Live updates/game thread: Mississippi State at South Carolina (pres. by Goings Law Firm)

For the first time this season, SEC football gets played at Williams-Brice Stadium. South Carolina hosts Mississippi State in a night game at home, a chance to right the ship and get back to .500 on the young season.

It’s a tough test for South Carolina, which has owned the State series winning seven of the last eight games in the series and having won every game at home since 2000.

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Who: Mississippi State (2-1, 0-1 SEC) at South Carolina (1-2, 0-1 SEC)

When and where: 7:30 p.m. ET, Williams-Brice Stadium (77, 559)

How to watch: SEC Network (Tom Hart, Jordan Rodgers, Cole Cubelic)

How to listen: 107.5 FM/Gamecock Sports Network (Todd Ellis, Tommy Suggs, Chet Tucker)

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Game notes (from South Carolina media relations)

QUICKLY: It’s Family Weekend on the University of South Carolina campus as the South Carolina Gamecocks (1-2, 0-1 SEC) open home portion of their 2023 Southeastern Conference schedule when they host the Mississippi State Bulldogs (2-1, 0-1 SEC) on Saturday, Sept. 23. The contest at Williams-Brice Stadium (77,559) in Columbia, S.C. is set for a 7:30 pm kick.

OVER THE AIRWAVES: This week’s game will be televised by the SEC Network. Tom Hart will handle the
play-by-play while Jordan Rodgers adds the color commentary. Cole Cubelic will patrol the sidelines. The
Gamecock Sports Radio Network features a pair of Gamecock Great quarterbacks in Todd Ellis (32nd
season) and Tommy Suggs (51st season) in the booth. Chet Tucker is in his first season as the sideline
reporter.

SPECIAL DAY FOR A SPECIAL PLAYER: All-America and All-SEC wide receiver Alshon Jeffery will have his
jersey retired in ceremonies at halftime of this week’s game.

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CAROLINA VS. STATE: This is the 17th meeting between South Carolina and Mississippi State, with
the Gamecocks holding a 9-7 advantage in the all-time series, including a 5-3 record when the games have been played in Columbia. The schools never met before becoming SEC foes in 1992. The Bulldogs won six of the first eight meetings between the two teams, but the Gamecocks rallied to win the next seven in a row before MSU snapped that streak with a 27-14 win in 2016, the last time the teams met on the gridiron. State has not won in Columbia since 1998, losing the last four in a row.

LUCKY SEVEN: The Gamecocks have come out on the winning side in seven of the last eight meetings between the two schools, dating back to the turn of the century. Three of the wins in that stretch have been by four points or less, while the other four Gamecock wins came by at least a 15-point margin.

IT’S GOOD TO SCORE: The Gamecocks are 9-7 overall against Mississippi State but own a 9-4 record against the Bulldogs when putting points on the scoreboard. The Gamecocks have been blanked in the series three times, 23-0 in 1993, 38-0 in 1998 and 17-0 in 1999. They tried to make up for those three whitewashes with a 65-point effort in Starkville 1995.

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GOOD HOME COOKIN’: The Gamecock offense has had much more recent success at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia than at Davis-Wade Stadium in Starkville. Over the past seven games, South Carolina has scored 34, 38 and 34 points when playing at home against the Bulldogs, while tallying just 16, 15, 14 and 14 points in Starkville since 2001.

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