Unranked South Carolina (3-3, 2-2 SEC) pulled off the biggest upset of the 2019 college football season with a 20-17 double-overtime win over No. 3 Georgia (5-1, 2-1 SEC) in Athens Saturday.
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Georgia dominated on offense, outgaining the Gamecocks 468-29, but gave up four turnovers, including an incredibly costly tipped interception on the first drive of overtime.
The game came down to the kickers in overtime, as Parker White missed a 33-yard attempt that would have been a game-winner in the first overtime, but nailed a 24-yarder in the second overtime to give South Carolina the lead.
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On Georgia’s drive in the second overtime, UGA’s Rodrigo Blankenship — who was 12-for-13 on the year, with the lone miss coming on a blocked 53-yard attempt Saturday — saw his 42-yard attempt sail left, ending the game.
Wide left!
— ESPN (@espn) October 12, 2019
South Carolina takes down No. 3 Georgia in Athens! pic.twitter.com/Eg85pwbjiL
The win was South Carolina's first in the series since 2014, when a missed UGA field goal gave the Gamecocks a 38-35 win. Georgia had outscored them 145-61 since then.
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The Bulldogs uncharacteristically leaned on Fromm against South Carolina, as the junior went 28-for-51 for 295 yards, one touchdown, and three interceptions. That set a career high for incompletions (23) and attempts for Fromm. His previous high was 39, against Alabama in the 2018 SEC championship, which the Bulldogs also lost.
Georgia is now 0-5 all-time when Fromm attempts more than 29 passes.
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Fromm wasn't without highlights, as he engineered a 96-yard drive in the fourth quarter that ended with an 11-yard touchdown pass to tie the game with just 1:48 left.
Jake Fromm ➡️ Demetris Robertson
— SEC Network (@SECNetwork) October 12, 2019
THIS GAME IS TIED. pic.twitter.com/xjXmpMguub
But the career-high three interceptions were too costly to overcome.
South Carolina saw their own issues at quarterback, when quarterback Ryan Hilinksi left the game in the third quarter with a left knee injury. Hilinksi had gone 15-for-20 for 116 yards and a touchdown before he left and was replaced by Dakereon Joyner, who was 6-for-12 for 39 yards passing and rushed six times for 28 yards on the game.
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But the difference in the game was South Carolina’s Israel Mukuamu, who accounted for all three of Fromm’s interceptions, and ran the first back for a touchdown.
🚨 PICK. SIX. GAMECOCKS. 🚨@GamecockFB leads No. 3 Georgia, 17-10 at halftime. pic.twitter.com/W1dY5juOUt
— SEC Network (@SECNetwork) October 12, 2019
