South Carolina has already played four road games this season, and the Gamecocks have performed well in all of them. South Carolina is 3-1 on the road entering Saturday’s game at Clemson, with three 20-plus point wins and a close loss to Alabama.

With both teams coming into the matchup as top 20 teams, South Carolina vs Clemson carries a little more juice than it has in recent history. Gamecocks' head coach Shane Beamer spent time addressing the Tigers ahead of Saturday's matchup.

Shane Beamer has a challenge this week. The South Carolina coach has to somehow tamp down the hype, excitement and meaning of Saturday’s game at Clemson. Well, at least to his team. “I do think sometimes in these rivalry games,” Beamer said, “you can almost over-hype them and drain your players mentally before you even get to Saturday.”