Sellers Throws Four Touchdowns as South Carolina Rolls Florida
Florida led after one score. Bailey Stockton caught a 59-yard touchdown pass from Aaron Philo, and the Gators were up 7-0 with 11:25 left in the first quarter. From there on, the game belonged to LaNorris Sellers.
Sellers answered in the same quarter with a 15-yard touchdown pass to Nyck Harbor, and it was tied at 7 with 12 seconds left in the first. The teams traded field goals, and then Sellers found Mazeo Bennett Jr. from 12 yards with 1:47 left in the second to make it 17-10. That was the only lead change of the game, and Florida never got back in front. After a Patrick Durkin field goal cut it to 17-13 early in the third, South Carolina scored three straight touchdowns: a 26-yard pass to Donovan Murph, a 1-yard Sellers run and a 21-yard pass to Lex Cyrus. That made it 38-13 with 8:07 to play.
Florida's last score was a 2-yard Jadan Baugh run with 1:01 left (the two-point try failed), which made the final 38-19 look closer than anything on the field was.
The turnovers did not help the home team. Florida gave it away three times, two interceptions plus a lost fumble, while South Carolina did not turn it over once. The yardage was nearly even, 396 for the visitors and 387 for the Gators, so the difference was mostly the giveaways and Sellers finishing drives. Philo threw for 227 yards on 21 of 28, which is a fine day with a bad ending.
South Carolina moves to 3-3 and Florida falls to 4-2. Sellers had the best fantasy day of anyone in the game at 43.2 points, a season high for him. Five touchdowns will do that.