The South Carolina Gamecocks caught a good old-fashioned, behind-the-barn beatdown at the hands of the second-ranked Georgia Bulldogs on Saturday night in Athens, falling 40-13 in a contest that was never particularly close and featured Luke Doty making his season debut while constantly running for his life.
The Bulldogs got off to a hot start, as presumably injured starting quarterback JT Daniels showed plenty of vigor in guiding Georgia quickly down the field and into the end zone on the game’s first possession, with a James Cook 23-yard run sealing the scoring drive.
The Gamecocks mounted a response, however, as Zeb Noland’s 58-yard strike to Josh Vann down the sideline set South Carolina up in the red zone.