South Carolina Football: 3 quick thoughts from Week 8 LSU beatdown

South Carolina football faced the LSU Tigers in an important game for both teams. Here we discuss quick thoughts from the blowout loss.

The South Carolina Gamecocks were in the position to break long-standing losing streaks two weeks in a row when they faced the LSU Tigers on Saturday night, but instead, they lost — and lost big.

The Gamecocks entered the weekend 2-2 following their huge win over Auburn last week, while the Tigers came into the game 1-2 after having last week off due to COVID-19. Both teams had great motivation coming into the game, but South Carolina’s never came to fruition on the field.

Let’s get to the quick thoughts from Saturday’s embarrassing 52-24 loss.

3. The Gamecocks were too cocky

South Carolina had the opportunity to not only win their third consecutive game after opening the season with two losses, but a victory would have also put an end to the 26-year losing streak against LSU.

This wasn’t out of the realm of possibility leading up to the game considering the big win last week and even though South Carolina’s defense had been mediocre at best, LSU’s wasn’t any better.

There was a lot of hype surrounding this game and even though LSU was favored to win on paper, many analysts and fans alike thought South Carolina was going to pull off this victory.

Collin Hill had found his footing and was settling in with his new squad and both sides of the ball showed improvement and more potential every week. Then they traveled to Baton Rouge and the team who showed up was not the same team who took down a ranked opponent the week before.

Perhaps the Gamecocks let the hype blind them from keeping their eye on the prize and didn’t prepare for what was sure to be a tough game. The Tigers weren’t going to come off of a week’s “rest” and give up a victory at Death Valley, but apparently that is what the Gamecocks prepared for.

They were outplayed, out-coached and underprepared.