South Carolina Football: Furman game report card

South Carolina football wide receiver Ahmarean Brown left the game against Furman with what looked like a pretty serious leg injury. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Blake-USA TODAY Sports
South Carolina football wide receiver Ahmarean Brown left the game against Furman with what looked like a pretty serious leg injury. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Blake-USA TODAY Sports
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The South Carolina football team needed a rebound performance on Saturday night against Furman, and after a slow start, that’s exactly what the Gamecocks delivered to a sellout crowd at Williams-Brice Stadium.

USC got behind early but really played well in the 2nd and 3rd quarters to turn an “upset alert” into a Gamecock-favored rout.

Both the slow start and the hot middle of the game will be considered in grading the performance of Shane Beamer’s South Carolina football program. The garbage time at the end of the game will be excluded from the grading as only walk-ons and deep, deep bench players were in the game at the end.

Here are the grades for South Carolina football’s win over the Furman Paladins: