Taylor didn't need the gaudy per-game numbers he put up against overmatched competition the first two weeks to answer the test South Carolina posed. He threw for 251 yards and four touchdowns, and five different Mississippi State receivers caught one, which is the kind of spread-it-around night that's hard for a defense to defend for four quarters.
LaNorris Sellers got his own first real test of the season and split the difference. He went 25-of-40 for 282 yards and two touchdowns, proof the dual-threat game is real, but two interceptions turned into the kind of margin South Carolina couldn't overcome against a Bulldogs offense that made every one count.