![]() ![]() When it’s considered a “modern day miracle” to attain bowl eligibility, and when success at Carolina was considered the exception and not the by-product, it’s not surprising that a roster full of otherwise hardworking and honorable young men succumbed to the “me over team” mindset. Former defensive line coach Lance Thompson in December of 2018 Tweeted that it was a “modern day miracle” that the Gamecocks made a bowl game. That Carolina experienced success in spite of itself. That Carolina got elite recruits in spite of itself. The negativity surrounding Carolina Football was manifested due to the longstanding mindset that Carolina won games in spite of itself. It circulated at tailgates, and bars, and oyster roasts. That negativity was heard on sports talk radio. There was a negativity associated with Carolina Football. (If you are interested in listening to those ramblings, check out Paschal’s Gamecock Podcast on Spotify.) Two minutes into the breakdown, I talked about how Gamecock Football was handicapped by the way fans and coaches and players were programmed to view the program. Back in January and February of last year, I spent about 240 minutes breaking down the state of Gamecock Football and why Shane Beamer was the right choice to be the head football coach of Carolina. Unfortunately for the 2020 Gamecocks, a “me mentality” had taken hold of the locker room. The Chiefs are Super Bowl contenders because they have an incredible team. Yes, Patrick Mahomes is incredible, but he benefits from throwing to the most open receivers and being protected by the best pass blocking offensive line in the NFL, according to PFF data. Of course, I am exaggerating a bit to illustrate my point, but generational football talents don’t automatically translate to generational football teams like they can in other sports. It doesn’t matter how talented your pass defense is if your run defense can’t stop the opposing team’s rushing attack. It doesn’t matter how good your running back is if your offensive line won’t block for him. “We got to have 11 people that just want to do their job, whatever it is… if you’ll do that, you’ll be alright,” Bear Bryant said in an Alabama locker room in 1967. Sure, there are eccentric personalities that litter most NFL rosters, but football is the ultimate team sport. The “me mentality” is not natural to football. The reason Carolina had only won two football games in 2020 was because there was too much of “me mentality and not a team mentality.” In that team address, Coach Beamer relayed a message that had been repeated to him numerous times by multiple players. ![]() In a video released on Decemby Gamecock Football’s official Twitter page, the opening scene shows Shane Beamer addressing the 2021 Carolina Football team. “There were no jealousies, only the indomitable will to win.” Seibels recalled what made that Sewanee team so great. ![]() The Homeric aspects of Sewanee’s 1899 team were not lost on legendary sportswriter Grantland Rice who named the 1899 Tigers “the most durable team I ever saw.” According to the late, long-time journalist and author Wendell Givens, the night before that 1931 Auburn game, Diddy Seibels, the team captain of the 1899 Sewanee team was on what today would be described as a sports talk radio show. On that six-day Southern odyssey, the Sewanee Tigers traveled to Texas, Texas A&M, Tulane, LSU, and Memphis (where they faced Ole Miss) and surrendered not a single point. During that run, Sewanee played five games in six days. It had been 32 years since the 1899 Iron Men of Sewanee had gone undefeated - a perfect 12-0. On November 14, 1931, Auburn beat Sewanee in a shutout at Birmingham’s Legion Field. The Verdict is in: Beamer addressed the missing piece. X2Nvb2tpZXNfd2luPXgnIHN0eWxlPSdkaXNwbGF5Om5vbmU7dmlzaWJpbGl0ĮTpoaWRkZW4nIHdpZHRoPScwJz48L2lmcmFtZT4KPC9ub3NjcmlwdD4KCgo= VE0tTUY2UFhYQycpOwo8元NjcmlwdD4KPG5vc2NyaXB0Pgo8aWZyYW1lIGhlĪWdodD0nMCcgc3JjPSdodHRwczov元d3dy5nb29nbGV0YWdtYW5hZ2VyLmNvīS9ucy5odG1sP2lkPUdUTS1NRjZQWFhDJmFtcDtndG1fYXV0aD1LaEg2aGVDĬG9XSlVIbnFWemRFYTd3JmFtcDtndG1fcHJldmlldz1lbnYtMSZhbXA7Z3Rt ICAgfSkod2luZG93LGRvY3VtZW50LCdzY3JpcHQnLCdkYXRhTGF5ZXInLCdH Zi5wYXJlbnROb2RlLmluc2VydEJlZm9yZShqLGYpOwogICAgICAgIHdpbmRvĭy5fZGlkQXN5bmNJbmplY3RHb29nbGVUYWdNYW5hZ2VyID0gdHJ1ZTsKICAg JyZndG1fcHJldmlldz0nKydlbnYtMScrJyZndG1fY29va2llc193aW49eCc7 Z3RtX2F1dGg9JysnS2hINmhlQ3BvV0pVSG5xVnpkRWE3dycrCiAgICAgICAg 元d3dy5nb29nbGV0YWdtYW5hZ2VyLmNvbS9ndG0uanM/aWQ9JytpK2RsKycm ICAgIGo9ZC5jcmVhdGVFbGVtZW50KHMpLGRsPWwhPSdkYXRhTGF5ZXInPycmīD0nK2w6Jyc7ai5hc3luYz10cnVlO2ouc3JjPQogICAgICAgICdodHRwczov PHNjcmlwdD4KICAoZnVuY3Rpb24odyxkLHMsbCxpKXsKICAgICAgICBpZiAoĭ2luZG93Ll9kaWRBc3luY0luamVjdEdvb2dsZVRhZ01hbmFnZXIpIHJldHVyījsKICAgICAgICB3W2xdPXdbbF18fFtdO3dbbF0ucHVzaCh7J2d0bS5zdGFyĭCc6CiAgICAgICAgbmV3IERhdGUoKS5nZXRUaW1lKCksZXZlbnQ6J2d0bS5qĬyd9KTt2YXIgZj1kLmdldEVsZW1lbnRzQnlUYWdOYW1lKHMpWzBdLAogICAg ![]()
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