting hit and the secondary I thought played in a nice accompaniment with the front knocking down balls in the air and certainly Malachi Stark's interception that pick was incredible yeah they couldn't run the ball two yards a carry that's all Clemson was able to generate on the ground and Club Nick was under pressure Georgia defense looks like the Georgia defense that we've come to know and love for the last four or five years for sure 3 43 all right let's listen in to head coach Kirby Smart after his team starts one and0 I always open with um thanking our fans but I also want to thank um afflac um it's a title sponsor for this event what an incredible venue atmosphere um anytime you play in Atlanta in this facility and it's part of a title sponsor game where you're playing another you know top 15 top 20 matchup to me it it feels like a playoff game and it's a a great way to um try to assess where you are as a team um no longer do you have to win every game but you do have to find out when you're going to be playing your best and you want to be playing your best towards the end of the year and one of the best barometers is to get uh quality wins and I got a lot of respect for Clemson Dabo um the way they play the way they coach but uh this event's special to me and every chance we get to play in it we want to play in it so Gary stoken and his staff do a tremendous job and so has afflac go ahead okay anding with the Atlanta V Voice coach Mala Stars a few years ago as a freshman in this game he made a big catch I mean interception made another huge interception this game today and then freshman KJ Balden he's a freshman had a pretty good game what do you attest the credit to a guy to starts growth in this game and being able to put freshman in games like this and they have a great performance yeah I think coach Schuman and his defensive staff have done a tremendous job of making our defense uh adjustable um complex without being complex and you can play more players that way so uh you know we we we we we tell freshman all the time we had Malachi playing this game two years ago KJ played the game today Michael played in the game two years ago you know if you're talented freshman and you can learn then you can play and Malachi's growth is a credit to his humbleness or his humility and he is a great kid from a great family and um that's that's what makes Malachi special coach uh T to have that first half looked a lot like that game in Charlotte a few years ago uh just what kind of adjustments or was there anything you saw at halftime or what would you owe that the offense getting a loose in the second half I think that Mike and his staff did a good job at halftime um looking at pictures seeing what was there um capitalizing on some explosive plays um we blocked well on the perimeter and uh that that drive of the second half kind of opened things up I think it loosened them up uh it allowed us to be more explosive and um we Ed some Tempo to help us and uh we think we're a really well-conditioned team and I thought that juice between you know Nate's quickness brought some energy and and Dylan making some plays on the perimeter yeah Michael goes down in the third quarter and looks like Jaylen Walker comes in at outside linebacker he gets back-to-back tackles for loss on one drive next Drive gets back-to-back sacks what sort of allows him to come in and play both inside and outside and make an impact like that like he did today yeah he wasn't really playing for Michael he he was playing outside linebacker before Michael went down that's I mean they both they don't really play the same position there's there's packages there where jayen plays inside there's packages where Jaylen plays outside um we've had to get uncomfortable as coaches to uh use his skill set and I think you know Schuman and the defensive staff have done a great job of um finding ways that he can be successful so Michel and him both are really good football players and they both need to be on the field they don't need to to share time coach I think during the game B tweeted that Malachi's the best DB in the country um do you think you Javon Bullard during the game do you feel that way about Malachi do you think he's the best DB in the I don't know I canot judge I hadn't seen him it's easier for bull to say that because he's seen the things that Malachi's done in practice I do think the the play I saw him make today may be one of the best defensive football plays I've ever seen live in person I've seen a lot of on TV but that one you know he twisted and contorted his body and and and how he could find the ability to go find that ball and get it is um it's pretty special hey Co over here um obviously the first half it was a little bit difficult to get the running game going uh how did Nate Fraser help you guys open up the offense a little bit and get um the offense going well I don't know that Nate opened up that I mean we we we we hit some perimeter runs to start the game you know and you try to mix and mingle and and and uh try to catch people off balance um we thought that we could run it a little better inside than we did they have some uh some big defensive linemen they're big on their edges they're big up the middle they're they're going to give people you know problems defensively I have a lot of respect for them uh I think uh Nate brought a little juice and a little energy there as cash did too and and Branson Branson hasn't played football in a year so uh Branson's going to be fine he's he's he's a really good back and um we're going to continue to get better and uh look forward to using all those guys skill sets we we've got a really good dynamic in that running back room in terms of the players we have Coach uh on that note Nate Frasier had a an excellent debut and um I was just wondering how how would you assess his uh place on the dep depth chart after today we don't we don't we don't do depth charts at running back I mean cash Jones had a great day too and uh I was really proud of all those guys stepping up but there's no depth chart I mean we we we play the guys that have the best week of practice Kirby told you transfer receivers today you know made some big plays me Kobe down around a goal made a great catch in London show how fast he is when he get the ball his hand in space yeah London I thought really stepped up I thought the play of the game was the play he C over the middle um Dylan had gone down with some cramping London had to step up and go play he made a great catch I think it was a third down conversion I'm not sure but once we converted that it kind of was a springboard to being explosive and scoring and I thought that was a clutch catch you know he he London is is a great kid he's very levelheaded nothing really affects him uh it didn't surprise me in the moment that he didn't the moment wasn't too big for him cuz he's played in a lot of of these SEC matchups Kirby you mentioned Michael earlier what was the injury for him and for Warren Bron as well both uh one's a ankle and Warren was more of a a contusion of some kind I'm not sure I don't want to say high ankle but it was above the ankle it was more calf uh in there where he got stepped on he felt like and and Michel's x-rays they looked good but I've seen that before so we we we we got to go check it when we get home and and see coach obviously etn didn't play with was that a suspension and will is it over now will it will it carry into next you know we don't talk about those things chip it's a good try though focused on I'm focused on how our guys played today and that's the focus and energy I'm putting it towards I appreciate your question uh we all know that Carson is calm cool and Collective but we've heard you say that you wanted to show a little bit more passion get his teammates fired up did you see that from him today yeah I thought he got a little passion and energy too there you know we struggled a little bit early and didn't have the third down conversions we know in the first half and I thought he responded well to that uh he came in said down on the iPad and he told me when we came out the second half he said we're going to go to a score coach and sure enough uh we did and um I thought he he really handled that that well and look that's a good defense guys y'all can say what you want that's a that's a really high quality defense hey that kick from pton 55 y uh I mean pretty late in the half there how how big was was that for y'all yeah it was big at the time but it just you know you can't play these games in three three three three you got to score touchdowns and uh that probably was a little out of my comfort zone but it looked to me like he had uh some room to spare on it you know and uh what was it was it 50 what 55 yeah I didn't even realize I knew when we went to kick it it was out of the zone that I really wanted to but I didn't have a lot of options there and uh we were playing field position and I've seen him make them so indoors I think it makes it more significant yeah coach I believe Carson Beck extended some plays with his legs there a couple third down conversions just talk to that growth in the area of his game using his legs yeah tremendous I mean the first conversion was that it it didn't end up in points but what it did flipped the field position it made them play behind the the bad field position most of the game um he has the ability to do that and I tell people all the time they don't know the athlete he is and it's not the speed it's the body control um decision making uh he hurt you when you go out there and match everything and then he takes off on you he's got really good pocket presence and um he he he made some plays with his feet yeah with Warren going out Jordan Hall Xavier McLoud out there not out there what do you see out of Christian Miller and zavier and N stack house today in the middle of your defensive line just tough guys man I I can't say how they played you know I can't like I didn't watch it specifically but to play the plays they play the number of snaps the volume they've taken they have been EXT extremely durable and uh extremely tough Trey's done a great job of bringing the young players along in that room and you know we're getting a uh a blessing in some ways of getting all these young guys ready while we're trying to get healthy and uh that could really pay dividends uh late in the year um if if we get everybody back hi coach um some of the talks surrounding Clemson has been that they have not been utilizing the transfer portal um as much as some other teams have can you talk about how the trans uh transfer portal guys have affected your roster and how they've um affected the way that you guys play this year yeah I that's that's you know that's hard for me to to speak on I'm not Judgment of someone else I guess you're not asking me to judge their program you're saying how the transfer guys have helped our program we're very selective in in in the transfer department you know we take a tight end out of Stanford who's played in a similar offense two tight end sets uh we take a wide out who we play against and and and can run and we need wide outs cuz we lost guys at wide out uh we take Kobe who's a high quality kid I mean we talk to these kids we visit with these kids and you know if I if I I want my team to stay my team I've always said that if you could give me every kid I sign they stay at my program for four years and they can't leave I would take that every day of the week but if we're going to lose kids we've got to replace them with high quality kids that are that are um character kids that are looking to to to have an opportunity to win a championship they want to go somewhere and play because otherwise you don't you can't survive in the SEC without the depth you need so it's a it's it's a it's a forced situation you have to use it so we use it selectively because we actually like signing high school players that can develop and the guys that you see in our program most of the time are that yeah coach I think I saw you guys play seven offensive linemen today Micah and Monroe getting in the mix what what does that say about the depth of your program and what kind of a benefit I guess does that provide to you well we we want to play a lot of lineman all the time I mean Carson works with those guys all the time we we like to play eight and nine I think it's to get through the year you're going to have to do that we're we're thinner than we've ever been you know we've played seven eight guys we've always played three tackles and um we'll continue to do that if they're playing winning football coming out of Hal time um you guys scored on the opening drive Clemson comes back down they're threatening two score your defense holds them to a field goal um what did did you like from that series from your defense and how big was that in the moment uh I thought we responded I'm trying to remember that one I think they got to a short yard situation we were able to stop him knock him back gave him a negative play I thought uh the defense executed well in the red area which is something we work on situationally a lot um coach Schuman called some really good calls and and and and Jaylen and those guys on defense executed them Kirby obviously you guys have new faces every year but I know you guys have some traits characteristics that you like to instill in your team did did you see that when it's 6 nothing and and you guys take control in the second half like that I didn't understand what you asked in terms of some of the you know the resiliency not looking at the scoreboard being able to you know do what you guys practice to do I was proud of way a team play both halves I mean I really was I mean foot I think the narrative is out there you're going to roll the ball out and Georgia's just going to win they're going to win because they have a g and they're just going to roll over these teams and football's not that way that's a really good football team we just played and the the the fact that we played and pushed through that is indicative of the things you're talking about we buil into our program we said we had to out physical them I thought we did we have to out hustle them I think we did we'll watch the tape and you got to out discipline them um and and those are three areas that we thought we had to win to be CLS and and and our guys prove true in that got another question for Coach Martin raise your hand we'll bring a mic around to you Allison coar I know you said postgame that the interception for Malachi reminded you of Champ Bailey just what was it about it that reminded you of that and just Malachi's performance today yeah when chant was a freshman we're in 42 people don't remember he would he would play Middlefield safety and he had range that was unheard of I mean he could go from sideline to sideline and he made some diving plays and uh extended his body and uh and Malachi is very similar to that in terms of his ability to play manto man his ability to play safety he could go out and play Corner if he had to he's just a a tremendous athlete but with all that accolades he's one of the most humble great kids I've ever been around but I saw champ before the game and I told him that that that malach has a lot of his same traits a question in the back Kirby the past couple off seasons there there were some incidents and and from the outside there were questions about the culture of Georgia football on the inside how would you describe the health of the culture of of Georgia football right now awesome I wish you could talk to our players I wish you could live in there and see our guys dayto day and see Thomas settles and Bryant Gant and all the people that that stand up in front of our team and and talk about connection and share their experiences and I mean there's two of them sitting right there you can ask them they'll tell you the the what you know in the inside is a lot more than than what people can paint pictures to be outside and people use it in negative recruiting and they throw it out there and it comes back to bite them too coach right here you guys want 40 consecutive games in a regular season that means you got to be a very focused program what what do you think the secret is for you keeping these players focused no matter you you know players come and go but that focus seems to be pretty consistent I I think it's a a process like we believe in what we do like the the the the leaders on our team that I meet with they believe in it they sell it they push it to the younger players I think somebody said the other day we had 38 or 42 um my my advisor brought to me we had 42 or 38 I can't remember what it was I had to sign something saying they were all eligible and they were all new we had 38 or 42 new people new and when you turn over that much you better have a nucleus around them that can keep them grounded and that's what we've been able to like sustain at Georgia is we're not going to change what we do based on who we play we're going to do what we do we're going to try to out execute you and and and and and just do it the right way and I think a lot of people that's hard to do I think it's hard to do it the hard way all the time because everybody wants to find an easier way and it's just there no easy way to to to to win these games they're all hard coach over here on that um fade route to Kobe young um it looked like Beck and young had been playing together for years so how how did how have they been able to build that connection so quickly yeah it's been tough because Kobe hasn't actually practiced a full practice week he was very selective we had him you know uh where he was not taking a full load of reps they had a really good connection early in Camp and then when his hamstring occurred they lost some of that Rhythm um and I think think you know we we we've got to get uh more out of Colby col's a really good player and and we need him to step up if we're going to go where we need to go I'm sorry if you were asked this already but what can you say just about your freshman and Nate Frasier and the impact that he's had in this game especially you know it's not all the time that a freshman does make an impact like this it's awesome we we we we the players can tell you that I get on him all the time because he's out of control he is just foot fire moving going at the speed of light doesn't know he might run into a brick wall cutting back and uh he cut back a couple times in practice and I told him I said when you get in a real game you cut back like that they're going to light you up you know I might actually said some things I can't say in here uh but he uh he cut back and went all way across the field for about 50 and I told him it okay now he uh he he could do that but he's a great kid he got an opportunity he sees the moment a lot of people blocked in front of him and and like I told you johnon Bowens is a good back he's going to have an opportunity to grow and play so I'm looking forward to that room because I think we got some juice in that room actually they get more experience look guys Nate's a long way from a complete package he wasn't here in the spring so he missed 15 practices of intense work that he's trying to play catchup on got time for one more question yeah jonel I think banged up going to this football game you talk a lot about ma Malachi and you said he's your best corner could be your best corner what did it say could play Corner could play Corner uh what did it mean for you to be able to slide him into the nickel today for you guys yeah that was huge that that was probably the thing I and you bring it up I forgot about that was one of the biggest things that got us in the week when jonell had a pull and it happened on Saturday and we didn't know he didn't go Monday he didn't go Tuesday he walked through Wednesday and we're all messed up because now we're having to not move one person in his spot we having to move Malachi then Dan then KJ and it's like it was really scary CU we we didn't have the volume of reps with that that that makeup so then we tried to go with jakori some but every time jakori was in Mal had to play over here and Dan had to play over here and when Malachi went in Dan jumped over here and KJ went over here it was they did a tremendous job of knowing what to do from three different positions and we really need to get jonell healthy and and I thought jakori stepped up and and took advantage of his opportunity thank you coach I wanted to play that for you a lot of interesting parts of it as we sit through a weather delay with South Carolina in Old Dominion what did you hear from your Elma moders head coach there in that 19 or so minute stretch yeah a few different things I thought that one thing was interesting when he talked about the transfer portal and that's a conversation I think that's come come around a whole lot um over the last several years the fact that Clemson does not going and transfer portal a lot Georgia doesn't really a lot either but you see how that manifests itself in and some of the big plays that were made for Georgia today you look at a guy like humph or you look at a coob young who scored a touchdown and the fact that you know now in this day and age of college football if you're not dipping into the transfer portal at some point to supply your needs then you're going to fall behind you mean Clon well hey a littleit a quick social media search and they're all over dab for right it's all but I think they I think they should be I think they should be because there comes a point in time where you have to realize you know this is how it's being play you don't have to go crazy other Kirby said was I would love if my players came and stayed for four years like if you're a confident coach and you've got a great program and you know that you're able to develop skill you want your players to come in and stay for four years and then go on to the NFL you want to because that gives you the competitive advantage against someone who's able to get somebody from the transfer portal but that was interesting him bringing that up just the fact that you know there there are bits and pieces there are times where you have to go in the portal although ideally I would love to have my guys and develop them in in house know what's interesting Dari is I think you go look at Old Miss This Year everybody thinks is Lane kein being the the the portal King but he got so many of those pieces from last year to come back and then they sprinkled in a few guys Walter Nolan princ Ley Manu melan those guys are supplements compliments to what they already had I think it's a great way to go fill holes but you don't want to have to turn over your entire roster every single year and of all the coaches across the country Kirby Smart's been the best about being able to retain his own Talent now he's started to lose a little bit bar Alexander a couple years ago goes out to Southern Cal you lost uh Jermaine Burton before that but I I think all in all he supplements Jermaine Burton with you know Missouri's best receiver Mississippi State's best receiver no longer part of the team there in ra Rob but Dom love it I mean like he has supplemented you lose one yeah you bring in two what was the greatest thing that we talked about Nick Sabin was he was always ahead of the adjustments right he was always uh willing to to push forward and and advance and embrace things as they were changing now he got to a point where enough was enough with the I he had enough yeah but in terms of just adjustment now Kirby playing that same game staying ahead of the adjustments understanding the changing landscape and embracing it you know as we sit here and we're watching a few South Carolina players I just glance up at the screen kind of trickle out of the locker room here I I suppose that's a good sign um you know the best news about the three of us and CD in particular doing TV right now is that he doesn't have to watch the Florida game so that's good 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got a chance to watch it or not but it was bombs away Jeff Levy is going to bring a fun offense to Starfield I don't know how many games they're going to win but I promise promise you they're going to have fun watching this offense this season I feel like we're always talking about a lot of offense in Starkville but I agree with you I think this offense is going to be a lot of vertical passing Jeff leby has scored a lot of points exciting offense wherever he's been and so excited to see what that looks like on the field today so the first game for Jeff leevy as head coach of State again a little over 10 minutes from now ESPN plus but if we're still in a delay which we likely will be in Colombia we will bring that to you right here until that ends meanwhile Miami and Florida we have to do it to CD apologize for this but you know how this goes yeah what you're going to see today is Miami owning the line of scrimmage both on the offensive and defensive side Florida has not had an opportunity to get much going this is the one play they it's a one play drive and that's what they needed 70 what NY TouchDown for Mont especially at that point in the game I mean you know it was close to getting way out of hand the half Miami knows they're going to get the ball back start the second half they're up seven already and then Xavier rrepa who killed he's been Unstoppable today and we watched him last year have a great season a great game against A&M particularly right now it's all Miami and Florida has no answer cam W by the way 20 for 24 for 246 and two scores did throw a pick but that Washington State transfer has been awfully good on this afternoon for the Miami Hurricanes who have a commanding three-score lead right now it's a lot of time though this one uh there is that's that's true that may not be good but it may be who knows all right how about Texas first SEC first game as an SEC member taken on Colorado State first quarter Quinn ERS to Gunner Helm 37 yds would lead to a three-yard touchdown run by Quinn trevan Wisner Winer had the first touchdown in history for Texas as an SEC member just remember that if you find that interesting here uh ERS to Matthew golden touchdown horns up 17 on Isaiah bond for us I'm sure he does Happ you've got a touchdown coming right now to bond in fact Bond five catches 61 yards my Saturday start prediction talk about some separation five yards on the corner route in the end zone mhm and then your to Golden 20 27 so far today 260 yards three touchdowns and an interception 38 zip easy day at the office there DKR as Arch Manning is in the game now for Texas Arch man Manning in for Quin your so he got the backup he didn't need right all right how about this in Nashville you take one of the ACC top three or four teams and you put them on the field of the SEC team pick dead last out of 60 this would be bad for the ACC and we're all kind of here for it sometimes just from time to time we're we're okay with that especially if the SEC can create that damage and Quincy Skinner Jr when they phenomenal catch for the back up the last couple years a senior now was the focal point in the first half four catches is for 72 yards and that touchdown on the afternoon they had a 17 nothing lead but Virginia Tech comes back and erases it Chiron drones to basal toon and it's 2020 hokeys weren't done cornerback leaves his man completely open drones sees it and he finds Ali Jenning 62 yards drones was aware I got to give him credit for being aware of the bus on the coverage but that's an unforgivable s but this guy Diego Pavia was Dynamite over 100 yds rushing almost 200 passing three total touchdowns find Cedric Alexander we go 27 a piece we need overtime now they trailed by seven in the fourth quarter and in that situation Vanderbilt had lost 61 straight games sorry this Pavia touchdown in overtime came on the heels of a missed field goal right at the end of regulation you thought it could have been deflating not to Diego Pavia who just willed his team to Victory this afternoon oh yes you gave it fourth and 11 thanks did Mandy win this game absolutely they did took away the drama Hoke hokey hokey low still time to celebrate Nashville it's the best win of the weekend so far for the SEC yes I mean 13 and a half Point dogs first time they'd won a game as an underdog at all since 2022 first season opening win against the power Conference Team since 2005 I mean and and by the way they found a quarterback who might be one of the most exciting players in this league to watch they did and we saw them last year when they played against Auburn New Mexico State beats Auburn now all of a sudden he reemerges here with for Vanderbuilt I think that the the package deal as we as we call it with offensive coordinator Tim Beck coming over with Pavia it's been pretty impressive uh let me give you some news here they're saying a 558 restart in South Carolina that's like four and a four minutes from now you got to tell me how they're going to start in four minutes players are just walking on F Well you know a lot of times during you know rain delays they'll tell you to keep warm in the locker room I don't know how warm you can keep but you know they say stay stretched out because some stuff like that happens you got to go out and you got to be ready to play that's All Specialists out there we haven't seen anybody other than kickers and long Snappers well if they say they're starting at 558 my friend they're starting to I'm taking the over I'm taking the over too man I mean all right we'll see all right we're going to send it back out to those guys here in just a couple of minutes from anything that we just showed you any anything that we've seen like what what's the story of the day in the SEC Vanderbilt story is Vanderbilt and and that story is a change in Nashville you know a different feel from the minute the game started we said wow this doesn't look like the normal Vanderbilt they were aggressive on offense what they were doing with Diego Pavia in the option game was giving Virginia Tech's defense all they could handle shut down your guy drones who we talked about as being maybe one of the best quarterbacks in the ACC he averaged five yards a carry last season they held him to 1. two on the day today I thought they did a great job of putting a game plan together on both sides of the ball and executing it and being confident even when disaster struck multiple times the early turnover I think for Vanderbilt was key and that's that's because the the head coach in Clark leag got more involved this off season as he mentioned he got more involved with the defense I think it manifest itself in what we saw today and you're right the defense was confident the offense was confident there was a swag there and have the maturity to be able to go through that entire game give up a 170 lead which is tough game gets tied up you go to overtime where you usually lose in overtime the mental toughness to to fight through that I commend Venit for what they did to huge for them what's the ultimate statement one thing we didn't show you we should touch on real quick is Tennessee Tennessee at easy win 693 over Chattanooga what was your initial take in week one for Tennessee uh I've seen this before that's what I felt like I've seen this before this looks like the Tennessee that we saw a couple years hooker no the H and hooker tenness with the vertical passing game and the explosive plays and Nico they scored six touchdowns in the first half and they don't punt in the first half I mean everything was clicking for them and then you saw wide receivers new faces Dante thoron Jr kind of Step Up in that play Brew McCoy other guys like that unfortunately squirrel white my Saturday stud pick did not catch a lot of passes but I will say this offense was back to what we expected to be the Run game was amazing as well offensive line I thought remember when Nico was coming out of high school everybody was talking about the money he was making through nil we expected to see him in there right away that is the recipe for disaster what you saw the way they brought him along last year getting to play behind Joe Milton getting a chance to start in the bowl game now the unquestioned starter in the beginning of the Season he understands the offense he executed it well didn't throw the bad throw and put together 313 yards in the first half alone yeah big day for Nico big day for Tennessee and one that really was supposed to be the case they do play NC State next week uh in Charlotte all right so Florida down 3110 Texas up 45 zip our eyes are on that but for now back to Dave Aaron and Ashley in Columbia hey Dar thank you very much buddy I appreciate just hey that was just kind of a rehearsal for tonight's SEC final yeah week one for all of us we all need to knock off the rust a little bit whether we're in studio playing a football game or in the booth like we are and back to action Y after a lightning delay teams are getting ready to play some football here in the second quarter this is how it started great opening possession for South Carolina as they get the fumble the fumble recovery by Debo Williams took South Carolina a couple of plays to get it in the end zone but rocket Sanders picks up his first rushing touchdowns for the Gamecock here in 2024 but ODU answered right back outstanding run by Isaiah pagee to cap off the 72 yd touchdown pass from Grant Wilson and then the 40 yd field goal from a young man that's been on this campus now he's in his sixth year but Alex Herrera finally gets to kick one in a game and he makes it from 40 out South Carolina how about this number now remember last year they avered 85 yards a game on the ground they're up to 93 right now but one of five for minus three yards through the air yeah just he had the quarterback the runner he's done a great job running H Lenoris sers there Jo far in this game 56 yards rushing on the ground for him but the big question is not only his ability to throw the football but these receivers too Dave like who is going to step up from this receiving court and really be that stand out guy be that Xavier Legette from a year ago and that is a question that is going to be something that we're going to be asking for the majority of the season I think well the last play before the teams went to the respective locker room Juju McDow took a hand off to the right side cut it back to the opposite side of the field looked like he had a touchdown with a bunch of green grass but as he was trying to hit the sideline he was tripped up by his quarterback he didn't have enough for the first down at the 36 yd line so that is where the Gamecock will take it here and the first handoff goes to Rocket Sanders lowers the shoulder out to the 39 Manning with another tackle back into that secondary this is a a defense for ODU that last year gave up 27 points a game fifth in the Sun Belt pretty good number considering how quickly this offense scored touchdowns at times last year [Applause] quick hitter to the outside that one caught there by mangram breaks a couple of tackles and out to the 45 yd line gain of seven Patrick Smith young the north Texas transfer in his first year at ODU makes the hit uh keep it on the the ODU theme defensively the goal heading to this game was you one keep your leverage in this 326 defense you want to keep your leverage and then two make South Carolina and their red shirt freshman quarterback earn it don't give up the explosive plays were fine giving up a couple runs here there which they've done but to look at the scoreboard only 10 points given up seven of those were in a situation where you're back in your own three yard line this defense has done a great job keeping everything in front making them run the football not giving up anything explosive through the air in the pass game Rocket Sanders with the hand off left side trying to get a couple of yards for the first down I think he did get enough brought down by Ricardo Williams that'll move the chains and the clock keeps moving closer than 10 minutes here in the second quarter I think expectations too I mean you look around the country you see all these high-scoring games and touchdowns this is not going to be that offense this year for South Carolina I I I like the identity of just staying committed to the Run game use the rpos use the The Zone reads then hopefully be able to take some shots and some confidence run a little option game and Lenor sers will take it get it to Midfield well played defensively there by cber and [Music] Company it would be interesting too kind of that this little intermission we had with the lightning delay if opportunity for some of these young players first year starters South Carolina offense just to take a deep breath and refocus themselves a little bit pitches it out to Joshua Simon the tied end and he's inside the 40 yd line that'll be a gain of 11 Manning with another tackle that's a sweet little play just showing off the athleticism of the Norris right there of you got me I'm going to keep it I'm going to give it I'm going to keep it and then all of a sudden Defender comes up and he's able to get the ball around him on the Quick [Music] Pitch and was Lenora sellers just had to throw it away Patrick Smith young came in there from The Edge disrupted that play after a discussion no flag on the play they're going to say he was outside the T no they are going to throw the flag they're going to say that he probably wasn't outside The Tackle Box I think the ball clearly got past the line of scrimmage intentional grounding offense the ball will be placed at the spot of the foul the down counts it'll be second down see if we get a look at this I thought he got outside The Tackle Box Dave and let see can he get he get outside the hash I would say he throws it throws it right there on the hash so good call no receiver in the vicinity of the pass ball do across line of scrimmage but does not get outside that Tackle Box rocket Sanders stays in the game on a second 21 dump it off sets up a screen pass rocket cuts it back to the middle of the field he's ducked to the original line of scrimmage at the 40 yd line COA now ATA makes the tackle the walk on at a Newport News Virginia well this is when the helmet comes into play the the recording device the listening device for the quarterback cuz you can tell a young guy like listen it is a third and long situation we're in kind of No Man's Land right now we don't need to get the first down necessarily on this play be smart the check down is there so the the ability of a coordinator to to let a quarterback know that is invaluable at this stage of his career boy some twist up front by ODU and that pass is dropped Brady hunt usually a sure-handed tied end to transfer from Ball State who was a freshman All America couple of years ago just dropped it I think just we seeing the replay right here but maybe just a little bit too far smart decision good job taking the check down like we just talked about take the completion see if he can get four or five yards and then make the coach make a decision if you're going to go forward or not on fourth down got to catch it but still so you know tight ends fullbacks as a quarterback you want to put it on the frame of the body of that kind of receiver so Kai Kroger who averaged 43 yards a punt last year back to punt it away for South Carolina endover end kick that hits at the goal line and B bounces into the end zone so nothing doing for the Gamecocks on that drive time out on the field 740 toight to go before halftime you I asked my brother if I could bring anything to his barbecue he said a propane tank have enough to deal with get the Honda CRV engineering safety resale you can't go wrong with a Honda as a successful CFO I have one secret to help you build wealth you need to be careful who 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something different the swag under AR we here man style is all about a representation of yourself if you look good you feel good you play good it goes all in one [Music] hey our Stellar SEC football lineup rolls on tonight at 6 Eastern SEC network plus actually that game just getting underway Mississippi State hosting Eastern Kentucky then number six Old Miss hosting fman at s Eastern tonight Alabama A&M traveling to the loveliest Village 7:30 Eastern to take on the alurn Tigers and Kentucky host Southern Miss right here on the SEC network that game kicks at 7:45 Eastern Time on DC Saturday night every game also available you know where we're on the ESPN now Grant Wilson three of7 for 81 yards as a 72 yd touchdown pass to Isaiah pagee the only points on the board for Old Dominion at this point had a golden opportunity had it first and goal to nine but Wilson threw an interception in the end zone Aaron Young in at running back pressure comes immed immediately and Wilson is dumped by Dylan Stewart the five star freshman defensive end a loss of 10 the first of many I'm sure I mean the the first step off the line of scrimmage that right tackle had zero chance and look at the B he's 66 250 [Applause] [Music] lbs now it's second down and [Applause] 20 Wilson over the middle and that one is incomplete all four of our officials back into that field say the ball hit in the turf Nicki man wary in coverage for the Gamecocks Nicki man worry the force they call him on this defense and opportunity to reel in the nice interception and end up taking out Dylan Stewart on this third down play would have love to see the young freshman be able to get another opportunity to get for the quarterback come back near side here's Deontay Vines who's hit immediately he's out over the 10 to the 13 yd line but a long way to go and Old Dominion will have to punt it away Debo Williams making another tackle Debo Williams I mean just go back to the film last year the the physicality in which he plays and talking with play White the defensive coordinator for South Carolina they said he wants him to be more of a GPS player that be able to diagnose what's going on the offense not always have to run through an offensive player to make a play but be able to get round offensive lineman receivers whatever may be and find the ball dissecting plays that's the next stage of his development they're hoping to see come this season jamus Hall's punt to Juju McDow is returnable Juju dancing around flipped up at the 40 yd line short field for South Carolina after the Nifty return Aston Whitner brings him down South Carolina up three here the second you know coach Prime it's nice to finally have some free time gives you a chance to reflect on the important things like how affle pays people money for the expenses health insurance doesn't cover health insurance does leave a gap but app givs people money to help close that g those Prim got one on the line too baby huh see that's how you hold up 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Inside just Ed the fire inside don't F just IGN the fire inside [Music] a much anticipated debut for the Norris sellers the Star Quarterback big physical I haven't really seen him get any sort of Rhythm throwing the football but my goodness when he pulls it and runs you're seeing designed run plays things aren't open downfield with this three safety defense from ODU his ability to be that extra Runner is going to give defenses headaches all season long to me now the goal going forward not only the rest of this half but into the second half is can he develop some chemistry with his receivers on the outside but running the football physical as it can be Jared Brown slides into the back field he'll get the handoff here coming around the edge has a first down runs into his own man Angelo ranking brings him down but a nice pickup on first down for South Carolina let's go down to Ashley guys it was a quarterback competition heading into the season obviously sellers getting the kn asked coach Beamer why is he the guy though he said he was so levelheaded he's the same person every day and I think us three we can attested that after just meeting him yesterday offensive coordinator D Loggins calling him a robot but in the best way said at just 19 years old it's a great quality to have in a QB also he's been in the program now for over a year knows the offense and he's used to success LED his High School South Florence to a 4A state championship his senior year yeah didn't get to play as a junior he was banged up so didn't have a whole lot of tape he was committed to Syracuse but all of a sudden he just kind of popped on the radar senior year started to explode and it's rare to have a quarterback out there and at the last minute they were able to get him to uh convince him to coming home staying home yeah they saw him in a camp heading into a senior year a camp they held here in in Colombia and just fell in love with him but wanted to see him play some actual football and was lucky enough to get him to decommit from the C and stay home here in South Carolina and off to the left side not much there Jason Henderson his first tackle tonight Henderson and Lowry combin on that Henderson the young man we talked about for Old Dominion he is chasing down the NCAA record for tackles for a career has a chance to get there incredible story too for just kids at this level that you can stick at a university you don't have to go to a power Fork team in order to have the story that he's been able to create Anderson comes on Blitz and try to throw right over that and it's incomplete as Lenora sers throws it into the grass looking for Jared Brown that's just that's just chemistry right there Dave of two guys not on the same wavelan Zone coverage on Crossing routes receivers taught to sit if there's green grass man coverage you're going to stay on the move you're going to run you're going to run so as a quarterback you have to anticipate hey there's a Defender out there in the flat to that side my receiver is going to hold up in the zone for me present his numbers be very friendly and that's just going back watching the tape and then working on that going forward Alex Herrera a hit from 40 yards fake field goal Kai Kroger the holder Lofts it up to the end zone and it's caught touchdown South Carolina Brady hunt the tight end hangs on Kai Kroger is something else throwing the football a flag though May nullify eligible player down field offense number 76 5yd penalty remain Fourth Down Right Guard Simpkins man what are you doing downfield you know it's a fake what are we doing and he ain't going to run it he ain't running it it's a pass play Kai Kroger in his career is seven of eight with two touchdown passes oh okay signed him up coach he was about to be eight of nine with three but ineligible receiver downfield man downfield so now it turns into a 46 yd field goal for Herrera who hit from 40 earlier in this game good clean snap hold is down plenty of leg Herrera been around this program but had to watch guys like Parker white Mitch Jeet are two of the best to ever come through here kick the last four years and now he gets his opportunity and starts two for two that would been unique though kicker with the uh or punter kicker with the the first touchdown of pass of the Season not Lenoris but a specialist and we're going to take a peek and see if Simkins was downfield at number 76 nice fake yeah yeah he starts wandering a little bit too far yeah he wasn't even trying to get down field oh make a move keep the eyes down the field makes the move little push off from hunt little push off was it called South Carolina number 40 is now 57 so three on the board for the game Cox with 402 to play before halftime that one will bounce into the end zone Bryce Duke lets it bounce against the hedges so Old Dominion out to the 25 yd line offensively Old Dominion has racked up 77 yards 84 of those through the air and 72 of those 84 on one play yeah one big play one huge mistake for South Carolina defensively letting a receiver split both safeties down the middle of the field for the touchdown pass and other than that this defense has done a great job of making ODU earn it this this front four though getting after the quarterback not only on third down but first and second being disruptive in the back field hand off to Bryce Duke pick up a couple of yards Demetrius Knight Jr the linebacker the six year player out of Locust Grove Georgia who transferred in from Charlotte quick hand off again to Duke and he'll take it out to the 28 maybe 29 yard line that's going to be the big difference today for this this defense this year you know they want to add depth at the front seven the defensive line tackles ends linebackers I feel like they have that ability right now some young guys with a lot of talent are going to get some playing time in this game and going forward but they can be this good this season up front it is going to be as a lot of people are saying one of the better defenses in this SEC third down fourman rush quick throw near side pass caught there by Pat Conroy he'll have the first down over the 35 to the 36 dvo Williams on the stop no relation to the legendary Southern South Carolina writer Pat Conroy who wrote Such Great novels like the great Santini Lords of discipline Prince of Tides little keeper by Wilson Odell odonnell Fort it we even SE that much from Grant Wilson in this game and they've doing a good job of containing him in the zone read plays but he's got some athleticism you always got to be careful with him he can pull one off for a long game they'll go with Duke again clock moving 227 remember this year in college football one of the new I don't know if it's a rule but it's a thing two-minute timeout similar to what the NFL has in their two-minute warning but we will refer to it as a two-minute timeout at the end of each [Applause] half Old Dominion may just let this clock go to the two-minute 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well expect some sort of screen run the football draw third and long situation the way this offens line has been unable to protect the quarterback get it out of his hands protect your guy for South Carolina grabity to take a timeout and then have a two-minute drill for your quarterback be get off the field right here yeah three timeouts remaining for South Carolina Freeman Rush drop it eight nowhere to go that one's underneath only a gain of a about four on the play to Bryce Duke but he had to get all the way down to the South Carolina 41 South Carolina South Carolina burn one of those three timeouts will be 30 seconds please reset the game clock to 1 minute 16 seconds thank you halim's coming up at a minute 12 let's get it to DAR for an update all right Dave thank you much yeah coming up in just a bit on the auto owners insurance halftime report you get me Watson and dor we show you what's going on at the swamp it's not necessarily pretty for the SEC uh Georgia big was pretty for the SEC what are you seeing from the game here so far defense dominating a lot of Defense I was about to say five sacks defense is getting after it defense is offense could do more we hope to see that happen shortly here right Dave thanks story u boys will see it and uh minute actually put 4 seconds back on the clock so a minute 16 [Music] ODU to PL it away hul rush comes gets it away and this will be returned by Juju McDow but sworn by three white jerseys immediately so South Carolina backed up they'll spot it right at the 5 yd line might been better let that one get into the end zone what a punt though with all the pressure in your face be able to kick it pin it mide the 5 yd line it's an interesting situation I think for for Coach Beamer here you have a young freshman quarterback red Shir freshman quarterback you probably worked obviously two-minute drill in springtime you worked in in Fall camp and I know it's backed up and it's we're we're in a ball game here I think he let a moose a little bit you want to be able to put your quarterback through these stressful situations how do you execute a two-minute drive go down the field you got two timeouts in your pocket can we get some plays going through the air as well build on some momentum before you get the ball to start the second half they're going to hand it off to Rocket Sanders not a whole lot of room to run off that left side give ODU a bunch of credit they came in here 21-point underdogs a revamped roster and a couple stallord coming back defensively they are only down six as we sit here with 36 seconds to go before halftime rocket Sanders stays H at running back three receivers split to the wide side of the field clock taking down now to 25 seconds it looks as though South Carolina is going to just try to get this one to the locker room but we will have to wait after Lora sers gets tackled out of bounds hey coming up at halftime you can watch the live performance of South Carolina's band The Mighty sound of the southeast on SEC network plus you can start streaming now on the ESPN [Music] app I'm not going to lie a little disappointed Dave I would have loved to see you put your Young quarterback through a two-minute Drive In in a real game situation to see what he's able to do I know the past game is not been effective here in the first half but sers is brought down that'll be enough for the first down but I'm sure South Carolina will probably just get this one now to the locker room Denzel Lowry picks up a late first half stop defensively been very impressed with what South Carolina other than the one big play they gave up to Isaiah pagee they have been fantastic especially that front six the pressure has been fantastic five sacks but a lot to be left left in the tank offensively after 30 minutes of football yeah I think this is an offense that needs to continue to figure on their identity the receiver position Dave it is 13 to6 here at the break let sent it to DAR Chris and Benjamin back at our Charlotte Studios all righty guys thank you it is time for the auto owners insurance halftime report it's good to have you with us 137 South Carolina you guys did talk about it in the limited time I gave you there a few minutes ago uh the defense is good but how do you establish just kidding I'll start with you Benjamin I'm starting with I did the no look pass earlier uh how do you establish some offensive Rhythm if you're South Carolina uh that's that's the question right you know Lenor sers we know about his athleticism he he's run the ball particularly well out of the pocket he can do all those sorts of things but there needs to be some plays I think made by some wide receivers you know what receivers is going to step up and make a play um in the game they've run the ball somewhat effectively got a touchdown early although I'll be it a short one from from rocket Sanders but it's about commitment to the Run commitment to the pass look it's going to be frustrating I think you heard some of the fans talk about booing about how frustrating it is but there has to continue to be a commitment in this second half the great thing though Dar is that the defense is keeping them in this game the defense is keeping them alive getting turnovers at at opportune times that are turning into points they got seven points off of the turnovers and so that's what's going to keep them in this game but the offense needs to establish a Rhythm the only way to do that is by a player stepping up and making a huge play to build momentum for everybody else you know we haven't give a lot of teams this weekend that are playing overmatched opponents much credit for for winning on the lines of scrimmage because we expect that to happen we've seen that with South Carolina's defense against odu's offensive line but we haven't seen this offensive line for South Carolina imposing their will on the ODU front like this was what we've been talking about all offseason was all the young guys that got experience last year how much better the offens Line's going to be you know I've been waiting to see rocket Sanders go off the Lenor sers debut and the rocket Sanders debut there in in Columbia were supposed to be the two biggest storylines to this point and largely disappointing for the first 30 minutes remember how Troublesome their offensive line was a year ago too South CS was not good now I know they were banged up and they really suffered through a lot of things gave up 41 sacks they've given up three in the first half against an inferior opponent and he Old Dominion so that's a concern too all right uh do it to me sorry Jonathan in charge of what sh what comes up next um yeah Miami and Florida you spent a whole offseason being fired up for this and a lot of us did but Mark Fletcher Jr into the house you know what I I said South Carolina not having success dominating the lines of scrimmage Florida having no success minus one play all right and that's largely because the safety decided to come down and and and try to you wrong shoulder get inside and Florida able to take advantage of it that's that's been the lone Gator highlight of this afternoon this point this the first time in 16 years Miami's gone to the swamp to play and has not gone well in fact Florida has won 34 straight home openers that's the longest streak in SEC history on the field and it's going to end at 34 3810 Miami uh Florida under 200 yards of offense and against 71 of it came on the one play from Montel John uh Montell Johnson and gr Mer's hurt as well yes he got hit hard by two hurricane Defenders on one play after releasing football era maybe starting a little earlier than what people had expected and uh in a world of transfer quarterbacks cam W looks like a good one do to this point for Miami how about Texas their first conference game in the SEC or their first SEC game as an secc member I should say qu yours to Matthew golden touchdown and then yours to Isaiah B Saturday St for me touchdown he had 61 yards five catches his day is over and then how about yers to Golden again yeah Quinn ERS did a great job 20 of 27 three touchdowns in this game and then uh who's that guy's going to come in here and get some reps in yeah Arch Arch Manning Arch despite you were saying he didn't need any backup they do go to the he does first career touchdown pass by the way for for Arch Manning oh patient one you ever seen a Manning celebrate like I don't I was just I the same thing they don't they really don't by the way next Generation man Matthew golden 38 catches 404 yards a year go for Houston so that's one of the new pieces of course we remember Isaiah bond from Alabama a lot they lost a lot of receivers they're top five but they hit the Portland did it well meanwhile rocket Sanders beat up mentioned the short touchdown run for him 13 7 at the break we're back in a moment this halftime report is presented by Auto Owners Insurance simple human sense you my dad who paid 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inside this is the SEC every walk is a parade every song a symphony every Saturday is a celebration every game a spectacle the SEC takes us into the wild F and always feels like home this is the SEC on ABC and this is how it's done [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] welcome back to the auto owners insurance halftime report how about Tennessee no reason to be hesitant about the the falls at least if you watch their performance against a Way overmatch Chattanooga squad on this day Nico yala 36 yards to to Dante thoron Jr had a couple of touchdown grabs don't you wish you would have gone with a different ball than uh what you did today Saturday St I definitely do it clearly would have been Dante Thor Jr because he went completely off three for 105 yeah Tennessee up or wins at 69 come get a check down those push-ups man cheap push-ups let them live man let them live how about 3 hours West of uh Knoxville to Nashville Vanderbilt taking on one of the top teams in the ACC and what a start for Vandy Diego pav of the nor New Mexico State transfer to Quincy Skinner Jor it started at his release great release by Quincy Skinner J and you mentioned this guy had about 200 yards receiving last year looks like he's an upcoming Star oh my goodness they LED at this point at 1 Point 17 zipment back come the hokes Chiron drones basal toon they completely shut him down in the first half but drones kept on keeping on and brought the Hokies all the way back here corner cover zero making a decision on his own to fire leaving the receiver wide open there just uh got a big hit though can't do your own Can't Do Your Own Thing Ali Jennings 62 Yards Virginia Tech comes all the way back takes the lead Vanderbilt going to respond pby the little flip to Cedric Alexander 27 a piece they go to overtime now Vanderbilt has lost their last 61 games in which they trailed by at least seven in the fourth quarter all right that qualifies in this game as well Pavia Bandy had it first and into the end zone he ran for over a 100 threw for almost two at three total touchdowns first game at Vanderbilt for the former New Mexico State Aggie but now can they get a stop fourth down last chance for Virginia Tech now Colin shley is in not drones Vandy gets the win and are excited after the game thought we're going to send you a little bit of that post but we'll get into it let's talk about this was how significant for Vanderbilt it's massive and it was different and we watched early on and we could tell it was different whether you're talking about the defense being aggressive you're talking about the offense looking fun Diego Pavia coming over along with his former offensive coordinator from New Mexico State Tim Beck they have a little bit of swagger I can't I don't remember a quarterback with as much Swagger at Vanderbilt in a long time maybe Jordan Jay Cutler probably was a guy that that might have had it but this was a team that bad things happened to them gave 17-point lead didn't Panic missed a field goal at the end of regulation to win it didn't Panic found a way to get the stops when they needed to it feels like a different era in Nashville maybe too soon to overreact but it feels a little different and they were aggressive four sacks eight tackles for loss and this is a team that got pressure well they tried to pressure a lot last year but never quite got to the quarterback they did that today I think a lot of that has to do with the fact that Clark Lee is now more involved with the defense you saw that come to fruition today but I agree with you Pavia Diego Pavia the quarterback there he made so many plays Dar that it seemed like they were drawing them up in the dirt sometimes or perhaps drawing them up in his mind as he was running the play but he seemed to have a great feel for the offense that you could see how when you have leadership and maturity at that position how it permeates the rest of the team Quincy Jr Skinner Jr makes some big plays a guy name we perhaps didn't know as much we're going to know more now they lose some wide receivers that aren't there anymore th lond and so the cover is be but no it's not we make a new team and they came out and played today a great day how about the uh pick for South Carolina In The End Zone helping preserve a lead 137 talking P the break you know coach Prime it's nice to finally have some free time gives you a chance to reflect on the important things like affle pays people money for the expenses health insurance doesn't cover health insurance does leave a gap but affle gives people money to help close that Gap bra got one on the line too baby see that's how you hold up a trophy trust me get help with expenses health insurance doesn't cover a is an official sponsor of ESPN college game day I hope you're all hungry I'm glad I brought my own dinner drive into summer with a new Honda heading out for a day at the beach or a weekend in the mountains make an impression with the unmistakable style of 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love trusted by athletes in over a million satisfied users title available online or at your favorite retailer welcome back D CD Watson Georgia Clemson last time Georgia lost an opening game 11 years ago to the day against Clemson 3835 but this time it was nothing like that Carson back to the Miami transfer Colby young touchdown great catch but I love the throw Carson Beck recognizing the corner was on top so back shouldered him and young went up and made a great catch then back to the vanderville transfer London humph who accelerates yeah accelerate down the sideline but that play right there look like defense the defense by Clemson got lost a bit on the bunch concept great play by humph and a speed to make it a touchdown Kade clck meet Malachi Starks he was harassed all day long and when he wasn't harassed the guys in the secondary made plays very reminiscent of that interception he had as a freshman against the Oregon Ducks in that same building same exact building they held Clemson without a touchdown just like they did a few years back all dogs especially in the second half I like our adjustments I think our coaching staff did a great job the second half offensively defense played with Relentless effort you know we talk all the time about playing this team you got to out physical them you got to out hustle them and you got to out discipline them and I thought we did all three of those today I was really proud of our guys first quarter maybe there was a little you know nerves as you know over the whole entire team especially the offense um we kind of just worked that out as the first half kind of went through came back in saw what they were trying to do against us as a defense and then came back out in the second half made those adjustments we were aggressive and then ultimately ended up you know picking up in the second half we're not ready to annoy anybody or say anything great he he had some really good blocking in front of him he did a tremendous job he's got to continue to work to get better so that we can trust him and put him in other things and we've got other backs are really good players too throughout Spring ball summer fall Camp we've seen those guys be able to make plays step up whenever maybe somebody's you know you got a hamstring you got you're out somebody's out you know they got to step up make the play um but no obviously I'm super excited for them especially Nate you know coming in first game ever as a Georgia Bulldog um I mean it was amazing to watch and you know I I expect that you know as as he continues to grow all right Mississippi State their season over Jeff lebby's first game is Bulldogs head coach Blake shapen first game the Bor transfer as Mississippi State quarterback and he throws a strike second play of the game touchdown yeah Jordan mosy there got some great separation and Blake shapen comes out firing on all cylinders and then shaping he can scoot a little too how about a foury touchdown run what a start Jeff 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for the quarterback stopped the run on the out side offensively they only one returning starter from a year ago so a lot of new pieces new quarterback new receivers working in that offensive line uh and obviously a new running back in rocket Sanders as well so hopefully they made the adjustments we see a little bit more explosiveness there in the in the second half through the passing game would be awesome but uh yeah the offense has not been what we thought it would be this through the first half of this football game Dave South Carolina will get the football to start the second half they won the opening toss and deferred so that offense will be back on the field here in a matter of moments not from a statistical standpoint what you were thinking for South Carolina 143 yds of offense 24 yds through the air 119 on the ground but that defense was something now for South Carolina in the first half they held ODU to just 97 total yards so from a coach's perspective what do you try to do to maybe get this pass game going what are you looking to do what would be the safe thing route to go well I think the safe route would be get your quarterback on the Run easy completions in the flats continue to run the ball but I just want to see you take some shots to build some confidence well here it looks like they're going to try one right out out of the gates a lot of pushing and shoving going down the field Jared Brown the intended target covered back there by rased reason they did take the shot he took the shot but he had another guy wide open on a deep cross for probably about a 25 yard gain if not more if he catches it so like that's the balance like you want to take shots but you still got to read the defense if you got a safety drop in with a corner two-on-one situation there is a wide openen deep cross that would have been a chunk play for this offense to get going Lenor sers keeps it himself out over the 30 to the 33 yd line will Jones brings down that big frame of Lenor sers at 63 240 lb out of Florence South Carolina seven yd pickup oh and that's something to if you get into these third and medium situations I think they just got to get some completions you you know look at them right now four of 11 24 yds passing yet there's no rhythm between him and his receiving core or tight ends at the moment so you just got got to get some easy quick completions and off to Sanders and he will be shy of the 35 it's going to be fourth down Jaylen white mlan steps up into that hole and now it's fourth down and a looks like it's going to be about a half a yard maybe closer to a full yard the Gamecocks going to keep their offense out there it appears I'm sure this is a little bit from obviously the B Manan saying we just need to get going we cannot come out of here after halftime making adjustments trying to get some Rhythm on this side of the football and all of a sudden go three and out to get things going rocket Sanders in the back field they will hand it off to Rocket first down and a bunch more out over the 45 to the 46 yd line Patrick Smith Young on that tackle let's go down to Ashley guys I talked to Coach Bea right before the half said how can you assess your guys in the first two he used about five varies before the word sloppy said I love how our defense is playing they're keeping us in it obviously besides that one explosive play from ODU but he said look the offense I'm very disappointed in it said can you pinpoint one thing he said no everyone has a hand in it we need to settle down this next half execute said ODU will have a hard time scoring with how well our defense is playing but we've got to give him something to help on that side coach Ronnie for ODU saying we got to sustain more drives defensively I like what I'm seeing the dline is playing physically they maybe need to clean up a couple things technically and of course just try to help out Grant Wilson a little bit more give him some ground to work with thanks Ashley that's Jared Brown down there at around the Midfield the South Carolina logo the red shirt Jr the transfer from Coastal Carolina has 108 career receptions while at Coastal Carolina 58 of those came last year and well that's one of those scenes that you don't ever like to see a guy being escorted off with a bad lip they were excited to get him on the field today anxious to see what he could bring to this offense and this is what it looked like at the end of the play bit of a roll on hopefully fine like you say they just you go back and watch the tape and I had opportunity actually to cover him a couple times at Coastal Carolina and what an athlete in space jet sweeps Wildcat quarterback tunnel screens things like that not not extremely big at a 511 about 19 195 but electric with the ball in his hands [Applause] sers throws it at the feet of Michael Smith incomplete not confident there and some miscommunication you saw rocket Sanders almost trip his quarterback he looked like he was a little bit confused with the protection and play call and then sers going through his read working from right to left in an all hitch situation and you know should be an easy read catch the ball rip it to your best best guy with off cover Juju McDow goes in motion as they hand it off to Rocket Sanders Patrick Smith young with another tackle that's a gain of four on the play 14 carries now for Rocket Sanders in his return did not participate in Spring practice after recovering from shoulder surgery of course had a knee surgery after the opening game last year and just never got it back together was never the same felt like he just needed a change he found his way to Columbia South Carolina cers goes underneath pass caught there Bon Campbell making the reception for the Gamecock similar concept they ran earlier just your mesh concept we going have a bunch of Crossing routes and you know missed it earlier RSE Zone coverage where the the receiver sat he was expecting him to continue running here manto man coverage does a good job getting the ball out keeps the receiver on the move so he can turn on and get the first down first down and 10 from the 44 of ODU 12 minutes to go here in the third quarter a 136 ball game South Carolina favored by 21 coming into this they have had their hands full boy nice route there by Nick haror the track Superstar they're going to say he's out of bounds though or or are they no he's out left the left foot goes down out of bounds yeah it's another one though too I mean this is this is a 65 receiver and and a handful of times we've seen from sellers guys that are open and the ball is just a tad bit too high to a tight end couple times to Harbor he's 6'5 you got to be able to put it down a little bit for these guys har or sers takes it himself COA Nowa in on that tackle [Music] South Carolina four of 11 on third Downs today looking at a third down and Six coming up they're two for two on this drive however well they've been able to get a third in management situations where still there's a possibility of a run in four down territory definitely a possibility of a run here too three man Rush sers pass caught at the 22 Reception made by vanre previous Jacobs Patrick Smith young another stop that's a gain of 18 though moveing the chains oh probably the most confident I've seen him throw the football in this game stepped into it nicely going to get your smash concept Corner control with a flat Defender and then you're going to throw it overneath over top with that Defender beautifully throw ball stepped into it nicely and like I said probably the most confident throw we've seen from sers here this afternoon Mao Bennett The Freshman goes in motion but they'll keep it on the ground with Sanders cuts it back stays on his feet can't get through the second or third white jersey he is brought down spot him inside the 20 at the 19 yd line Jeremy Mack finally brings him down but Sanders tough man to to get on the turf they said they want to knock the rust off you know didn't play a lot last year didn't participate in Spring like you alluded to the thing that I love he stayed in made a rehab but also work with this offensive line a little bit as well Jason Henderson back to back years leading the country in tackles per game back on the field the allamerican linebacker 42 in the middle of that defense on a second down and seven sers makes one man miss being chased by Henderson gets around him first out Out of Bounds at the 10 yd line a gain of nine this is the speed right here you're going against the guy who led the country in tackles per game last year 14.2 oneon-one in the open field gives him a little dead leg gets to the outside to get the first down it's a hard part cuz you can't run out him full speed cuz he is so big and you see the elusiveness as well to go along with it andolf Sanders he is hit by Jason Henderson and let me tell you something I had a chance to go on the field today and talk to Jason Henderson before the game today it was hard to talk to him you want to talk about a physical specimen I mean he's got Anaconda for arms he you're not getting out of that a chance to be the NCA alltime tackle leaders needs 142 for the record he's had a season of 186 and a season of 170 so it is an option Oscar outway in at running back Brady hunt goes in motion they'll hand it off and nowhere to run for outway coold Daniels this time getting in the back field disrupting things for the monarchs that's a great job by big number 99 getting the Back Field that's not the quarterback's read key he's ring the defensive end on the outside and Cole Daniels makes it easy being disruptive there nothing you can do as a quarterback your re key goes to the outside you got to give the ball Cole Daniels does a great job getting around the offensive line to get the tackle in the back field and this is a tricky situation third and 10 10 yd line in the Red Zone got to be real careful you want you want to walk away with points here for South Carolina 15th play of the drive and it'll be a sack drop back at the 17 Mario Thompson the sophomore at a rich Virginia wrestling Lenor sers to the turf well case Henry the right tackle needs to go out you see the Right Guard moving to get the defensive end he needs to push out to get Mario Thompson on the outside he doesn't do so free Lane to the quarterback not much you can do right there not giving any time to be able to push the ball down the field try to get in the end zone so again Alex Herrera steps onto the field another kick that is solid through the uprights 33 yds out and that'll split the upright to 167 ball game here in Columbia South Carolina drive into summer with a new Honda heading out for a day at the beach or a weekend in the mountains make an impression with the unmistakable style of the HRV or turn heads in the sorty C and when you drive a Honda you're driving with a 2024 Kelly BL books kbb.com bestv value brand so act now to get an offer 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the second one in his career that looks just like that Malachi Starks Georgia Bulldogs in a route of the Clemson Tigers all dogs in Atlanta guys yeah D Aaron and I have been talking about it like it's it's hard to quantify like is Georgia that good and Clemson Fallen that far I mean I don't think Clemson's Fallen that far George is just that good I think George is that good but Clemson's offense is is been somewhat of a struggle bust for the past few years to just not hit on these quarterbacks unfortunately hey Reed and react with Cole cuck and Roman Harper is back for yet another year each week they'll take a look back at the biggest plays players and games from the weekend boy a lot to digest after this week one season premier is Monday night 7 Eastern six Central right here on this very Network we like to call it the SEC network and of course you can always find it on the ESPN app so Old Dominion certainly not out of this by any stretch of the imagination their offense just has to pick up some first downs they got to get back they can't keep their defense on the field as much as they have been of late Aaron Young in the back field on first down and 10 and off to the right side will get a few yards Nicki man War well Dave they got to be better on first and second down yeah I mean how many times have we started a drive and it's a sack tackle for loss and you're behind the chains against this defensive line that is dominating right now Wilson flag comes out in the back field and I believe that's going to be a hold back there boy the way that Kyle Canard got up he was looking around going did you not see that tell you what this whole defensive line has played well but the two additions this off season offense number 58 the penalties declined it'll be third down Kyle Canard from Georgia Tech and then Dylan Stewart the five-star freshman those two guys have made immediate impacts already here for South Carolina they decline that penalty so it's third down and seven Aaron Young in the back field alongside Grant Wilson Paige goes in motion to the wide side they will go to the pass Mark and that's a first down catch made by Miles Austin his second year with ODU a former pit panther picks up 18 that's a great job by Grant Wilson sitting in there getting hit right in the chops and just a miscommunication on the back field with the motion both Defenders kind of playing outside leverage no one taking the inside receiver down the middle of the field wide open for the first down completion he'll stack a couple of receivers wide to each side there and young in the backfield they'll hand it to him he gets close to Midfield and will power his way into South Carolina territory for a pickup of five Debo Williams with a stop there Debo the senior at of Smyrna High School in Delaware 113 stops last year this passes they going to say catch yeah forward progress they're going to spot him down to the 39 not only did he catch it got an extra four yards out of that Miles Alon Mr goto receiver on this drive see if they can wear down this defense a little bit fourman Rush Wilson pass incomplete looking for Deontay Vines Ean warry back there in coverage Now Dave you said it they need to get moving the football a little bit and and honestly Grant Wilson right now looks to be a little bit more Rhythm at the moment balls coming out and I think you're going to be on more Rhythm when you get hit as much as he got hit to start this football game you're going to hit that back foot take a quick hitch balls coming out now you start to feel that pressure and fact that he's throwing it with as much confidence as he has on this drive with the amount of time that he has been [Applause] hit on second down they'll hand it off Aaron young again Aaron the senior transferred in from Rutter his sixth year overall but it's first with the monarchs Kyle Canard gets credit for the tackle Aaron Young Brother former ODU linebacker Jordan Young D also played some college ball as's a third round pick of the Colts as well that one's batted away nice job to avoid any contact by jayen Kilgore as they were trying to hit Isaiah pige it's a great job outside leverage he reads it perfectly anticipating the inside slant and just jumps all over it Ball's accurate good route but just better defense by Kilgore a little man coverage inside outside leverage with inside support anticipating the route and jumping all over to create this fourth down situation now yeah Old Dominion not very good on Fourth Downs last year they were seven for 26 start of the year 0 for nine it is fourth down and seven South Carolina bringing the heat Wilson sees it feels it first first down he's to the 20 down to the 10 he dies for the goal line touchdown ODU 36 yds for Grant [Applause] Wilson hey you're going to bring the house no one to account for the quarterback great job by the offensive line picking up the Blitz and then we've talked about Wilson's ability to run the football and little shimmy in the open field and we're going to get probably some couple more views to see if he crossed the plane to get the touchdown KNE is up I think that's a touchdown Dave I think he's in they're looking at it right now but knees up balls across I think they got to give him the touchdown ruled a touchdown boy just a Savvy play by Wilson well it's just recognizing coverage knowing that he you're going to bring six Defenders we can pick this up you're playing manto man with a single high safety there is no low hole rat Defender that's watching the quarterback and it is a touchdown here comes the point after Ethan Sanchez triying to make this a two-point [Applause] game clean snap kick is on the way and it is no [Applause] good boy in their bowl game that they lost to Western Kentucky had a couple of kicks blocked that perhaps cost him that game but this though keeps him in the game Grant Wilson goes 36 yards to the endzone 1613 monarchs in this one in the third quarter [Music] 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Carolina trying to hang on Old Dominion has cut this to three remember this is a team last year that played 111 score games went six and five in those games that was an NCAA record six went down to the final play the last three games came down to the final play and got him into the bowl game Juju McDow flag comes out Juju dropped around the 27 28 yd line see you're trying to say they know how to play close games that's what they do they know how to play that's just what they do at ODU holding return team number 27 the penal to be in forced half the distance to the goal first down South Carolina well it's a new it's a new batch of players here for OD because they have 57 new players on the roster 28 transfers so they are they are keeping with the tradition of close football games as right now only being down three points here against South Carolina and they've done what they need to do on defense they've given up yards at times especially in the ground but haven't given up touchdowns besides the first the first drive where South Carolina only had three yards to go to get in the end zone it's been that bend but don't break break very disciplined stay in your lanes Lenora cers six of 15 for 48 yards he will hand it off here to Rocket Sanders boy there's some juice on that ODU sideline right now Mario easterly blowing up that play loss of two yeah jamez drummer number 32 doing a great job of making rocket move side to side so again North and South downhill once he got the ball from lenorris and that's the one thing with this defense is 326 once you get a guy moving East and West have North and South those safeties are so aggressive to fill downfield along with those linebackers here's rocket Sanders first down to the 25 yd line on a second and 12 picks up 20 will Jones Jason Henderson finally getting him to the turf and there's Henderson slow to get up that's the one thing if rocket does get down f for an injury he's going to rumble and stumble his way to a first down and we'll check and see how Jason Henderson's doing number 42 there well when he goes to the ground you get concerned after a devastating knee injury but it looks like that's just possibly a cramp jog it off I asked him before the game there was a concern whether or not he play today just because he's physically still not 100% and he looked at me like I was crazy he look like he wanted to hit you probably yeah to like walk away fast fast that conversation did not last very long yeah yeah great guy I mean he was actually sincere we talked for a little bit uh just a heck of a football player I mean really one of the I guess unsung stalwarts of college football that you just don't talk a lot about [Applause] nice patience gets it to Van drias Jacobs breaks a tackle inside the 35 Jacobs oh so close to getting that one to the end zone pick up of 41 yds and there's an accurate pass from sellers a couple of those have been high with receivers having to jump and this is a good thing when you put it on the receiver's body extend the play no one's open move move move move move find him and just put it on his body look at the separation then they get the receiver to go run down the field oh nice little stutter step sellers will throw that one away Cohen aatala chasing him down Goa came into replace Jason Henderson there's no foul for intentional grounding the quarterback was outside The Tackle Box and the ball cross the line of scrimmage second down game Cox now up to 263 yards of offense clock sits at 301 to go here in the third [Applause] quarter Sanders looking for a little bit of a hole there J little cth comes up to trip him up then Manning to number five linebacker body so when you get this three safety defense usually that middle safety kind of built like a linebacker a little bit more speed but he's that hybrid guy that can play in space that can get into coverage but also can fly downhill to fill gaps in the Run game as well and just a flying missile down on that play to assist with the tackle play clock at seven Loris cers barking out some directions to his Club pressure comes sers Dodges a couple of guys and throws that one away as the outside to tackle box and it clearly went past the line of scrimmage first one there was Chris Trinidad then cber came in to put the hit on him it's always tough that they bring that double a pressure so they're going to line up both linebackers on the a gap and if you choose the wrong direction someone's going to come free off that pass protection and shows the athleticism of sellers being able to elude that first guy but still another Drive where this South Carolina team they move the ball effectively Dave but then they just can't find a way to be able to put the ball in the end zone unfortunately this will be a 48 y now for Alex Herrera who has already hit three field goals looking for number four and it is no [Music] good so no points on the board for South Carolina with two minutes and change on the clock 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takes us into the wild and always feels like home this is the SEC on ABC and this is how it's done 203 to go the third quarter South Carolina just misses a 48 yd field goal Old Dominion now with the football down three Grant Wilson running the show Pat Conroy the tight end goes in motion they'll hand it off or excuse me fake the hand off to Bryce Duke as Wilson takes it around the edge and boy he gets his face mask looks like he may have fallen on the football as well it hop up and got to shake that off gilber Edmund senior out of Fort Pierce Florida started here at Florida at South Carolina went to Florida State now back with the Gamecock throws that one out of bounds I think Grant Wilson's ready to take just a I think he's ready to take a little breather a nice bath massage he has been hit and hit and hit today h well I mean listen he's used to it he's used to it that's for sure last season 61 sacks allowed 50 of them 50 of them against him yeah 50 of them it's a lot of sacks I know it's a team game but tonight it's been mostly in the offensive line not protecting their quarterback unfortunately transfer from forom been three years there as a backup bet on himself to come to the FBS level won the starting job last year and has it again here in 2024 nice throw to the outside Isaiah Paige and a flag comes in at the end of that play they'll spot him at the 45 yd line a pick up of 13 and maybe more depending on the flag a perfect timing perfect ball placement as well from Grant Wilson out to Paige defense 15yd ply will be added to the end of the run first down right now these last two possessions this ODU offense doing a great job on third down finding ways to convert to get the first down and I don't know but I see the face mask I know he grabbed around the helmet another 15 yards tacked on top of it so first down and 10 from the 40 yard line Bryce Duke comes in motion Wilson looks right tucks it now Lofts it up to Duke who makes the catch cuts it back to the 25 or excuse me that's Pat Conroy the tight end the transfer from FCS marac it'll be a first down that's a great job move maneuvering around obviously he's got eyes in the back of his head with all the pressure he's had in this game doing a great job creating something out of nothing inside handoff to the 23 yd line I mean ladies and gentlemen we look up right now we're getting towards the end of the third quarter 1613 ODU creeping up inside close to the red zone right now little shoulder fake well good job by South Carolina to pin those receivers Miles Austin was the intended target but couldn't get any separation know they were trying to do a little pump fake like they're going to throw a screen or hitch to the outside one to two like you said Dave great job defensively those defensive back staying on top of the receivers not bumping biting on the pump fake let's see if they get off the field here some pressure from these defensive ends they got their two studs in there Stuart and Kenard on opposite sides freshman in a fifth year senior on the edge for South Carolina what quick throw a little too hot to handle try to hit Paige with it now it's fourth down and here comes the kicking unit well that was Debo Williams we talked about him need to be a GPS player a guy that recognizes you know based on film what the team wants to do runs under that really throwing off the the the lane for the quarterback and still a situation right now where you can TI up this ball game as we get ready to go in the fourth quarter so Ethan Sanchez third year kicking for Old Dominion career 24 out of 34 got an extra point blocked earlier today this will be a 40 yd kick had a 49 y against Wake Forest last year a little low snap but the kick is on the way and it is dead solid perfect and guess what folks we have ourselves a tie ball game here with 14 seconds to go in the third quarter well tonight SEC football final is back for another season with DAR Chris and Benjamin take you through the biggest stories of the day and break down all the games 11 Eastern 10 Central right here on the SEC network and of course the ESPN app Ricky Ronnie's team played a bunch of these games a year ago I'll be at the r lineup about half of them have been turned over but this is what ODU did a year ago Ricky irani's been here before he was a assistant coach with James Franklin at Vanderbilt so came here with the commodor also went with James Franklin to Penn State was a quarterback coach there then became the OC before getting the ODU job they came in here as 21-point underdogs it tied at 16 late in the third quarter we had a 45 minutes lightning delay with about 11 minutes to go in the second quarter just kind of slowed things down a bit had a full house when we started it's about half full now Juju McDow back to return this kick it'll be about six or seven yards deep and he's going to bring it out Juju to the far sideline flipped up in the air around the 22 yd line [Music] only two seconds came off the clock one thing we have not seen from this offense they get ready to take the field here to end this third quarter 1616 ODU on the road over South Carolina we've not seen any real explosive plays I mean a couple here there where sellers is able to get outside the pocket maybe that's what's going to have to be him being an athlete getting outside the pocket giving his receivers a a split second longer to to find somewhere open down the field but the traditional drop back pass throw the ball down the field something we saw from this offense last year has just not been available so far through through the first three quarters sers another low throw trying to hit Joshua Simon but it was on his Sho strings and that'll be incomplete I say that and they dialed it up a double post situation right there Nick haror the track star one-on-one on a post route and he had the DB he is on top of him this is a situation where you got a 65 guy that's training for the Olympics one-on-one on 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Bennett Jr comes in motion sets up in the slot near side three-man rush fourman rush for old dominion and there is Mao Bennett freshman out of Greenville South Carolina hit by Will Jones that'll be pickup of 10 yards so it'll be fourth down and here comes the punting units you hate to put all the pressure on the on the freshman and and maeso Bennett but he's a guy that had a great Spring High Hopes for him great athlete not Elite top end speed but someone that you may have to ask a lot more of just because we haven't seen anyone else really make a play yet offensively on the outside throughout this ball game that punt is blocked tipped and taking a South Carolina roll and then scooped up at the 42 yd line so Old Dominion will have it Kai Kroger boy just a big hole on the right side of that line Marcus Knight number 29 getting in there usually don't see teams making special teams plays against Beamer and Beamer ball on that side say you have an offense that's done a great job moving the ball touchdown field goal last couple possessions I will say this about Old Dominion they blocked 12 kicks [Music] tied for the second most over the last three years who has the most South Carolina so kind of right right back at you grant Wilson under Center on this fourth quarter drive for more on his story let's go down to Ashley well Dave you talked about Grant's ride to get here to Old Dominion he transferred from forom and he kind of bet on himself but he also came here because his relationship with offensive coordinator Kevin Decker he went to forom initially because of Decker's offense that it was really new day type of age off he was running wanted to be a part of it and then he followed him to Old Dominion he also talked about the adversity he faced last year he got benched Midway through the season and he became more motivated than ever when I talked to him early this week about it he said there is nothing more that I want to do than play quarterback at a high level so last time last year when I did get bench it just pushed me to work harder watch more film be more motivated said it was kind of a blessing in disguise even though at the time I felt like the world was ending guys well he becomes just the first Old Dominion quarterback to start a season oam backto back season since Taylor hinek did it back in 13 and 14 well he talked about just the better communication Le the coaches has have with them his comfort level as a leader telling the coaches what he likes what he doesn't like knowing the system he's had a really good second half here converting more in third Downs once again for this offense first down and 10 at the 44 of South Carolina Aaron Young in the back field they'll hand it to him off the left side keeps those legs moving it picks up seven yards on the play DQ Smith brings him down but a pickup of seven yards second down and three quick snap coming near side looking for Paige and he is hit immediately by Nicki Mani Isaiah pagee by the way now with over a 100 yards receiving his first career 100yd game he led the team last year with 43 catches right now I see a lot of hands on hips for Defenders guys look a little tired they the field much inj ODU heading in this possession only 15 minutes of possession to South Carolina's 30 minutes so this defense has had plenty of time on the sideline to make sure they're ready to go that's Dylan Stewart down on the turf for South Carolina we'll step aside back in a moment [Music] drive into summer with a new Honda heading out for a day at the beach or a weekend in the mountains make an impression with the unmistakable style of the HRV or turn heads in the sporty Civic and when you drive a Honda you're driving with the 2024 Kelly blue books kbb.com best value brand so act now to get an offer you'll love buy online Reserve from select dealers or hurry into to the Honda Summer [Music] Event at US Bank we know how good it feels to reach your Milestones but we also know what really goes 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been able to do that that nice interception as well but it's been really good to see the five star defensive man Dylan Stewart along with the transfer from Georgia Tech Kyle Canard getting after the quarterback as well and right now 166 this defense line is going to have to continue to play Big third down Wilson keeps it first down to the 29 yard line that's a pickup of eight this the first half Old Dominion only had 97 yards of offense third quarter 107 and they're driving again here to start the fourth quarter Wilson incomplete well the third down success is completely flipped from where they were in the first quarter to here in the in the second excuse me first half to second half right now and it's not easy third down conversions either you we're seeing them convert from third and five to 10 anywhere in that region it's it's been Wilson throwing the ball and running it as well had a great second half right now for number seven at the quarterback position for [Applause] ODU Wilson 14 of 27 164 through the air on second down they'll hand it off to Aaron Young and take it close to the 20 yd line Gilbert Edmond first one there for South Carolina right now I mean I just talked about this defensive line and how dominant they were at the moment ODU is being the aggressor running the football quick throw back missed tackle and a big Collision but it might be good enough for the first down Deontay Vines the Iowa Transfer first year here at o Old Dominion oh Donald fortun missed him right out of the [Applause] gate excuse me Nicki man wary was the one over there yeah great job coming downhill just unable to make the tackle and it's so funny coming from the Iowa offense just amazed with the ability to uh actually throw the ball and and and make plays on the outside com to this ODU offense from where he was they didn't know what they had in Deontay Vines no idea inside handoff to Aaron Young he has stood up on first down you know we were talking about some of those tough losses bowl game last year for Old Dominion but those close games that they played all year they went six and five in them and we were talking to Ricky Ronnie about that and he said you know we could talk about the losses but I'm more proud of the fact that we won six of those and showed the the fortitude to hang in there when it didn't look our way flag comes out to the end zone and that one is incomplete [Music] looks like that's going to go against 15 offense 10yd penalty remains second down you got to expect now too for old dominion and and Grant Wilson you're kind of on somewhat fringed field goal range at the moment second and long situation yeah this is when you get into the quarterback's ear and say Hey listen a field goal gets us the lead right now like we cannot go backwards and get out of field goal field goal range and I would kind of expect South Carolina what they should do is bring some pressure to try to knock him out of field goal range and make it a third and even longer situation you got to sell out at some point here either next down or this down or the next Bryce Duke in the back field now second and 20 little hand off to Duke has some Running Room he is inside the 20 he'll get it down to the 17 yd line Nicki man wary trips him up but a gain of 12 they got a manageable third down well it's just it's a it's a fiveman box defensively and a great job by barlay the left guard Zack barlay number 64 working his way up to that single linebacker and that's an easy read Five Guys in the Box Five offensive lineman easy handoff in a second long situation where I think you should know they're probably going to try to run the football St field goal range Wilson looking to the corner of the end zone and that one's incomplete looking for Isaiah Paige jayen Kilgore back there in coverage and here comes the kicking team yeah it's just a tough match up you got a 58 receiver and Isaiah paage going against Kilgore who 62 220 on an inside fade and you can see the 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spot first down South Carolina you want to find out about your Young quarterback put him down three points first game of his career and see what he can do Ricky Ronnie though is not afraid to play some Big Boys in his opener matter of fact just go back to the 22 season if you'll recall they knocked off Virginia Tech in a real shocker trying to do the same here at South Carolina we'll see 946 to play sers little pitch toio Bennett Jr he's out over the 40 the 42 yd line it's a gain of eight on the play I know a lot of people want to see Nick Harbor get involved in this offense and you got that track speed you'd love to see just somehow get him a ball Jet Sweep screen something see what we can do in the open field Sanders fighting his way toward Midfield he'll have enough for the first down Mark him at the 48 J C pushes him out of bounds gain of [Music] six you got to start finding like who are my athletes who are my guys that we can just when we're down who we going to feed the football to and right now it's pretty much just you know Sellers and and Rocket Sanders makes a man miss in the backfield but just got back to the line of scrimmage Angelo Rankin able to clean that one up if on this defense you're seeing the aggressiveness from the second and third levels from the linebackers from the safeties and if they having success you know until you really threaten them down the field these guys will continue to make life very difficult for this offens line and Run game where they're not popping off longer and longer runs like we saw earlier gets it outside to Michael Smith trying to turn the corner to the 45 of ODU Mario Thompson Jason Henderson Verge for that stop but it's third down now and about three three and a half to go for South [Music] Carolina Sanders scoots to the left of Lenor cers three-man Rush steps up in the pocket going up top pass is incomplete he was trying to hit Jacobs and a collision with camera woman down there looks like she's okay I think we're might get defensive Holden away from the pass but that's another one too you got third and four third and three you have a 5y out rout it'll be fourth down no penal you have a 5yd out route to get the first down you put it on the body of the receiver it's a first down inste you're going for the shot down the field so situational ball something that takes time for everyone to learn and right there you have to understand you're working that you low to high on the read on the smash concept if my number one's there wide open for a first down you take it well here's a big big play in this ball game with 759 to go South Carolina going to push the envelope and go for it on fourth down they're two out of two tonight and a flag comes in boy fourth down and three is going to turn into fourth down and eight that's the Freshman offense number 74 5yd penalty remains fourth down boy they're super talented true freshman left tackle Josiah Thompson South Carolina's Mr Football now they take him out of an opportunity to go for it on fourth down and young freshman had a good game just a little bit too trigger happy there moving back just a hair I said now of a sudden you got to punt the football and your defense based on the last possession seemed a little winded going against odu's offense Paige back to return this Kai Kroger punt fair catch called for at the 10 yd line Old Dominion leads it by three they have the football back in a [Music] moment drive into summer with a new Honda heading out for a day at the beach or a weekend in the mountains make an impression with the unist aable style of the HRV or turn heads in the sporty Civic and when you drive a Honda you're driving with the 2024 Kelly blooks kbb.com best value brand so act now to get an offer you'll love buy online Reserve from select dealers or hurry in the Honda Summer [Music] Event as a successful CFO I have one secret to help you build wealth you need to be careful who you listen to when it comes to financial decisions 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right here on the SEC network and the ESPN app you look at our game summary look Old Dominion 2 and 15 against Power four teams both those wins over Virginia Tech they're 0 and one against South SEC teams as they played Vanderbilt in 2014 and lost that one is there a loose football in the deck KY Canard was the first Gamecock there but I think Old Dominion has the ball yes Grant Wilson on top of it a loss of three k Canard said enough is enough of the Zone read I'm just going to attack the mesh point I'm going to take the running back and be athletic enough to then go take the quarterback on top of it not much you could do just protect the ball better second down been long they got to get it out over the 20 yd line for a first down loock moving towards seven minutes to play and a flag comes out false start against ODU boy they had that offensive line down on their stance for a long long time offense number 51 5yd excuse me half the distance of the goal remain second down it's interesting this this is you know this is an offense that's moved the ball well this half you know found a way to take the lead but now of a sudden you look up you're winning how do you react you're on the road probably didn't expect to be in this situation the nerves start to get a little bit too high for you and now South Carolina has an opportunity to pin their ears back and get after the quarterback this second long situation stack some receivers to the near side five out Loose football it's on the turf South Carolina has it DeAndre jwes comes up with the football at the most opportune time here in the fourth [Applause] quarter oh he just bumbled it previously and then I believe it's the true freshman with the punch out Dylan Stewart number six made some great plays so far this game and one not one bigger than that right there to punch the ball out to get their offense the ball back right at the 6yd [Music] line you said it back to back plays where he lost the handle of the football but that one super costly it'll be first and goal for South Carolina rocket Sanders in the back field with Lenor cers it's rocket he's inside the five down to the four Kaa now AA with the [Music] tackle 6 and a half to play both teams with a full allotment of timeouts plus we have the newly installed two-minute timeout in college football [Applause] here's sellers touchdown South Carolina has the [Applause] lead this defense once again coming up big giving their offense an opportunity to be inside the 10 yd line and they take advantage first possession of the game push it in from three yards out after a few plays this one get it at the 6yd line couple plays later sers finds a way to get in the end zone to retake the lead for South Carolina Alex Herrera point after it is up and good it is is a four-point South Carolina lead 611 to play in this one you're going to get your triple option can hand it to the back defensive end chills then you see the flat control run out with the receiver so option two is out the window at that point and then option three is hey I'm 63 240 lbs I see the endzone I got to figure out a way to get in there great decision from The Young quarterback Lenora sers LED South Florence High School to a State title couple of years ago threw for 3,000 yards 45 touchdown now wearing number 57 for South Carolina he had those 45 touchdowns and 3,000 yards and only threw two interceptions as a high school senior how about that touchdown interception ratio throw on the fact he rushed for 1300 yards with 22 scores on the ground average almost 10 yards a carry that's you know that's not going to trate to the Southeastern Conference but you can get a glimpse of how good he could be no and we saw we show the Highlight package to start the game I mean you have definitely some moments of greatness last year there's been a couple really good moments here and you got to we said it coming out of halftime Dave this is an offense that has one returning starter bunch of new receivers you're replacing four of your top five receivers offens Line's kind of mismatched and and working its identity new running back a quarterback that just turned 19 years old only a few months ago like the thought that this was just going to be a perfect you know perfect night one was a little naive regardless of who the opponent is they had up scratching call and they still got a scratching claw only up four points here plenty of time for ODU returnable Justin mckitchen trying to find some room and there isn't any dropped inside the 10 yd line [Applause] game Cox with a little juice on that sideline readyy mag third with a big tackle on special teams again Old Dominion has all three timeouts remaining plus the two-minute timeout but they are backed [Applause] up Grant Wilson 15 of 29 166 yds quick slant pass is caught at the 12 by Deontay Vines but he's quickly thrown to the turf gain of about four on the [Music] play they've had success with this off curvage quick throws throws to the outside not easy throws for a quarterback but when he he's been on time in Rhythm he's been pretty accurate here in the second half just got to protect the football when contact is imminent from this defensive [Applause] line that handoff goes to Aaron young young with the 13th carry up over 40 yards TJ Sanders on the tackle gain of four so third down and a couple of yards they will bring in the tide impact Conroy they're also running back Aaron Young now they flip Conroy to the near side Paige coming to the slot High throw it's going to be close Miles Austin with the catch need to get it to about the 18 maybe 18 and a half yard line they're spotting it right well that's going to be close that is really close forj they're going to give him the first down I'm surprised they're not going to measure that one I thought You' at least measure it to see I think it's it's definitely going to be one that if it's a first it's by by the nose of the football that's Dylan Stewart on the ground by the way young man from up in Washington DC the true freshman who burst onto this South Carolina campus everybody took notice of just how talented he I don't know if the ball got yeah I think that's a good spot I think it's about at the 18 18 and a half yard line nice hands catch there for Miles Austin who's had a great second half Austin with five catches for 40 yards Isaiah paig five catches for 100 yards including the 72 y that was by the way the second longest play in Old Dominion history against a power four opponent since they started FBS football back in 2013 good sign to see Dylan Stewart walking off under his own power in the five star I remember defensive end at South Carolina that looked just like that that I had to go up a few times against and he's last name Clowny yeah that last Clowny he was a terror too Aaron Young in the back field on first down and 10 Isaiah pige breaks a tackle to the 26 yd line that's Mr consistent right there 43 catches 445 yards couple touchdowns last season does all the little things right [Applause] right on second down they'll go with Aaron young again and it'll be third down and a couple now third down and a long one short two for the monarchs pressure comes Wilson throws as he hits the deck and that one is incomplete mil Austin couldn't hang on and now it's fourth and one with under four minutes to go yeah great job TJ Sanders putting the pressure there maybe the best defensive tackle here for South Carolina Force Wilson off his spot and then the tight manto man coverage on the back end they're going to punt it away on Fourth and about a yard and a half their defense has played well this half I I I don't hate this decision right now you got three timeouts you have the two-minute timeout as [Applause] well jamus Hall high kick fair catch called for back at the 28 yard line so now Old Dominion defense going to have to play its biggest possession of the night time to take a look at the Saturday MVP brought to you by Sports Cliff this was a huge play in the game a turnover that creates some points yeah and I think the the young freshman Dylan seart is definitely impressed for his first game and then off of that the other first year starter the noris sellers taking advantage of the short field to get in the end zone look old dominions coughed it up twice inside the 10 yd line that resulted in touchdowns for South Carolina the first possession of the game the defense foru are great they they haven't given up the explosive plays they force South Carolina to drive the field which is going back to pun or no punt in that situation I like the I like the punt right there just cuz you you have to trust your defense who has been pretty darn good throughout this ball game [Applause] sers pushed out of bounds by Rasheed Reen clock will continue to move until we get under two minutes and then it'll stop when you run out of bounds [Music] second down and four talk about those three safeties deep for Old Dominion those guys are creeping within seven eight yards of the line of scrimmage downhill s out to the run and right now if I'm South Carolina I don't know if I have confidence to even try to try and throw the football maybe if you want to get sellers on the run on the outside they'll hand it off to Sanders he's not going to be near the first down line at the 39 they'll drop him just over the 35 yd line timeout taken by Old Dominion with 301 to 3 minutes 4 seconds thank you Shane Bim Shane Beamer goes out and he just uh recruits his tail off and did it again this year another top 20 class for him but say what you may be in the top 20 but you you might not be in the top 10 in your own League yeah that's the problem I mean everyone in the SEC seems like is in the top 20 uh and you have two of the best ones in Georgia and Alabama and Texas and Texas A&M and man theis Go's on and on and on so yeah you may be 20 but that's bottom half of the your old conference that's the problem everyone wants a piece of the SEC he's got some freshman though that he's throwing out there he's excited about this young group he brought in there was a chance that his Min as he said Min is a 11 true freshman could have played today I think we've seen about eight get on the field but here's the [Applause] veteran Bo Lora sers nowhere to go I thought he was going to hand it off to Rocket sanders off the right side but he kept it himself and now it's fourth down and about five to go and a loss of two on the play time out Old Dominion it is their second it will be 30 seconds in lift a there's no threat of throwing the football right now old the Min knows it we said it a couple plays ago to 2 minutes 56 seconds thank you 256 they're selling out I mean there's just too many Defenders inside the box to block for South Carolina [Music] right now old the minion is going to have that one timeout plus the two-minute timeout so good call by Old Dominion and their coaching staff by punting the football trusting their defense the way they played this afternoon into tonight to get the three and out with still plenty of time to figure out a way to try and go down there and win this ball [Music] Game Boy next week this Gamecock team has to reload as they hit the road take on Kentucky but they got to handle business here first back-to-back conference games against Kentucky and LSU after this one so Kai Kroger back to punted away he's had one punt blocked tonight Isaiah pagee back at the 20 yd line no rush good kick from Kroger fair catch called for it so ODU will have it at the 20 yd line there is a flag way back at the 40 yd line referee Daniel goo will let us know what that's all about during the kick holding return team oh Bo number three the penalty will be half to distance to the goal first down well we talked about Shane Beamer having to get this group to finish this one and then it's at Kentucky then you get LSU and then they have a murderer's row coming up on the 5th 12th and 19th of October Old Miss at Alabama at Oklahoma get a little week off and host Texas A&M very much I know there's no East and West anymore in the SEC but a lot of SEC West flavor SEC West has been kind of the dominant side of the SEC for quite some time now and it's nice to get some new faces but that is a tough schedule for a young football team first down and 10 250 on the clock he'll hand it off to Aaron Young don't forget there's that two-minute timeout That Old Dominion has to work with as well so realistically two timeouts available for the monarchs come near side with it here's Paige bounces off a couple of South Carolina Defenders including Nicki man warry judge CER well you're in four down territory now there is no more putting the football you got to go for it if you're unable to get this third down at third and three again comes near side to Paige he's hit immediately but has enough for the first down yeah you like to get one more play in if you can 7 seconds for that two-minute timeout I don't know if they'll be able to get it or not they just do get it off dump it off underneath that's Aaron Young on the reception and that'll stop it at 153 for the two-minute timeout so we'll step aside coming down to the wire here at Williams Bry Stadium you that's still have questions about almond milk have enough to deal with get the Honda Accord engineering safety resale you can't go wrong with a Honda you did it you took an ID on a napkin built a successful business and made it look easy but at US Bank we remember what went into getting here the hard work self-doubt tough decisions from all those extra hours to finally enjoying the rewards our wealth management team is always here to work with you and every generation to come because there's nothing as powerful as the power of us we turn Boost Mobile into a legit Nationwide 5G Network there's just one problem yeah no one knows that oh so to get people excited we're offering unlimited 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full they're up by four getting really really late minute 53 to play Old Dominion now down to one timeout remaining it is second down and four and they've got a lot of football field to cover ball sits at the 28 yd line Old Dominion came into this one as a 21-point underdog [Applause] three-man Rush Wilson throws it to the wide side of the field there's Aaron Young he'll have a first down and he is dropped at the 38 yd line by bam Martin Scott that was an impressive play right there from Grant Wilson get through his reads thought he was going to run the football and then flings it out to the side for an injured player not only does he throw it sidearm but puts it pretty accurately to his back out of the back field 10c run off the clock was stopped for a runner who made the line of game and went out of bounds so no 10-second runoff as you heard from our referee Daniel goo as the runner was out of bounds so the clock was already stopped boy Grant Wilson in the second half has really calmed things down for this Old Dominion team he's 21 of 36 194 yards one TD one pick that pick came in a Red Zone actually it was a second and goal situation I think making a pick in the end zone and then the one big mistake on the fumble you know ends up running the football ball gets popped out I mean that's that's could be end up being the difference and it's unfortunate cuz he has had I would consider a pretty darn good football game here on the road first game of the season but you have to understand the way your defense is playing and it's a quarterback rule number one protect the football and I'm sure that's going to be the number one thing if they're unable to find a way to pull this one out and win it here in the last drive it's be the one play that he's going to be dreaming about or having nightmares about this evening one of the things that happened in the first half South Carolina got to the quarterback five sacks they hit Wilson a bunch in the second half they've yet to allow a sack well he's been getting the ball out I will say this like there's partly due to fear but the ball has been getting out of his hands a lot quicker here in the second half Aaron Young in the back field they will throw it to him nice little catch ball was hot coming his way OD Donald Fortune pushes him out of bounds and I still with a minute 40 I still think you can continue to take these completions you don't have to feel like you got to throw 10 15 yard plays down the field you just got to keep getting first downs minute 40 with the timeout it's a lot of time still again dropping eight over the Middle High throw that one's picked off Jaylen Kilgore just saved the day for South Carolina his second career interception comes at the most opportune time with 129 to play take another look I don't know this was passes maybe a tad bit off from the quarterback yeah just high it's very difficult for receiver to be able to go up there and get it and as soon as that Ball's tipped that's a DB's dream right there right into the hands of Kilgore right spot right time for the nickel for South Carolina one thing we do take away from this Dave this defense has played great today all three levels thought the front four while they may not have been able to put the pressure they were able to do in the first half have done a great job with then the secondary as well besides the one big play in the first quarter have done their job Shane Beamer just called a timeout right before that snap prior to the snap timeout South Carolina it is their first it will be 30 seconds in LIF please reset not g clock to 1 minute 29 seconds thank you so in this situation obviously you expected maybe a little bit more you knew you might have your hands full with Old Dominion but you didn't think it'd come down to this scenario so how long do you let this one linger before you start worried about Kentucky I that's the hard part like you you you know you're you're glad you got the rust off you got a lot of experience for a lot of guys especially on offense so I mean there's going to be a lot of film review and and learning from this game but man you got Kentucky next week obviously see what Kentucky looks like in the game right after this but they themselves got a brand new quarterback at Brock Vandergriff going to be a first year start our former Georgia quarterback you know that's we're going to have to get a good action for him but on the road next week it is their third it will be 30 seconds please reset the game clock to 1 minute 27 seconds thank you listen we always say you learn a lot from your first season to your second season at at any position you learn a lot too from week one the week two you know this is it's a big difference I don't care who the opponent is getting out there and actually playing a game in front of thousands and thousands of fans and getting those Jitters out so you got to start figuring out I mean offense you got to figure out who The Playmakers are you got to find out who are Playmakers and how can we get them the ball more often next week because if you're a one-dimensional football team in this league if it all it is is rocket and Lenoris running the football defenses n are too big and too strong in the front seven you will not be able to move the ball effectively hey they average 3.5 yards per Rush have to be better than that yeah and of course they ever 85 yards a game a year ago they put up 188 though they'll lose a few on this Lenora sers back pedal but there are still some things they got to work out you know I mean obviously the wide receivers they got to find somebody they can rely on in that group I think defensively they're going to be able to play in this league and and yeah keep things close Ricky ronne going to walk out of here I mean this I mean I'm telling you what being an ODU Fan's got to be tough all these close games 12 of their last 14 have been one possession games 19- 16 you were winning the football game with the ball in your hands before the fumble timeout South Carolina it is their second it will be 30 seconds boy they're they are calling a timeout with 42 seconds they You Don't See You Don't See You Don't See Beamer get that animated much at Hall oh boy young football team Rich Shir freshman quarterback 19 years old first start all valuable learning moments and we talked about the maturity of Len nor Sellers and Coach tell us he doesn't make the same mistake twice so goal is learned from those mistakes that were made tonight and don't make him again next week D Loggins Shane beam said he's like a robot he's almost emotionless at times listens very attentive takes a knee there at the back pedals to the 28 yd line but that'll do [Applause] it this clock will run out nothing Old Dominion can do about it so South Carolina will win it was not easy trailed in the fourth quarter 1916 but defense came up with another big play creating a short field for the offense and Lenor sers able to put it in the end zone for the difference in this game I'll tell you this Dave it's a lot better teaching off a win than a loss yes you know you could be going through these growing pains with a a loss to start the season much rather have to feel bad about the performance but no hey at the end we're 1 and0 we're one and0 we got the win got our first win the season and let's start to try and stack those going forward I do like d huh I'm recing a teammate huhe fore fore foreign [Music] [Music] spee H foreign fore [Applause] h