If you want to honor female student athletes, then do that, not this." Later Sunday, Harris tweeted that Beamer was "coaching in the heat of the game and has been nothing but supportive of female sports."
The Bulldogs cruised to a 48-7 win.Įarlier Sunday, South Carolina soccer player Jyllissa Harris retweeted a video of Beamer's reaction and expressed her disappointment, writing, "We were on the field for maybe 15 seconds then screamed at to get off. Georgia, which led 14-0 at the time, held South Carolina to four yards on the play and took possession. My first initial reaction was to yell, 'Get off the field.' I had no idea who was down there." I look down in the end zone and I see why. We did what we were asked to do and we were not able to snap the football. Georgia is able to see the formation that we're in. "We send our offense out there to go for it," Beamer said. Game officials had instructed the teams to be ready for play immediately after television timeouts. "I apologize to anyone that I offended," Beamer said Sunday.īeamer told reporters he didn't know the ceremony would be taking place, and had been debating what to do on the fourth-down play when he noticed the group in the end zone. ESPN cameras caught Beamer screaming toward the athletes and gesturing in frustration.
The Gamecocks' offense was lining up for a fourth-and-9 play but had to wait for the female athletes to exit the field before snapping the ball. 1 Georgia.Īfter the first quarter, South Carolina invited all 275 of its female athletes to one of the end zones at Williams Brice Stadium, as part of an ongoing celebration of the 50th anniversary of Title IX legislation. South Carolina coach Shane Beamer apologized Sunday for shouting at a group of female athletes to leave the field during a Title IX recognition in Saturday's game against No.
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