Jake Bentley picked a fine time to try to tone down his emotions.
South Carolina was playing its first home road game of the season against Tennessee last week. The Gamecocks were coming off a discouraging loss to Texas A&M, a game in which Bentley was booed on several occasions. And South Carolina really needed a win against the struggling Vols.
At the beginning, things weren’t going well. South Carolina’s first possession ended after three plays. Its second drive ended with Bentley’s eighth interception of the season. The Gamecocks scored three points in the first quarter, and the Williams-Brice Stadium crowd was getting restless again.