South Carolina coach Shane Beamer told Paul Finebaum a SEC title is “absolutely attainable” during SEC Media Days.

South Carolina surged in 2024, and with legit star power, the Gamecocks are a threat to storm into the College Football Playoff in 2025.

“LaNorris Sellers is the best player in the country, and all you media people that vote on the Heisman,” Beamer said after his young quarterback led Carolina over Clemson, “if you’re not voting for that guy in the mix of the Heisman Trophy, you’re out of your minds.”

Jackson Arnold’s first year starting in the SEC didn’t go as he had planned. Throughout 2024, the former Oklahoma quarterback endured plenty of struggles in a year he described as “tough.” Those tough times began when the former five-star recruit was benched in only his fifth start against Tennessee on Sept.

There has also been talk of expanding the SEC’s schedule from eight games to nine for 2026. Beamer said that with South Carolina’s annual rivalry game with Clemson, the Gamecocks in effect already play nine “conference-level” games per year.

The matchup against South Carolina was Arnold's second appearance in an SEC game. He appeared in four games during his freshman season when Oklahoma was a member of the Big 12 and had appeared in just one SEC game during 2024, a game against Tennessee in which he was ultimately benched.

South Carolina coach doesn’t mind if SEC moves from eight to nine conference football games per year but pointed out the Gamecocks also have to play Clemson

As the Gamecocks miss key pieces on their offense from last season, the SEC Now crew explains what South Carolina has to do in the passing and running game to help supplement the losses.