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South Carolina head coach Steve Spurrier who refers to himself as just an “Ole Ball Coach” has largely had his way with Tennessee (7-1, 3-1) through the years. The coach  took eight of 12 games from the Vols as Gators coach from 1990-2001. And when Rocky Top supporters gleefully planned for revenge after the ball coach took over at South Carolina, he led the Gamecocks to their first win in Knoxville last fall.

It looked like Spurrier's hex was in effect again at Williams-Brice Stadium after South Carolina (5-3, 3-3) overcame a two-touchdown deficit to lead 17-14 after three quarters.

But Ainge found Smith on a 12-yard TD pass to put the Vols (7-1, 3-1) ahead for good with 13:10 left. After forcing South Carolina to punt on its next possession, Jonathan Hefney had a 65-yard punt return to South Carolina's 5 and Arian Foster had a touchdown run on the next play.

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The Gamecocks closed to 31-24 on Syvelle Newton's 1-yard TD run with 2:24 to go. Tennessee was forced to punt - Ainge was out with a bad ankle on the series - and South Carolina had one final chance. However, Newton's desperation heave was intercepted by Demetrice Morley as time ran out.

The Tennessee Volunteers and coach Phillip Fulmer can laugh it up, at least for this year. The victory pushed Fulmer one ahead of the ball coach in SEC wins after the two came in tied at 134 each.

The Vols road to the SEC championship game doesn't get much easier the next two weeks. They take on No. 13 LSU and No. 12 Arkansas before closing the SEC against Vanderbilt and Kentucky. Even if Tennessee wins out, it would need help from an SEC team to knock off Florida.

Tennessee continued its torrid pace of covering against the spread in 2006 by covering  seven times out of eight. The Volunteers were installed favorites by a –4-point chalk with a total of 43.5. Over backers cashed on the game with the 55 combined points put up by the Gamecocks and Volunteers.

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