South Carolina football in free fall as Shane Beamer may be out of time with buyout decision looming

Coming off a thrashing against Alabama last week, which came one week after losing to Mississippi State after holding a 16-0 lead, the dam seems to have officially broken in Columbia on different ways to lose a game.This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners.If you sign up or place a wager, FOX News may be compensated.
This content was created by a team that works independently from the FOX newsroom.Leading 17-0 against Kentucky at home, South Carolina fans have grown accustomed to never taking a lead for granted.In this case for those wearing Garnett, it was as if the game was tied 0-0 given past instances of being let down by the results.BIG MONEY, BIGGER DISASTER: MINNESOTA EXPOSES MICHIGAN AS WOLVERINES ARE LATEST EXAMPLE OF WASTED NIL FUNDSAnd now, after Kentucky beat South Carolina 35-34 in overtime on a two-point conversion to move to 4-1, the chatter throughout the state will only grow louder for the Gamecocks’ athletic department to make a change at head coach.South Carolina head coach Shane Beamer greets fans before the game against Kentucky at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, S.C., on Oct.
3, 2026.(Getty Images)This was the Gamecocks eighth straight SEC loss, and also their 12th loss against Power-4 opponents in the past 14 games.
If the Gamecocks were to fire Shane Beamer before the end of the year, he would be owed an estimated $22.5 million for his departure.To be fair to Shane Beamer, the program is not getting a return on investment with the money spent on players like LaNorris Sellers or Dylan Stewart, which reportedly hovers above $5 million combined.If anything, the football team has been robbed blind by Stewart, given his lack of production and antics on the field this season, and we just started the month of October.In hopes of putting an end to any distractions coming off last week's temper-tantrums along the sidelines in Tuscaloosa, Beamer suspended Dylan Stewart indefinitely this week from the program, wit...