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South Carolina’s Shane Beamer calls out Illinois. Brett Bielema responds
Shane Beamer didn’t sleep off his frustration from Tuesday’s South Carolina bowl loss to Illinois.
The Gamecocks’ fourth-year coach credited the Preventing Illini for his or her 21-17 back-and-forth victory within the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl over South Carolina, however then proceeded to defend his workforce in a continued disagreement between him and Preventing Illini coach Bret Bielema.
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Beamer tweeted his ideas on the scenario on the primary day of 2025.
“Simply disillusioned that OUR workforce and I acquired known as ‘unethical’ in a press convention for one thing we legally did on particular groups,” Beamer wrote on social media.
“I don’t take that calmly. Unethical appears like this — together with our (working again) getting his helmet ripped off on the similar time, together with the (Illinois) participant taunting him after which tossing the ball on the umpire’s leg — who does nothing.”
About two hours later, Bielema subtweeted to Beamer “Joyful New Yr and congrats on an ideal season…. #HappNewYear2025 #CFBPlayoff”
Beamer needed to be held again throughout the third quarter of the bowl sport on Tuesday after it appeared Bielema taunted him with a substitution gesture utilized by sport officers.
“It is heated and aggressive on the market however in all my years of being round soccer I’ve by no means seen an opposing head coach come over to the opposing workforce sideline and principally make a gesture in the direction of the opposing head coach,” Beamer mentioned in a postgame information convention. “I believe he was upset about one thing that we did on the kickoff return in regard to Juju McDowell on the throw again to Nyck Harbor however I might say he must verify the rule guide as a result of that is one thing we have cleared with the officers earlier than sport.”
Talking after the sport, Bielema mentioned he made the gesture towards all the South Carolina sideline, not simply Beamer. He made the gesture as he got here out to verify on an injured Illini participant. It was in reference to a lateral cross on a kickoff after he and his workforce thought the play was already over.
“There’s a unwritten philosophy in teaching that while you do that as school kickoff return man, what you’re doing is you’re telling everyone else that it’s going to be a good catch and it’s going to be lifeless ultimately zone when the ball lands,” Bielema instructed reporters whereas making the T-bar gesture.
“They didn’t do something unlawful, but it surely put us, I believe, ready that the ethic of what that’s acquired evaporated there as a result of our youngsters stopped.”
Each Beamer and Bielema shook fingers after the sport.
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