The South Carolina Gamecocks controlled roughly three quarters of their game against the No. 15 Florida Gators on Saturday, but the Gators took advantage of an untimely collapse to rally from a 17-point deficit and come up with the 35-31 win.
The Gamecocks got off to a uncharacteristically hot start, methodically working 83 yards down the field in 5 minutes, 43 seconds as quarterback Jake Bentley spread the ball around to multiple receivers and capped the drive with a two-yard touchdown to tight end Jacob August. When South Carolina forced a Florida punt, the Gamecocks went right back at it, this time using a run-heavy approach on a pair of lengthy A.