What Will Muschamp said after South Carolina's 'street fight' win over Vanderbilt
South Carolina moved to 2-1 on Saturday with a 37-14 win at Vanderbilt.
Coach Will Muschamp said the Gamecocks were motivated by Vanderbilt coach Derek Mason’s comments from earlier in the week in which he said the South Carolina game would be a, “no-gloves street fight, not sanctioned fight.”
Those comments made their way to Columbia, and the Gamecocks believe they were a motivator to help them rush for 273 yards on 48 carries.
Here’s what Muschamp told reporters after the game:
Did USC take the "street fight" comments personally? Muschamp: "We rushed for 273 yards." And then nodded.
— David Cloninger (@DCPandC) September 23, 2018
Asked about #Vandy coach Derek Mason talking about this SEC game being a street fight, #USC coach Will Muschamp notes #Gamecocks rushed for 273 yards. Did #Gamecocks take it personally? Coach: I think so.
— Teresa Walker (@TeresaMWalker) September 23, 2018
Muschamp: Extremely disappointed with our ball security late in the game “Could’ve hung 50 if we hung on to the football.”
— SportsTalk (@sportstalksc) September 23, 2018
Muschamp: Five and six man rush was very effective tonight to hold Shurmur below 50 percent of his passes.
— SportsTalk (@sportstalksc) September 23, 2018
Will Muschamp: Javon Kinlaw is fine.
— David Cloninger (@DCPandC) September 23, 2018
Muschamp on Dowdle's fumble and the non-replay: (Smiling) "I don't know. I'm not allowed to comment."
— David Cloninger (@DCPandC) September 23, 2018
Muschamp on the weather: "We didn't have an indoor at Florida. I dealt with this every day."
— David Cloninger (@DCPandC) September 23, 2018
Parker White hasn't missed a field goal (Muschamp knocks on the wood table) but the non-touchbacks will create some competition. Tommie or Woznick could enter that competition.
— David Cloninger (@DCPandC) September 23, 2018
Muschamp on Shi Smith: "We’ll feel good about that matchup in a lot of weeks." And he's fine as well after the game.
— David Cloninger (@DCPandC) September 23, 2018
Muschamp: We have some guys who can win on the perimeter, we orchestrated our offense well. Shi Smith had a great game, we’ll take that every time.
— SportsTalk (@sportstalksc) September 23, 2018
