South Carolina quarterback Tommy Beecher has won the first inaugural Michael Henig Awful Quarterback Award, given to the D-I quarterback with the most embarrassing performance on college football's opening night. Recall that Mississippi State's Henig tossed six interceptions last year against LSU. Beecher cut that by two that but looked equally pathetic in surrendering four passes to North Carolina State defenders.We do extend our sympathies to him after he was knocked out of the game with some kind of head injury that'll feel that much worse tomorrow morning. North Carolina State quarterback Russell Wilson was also KO'd after taking consecutive shots to the head.
Beecher's now in an intense battle for his job after backup Chris Smelley completed his first five passes for 92 yards and two touchdowns as part of a late offensive barrage that helped South Carolina turn an ugly shutout into something more respectable.
Final scoreboard reads South Carolina 34, North Carolina State 0. Also: SEC 1, ACC 0. It's starting already, as South Carolina fans added several "SEC" chants as the first shots in the never-ending conference wars in college football.
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8-29-2008 @ 10:11PM
GOCOCKS said...
so maybe the score is deceiving, but the gamecocks still won. we will be fine... beecher started out poorly and had a bad game but he deserves to start again . you cant bench the guy because of one bad game...give him another try against vandy and then go from there...
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8-30-2008 @ 12:28PM
brat said...
Yes, the SEC chants were to show not only support and appreciation for the SEC, but as an aside to note that we despise the ACC as we were former members who were treated like trash. Oh, and a way to disprove of the annual North Carolina newspaper columns saying how we made a mistake leaving the ACC in the early 1970's. Mistake? Hell, no, next to the day the SEC allowed us to join, the best day in Carolina history.
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