If the Tennessee win had South Carolina football's smiles grinning from ear to ear, the 31-30 upset of rivals Clemson meant their faces could no longer contain the joy.

The victory marked back to back top-10 victories and the first win over the Tigers since 2013 as the momentum of the program has seen a massive overdrive in the past two weeks.

"Unbelievable," was the first word out of Head Coach Shane Beamer's mouth as he stepped to the postgame mic. "Good luck to Coach Swinney and his team next week in Charlotte. That was a championship level team we just beat. I told him in that handshake, we played our ever living you-know-what off because we knew what it would take to beat these guys....I am so so so so so so happy for our fans. I know how important this rivalry is...I'm just so happy for our fans. I'm so happy for our seniors, our players. A total team effort. The fight in this team, I hope yall understand, it is special."

"A lot of teams would be content with beating a Tennessee team by 30 points," quarterback Spencer Rattler said. "But we wanted more. These last two games of the season changed the narrative of the program's history."