re: Worst game, your team lost. That still makes you scratch your head

Most SC fans have already mentioned the 2011 Auburn game and the 2013 Tennessee games, and those are definitely two of the worst in Gamecock history, but a few other recent games come to mind:

The 2014 games against Mizzou, UK, and Tennessee.

We had a 13 point lead with 7:25 to go in the 4th quarter against Mizzou that we blew and lost 20-21.

We had a 14 point lead over UK with 11:45 in the 4th quarter and managed to give up 21 unanswered to lose 45-38.

To top it all off, we had a 14 point lead over Tennessee with 4:25 left in the game. They scored two touchdowns and sent it to overtime where they kicked a field goal and won 45-42.

If USC manages to hold those 3 leads its record would be 9-3 and the SEC record would have been 6-2, which would have tied UGA and Mizzou that year, but with head-to-head victories against those two the Gamecocks would have been in the SEC Championship. Who knows, maybe Spurrier doesn't make his "2 or 3 years" comment and we don't slide into the hole that we are currently working our way out of.

I know, I know, "if ifs and buts..."