If it means we win the football game, I’ll do whatever I have to do to win a football game,” Beamer said with a laugh. “But this year, we are offering $10,000 to the winning team’s charity of choice if Duke’s Mayo is dunked after the game.”įans, attendees and watchers of the Duke’s Mayo Bowl have been calling for a mayo bath since the company put its name on the bowl three seasons ago.Īs of Tuesday, North Carolina football coach Mack Brown had not publicly stated where he stands on a potential dunking of mayonnaise.īeamer, who was in uptown Charlotte on Monday night as the keynote speaker at the Bronco Nagurski Award banquet for college football’s top defensive player, doubled down on his initial statement about the mayo bath. “I apologize for misleading you about the possibility of a Duke’s Mayo bath following last year’s bowl game,” Morrison said in a video posted on the bowl game’s social media account, where it is famously known for its humor and satire. ![]() It's the first bowl game in three season for the Gamecocks and the first of the Beamer era.ĭan Morrison, the executive director of the bowl, revealed a couple of hours prior to Sunday's announcement of the South Carolina-North Carolina matchup that the bowl game would be offering up to $10,000 for a charity of the winning team’s choice if a Duke’s Mayo bath is administered after the game. 30 in Charlotte at Bank of America Stadium in the Duke's Mayo Bowl. ![]() USC will meet the Tar Heels at 11:30 a.m. Hope for South Carolina: South Carolina closes regular season with bad loss to Clemson. North Carolina scouting report: What South Carolina football should be concerned about most in North Carolina at Duke's Mayo Bowl “I mean, I’ll gladly take one for the team on that one if it means we won a football game but woof.” “I’m not a big mayonnaise guy,” Beamer said during his bowl game announcement news conference Sunday night. That’s enough convincing for Beamer, a not-so-big fan of the condiment. His Gamecocks (6-6) getting a win over North Carolina (6-6) would be the start of the conversation. So what would it take for the South Carolina football coach to get a mayo bath, in place of the standard dunking of Gatorade, at the Duke’s Mayo Bowl? We’ll see if they can make up any ground on that in 2022, considering they have Spencer Rattler coming around next season.View Gallery: Photos from Clemson at South Carolina gameĬOLUMBIA – By his own admission, Shane Beamer is not a big fan of mayonnaise. While they went just 3-5 in SEC play and lost to Clemson, they still nabbed a win to sail above. This included a 69-yard reception that went for the first touchdown of the day.įor how things looked for SC at times, a 7-6 finish is definitely optimism-inducing. ![]() The Gamecock tight end scored two touchdowns and hauled in 159 receiving yards on just five receptions. Jaheim Bell also stood out for South Carolina. Juju McDowell averaged a team-best 10.4 on five carries, earning a touchdown run as well. UNC was unable to corral the ground game as four different players averaged at least 5.9 YPC on the day. The Gamecock running back scampered for 182 yards on a 5.9 yards per carry clip. ![]() Kevin Harris had himself a day in the backfield. The win marked the first bowl win for the program since the 2018 Outback Bowl, where they beat the Michigan Wolverines. Shane Beamer earned a mayo bath at the conclusion of the 2021 Duke’s Mayo Bowl.īeamer’s South Carolina Gamecocks defeated the North Carolina Tar Heels 38-21 on Thursday evening.
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