That matchup begins the meat of the SEC slate for Beamer's team, which plays ranked Oklahoma, Alabama and Ole Miss thereafter over three consecutive weekends. Two of those games are at home, including the Crimson Tide. That was the two-point loss Beamer referenced on Monday that ultimately cost his team their first playoff appearance last season.

At SEC media days, South Carolina football coach Shane Beamer addressed the latest update for transfer running back Rahsul Faison's eligibility.

A year after the Sooners hosted South Carolina for the first time as SEC foes, Oklahoma will make the return trip in 2025.

South Carolina football coach Shane Beamer said at SEC media days Monday that he's adamant the Gamecocks have 'no ceiling' as the team pursues a national title.

It has never been done before, but impossibilities rarely enter Shane Beamer's vocabulary. Whatever coach-speak directions South Carolina's head coach planned for SEC Media Days went out the window Monday when Paul Finebaum interrupted a pre-podium discussion and asked if winning a conference championship was "doable" with the Gamecocks.