South Carolina pulled out all the good luck charms for Saturday’s game against Alabama football . The Gamecocks celebrated the 2010 team that beat the Crimson Tide at Williams-Brice Stadium, with members of that squad and former head coach Steve Spurrier in attendance.

It almost worked. The unranked Gamecocks played the Tide close, even gaining a lead and most of the momentum when LaNorris Sellers scored with 10 minutes remaining.

But then, Alabama pulled off two rounds of trick-play heroics, not to mention a forced fumble, came back and won 29-22. The 2010 magic wouldn’t be recaptured.

After the game, Gamecock coach Shane Beamer shared that he’d gone even further in celebrating the classic upset.

“I talked to them at the hotel before we came over here about the 2010 game when we be

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