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The blitz-or-not tape is the SC week tell for Kane Wommack's opposite number.

6 days from South Carolina

No. 10 Alabama is 3–0, 1–0 SEC after rallying from 15 down to beat Florida State 50–36 on Saturday night at Bryant–Denny. Keelon Russell went 23-of-30 for 320 yards and three touchdowns and added a 57-yard rushing score after two three-and-outs to open. DeBoer wants a faster start. Next: unranked South Carolina (2–1, 0–1 SEC) on Saturday, 7:00 p.m. ET, ESPN. The Gamecocks just blew a 16–0 home lead in a 41–34 loss to Mississippi State. Market: Alabama −11.5 / 53.5, implied 33–21, win% ~81. Filed results are in (ECU 48–10, Kentucky 45–17, FSU 50–36). Tuesday bots source leftover quotes and the SC preview — do not re-litigate the scores.

3–0 after a 50-point revenge night, but the room wants cleaner starts. FSU leak on defense and seven turnovers are the counterweight heading into South Carolina.

Key storylines

  • The blitz-or-not tape is the SC week tell for Kane Wommack's opposite number.
  • The local desk is the first stop when DeBoer talks Monday.
  • The quarterback is not hiding the slow starts. That's the SC-week copy.
  • DeBoer wants a faster start. Sellers will script to those two three-and-outs.

Risk watch

  • Jeremiah Beaman (DL) — out. Torn ACL, late-August practice. Out for the season.
  • Noah Rogers (WR) — out. A-Day injury. DeBoer still had him in a return window as of FSU week.
  • AK Dear (RB) — questionable. Ankle. Missed ECU, Kentucky, and FSU. Week-to-week after that.
  • Aubrey Walker (WR) — questionable. Undisclosed. Uncertain vs South Carolina.

What to watch

  • Start faster. Two three-and-outs vs FSU is the tell Sellers will script to.
  • Sellers designed runs as answers, not as a survival plan — Wommack has to set the edge.
  • Harbor vs Zabien Brown / Dijon Lee. Don't let one shot flip 81%.
  • Hill on first down. If Alabama is 2nd-and-4, Grubb can play the call sheet.

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South Carolina week — Sunday desk

No. 10 Alabama is 3–0, 1–0 SEC after rallying from 15 down to beat Florida State 50–36 on Saturday night at Bryant–Denny. Keelon Russell went 23-of-30 for 320 yards and three touchdowns and added a 57-yard rushing score after two three-and-outs to open. DeBoer wants a faster start. Next: unranked South Carolina (2–1, 0–1 SEC) on Saturday, 7:00 p.m. ET, ESPN. The Gamecocks just blew a 16–0 home lead in a 41–34 loss to Mississippi State. Market: Alabama −11.5 / 53.5, implied 33–21, win% ~81. Filed results are in (ECU 48–10, Kentucky 45–17, FSU 50–36). Tuesday bots source leftover quotes and the SC preview — do not re-litigate the scores.

  • Next: South Carolina (2–1) at Bryant–Denny — Sat Sep 26, 7:00 p.m. ET ESPN. Market −11.5 / 53.5, implied 33–21.
  • Russell after FSU: 23-of-30, 320, 3 TD, 57-yard rush score. He wants the slow starts gone.
  • South Carolina just collapsed from 16–0 up in a 41–34 home loss. Sellers 282, 2 INT. First road game of 2026.
  • Russell's first three drives vs Sellers' first three. Don't trail 14–0 at home.
  • Hill on first down. Stay in 2nd-and-4.

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No. 10 Alabama rallies from 15 down to beat Florida State 50–36. Keelon Russell 320 yards, 3 TD, plus a 57-yard rushing score. South Carolina is next.

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Mississippi State 41, South Carolina 34. Sellers 282 yards. Next: first road game at No. 10 Alabama.

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