Even though you talk a lot about it, unless you’ve got evidence that you’re going to a bowl game every year, this is the intention we’ve got. It shows the direction of where the program is going. The whole experience is good,” Beamer said. That created more depth for the following season.īut for a coach in Shane’s position in trying to build a program, playing in a bowl game goes a long way inside and out of the football building. Beamer said, at Tech, he and his staff would work extra with the scout team players, those who redshirted and others who didn’t see the field much. The Gamecocks will get a few extra weeks of practice, something the program hasn’t had in three years, which could help in development of plenty of the younger players.
“Being positive in how they come across to the media and other teammates, I think he’s done a heck of a job getting mental togetherness out of this team.”īeamer, who didn’t reach a bowl game at Virginia Tech until his sixth season in Blacksburg, emphasized the value in Shane leading South Carolina to a bowl game in his first season. You’re trying to get everyone on the same page, supporting each other,” Beamer said. “He’s done an amazing job of getting (the players) thinking and acting positive, and playing positive, which is not always easy to do. How did his son Shane and South Carolina clinch a bowl game this season?įrom his expert opinion, as well as inside knowledge of his son, Beamer said for a coach to get his first team to exceed expectation it starts with the collective mentality. All that goes into how impressive it was.”īeamer, a Hall of Fame coach at Virginia Tech, coached for more than 30 years and has been around the block. Shane and his staff coached them up and had them playing at the highest level they could. When you watch Shane’s team play, there’s not a lot of crazy plays where sometimes they’re going in the wrong direction, running into each other or they’re fumbling and stumbling, or throwing to the wrong colored jersey. “Then I think they’ve done a good coaching. “To get (the quarterback) playing well while having to change up there because guys were getting hurt, I think they handled that situation great,” Frank said. Takeaways: Key takeaways from South Carolina's shutout loss to Clemson in 2021 Palmetto Bowl Not to mention South Carolina resides in the toughest conference in college football and faced four ranked teams this season. That fact, along with how the offense struggled to score all season, didn’t prevent the team from getting bowl eligible. Three different quarterbacks – the position Frank calls the most important on the field – have started and won games this season. There was no reason for it not to.”ĭespite Shane Beamer's confidence, how USC got there was nothing short of amazing. “Why shouldn’t it happen here, that’s the way he thought. “I just think he thought this was always going to happen,” Shane’s dad, Frank Beamer, exclusively told The Greenville News. 'Just the start': South Carolina proves doubters wrong with bowl-clinching win Others didn’t see the Gamecocks pulling it off in 2021, but according to those closest to Beamer, his confidence never wavered. But South Carolina earned that sixth win, getting it against Auburn of all teams.
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