The hole was already plenty deep. South Carolina, mostly by its own doing, found itself trailing by three touchdowns at halftime on Saturday. Desperately needing a sign of life, the Gamecocks came out of the break and slowly drove down the field and moved inside the Ole Miss 20-yard line. But then came a big decision on 4th and 4. Do you go for it and extend the drive to try and score a touchdown or just take the points by way of a field goal? Head coach Shane Beamer went with the latter option, taking his offense off the field and sending out his kicker Alex Herrera to try a 38-yard field goa…