0 comments by Billy Koehler on 2/21/2012
South Carolina opened the season at home against VMI. The Gamecocks swept the Keydets by scores of 2-1, 3-2 and 13-1. Breaking it Down…On Friday afternoon, Michael Roth took to the mound in front of a sold out Carolina Stadium. The Keydets took the early lead 1-0 in the second inning behind two singles. Second […]
0 comments by Billy Koehler on 2/16/2012
South Carolina opens the 2012 baseball season by hosting Virginia Military Institute Friday through Sunday. The opening series can be difficult to predict, but here is what you can expect from the Keydets. Batting: VMI lost most of their leading batters from last year. The glaring exception is George Piccirilli. The senior first baseman batted […]
0 comments by Billy Koehler on 2/15/2012
South Carolina opens the baseball season on Friday against the Virginia Military Institute. The two time defending national champions will play a three game series over the weekend in one of the nicest venues in the country. Playing an opponent from a (perceived) weaker conference is how most of the major programs begin their season. […]
0 comments by Billy Koehler on 2/8/2012
After two national titles, how can this year measure up for the South Carolina baseball team? That depends on your expectations. Success can be defined many ways, and how you define success will go a long way toward defining this season. There are certain levels of success that are expected of this program. Other goals […]
0 comments by Billy Koehler on 2/2/2012
South Carolina signed the players it expected to on Wednesday. The Gamecocks have a solid class for the future. Here is our break down on both sides of the ball regarding the Class of 2012. This is our look at the offensive side. Here are the players who are projected to play defense for the Gamecocks […]
0 comments by Billy Koehler on 1/25/2012
This season isn’t going as Gamecock fans hoped. In fact, the last few seasons haven’t gone as fans had hoped. The team hasn’t made the NCAA tournament since 2004 and hasn’t won a tournament game in a much longer time than that. There are many problems. Today, I want to focus on the Colonial Life […]
0 comments by Billy Koehler on 1/12/2012
Monday night Alabama defeated LSU 21-0 in the BCS championship game. For LSU it was clearly an unsatisfying result, but for many other college football fans the result was going to be unsatisfying regardless of what took place on the field. Some fans didn’t want to see a rematch; others didn’t think a non-champion should […]
0 comments by Billy Koehler on 1/3/2012
South Carolina won their 11th game of the season by beating Nebraska in the Capital One Bowl by a score of 30-13. Breaking it Down…1st Quarter…South Carolina won the toss and elected to receive the ball. After a quick first down, Connor Shaw was sacked twice in the next three plays, and USC had to […]
0 comments by Billy Koehler on 12/28/2011
South Carolina finished the regular season with 10 wins. The Gamecocks had nine wins last season. Regardless of what happens in the bowl game, the 19 combined wins in two years is the most in Carolina history. The previous high had been 17 by Lou Holtz’s 2000 and 2001 teams. That’s another record for Coach […]
0 comments by Billy Koehler on 11/28/2011
The Gamecocks have finished their regular season with 10 wins and are awaiting their bowl destination. As I see it, there are three possibilities: the Capital One Bowl, the Outback Bowl and the Cotton Bowl. The BCS will almost certainly take two teams from the SEC. The Capital One Bowl picks next. Then the Outback […]
0 comments by Billy Koehler on 11/27/2011
South Carolina beat Clemson for the third straight year 34-13. Breaking it Down…1st Quarter…South Carolina won the toss and elected to receive. The offense moved the ball well and penetrated as deep as Clemson’s 22 yard line, but after a sack on third down they had to settle for a 47 yard field goal and […]
0 comments by Billy Koehler on 11/20/2011
South Carolina beat The Citadel 41-20 at home. Breaking it down…1st Quarter…The Gamecocks won the toss and elected to take the opening kick. Connor Shaw came out passing, and Brandon Wilds came out running, and South Carolina ended their streak of not scoring first by punching it in from one yard out on the 10th […]
0 comments by Billy Koehler on 11/13/2011
South Carolina concluded its home SEC schedule by beating Florida 17-12. Breaking it down…1st Quarter…Florida received the opening kickoff just like last year. Unlike last year, they did not return it for a touchdown. On the second offensive play Stephon Gilmore blitzed and stripped the ball from Gator quarterback John Brantley. Devin Taylor recovered the […]
0 comments by Billy Koehler on 11/9/2011
This year I will be voting in the Mumme Poll again. For those of you who are unfamiliar the Mumme Poll is an ongoing attempt to to find a viable method to rank college football teams absent the bias and conflicts of interest inherent in the current ranking systems. The poll was created by the […]
0 comments by Billy Koehler on 11/8/2011
For the third time in four weeks my wife and I hit the road to see the Gamecocks play. Unlike the past two trips, we had to fly to this one. We drove up to Charlotte on Friday and caught a direct flight to XNA, Northwest Arkansas Airport. The flight was full of optimistic Gamecocks […]
