Will Muschamp: South Carolina 'made it a lot harder than it needed to be' in win over Florida
It wasn’t always pretty, but South Carolina came away with the win over Florida.
The Gamecocks put up solid numbers offensively with 469 total yards while controlling the clock with 35:41 time of possession. QB Jake Bentley threw for 249 yards and rushed for two touchdowns, but three interceptions from Bentley kept Florida in the contest until the very end.
The Gators could not do enough offensively as they averaged just 3.5 yards per carry while rushing for 78 yards in the game. They could not do much more in the air with QB Feleipe Franks completing 10 of 25 passes for 174 yards and a late interception.
The win moves South Carolina to 7-3 in Muschamp’s second season with games remaining against Wofford and Clemson. It looks like the Gamecocks are making progress, and here is what Muschamp had to say following the win over the Gators:
Will Muschamp: Figured we'd keep some people around for the game …
— David Cloninger (@DCPandC) November 11, 2017
Will Muschamp: 'We moved the ball extremely well, we stayed balanced.'
— GoGamecocks (@gogamecocks) November 11, 2017
Muschamp: DJ Smith couldn’t go in warmups, Dante Sawyer was limping around on one leg
— SportsTalk (@sportstalksc) November 11, 2017
Muschamp: "We're like everybody else in the country right now. We're really beat up, especially on the defensive side of the ball."
— Carson Mason (@CarsonAnnMason) November 11, 2017
Muschamp: We made it a lot harder than it needed to be, Coach Tanner’s been complaining about concessions.
— SportsTalk (@sportstalksc) November 11, 2017
Muschamp: Ty'Son Williams is fine. Turner and Denson were running good so Williams stayed out.
— David Cloninger (@DCPandC) November 11, 2017
Muschamp: Shi Smith got poked in the eye. Couldn't get the blurs from his vision.
— David Cloninger (@DCPandC) November 11, 2017
Muschamp: 'Give Florida credit. Those guys have been through a lot. They represented Florida well today.'
— GoGamecocks (@gogamecocks) November 11, 2017
Muschamp: "Our guys continued to fight and make plays so I'm really proud of them."
— Claudia Chakamian (@C_Chakamian) November 11, 2017
Muschamp: Created 1-on-1 matchups on defense on 3rd Down, difference on getting off the field.
— SportsTalk (@sportstalksc) November 11, 2017
"I think it's the culture of the program…man down, man up. So what, now what." Muschamp on fighting through all of the adversity.
— Claudia Chakamian (@C_Chakamian) November 11, 2017
Muschamp: 'You talk about progress. This football team was 3-9 two years ago. I'm really proud of this football team. I'm proud of the progress we've been able to make.'
— GoGamecocks (@gogamecocks) November 11, 2017
Muschamp: Honed it in on the running game to calm Bentley down after the third pick. Just wasn't his day.
— David Cloninger (@DCPandC) November 11, 2017
Muschamp on winning season: "When you talk in terms of progress, you've got to be able to show recruits. You've also got to be able to show your team."
— Emery Glover (@EmeryGlover17) November 11, 2017
