Live Updates: #15 South Carolina at #12 Clemson

[Alan Cole]

Mafah gets loose on the edge for 14 yards. Nobody set the edge there.

 

[Alan Cole]

Judge Collier doesn't have his helmet on. Vicari Swain in at corner.

 

[Caleb Alexander]

Vicari Swain in for Collier there and he wins a one-on-one battle finally for an incompletion on 1st down

 

[Caleb Alexander]

6 yard run from Mafah sets up a 3rd and 4 near midfield

 

[Caleb Alexander]

Wesco might have had a step on Fortune there, but pressure causes Klubnik to rush it a bit and her overthrows him. Clemson will punt (probably)

 

[Alan Cole]

There's a break. Klubnik missed Wesco with a step. And a second break, as there's only a 30-yard punt. Little biut into the wind, but just looked like a shank. Gamecocks get it at their own 25 after Clemson had a chance to flip the field.

 

[Caleb Alexander]

So close to a huge play there but Nyck Harbor can't quite hold on. He'd probably have been gone

 

[Alan Cole]

Sellers steps up, avoids the rush, hits a crossing Jared Brown for 12 yards. Nice bounce back after Harbor had a tough incompletion the play before on a PBU.

 

[Alan Cole]

3rd and 9 coming up after the pop pass to Simon goes nowhere. Terrell with another nice play. Here comes the pass rush...

 

[Alan Cole]

Make it 3rd and 14 as Henry twitches with Barrett Carter lined up over him.

 

[Caleb Alexander]

Never any chance on that one as the blitz gets home for the sack. Gamecocks will have to punt it away. I begin to wonder if you might want to give someone with a quicker step a shot at RT.

 

[Alan Cole]

And another sack. I know in-game benchings aren't really a thing Beamer does but man, Cason Henrhy just looks beyond overwhelmed right now. Clemson is just picking on him. Kroeger blasts a 57-yard punt to get you the field position edge back, though.

 

[Caleb Alexander]

Clemson will take over on their own 12. Kroeger continues to at least make Clemson play uphill

 

[Alan Cole]

South Carolina hasn't forced a 3-and-out all day. Not going to say you need to find one here, but if you can, Clemson would be punting basically out of its own end zone.

 

[Caleb Alexander]

Good start as they stop Mafah for 2 yards on 1st down

 

[Caleb Alexander]

Great play by Bam Martin Scott to sniff out the screen. TFL for -3 sets up 3rd and 11.

 

[Alan Cole]

Man, Clemson almost got a first down there on a delayed draw, but two yards short. Gamecocks do indeed get that first three and out of the game. Juju McDowell finds a little space on the return and almost gets to midfield. Gamecocks have a chance here with 2:50 left in the first half.

 

[Alan Cole]

+17 yards on the exchange of punts. Kai Kroeger is really making an impact here (again)

 

[Caleb Alexander]

Gamecocks will take over at their own 42. Have to take advantage of this opportunity

 

[Caleb Alexander]

Getting a little chippy after Clemson gives Sellers a late shove on the SC sideline

 

[Caleb Alexander]

Nothing going on 1st or 2nd. 3rd and 14 now and you know the Tigers are coming after it

 

[Alan Cole]

There's just not an answer up front. Other than the Ole Miss game, it feels like the first time all year I've watched a game and straight up said "they can't block them"

 

[Caleb Alexander]

Brown finds a little space to get to about 4th and 3 near midfield at the two-minute break. I think with your defense the move is probably to play conservative here, but I wouldn't hate trying to create a spark either, just a risky proposition

 

[Alan Cole]

I think you have to punt this. You're just not blocking well enough to feel good about the prospect of converting this. Also looks like they're moving the spot back a little, it's gonna be more than 3.

 

[Caleb Alexander]

Yeah no question now at 4th and 6

 

[Alan Cole]

Kroeger sticks it at the 10. 1:52 to halftime. Three timeouts each way.

 

[Caleb Alexander]

Nice tackle from Jalon's brother Gerald Kilgore to stop Williams on that punt return in his tracks

 

[Alan Cole]

3rd and 5 coming up after a moderate Mafah run and a Jalon Kilgore PBU.

 

[Alan Cole]

Klubnik to Williams moves the sticks, and now Clemson will probably shift into some hurry up offense.

 

[Caleb Alexander]

Klubnik scrambles for about 6 but Knight sniffs it out

 

[Alan Cole]

And now he hits Moore again for another first down, first timeout with 50 seconds left in the half. Tigers still probably about 25-30 yards from FG range, but more than enough time. Defense needs to bow up here.

 

[Alan Cole]

Klubnik under pressure, throws a lame duck over the middle, and just about a yard or two short for OD Fortune, who would've had an easy interception. Clemson is lucky Klubnik couldn't get more juice on that.

 

[Caleb Alexander]

Not for nothing, but Roy Philpott acting like Clemson wins the super bowl on every completion they make isn't my favorite thing to hear all day.

 

[Alan Cole]

Gain of 9 to Wesco, maybe, but it's under review. It'll be 3rd and 1 or 3rd and 10.

 

[Caleb Alexander]

I don't know if they have the right angle but it looked like Wesco's toe was out of bounds on the one decent angle. Far away and blurry though

 

[Caleb Alexander]

I'm guessing they'll say it "stands"

 

[Alan Cole]

The always great spectacle of Clemson students trying to lean into the press box to see on the TVs what the call will be. Think they blew the window budget on orange smoke for pre-game. Play overturned.

 

[Caleb Alexander]

And I "stand" corrected amirite?

 

[Alan Cole]

Mafah on a draw for about 8, it's gonna be 4th and 2 and neither coach looks super eager to call timeout.

 

[Alan Cole]

Indeed both coaches agree to take this to the half at 7-7. How's everyone feeling?