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With a pivotal 2024 season fast approaching, Shane Beamer and South Carolina's football program have a handful of games where the pressure to win will be palpable. One of those games will be against the Texas A&M Aggies, who are now led by first-year head coach Mike Elko.

Shane Beamer, along with South Carolina's football team, will be making the trip to Norman to take on the Oklahoma Sooners this Fall, a program that Beamer is quite familiar with due his time with the team preceding his head coaching tenure in Columbia. Sooners fans are excited to welcome home the beloved former assistant, and with the schedule dynamic slightly in the Gamecocks favor, it could be an intriguing matchup that goes beyond the storylines.

For the first time in 15 years, Shane Beamer and South Carolina's football team will be playing the Alabama Crimson Tide in Tuscaloosa. Despite the changes in leadership, with Nick Saban retiring and Kalen DeBoer taking over, Tide fans still feel confident about their chances to defeat the Gamecocks in Bryant-Denny Stadium.

Paul Mainieri was officially introduced as the new head coach of South Carolina's baseball program on Thursday afternoon, bringing a palpable sense of excitement and optimism with him. When talking about what his on-field expectations would be for his team, there was one prevailing trend that stood out amongst the rest.

Shane Beamer and South Carolina's football team are looking to bounce back from a disappointing 2023 season and get back to the postseason in 2024. If the Gamecocks are going to accomplish that goal, there are three things that MUST happen revolving around LaNorris Sellers' adjustment to being the starting quarterback, and defense's lack of big plays, and the big question mark at placekicker in the aftermath of Mitch Jeter leaving the program.

Shane Beamer and South Carolina's football team will be hosting the LSU Tigers in Williams-Brice Stadium for the first time since 2008 this upcoming SEC football season. While many expect the Tigers to come out on top, factors such as the kickoff time, pressure on Brian Kelly in 2024, and Garrett Nussmeier's lack of playing experience in true road environments could swing the game in the Gamecocks' favor.