South Carolina headed into Saturday’s game against Alabama entering a “Groundhog Day”-like scenario. The week before, the Gamecocks took on an Ole Miss squad that fell to an unranked opponent in its previous matchup. The same could be said for the Crimson Tide, which lost to Vanderbilt last weekend. South Carolina’s Week 7 contest bore some resemblance to its matchup against Ole Miss, most notably when the Gamecocks fell behind 14-0. As the game wore on, the Gamecocks re-wrote some history by gaining the lead at one point. But a change of scenery ultimately would not lead South Carolina to a d…