Shane Beamer provides latest on South Carolina left tackle competition
South Carolina offensive tackle Tree Babalade didn’t arrive in Columbia as a freshman last year until the summer but as the Gamecocks took the field at No. 1 Georgia it was the then-true freshman who trotted out with the first team. The 6-foot-5, 325-pounder would ultimately play in 11 games for the Gamecocks, starting nine, as a true freshman last year, saying plenty about both his talent level and the overall situation on the offensive line. With a full year’s worth of SEC experience, Babalade is back and hoping to take another step forward in 2024 but is being pushed by a true freshman in J...