Beamer intimated that South Carolina would ask the Southeastern Conference office to review the video and look specifically at the spate of Ole Miss injuries. He also noted he doesn't fault officials, who must err on the side of player-safety in-game.

It is the thumb war between Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin and South Carolina’s Shane Beamer — with supremacy on X (formerly Twitter) at stake. And it’s basically a two-man race. Among the 16 head football coaches in the SEC, Kiffin and Beamer occupy their own air.