Beamer said running same two plays ‘over and over’ to beating Auburn

[FeatheredCock]

Moments after South Carolina coach Shane Beamer sealed a 21-17 win over Auburn in primetime, while he was still dripping with orange Gatorade, he fielded questions from ESPN about what it meant to reach that elusive sixth win and bowl eligibility  with these Gamecocks.

Few prognosticators had USC winning Saturday night. Yet the Gamecocks (6-5, 3-5 SEC) found a way to accomplish both. How did they do it? Some kind of newfangled offensive scheme? An overhauled game plan?

No, much simpler than that. “We talk about this being big-boy SEC football, and we literally lined up in the second half and ran the same two plays over and over and over and over and over again,” Beamer told ESPN from the field, tears welling in his eyes, his family huddled around him. “And that’s a heck of a team we just beat.”

In a game with massive postseason implications, the Gamecocks leaned on the basics. The idea wasn’t to out-smart the Tigers or to win through trickery. Instead, the Gamecocks ran the ball time and time again and dared the Auburn defense to stop them. Saturday’s contest played like an old-school, smashmouth football game, with both offenses flowing through the ground game.

And, as Beamer said, the Gamecocks ran the same two running plays repeatedly: a duo and a counter. The offensive linemen laid down their blocks, and ZaQuandre White and Kevin Harris took care of the rest.

 

[SanAntonioCock]

I kinda hope we don't play Auburn again for awhile. He said the same thing at the presser and kind of snickered. That's future bulletin board material for them.

 

[Longhaul]

Not worried in the least.  They know they were manhandled along the line by an offensive line that has struggled all year.  I don’t think bulletin board material is what it was back in the day.  A year from now those kids won’t care about that.  I am glad we shut down the might Bobo offense in the second half though lol.  

 

[Spur's Addiction]

I kinda hope we don't play Auburn again for awhile. He said the same thing at the presser and kind of snickered. That's future bulletin board material for them.

The way the schedules work, we won't play them for like 10 years it seems. Except things will get reshuffled when UT and OK join, perhaps Aubarun will move to the east. 

 

[Swayin]

The way the schedules work, we won't play them for like 10 years it seems. Except things will get reshuffled when UT and OK join, perhaps Aubarun will move to the east. 

I don't think they will ever take away an annual game between Auby and Bama (although of course they could make them their perm opponent from the other side)

 

[kingofnerf]

Our offense has not been consistently good at fundamentals most of the season.

That seemed to be a statement that said he maybe had a "keep it simple, stupid" conversation with Satt and his staff at some point in the game.

You have to be good at the fundamentals before you can do anything else. 

Go back to the neighborhood pick-up game we all remember from childhood.  The ball is snapped and the guys on the line either block to the left, right or up the middle.  We can't seem to do that most of the time.

I am glad we won, but Shane is our newbie HC who's earning his stripes this season and next.  That goes for the rest of his staff, too.