Today, there are 99 days until kick off and we get to witness South Carolina football once again. 99 is the number of yards in the longest pass completion in Gamecocks history.  On September 7, 2003 Dondrial Pinkins found Troy Williamson on a slant against Virginia, and Troy did the rest.  The score gave South […]

With South Carolina football new trickling out slowly due to the summer season beginning, here is a video that you need to check out. It features USC’s D.J. Swearinger putting in work. Love it, shows determination and shows this team has their minds in the right place. Championships begin in the off-season. Watch and go […]

Andy Staples of Sports Illustrated has released his “Post-Spring Top 25” and have the South Carolina Gamecocks at No. 7. Seems about right in our view given the Gamecocks 11-win season last year combined with a number of starters returning. Here is what Andy Staples wrote about USC: Key returnees: DE Jadeveon Clowney, DE Devin […]

The NCAA released its sanctions this afternoon.  The penalties essentially consist of affirmation of the self-imposed penalties the Gamecocks had suggested.  The whole release is here. South Carolina will not face a bowl ban or have to forfeit any wins during the time of violations. The school will be on three years probation, which will […]

The South Carolina football program will conduct the annual spring “Garnet & Black” game on Saturday, April 14th but before we enjoy the game, we wanted to give some recent notes on the football team. Here goes our noteworthy notes: —Make sure to read ESPN’s Chris Low’s interview with Coach Steve Spurrier – HERE.  Good stuff, eh? —Who […]

South Carolina has a talented stable of capable running backs but the lead workhorse is Marcus Lattimore. The question is who will emerge as the backup. Lattimore will not take part in the spring practice but he will be the starter in 2012. He has already rushed for over 2,000 yards and 27 touchdowns and that […]

There are no doubts around Columbia, S.C. that Connor Shaw is the man under center for USC in 2012. The only looming question going into spring ball is who will be the backup. Shaw is the unquestioned starting quarterback in 2012 due to his performances the season prior. He was 112-of-171 last season for 1,448 yards […]

The South Carolina football team will be without middle linebacker Angelo Watley as he has been dismissed from the team. If you recall, the young man was arrested on recently on three charges. At that time, per University policy, Watley was suspended from all football-related activities. Now according to the reporting of a local news outlet and confirmed by TheBigSpur.com, Watley […]

South Carolina president Harris Pastides has let it slip that in the future the Texas A&M Aggies will be the permanent cross-divisional rival in football. The Gamecocks have always played Arkansas as its cross-divisional opponent from the west but it now seems that will change. An official announcement on this issue will be in about […]

USC’s spring football practice dates have been set, it was announced today. The Gamecocks are slated to open their spring drills on Tuesday, March 13, and conclude with the annual Garnet & Black Spring Game on Saturday, April 14. All 15 of the spring practice sessions are open to the public unless determined otherwise. Most […]