South Carolina DL Tonka Hemingway scored a 2-point conversion from this super-weird formation
Someone call Mike Golic Jr. We got points scored by a big boy.
South Carolina didn’t give its opponent any warning. After scoring the opening touchdown against in-state FCS opponent South Carolina State on Thursday night, the Gamecocks got cocky and sent a Tonka truck plowing ahead for the two-point conversion.
No, really. South Carolina took Tonka Hemingway — a 6-foot-3, 295-pound. defensive tackle — lined him up in a wildly absurd formation, snapped the ball directly to him, and let him truck ahead for two points.
What’s disappointing is that this formation worked to near perfection. Which is to say, we didn’t get to see Hemingway run anyone over. He took the snap, cut to his left, dashed to right, and rumbled into the end-zone untouched.
The play was both remarkable and weird.
See for yourself:
The formation was, indeed, an incredibly odd one. South Carolina lined up two receivers way out to the right, then had Hemingway about five yards behind the snapper and two blockers, then had the other five players bunched up on the left. It caught the S.C. State Bulldogs by surprise.
If the Gamecocks haven’t named the play yet, the Sickos Committee has a suggestion: THICC TWO.
Hemingway has shown that he’s more than just a defensive tackle, but he’s pretty good in the trenches too. He had two tackles and a half-a-sack in the first half Thursday night.
This also wasn’t the only crazy play to happen in the first quarter of this game. On South Carolina’s first possession, Spencer Rattler threw a ball that his diving receiver couldn’t quite hang on to. One S.C. State player juggled the ball to keep it alive, and Duane Nichols secured the interception.
For a Thursday night game between teams from the SEC and MEAC, it’s been eventful. South Carolina led 22-0 at halftime.