South Carolina enters Saturday night’s matchup at 2-1 overall and 0-1 in SEC play after suffering a 41-34 loss to Mississippi State last week. The Gamecocks got off to a strong start against the Bulldogs, building a 16-point lead before Mississippi State rallied.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala.— Alabama and LaNorris Sellers are very familiar with one another. The Crimson Tide defense has faced the South Carolina quarterback each of the last two seasons.
According to one analyst South Carolina's problems aren't on quarterback LaNorris Sellers, but on the Gamecocks' leadership.
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The Alabama Crimson Tide will face the South Carolina Gamecocks at Bryant-Denny Stadium on Saturday evening. Alabama will need to play at a much higher level in the first half this weekend, and a slow start could prove to be trouble against star quarterback LaNorris Sellers and the Gamecocks’ talented offense.
College football has historically been known as a sport that caters to the elite. It is very difficult to win a national championship if you aren't Notre Dame, Alabama, Ohio State, or a host of other schools that have great programs that invest heavily in keeping them at the top.
South Carolina’s quarterback has all the tools, but a familiar pattern of inconsistency is raising serious questions about his future. LaNorris Sellers entered the 2026 season as one of the more intriguing quarterback prospects in college football.
A 16-0 lead should have been South Carolina’s launchpad. Instead, it became the beginning of a nightmare. The Gamecocks collapsed into a heartbreaking 41-34 loss to Mississippi State, with LaNorris Sellers’ two second-half interceptions proving costly.
Alabama football’s defensive coordinator Kane Wommack feels LaNorris Sellers is as dangerous as he has ever been running the football at the moment. Sellers has picked up 172 rushing yards this season through three games.
The Alabama Crimson Tide will face South Carolina at Bryant-Denny Stadium on Saturday evening, and the Crimson Tide is set to face star quarterback LaNorris Sellers for the third time.
The pressure on a starting quarterback in the SEC is always intense, but it feels especially heavy for South Carolina’s LaNorris Sellers right now. Following a shaky 2-1 start to the 2026 college football season in Columbia, fans are running out of patience.
Often timing is very important. For example, after blowing a 16-point lead while throwing two interceptions, it isn’t the best timing to announce a new NIL deal two days later.
Coaching changes happen every year, but they don't all happen the same way. We have had some wild offseason coaching moves in recent seasons, and 2025-2026 wasn't any different.
Despite not being considered a “traditional” SEC rivalry, Alabama and South Carolina still have an interesting history of unexpected results. Look no further than the infamous 2010 game when Stephen Garcia and the 19th-ranked Gamecocks shocked Greg McElroy and the defending national champion Crimson Tide with a 35-21 upset in Columbia (SC).
The No. 20 Oregon Ducks' quarterback Dante Moore only had to play one half of football during the No. 21 Oregon Ducks’ 84-0 beatdown of the Portland State Vikings before sitting out with the Ducks up 49–0.
From an improbable ending in Nashville to some serious quarterback concerns at Texas A&M, we break down the biggest stories on Saturday in our latest round of winners and losers.
South Carolina and Mississippi State are set to kick off in just over 24 hours. This highly anticipated matchup is expected to be a battle. For those wanting to know how to tune into this weekend's game, we've got you covered below.
Two seasons ago, South Carolina quarterback LaNorris Sellers burst onto the national college football scene with a tremendous debut season as the Gamecocks’ full-time starter.
The heat was brutal. The scoreboard was even more so. In temperatures that climbed above 100 degrees inside Williams-Brice Stadium, the South Carolina Gamecocks opened the 2026 season in spectacular fashion Saturday, overwhelming Kent State 57-0 before a sellout crowd of 77,559.
Miami Hurricanes quarterback Darian Mensah vaulted into Heisman Trophy favorite status following the first full weekend of the 2026 college football season.
LaNorris Sellers threw for three touchdowns and 270 yards as South Carolina rolled past Kent State 57-0 in a season-opening victory Saturday in Columbia, S.C.
The South Carolina Gamecocks arguably have the most potential of any team that was unranked to begin the 2026 college football season.
After a disappointing 2025 campaign, the South Carolina Gamecocks are ready for a fresh start. South Carolina opens the 2026 season Saturday against Kent State at Williams-Brice Stadium, with kickoff scheduled for 12:45 p.m.
The 2025 season didn't go the way that South Carolina Gamecocks quarterback LaNorris Sellers was expecting it to go. Heck, it didn't go the way anyone in South Carolina was hoping for.
South Carolina will enter the 2026 season with the look of a playoff roster on paper and a 4-8 season that says otherwise.
The 2026 NFL Draft just concluded, but many are already looking forward to the 2026 edition.
At the end of the 2025 season, South Carolina quarterback LaNorris Sellers needed to make a major decision. He elected to return to South Carolina, and he recently shared some of the feedback he got from NFL scouts.
Sellers suffered a head injury in the first half of last Saturday's 31-7 upset loss to the Vanderbilt Commodores.
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