Illinois QB Claims South Carolina Gamers Did not Know Who They Performed

Illinois silenced the narrative about South Carolina and the School Soccer Playoff with a press release victory within the Citrus Bowl on New 12 months’s Eve. Based on Illini quarterback Luke Altmyer, a number of the Gamecocks gamers didn’t even know who they have been enjoying in the course of the week main as much as kickoff!

It’s unclear as as to whether the SEC faculty was making an attempt to be humorous and troll the Large Ten or if it was a very embarrassing actuality. Both means, this newest nugget of knowledge makes the dropping facet look even worse.

Coming into the school soccer postseason, there was a number of dialog concerning the new 12-team Playoff and who deserved to get in. A lot of the chatter needed to do with the Southeastern Convention. Fairly a number of pundits argued {that a} three-loss Alabama, three-loss Ole Miss and three-loss South Carolina ought to get in over a two-loss staff like SMU or perhaps a one-loss staff like Indiana.

The Gamecocks performed their greatest ball down the stretch and solely misplaced at house to the LSU Tigers in September due to a bogus officiating blunder. They nonetheless didn’t get in.

Consequently, Shane Beamer’s squad dropped all the way down to the Citrus Bowl in opposition to a three-loss Large Ten opponent. Illinois gained the sport in dramatic vogue. Each coaches practically got here to blows throughout a heated altercation within the second half. It was intense.

Altmyer started his profession at Ole Miss so he’s very acquainted with the hubris of the SEC. The redshirt junior signal-caller stated that it reached a fever pitch earlier within the week as each groups descended upon Orlando for bowl week. South Carolina gamers apparently referred to the Illini as Syracuse.