0 comments by flounder on 2/23/2011
Just yesterday, John Butler’s name surfaced as the most recent candidate for the Special Teams Coach at the University of South and we wrote about how it could be a good fit for Coach Spurrier given Butler’s history of success with special teams. Well, today he is the newest member of the Gamecocks coaching staff. […]
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The thing to do during the college football off-season is to make a trick shot video as first it was UConn Huskies quarterback Johnny McEntee and now it is Monmouth College quarterback Alex Tanney showing off. Check out the video from Tanney – I am waiting for USC’s Stephen Garica to make one of these as […]
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A new name has emerged for the open coaching job at South Carolina. The Gamecocks are looking to fill the Special Teams Coaching slot and it seems John Butler has risen to the attention of Coach Spurrier. The interest in Butler came to the attention of most in Gamecock Country via FootballScoop.com when they wrote […]
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Provide a caption to this in our comments section… Credit goes to SportsByBrooks for his discovery of this “assumed” picture of a shirtless Coach Spurrier at Daytona this past weekend. I am not sold it is him and that should be a PBR in his hand not Coors. Funny how much the guy in the […]
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South Carolina’s running back Marcus Lattimore is one of 22 players from across college football who has been named to the Heisman Trophy Watch List from HeismanPundit.com. Seems this idea is catching on as this blog wrote about him being “one to watch” for RSS Sports back in December – HERE. Then CBSSports.com placed them on […]
0 comments by flounder on 2/20/2011
Every Sunday this Gamecocks Blog and Bloguin’s NCAA hoops writers come together to vote on the four best teams in the country, our Fabulous Four, plus the best team from a non-BCS conference. We present to you the Fab Four Plus One – because who has time to read a list of 25 teams. Here is our […]
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The game between USC and UK was close until tip-off. From that point on, it was the Kentucky Wildcats show as the USC Gamecocks had no answer for Coach Cal’s team. UK won 90-59. Malik Cooke had 12 points as he led the way for Carolina. The other rising contributor of late has been the play […]
0 comments by flounder on 2/19/2011
Clemson has conducted recruiting violations, surprised right? The University released reports this past Friday showing nine NCAA secondary violations from August through January, nothing too major but still rules were broken by Clemson. Here is a list of those nine secondary violations: Level 1 (the most serious in the secondary classification that gets reported to the NCAA): —A coach […]
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South Carolina has played Kentucky already, and lost to them 67-58 on January 22nd. Last season, the Gamecocks went 1-1 against the Wildcats. Over four years, South Carolina has gone 3-6 against Kentucky, and 1-3 at Rupp Arena. For USC to beat UK in “Big Blue” country it will take a mighty effort from South […]
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Rivals.com has the South Carolina Gamecocks Football team in their “Pre-Spring Practice Top 25.” They have the ‘Cocks listed at number 13 and here is what they say about USC – “The Gamecocks won the SEC East last season, their first title of any kind since 1969, and they are going to head into the […]
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Phil Steele, on his blog, released Bodog.com’s odds to win the college football national championship for the upcoming 2011 season and Vegas insiders say the USC Gamecocks have a chance. A fifty to one shot. The 10 teams stated by bodog.com that have the likely odds to win the BCS National Championship are: 1. Oklahoma2. Alabama3. FSU4. BSU4. […]
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The USC baseball team opened its national title defense with a 12-5 win over Santa Clara Friday afternoon at Carolina Stadium. Last year’s College World Series MVP Jackie Bradley Jr. led the way with a 4-4 type day. He produced two doubles, a homerun and three rbi’s. Bradley was one of three Gamecocks to go deep […]
0 comments by flounder on 2/18/2011
Lexington WR Shaq Roland (6-2 180), who is considered by most observers to be the top prospect in the state for next season, has decided on a final four and the Gamecocks made the cut. Earlier this week it was made known that Roland is still considering, in order of preference, USC, Alabama, Florida and Georgia. It […]
0 comments by flounder on 2/17/2011
The South Carolina Gamecocks lost to the Tennessee Volunteers by the score of 73-67 in Knoxville. The loss drops USC to 13-11 overall and 4-7 in SEC. Is it safe to begin to think that postseason play is not a option for the Gamecocks basketball team in 2011? South Carolina again played poorly in the […]
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I want to encourage all USC Gamecocks fans to check out www.gamecockglory.com, as it is the site for the highly anticipated book by Travis Haney. The book is entitled Gamecock Glory and it gives a unqiue perspective on the USC Baseball National Championship run in 2010 as it eludes to a source of inspiration for the […]
