South Carolina football coach Shane Beamer just wrapped up his fourth season as head coach in Columbia. The Gamecock headman has set a new record for most wins through four years at USC (29) and has the program seemingly on the rise.

Shane Beamer erupted on Tuesday after Bret Bielema appeared to taunt South Carolina's coach during the Citrus Bowl:

South Carolina coach Shane Beamer had seen enough from his taunting Illinois counterpart and lost it. The wild scene occurred after Illinois cornerback Jaheim Clarke was injured tackling South Carolina quarterback LaNorris Sellers in the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Fla., on Tuesday.

"Beamer could hardly believe it at first. He taunted Shane Beamer, and Beamer had enough and snapped," ESPN sideline reporter Quint Kessenich said.

An Illinois football player was down near the South Carolina sideline at one point in the second half and Bret Bielema went over to check on his player. He then did the T-bar gesture that you will see on kickoffs as he walked away, and Shane Beamer thought that Bielema was taunting him. Bielema explained what happened after the game.

After Illini defensive back Jaheim Clarke went down with an injury, his coach Bret Bielema walked over to check on him. Once he was done with the check-up, he held his arms out to both sides in the signal for substitution. He did this with quite a bit of attitude, and in the direction of Gamecocks coach Shane Beamer.

Shane Beamer took exception to a gesture made by Illinois coach Bret Bielema during the Citrus Bowl on Tuesday night.

Beamer's anger likely stemmed from a tit-for-tat battle between the two coaches, each of whom were sending in late substitutions all game long. And Bielema's laughter occurred shortly after the heated interaction, when he sent in three defensive players with the play clock winding down, forcing Beamer to burn a timeout.