FINAL: South Carolina 17, North Carolina 13

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Jon Solomon ‏@JonSolomonCBS (SOLOMon's WIsdom) 7m7 minutes ago

ESPN: Trainers looked at Connor Mitch's left hip before taking him to the locker room.

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1st down NC and more inside the SC 25

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Bubble screen, 1st and goal NC near the nine.

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Huge 3rd and goal near the 3 for NC

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UNC's play card showed a tar heel.  Wms was sacked outside his 10.

Time out UNC at 3:40  (SC up 17-13)

[Pig in the Pokey]

That was a huge sack!

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Wms is intercepted again by Skai Moore in the end zone

[Pig in the Pokey]

Jon Solomon ‏@JonSolomonCBS (SOLOMon's WIsdom) 7m7 minutes ago

ESPN: Trainers looked at Connor Mitch's left hip before taking him to the locker room.

conner (rymes with)mich

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Connor Mitch is back in.  1st and goal SC at their 20 with 3:29 to go.

Time out HBC b/4 the snap?

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SC rushes for a 1st down and the clock winds down below 3:00

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GoGamecocks.com ‏@gogamecocks 6m6 minutes ago

FINAL: South Carolina 17, North Carolina 13. USC (1-0) hosts Kentucky at 7:30 pm Sept. 12.

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SportsTalk ‏@sportstalksc 48s48 seconds ago

Spurrier said he did not call a good game, that North Carolina's defense stopped them for the most part.

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SportsTalk ‏@sportstalksc 19s20 seconds ago

Spurrier is stunned to learn the Gamecocks had 390 yards of offense. "Felt like we had about 200 the way they stymied us."

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SportsTalk ‏@sportstalksc 19m19 minutes ago

Spurrier said the taunting call didn't matter because "we probably would have found a way to go backwards anyway."

On taunting play: Spurrier said Mitch told him he said something to a buddy on the UNC team and they flagged him.

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 GoGamecocks.com ‏@gogamecocks 31m31 minutes ago

Gamecocks prevail in Battle of the Carolinas http://scne.ws/C3HT1S

Star of the game: Senior Shon Carson was the third-string tailback entering the game but may be the starter now. Carson rushed four times for 75 yards in the second half, including a 48-yard touchdown run that put South Carolina up 17-13 with 12:45 left in the game.

Stat of the game: Five players took the snap from center for South Carolina (Starting quarterback Connor Mitch, backup quarterback Perry Orth, wide receiver Pharoh Cooper in addition to tailbacks Brandon Wilds and David Williams). If you count punter Sean Kelly, who rushed for 17 yards to convert a fake punt in the first quarter, it was six players...

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https://twitter.com/gogamecocks/status/639629811477020672

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Hope you had the under.

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Were there lessons to be learned?

AL.com sports ‏@aldotcomSports 10h10 hours ago

What can we learn from South Carolina 17, North Carolina 13? http://ow.ly/RM473

South Carolina appears unsettled at quarterback. Starter Connor Mitch ran for 44 yards on 10 carries, but completed just 9 of 22 passes for 122 yards and a touchdown before leaving the game after a hard hit in the fourth quarter. Kyle Orth ran the offense reasonably well after entering the game, but did not put any points on the board.

NEXT UP: South Carolina hosts Kentucky on Sept. 12 (6:30 p.m., SEC Network).

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GoGamecocks.com ‏@gogamecocks 9h9 hours ago

USC-UNC: Thumbs up, thumbs down http://scne.ws/C3KLSl

Thumbs up

Shon Carson

Where did THAT come from? He had 16 percent of his career yardage on Thursday, and scored the go-ahead touchdown. As he put it, "The other guys were banged up. They needed me."

Thumbs down

Play-calling

Steve Spurrier admitted it. He had no business going for a fourth-and-1 with his backup quarterback when a field goal would have meant, at worst, a tie game on the next possession. Everything turned out OK, but that call ended a puzzling second half where the Gamecocks stayed away from the zone read that had gotten them back in the ballgame...

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Empty Seats Galore ‏@EmptySeatsPics 14h14 hours ago

6pm kickoff on a Thursday for a neutral site. #UNC #Gamecocks #BelkKickoff (https://instagram.com/p/7L0rMRqiNc )



Steve Reed ‏@SteveReedAP 12h12 hours ago

Lots of empty seats tonight at UNC-South Carolina game. Attendance is 51,664. Stadium holds 73,000.

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SEC Network ‏@SECNetwork 9h9 hours ago

Good news for the Gamecocks: Since 2010, @GamecockFB has at least 9 wins in seasons when they won their opener.

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Solid but ugly win for the ole ball coach.

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I thought NC got way too cute with the play calling, if they put the bigger back in and just punch it in late, while draining the clock I don't see SC winning. Pretty ugly game for the most part.

Is NC using the Gus offense? Looked a lot like his stuff, to me.

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SEC Network ‏@SECNetwork 9h9 hours ago

Good news for the Gamecocks: Since 2010, @GamecockFB has at least 9 wins in seasons when they won their opener.

7 wins tops

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GoGamecocks.com ‏@gogamecocks 37m37 minutes ago

Skai Moore's 'knack' for big plays saved USC http://www.thestate.com/sports/college/university-of-south-carolina/usc-football/article34102317.html ...

Carolina's first and last drives against South Carolina Thursday night ended in identical fashion — with USC linebacker Skai Moore picking off Tar Heels quarterback Marquise Williams in the end zone.

Moore's first pick came after UNC took seven plays to go from its own 36-yard line to the South Carolina 6-yard line. His second came with the Gamecocks clinging to a four-point lead, and it all but sealed the win for USC.

South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier said afterward he wasn't surprised to see his MIKE linebacker come up with big plays in big situations.

"Skai can pick the ball off. He does it in practice all the time," Spurrier said. "As everybody knows, if you play cover two, that middle linebacker down the middle, he's got to cover a lot of range and (Moore) has a knack of watching the quarterback. Those were the plays that won the game. Skai Moore did it."

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https://twitter.com/ESPNPR/status/639912648172285953

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Connor Mitch ‏@Connor_Mitch3 Sep 4

1-0

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Matt Connolly ‏@MattatTheState 16h16 hours ago

According to http://vegasinsider.com  South Carolina opened as a 9 point favorite over Kentucky. The Gamecocks are currently favored by 7.5.

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AP Top 25 ‏@AP_Top25 57m57 minutes ago

Tar Heels try to clean up mistakes from loss to Gamecocks http://apne.ws/1O9fUSr  (@aaronbeardAP)

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Josh Kendall ‏@JoshatTheState  4h4 hours ago
Skai Moore: "I am not going to lie, when (UNC QB) threw it, I was kind of shocked. He did throw the second one right to me."

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Kyle Tucker ‏@KyleTucker_CJ 5h5 hours ago

USC linebacker Skai Moore is a red-zone ball hawk. But UK's Towles has 13 TD, 0 INT career inside opponent's 40. http://www.courier-journal.com/story/sports/college/kentucky/2015/09/11/three-keys-kentucky-vs-south-carolina/72064870/ ...