South Carolina had fought 4th-ranked Alabama to a 22-22 tie for over 58 minutes of their 29-22 loss in Columbia Saturday night. The Gamecocks had the ball, and the ball was in the hands of their best player, quarterback LaNorris Sellers. Then, the type of play that has haunted Gamecock football for over a century happened.

Looking to move the ball down the field for what might be a game-winning field goal, Sellers, on a keeper, had the ball ripped from his hands at the Gamecock 38. Five plays later, the Gamecocks allowed Germie Bernard to score on a 25-yard run instead of waiting for Alabama to kick a walk-off field goal.

Nyck Harbor returned the ensuing kickoff only to the nine, and with USC out of timeouts, the game ended with a sack of Sellers at his own twelve.

With ten minutes to p

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