Rico Dowdle’s positive run around the right side of South Carolina’s offensive line nearly produced a first down, but it didn’t matter. Those 70,000-plus in garnet and black had their eyes more on the clock than on the sticks at Williams-Brice Stadium.
“The crowd doesn’t like it,” noted Matt Stinchcomb, who was calling the game for SEC Network.
The first half was ticking away Oct. 7 as USC and Arkansas were locked in a 10-10 tie, a score the Gamecocks seemed plenty content with heading into the locker room.
During a week when coach Will Muschamp publicly defended his offensive coordinator, Kurt Roper, with 1:58 on the second quarter clock, two timeouts to use and 69 yards in front of him, called three runs before he had Jake Bentley throw a pass.