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SEC · 2026 season

The story so far

Gamecocks fans spent September demanding Beamer's firing as blown leads and a losing streak drove misery to 100 against Kentucky. A winning streak since has them celebrating Cocktober, crediting the Briles offense, and cautiously eyeing a bowl at 5-3.

From Reddit fan threads · through Wk 9 · Oct 26–Nov 1 · 5-3

Season misery
63Uneasy
Worst week
100Wk 5 · Sep 28–Oct 4
Best week
11Wk 1 · Aug 31–Sep 6
Wk 1 · Aug 31–Sep 6: misery 11 (Euphoric) · 1-0Wk 2 · Sep 7–13: misery 71 (Miserable) · 1-0Wk 3 · Sep 14–20: misery 88 (Despair) · 0-1Wk 4 · Sep 21–27: misery 98 (Despair) · 0-1Wk 5 · Sep 28–Oct 4: misery 100 (Despair) · 0-1Wk 6 · Oct 5–11: misery 36 (Content) · 1-0Wk 8 · Oct 19–25: misery 54 (Meh) · 1-0Wk 9 · Oct 26–Nov 1: misery 46 (Meh) · 1-0Wk 0Wk 1Wk 2Wk 3Wk 4Wk 5Wk 6Wk 7Wk 8Wk 9
Weekly misery, Monday to Sunday. Above the line is miserable; below is happy.

Storylines

what fans talked about, week by week
Season-long

  • Fans blasted his timeout use in Wk 3 and demanded his firing through Wk 5, then softened as wins came, with Wk 9 debating whether he is a great coach amid novbeamer jokes.

    “calling two timeouts on the first drive to only get a field goal is the real beamer ball”

    ▲ 285Wk 3 · Sep 14–20

    Wk 3 · Sep 14–20 ›Wk 4 · Sep 21–27 ›Wk 5 · Sep 28–Oct 4 ›
Kept coming up

angry / anxioushappy / hopefulsplitbigger dot = louder

  1. 46Wk 9 · Oct 26–Nov 11-0›
  2. 54Wk 8 · Oct 19–251-0›
  3. —Wk 7 · Oct 12–18
  4. 36Wk 6 · Oct 5–111-0›
  5. 100Wk 5 · Sep 28–Oct 4blowup game0-1›
  6. 98Wk 4 · Sep 21–270-1›
  7. 88Wk 3 · Sep 14–200-1›
  8. 71Wk 2 · Sep 7–131-0›
  9. 11Wk 1 · Aug 31–Sep 61-0›
  10. —Wk 0 · Aug 24–30