Muschamp upset

South Carolina Coach Will Muschamp expressed dissatisfaction at his weekly news conference Tuesday that Gamecocks junior quarterback Jake Bentley wasn’t the SEC offensive player of the week for his performance at Clemson.

Bentley completed 32 of 50 passes for a school-record 510 yards and 5 touchdowns with 1 interception against the No. 2 Tigers, but Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa and Vanderbilt quarterback Kyle Shurmur shared SEC offensive player of the week honors.

“I do think it’s important when a young man does some special things to get recognized for it,” Muschamp said. “He’s the first quarterback in Southeastern Conference history to have that many yards against a top-5 team, and he had five touchdowns. In the history of the league. Never been done before. That’s pretty impressive, in my opinion.”

Muschamp then took a shot at the SEC and its marketing slogan.

“We have a saying, ‘It just means more,’ ” Muschamp said. “It just means more sometimes depending on what your logo is. Call it like it is.

“I am going to defend our kids. Make sure we all understand that. I work for South Carolina.”

Presumably, Muschamp was referring to the SEC showing favoritism toward perennial powerhouse Alabama and not Vanderbilt, which never has won a conference championship in football.

What Muschamp failed to mention is that Alabama beat Auburn 52-21 and Vanderbilt beat Tennessee 38-13 behind their quarterbacks’ strong performances, while Clemson beat South Carolina 56-35 despite Bentley’s big numbers.

Tagovailoa, the favorite to win the Heisman Trophy, completed 25 of 32 passes for 324 yards and 5 touchdowns against Auburn and also rushed for a touchdown. Shurmur completed his first 15 passes against Tennessee and finished 31 of 35 for 367 yards with 3 touchdowns.