BATON ROUGE, La. — LSU kicker Colt David played soccer most of his life.

Now Steve Spurrier and a multitude of football fans know David can make plays with his hands as well as his feet.

No. 2 LSU put one over on the Ol' Ball Coach, scoring on a fake field goal and piling up 290 rushing yards to defeat No. 12 South Carolina, 28-16, yesterday.

The fake widened LSU's lead to 21-7 at halftime, deflating a South Carolina defense that had kept LSU within a touchdown on David's 42-yard miss a drive earlier.

Next time, the Tigers set up from the 22-yard line, but the holder, quarterback Matt Flynn, tossed a no-look flip over his shoulder to David, who ran 15 yards for the score with ease.

"It was pretty close until then and that just put another dagger in them," David said. "It always works (in practice). We felt confident with it. I've been playing soccer all my life, but I also can catch footballs."

Jacob Hester's power and Trindon Holliday's speed were key for LSU on the ground and its dominant defense did the rest with two interceptions and a pair of stops on fourth-and-short.

Holliday had a career-high 73 yards rushing, including a 33-yard touchdown, while Hester finished with 88 yards and a score.