A season that began with talk about bowl paths has turned into something more introspective for Shane Beamer and the South Carolina football team .

After the brutal 31-30 collapse against Texas A&M erased any realistic postseason hopes, the head coach admitted he’s already had “a lot of good conversations” with players about coming back to Columbia in 2026, stressing that many of them genuinely love being Gamecocks and want to be part of the program’s reset rather than flee from it.

More immediately, though, the focus shifts to Clemson and the chance to salvage pride in the Palmetto Bowl. That is where some long-awaited good news comes in.

As On3 reported, the South Carolina football team held out two of its most important playmakers , receiver Nyck Harbor and edge rusher Dylan Stew

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