0 comments by Billy Koehler on 7/12/2012
Gamecock fans, did you know that there is 49 days until kickoff and the “garnet & black” returns to the field. 49 was the total number of receptions for Alshon Jeffery last season. It was a tremendous drop from his previous season when he caught 88 passes. The decrease in production didn’t have anything to […]
0 comments by Billy Koehler on 7/11/2012
Today there are 50 days until kickoff. Fifty days is good to say and we are ready for Gamecocks football. 50 or 50.3 was the completion rate by South Carolina’s opponents last season. The pass defense has been a strength for years, but last year was an exceptional year. Opponents barely completed half the passes […]
0 comments by Billy Koehler on 7/10/2012
Today there are 51 days until kickoff of Gamecocks football in 2012. 51 was the total number of tackles for Devonte Holloman last season. That makes him South Carolina’s third leading, returning tackler behind D.J. Swearinger and Shaq Wilson. Holloman will move from safety to Spur this season. The change has been tried for short […]
0 comments by Billy Koehler on 7/9/2012
Today there are 52 days until kickoff. 52 is the most games ever played by a South Carolina Gamecock. Before I tell you who it is, I’ll give you some hints and the opportunity to guess. To get to 52, it would have to be a 4 year player. A 3 year player simply wouldn’t […]
0 comments by Billy Koehler on 7/8/2012
Today there are 53 days until kickoff. 53 is the most time South Carolina rushed in a game last season. Coach Spurrier has always had a reputation as a passing coach. The reputation pre-dated his days at Florida and had a solid foundation at Duke. Close observers noted that the Head Ball Coach wasn’t just […]
0 comments by Billy Koehler on 7/7/2012
Today there are 54 days until kickoff. 54 is the number of points scored against Kentucky last season. After a disappointing offensive game against Auburn, Connor Shaw was inserted at quarterback for the Kentucky game. His nearly mistake free game combined with Kentucky’s impotent defense led to one of the biggest blow outs for South […]
0 comments by Billy Koehler on 7/6/2012
Today there are 55 days until kickoff. 55 is the total number of wins Steve Spurrier has at South Carolina. The Head Ball Coach is 55-35 in his Carolina career. Many observers didn’t think he’d stay more than a couple of years, but he’s still here, and he’s winning more than ever. He can become […]
0 comments by Billy Koehler on 7/5/2012
Today there are 56 days until kickoff. 56 was the most points scored in a game last season. The Gamecocks put up 56 against East Carolina in the opening game of the season. At first it didn’t look like USC was going to be able to score much at all because they kept turning the […]
0 comments by Billy Koehler
That is to say, we shouldn’t begin or end our search for our next athletics director by saying a person must have connections to South Carolina. A person with South Carolina connections is not going to be necessarily more qualified than someone who is not. In fact, if we allow this minor aspect of a […]
0 comments by Billy Koehler on 7/4/2012
Today there are 57 days until kickoff. 57% or 57.9% to be more accurate was the rate at which Carolina’s opponents converted 4th downs last season. In contrast, South Carolina converted 74.2% of its chances on 4th down. Typically when teams go for it on 4th down they do it for one of two reasons. […]
0 comments by Billy Koehler on 7/3/2012
Today there are 58 days until kickoff. 58 is the most passes attempted in a game in Carolina history. That record was set by Steve Taneyhill on October 8, 1994 against East Carolina. Taneyhill completed 39 of those passes for 451 yards as South Carolina put 42 points on the board. South Carolina will play […]
0 comments by Billy Koehler
South Carolina is now searching for a new athletic director. Eric Hyman has resigned to take the same post at Texas A&M. Hyman’s tenure here was an unqualified success, and he won’t be easy to replace. There are no other Eric Hymans out there, so USC is either going to get a better AD or […]
0 comments by Billy Koehler on 7/2/2012
This begins our look at the SEC 2012 football season. Since the “dog days of summer” are upon us and the 2011-12 collegiate athletic season is over, so given the fact that we are some nine weeks from college football it is time to provide some summer reading. Between now and then I will be doing capsules on […]
0 comments by Billy Koehler
Today there are 59 days until kickoff. 59 was once the record for most receptions in a season by Fred Zeigler. In 1968 Zeigler caught the ball in only 9 games. South Carolina played 10 that year, but a broken collar bone kept Zeigler out of the Clemson game. The next season he would catch […]
0 comments by Billy Koehler on 7/1/2012
Today there are 60 days until kickoff. 60 is the number that exposed some Gamecock special teams weaknesses last season. USC finished 60th in the nation in kickoff returns last season and 7th in the SEC. That was actually one of the stronger Carolina special teams, but it wasn’t really all that good. 60.9 was […]
