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Gamecocks Football Recruiting: Stadnik Brothers Commit

The South Carolina Gamecocks landed a set of brothers.  The Stadnik brothers to be exact and they are offensive line players to boot.  Today, Brock (6-foot-5, 290 pounds) and Clayton (6-3, 255) Stadnik of Greensboro, N.C, announced that they will be wearing the ‘Garnet & Black’ in 2012. Brock played left tackle on the offensive line […]

Gamecocks Basketball Recruiting: Montay Brandon

The South Carolina Gamecocks basketball program became the first high-major program to offer Montay Brandon for the Class of 2012  He is rated by Rivals as the 12th best point guard and the 80th best player overall in the nation. Brandon could be a good fit for Horn’s up-tempo style. Here is a video of the player […]

Gamecocks Recruiting Nuggets: 05/04/11

The Gamecocks could be picking up a pair of offensive line players on Thursday for the Class of 2012.  Brothers Brock (6-foot-5, 290 pounds) and Clayton (6-3, 255) Stadnik of Greensboro, N.C, will announce their college choices Thursday. They are choosing between South Carolina, Wake Forest, N.C. State, East Carolina and Virginia Tech. The brothers […]

Gamecocks Number 1 in Collegiate Baseball Poll

Great to see the South Carolina baseball team in the number one spot.  The Gamecocks moved to number one in the latest Collegiate baseball poll. The Gamecocks swept Auburn over the weekend to improve to 35-8 this season. The Gamecocks are still number two in this week’s Baseball America poll. Seems they don’t get it. Congrats to […]

Three Burning Questions For South Carolina Post-Spring Football

Exiting the Spring, the Gamecocks football team did leave three questions that have to be addressed before South Carolina suits up against East Carolina on September 3rd in Charlotte, North Carolina to start the 2011 season and defense of their SEC Eastern Division crown.  Let’s look at those questions – Who will be the starting Free […]

Atlanta Falcons Draft South Carolina’s Cliff Matthews

South Carolina Gamecocks defensive end Cliff Matthews was selected in the 7th round of the NFL Draft by the Atlanta Falcons.  Matthews will join another Gamecock at defensive end, John Abraham, who also plays for the “dirty birds.” He played weakside linebacker as a freshman, making nine starts and playing in 12 games. He started all 13 games as a sophomore at […]

Former Gamecock Chris Culliver Drafted by San Francisco 49ers

Former South Carolina defensive back Chris Culliver was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers with the 16th pick of the third round. Culliver is the first South Carolina player taken in the 2011 NFL Draft. Culliver was drafted 80th overall Friday night. The 49ers traded back with Jacksonville in the third round to make the […]

Gamecocks Get Their SEC East Championship Rings

The University of South Carolina football team won the SEC East title last season, a first since the Gamecocks joined the SEC in 1992.  Today, the team got their rings. It features a football made of diamonds surrounded by a garnet stone. It also has a Gamecock logo on the side and players team on the other. […]

Orlando Sentinel: Marcus Lattimore Is A Heisman Candidate

The Orlando Sentinel has the South Carolina running back, Marcus Lattimore, listed as one of their preseason Heisman Trophy candidates.  Along with Lattimore they have featured Stanford’s Andrew Luck, Oregon’s LaMichael James and Boise State’s Kellen Moore.  They still have one more name to add to their top five list. This is really good news for Lattimore […]

SEC Hoops 2011 Power Poll: Year-end Roundtable Edition

The SEC Hoops Power Poll is convening one last time this season for a year-end roundtable. It was an interesting year with lots to discuss about each team and what the future holds. Hope you enjoy our answers to the questions, check out the other blogs for their responses and make sure to look out […]

Former Gamecock Corey Jenkins Gets His Story Told

This story about former Gamecock starting quarterback Corey Jenkings, who later turned into a linebacker, appears in the May 2, 2011 issue of ESPN The Magazine.  It is a sad story about a promising player in both baseball and football that was scammed out of every penny by a bad agent.  This story sheds light on the […]

Know Your Baseball Enemy: Mississippi State Bulldogs

The South Carolina Baseball team travels to Starkville, MS to take on the Mississippi State Bulldogs.  The Bulldogs (23-14/6-9 SEC) host No. 2 South Carolina (29-7/12-3 SEC) in a three-game Easter Weekend series at Dudy Noble Field. Two of the three games will be televised. Friday’s 7:06 p.m. series-opener will be shown by ESPNU while […]

Gamecocks Football Recruiting: Brendan Nosovitch Visits

This Gamecocks Blog normally does not point out when a player visits the University of South Carolina as we leave that to the other outlets but since it is a quarterback this time around, we feel it is worth a note of mentioning.  On campus for a visit today is quarterback Brendan Nosovitch (6-2 195) out of Central […]

Gamecocks Recruiting Nuggets: 04/21/11

Here are some interesting nuggets of information concerning South Carolina Gamecocks recruiting of late – Some Football News—Miami commit Jontavious Carter is still being heavily recruited by Florida, Alabama, South Carolina and others.—SC offered Atlanta (Ga.) Washington RB Justin Taylor today, he is a Bama commit.—According to his coach, the Gamecocks have offered College Park […]

Gamecocks Virtual Front Page News: 04/21/11

Here are some Gamecocks News items that sparked our interest and we want to share, check these out: 1. Travis Haney of the Post & Courier reports via quarterbacks coach GA Mangus saying that Garcia has been throwing with receivers Tori Gurley and Alshon Jeffery.2. Area briefs: USC baseball reinstates DH Williams3. Spurrier: Garcia decision […]

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