![]() But the junior quarterback spent most of the game under heavy duress playing behind an offensive line that struggled most of the season. ![]() Howell, a projected first-round pick in the NFL draft, made several impressive throws with his strong, accurate arm. Said Beamer: "We had a plan for how we are going to win the game, but even I didn't anticipate it going that well." "They ran it, we didn't."īeamer said South Carolina had a 50-play live scrimmage leading up the game. "You're not going to win football games like that," Brown said. South Carolina rushed for 301 yards, despite Tar Heels coach Mack Brown saying North Carolina's game plan was to stop the run. We just wanted to give them something else to defend." "The element of making them defend the quarterback run was big," Beamer said. Noland was 3-of-6 passing for 82 yards as the Gamecocks went nearly three quarters before their first incomplete pass.īeamer said in hindsight he should have used Joyner more at quarterback earlier in the season. Joyner, who was named the game's Most Valuable Player, finished 9-of-9 passing for 160 yards and also ran for 64 yards. Joyner came into the game having attempted only one pass this season and 31 in his college career.īut the element of surprise proved effective on the Gamecocks' first possession, when Joyner hit the 6-foot-3, 232-pound Bell in stride down the middle of the field. South Carolina rotated Joyner and Noland under center, and both were effective. Sam Howell threw for 205 yards and a touchdown for the Tar Heels (6-7), and reserve running back British Brooks had a bowl record 63-yard touchdown run for the Tar Heels. Juju McDowell added a 35-yard TD run in the second quarter as South Carolina averaged 11.6 yards per play while opening a 25-13 lead in the first half. ![]() The sophomore tight end got free for a 69-yard touchdown reception from converted wide receiver Dakereon Joyner and hauled in a 66-yard TD catch from former graduate assistant coach Zeb Noland on South Carolina's first two possessions. I have mayo in my pockets, I think."īell came into the game with 338 yards receiving and three TDs during the regular season, but figured prominently into the game plan early on. "I got hammered in the back of the head from the cooler - and then came the mayo," Beamer said. Kevin Harris added 169 yards rushing and a score, helping secure the mayo bath for Beamer.īeamer joked that the mayo dump was "more awful than I thought it would be." Jaheim Bell had five catches for 159 yards and two touchdowns for South Carolina (7-6), which rebounded nicely after it lost 30-0 to Clemson in its regular-season finale on Nov. CHARLOTTE-South Carolina coach Shane Beamer had a bucket of mayonnaise dumped over his head Thursday, putting a memorable and messy finish on the Gamecocks' 38-21 victory over North Carolina in the Duke's Mayo Bowl. ![]()
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