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South Carolina football vs Virginia Tech kickoff time announced for 2025 season opener
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COLUMBIA — South Carolina football's season opener against Virginia Tech will kickoff at 3 p.m. ET on Aug. 31.
The kickoff time for the neutral site game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta will be televised by ESPN.
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This is the first game time announcement for the 2025 season for the Gamecocks , who finished 9-4 in 2024 and ended the season with a loss to Illinois in the Citrus Bowl.
Coach Shane Beamer will start his fifth season with South Carolina against an opponent whose program history he knows well.
Beamer went to Virginia Tech and played as a walk-on under his father, Frank Beamer who was a legendary coach for the Hokies from 1987 to 2015. At his alma matter, he won a school-record 238 games in 29 seasons.
In 2011, after serving as an assistant coach for Steve Spurrier at South Carolina, Beamer joined his father at Virginia Tech as the running backs coach. He was there until his dad retired after the 2015 season.
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Beamer is 29-22 overall and 15-17 in conference play in four seasons. He returns star quarterback LaNorris Sellers , who had a breakout season as a starter. Sellers finished 196-of-299 passing for 2,534 yards and 18 touchdowns in addition 674 rushing yards and seven rushing touchdowns.
The program however lost five defensive players in the 2025 NFL Draft and had eight others sign free-agent contracts.
Lulu Kesin covers South Carolina athletics for The Greenville News and the USA TODAY Network. Email her at lkesin@gannett.com and follow her on X, formerly known as Twitter, @Lulukesin
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