Behind dominant defense, South Carolina football moves to 2-0 after rolling Wildcats

South Carolina Football vs. Kentucky:
Other Notes

• Gamecock captains for the game included Kyle Kennard, Tonka Hemingway, Torricelli Simpkins, and Josh Simon.
• The Gamecock defense smothered all of Kentucky's attempts to run the ball outside in the early portions of the game.
• After some initial success by the Wildcats running the ball up the middle, the USC defensive tackles started owning the line of scrimmage.
• Vicari Swain played a lot early and was disruptive as a blitzer from the corner position.
• The Gamecock EDGE players picked up right where they left off last week. Dylan Stewart fought through a triple-team and a hold to force a critical throwaway from Brock Vandagriff when Kentucky had an open man downfield.
• The Gamecocks ran both the 3-3-5 and 4-2-5 but stayed in the 4-2-5 more often.
• On Kentucky's final drive of the 1st half, Bangally Kamara made three tackles in a row to force a Wildcat field goal.
• The Gamecock offensive line really struggled on their first two series of the 2nd half, but thanks to a Kentucky penalty and a nice rush evasion from LaNorris Sellers, the Gamecocks scored a touchdown on the next play on a nice seam route from Josh Simon.
• Because of the blocking struggles up front, the Gamecocks began shifting their tight ends to line up right behind the guards in certain situations, providing the team with another blocker up front.
• Carolina's best running game came on counter plays.
• The Gamecock defense dominated this game.
• Brock Vandagriff had a bad day. When he wasn't running for his life from Dylan Stewart and company, the Kentucky quarterback was throwing inaccurately. Eventually, he was benched for Gavin Wimsatt.
• The two teams combined for 7 fumbles (mainly on strip sacks) but lost none of them.