COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Texas A&M football team delivered body shot after body shot. Nothing that clocked South Carolina out before the game was well out of reach, but just wore the residents of Williams-Brice Stadium down with blow after blow in their own home Saturday night.
That might not have been as bad, except the Gamecocks could only respond with a few light thumps against an opponent patient enough to let them glance off and keep on pounding.
South Carolina's 48-3 loss to the No. 7 Aggies, the seventh in as many tries across the past seven years, was about as demoralizing as any defeat the Gamecocks (2-4, 2-4 SEC) have taken this year. They where held down, as they had been by Jimbo Fisher's squad the past two seasons, but there was no rally like in 2018, and they didn't really stay close as long as they did last season.
On Military Appreciation Night, the nation's armed forces and a slide show of Gamecocks playing in the NFL (and not on the field that night) seemed about the only thing the 16,253 fans in the building appreciated. Boos were plentiful well before halftime arrived.
Early in the third quarter, chants of "fire Muschamp" echoed through the upper deck.
Fisher is known for an offense that can grind the game to a halt when needed or wanted, and that appeared to be the approach. After 30 minutes, the Gamecocks were in a 21-0 hole, having been outgained 141-68 by Texas A&M tailback Isaiah Spiller, who finished with 131 rushing yards and 46 receiving yards.
It's the second game in a row in which Will Muschamp's squad has been blown out, after LSU hung 52 points on his defense. They'll get high-scoring Ole Miss up next.
