{"id":11146,"date":"2023-07-21T01:10:32","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T06:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/?p=11146"},"modified":"2023-07-21T01:10:32","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T06:10:32","slug":"spencer-rattler-explains-how-strong-finish-in-2022-has-impacted-south-carolinas-mindset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/spencer-rattler-explains-how-strong-finish-in-2022-has-impacted-south-carolinas-mindset\/","title":{"rendered":"Spencer Rattler explains how strong finish in 2022 has impacted South Carolina\u2019s mindset"},"content":{"rendered":"

You can\u2019t touch momentum, but you can feel it. Perhaps no player felt momentum more intimately last season than South Carolina<\/a> QB Spencer Rattler.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

After beginning last season 5-3, mediocrity looked like the Gamecocks\u2019 most likely outcome. However, something happened in November. The South Carolina team that looked like an average SEC squad turned into a juggernaut, begging opponents to overlook them.<\/p>\n

Fortunately for South Carolina, a few teams did. The Gamecocks didn\u2019t let the opportunity go to waste. Rattler and the Gamecocks finished the regular season with wins over No. 5 Tennessee<\/a> and No. 7 Clemson<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, the redshirt senior reflected on the rollercoaster season.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom November on, everything started to click. We got our full confidence,\u201d Rattler told On3\u2019s Andy Staples. \u201cWe all know if you ride that momentum and continue to work and stay consistent. You can\u2019t expect everything to happen, but you got to work towards it. And you know, we\u2019re just stacking on these days.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Although South Carolina\u2019s hot streak ended in a grueling 45-38 loss to Notre Dame in the Gator Bowl, the season was a success, especially for Rattler. In his first campaign<\/a> with the Gamecocks, Rattler completed 264-of-399 passes (66.2%) for 4,026 yards with 18 touchdowns and 12 interceptions.<\/p>\n

Expectations are even higher for Rattler this season. The 22-year-old quarterback isn\u2019t afraid of the lofty goals. In fact, they\u2019re the reason he came back.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just think I definitely weighed the options out. There were more pros with coming back, obviously,\u201d Rattler said. \u201cI graduate in December, so I\u2019ll get my degree. That\u2019s something that\u2019ll mean a lot to me and my family. So that was one.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I feel like we left a little on the table the year before. So I\u2019ve got a lot more\u00a0to prove<\/a>,\u201d said Rattler. \u201cI think that\u2019s why me and\u00a0Juice Wells<\/a> came back. We feel like we\u2019ve got something to prove.\u00a0That\u2019s what we\u2019re trying to do this year as a group<\/a>,\u201d Rattler said at SEC Media Days.<\/p>\n

Gamecocks head coach Shane Beamer couldn\u2019t be happier to return his star QB.<\/p>\n

\u201cAbsolutely glad that he decided to come back. He\u2019s a great guy, love being around him. (He) makes our team better, makes our program better in coming back for another season. He\u2019s still young. He\u2019s played a lot of college football, but he\u2019s still a young guy, and this is the best thing for his future also,\u201d Beamer said.<\/p>\n

Watch Rattler attempt to use the momentum from last season as South Carolina opens its 2023 campaign against North Carolina on Sept. 2.<\/p>\n

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