Shane Beamer: Bandwagon is getting full
These are suddenly heady times in Columbia, South Carolina.
A week after needing a come-from-behind effort in an opening, 23-19 win at home against Old Dominion, South Carolina was wire-to-wire dominant on the road at SEC brethren and heavily favored Kentucky.
The final? 31-7, Gamecocks.
Now, South Carolina is hosting No. 16 LSU at noon Saturday inside Williams-Brice Stadium -- and hosting ESPN GameDay this weekend as well.
"As I told our guys, the bandwagon is getting full," Beamer said Wednesday on the SEC's weekly teleconference with its coaches.
The opportunity to host GameDay in Columbia is the program's first in a decade, when no other than the Ol' Ball Coach -- Steve Spurrier himself -- was the top Gamecock.
Beamer acknowledged the outside skeptics after his team's narrow opening win.
"Most of you all last week were probably wondering how we were going to win three games," Beamer said on the call. "You guys. Not us in the building."
This weekend's game against Brian Kelly and LSU kicks off South Carolina's longest homestand of the season, the only stretch all year of three consecutive home games.
After LSU, South Carolina hosts Akron and then welcomes to town Lane Kiffin and No. 5 Ole Miss on Oct. 5.
