0 comments by flounder on 2/25/2012
Around the internet world there are some cool pictures of some concepts dealing with Nike Pro Combat Helmets for South Carolina. These concepts come from designer Charles Sollars. Here is a look at the South Carolina specific concepts: So which do you like?
0 comments by flounder on 2/14/2012
South Carolina offensive line coach, Shawn Elliott, has reportedly turned down overtures from the University of Florida to coach the same position for the Gators. Elliott will begin his third season with the Gamecocks this fall after joining USC in Jan. 2010 after a stint at Appalachian State. Along with his O-line duties, he is […]
0 comments by flounder on 2/4/2012
The South Carolina Gamecocks will be without junior Dalton Wilson for the 2012 season as he has opted to leave the team after completing his degree. Wilson, a walk-on who started seven games at fullback last season, will not return to the team next year, a school spokesperson said. Wilson, who did not have a carry […]
0 comments by flounder on 2/3/2012
University of South Carolina head football coach Steve Spurrier has added former Southern Miss assistant Grady Brown to his coaching staff, it was announced today. Brown will serve as the Gamecocks’ secondary coach and assistant special teams coordinator in 2012. “We’re pleased to announce the hiring of Grady Brown, a sharp, young defensive secondary coach […]
0 comments by Louis Dragner on 2/1/2012
Do you remember when high school football players signed a Letter of Intent at there school or house, without a video camera present? Or when you didn’t rely on a recruiting service to tell you how good a player was by ranking him with stars and youtube.com a highlight video? Well, times have changed and the […]
0 comments by flounder on 1/28/2012
The South Carolina Gamecocks will be without Jeep Hunter as the safeties coach in 2012. He has been relieved of his duties after just completing his third season with the team. Hunter had been the safeties coach in 2011 and the two years prior to that, he was the tight ends coach as well as […]
0 comments by flounder on 1/21/2012
The University of South Carolina announced today that freshman safety Brison Williams has been suspended indefinitely from the football team. “Brison Williams has been suspended for conduct detrimental to the South Carolina football team,” coach Steve Spurrier said in a statement. Williams played in eight games in 2011 and had 11 tackles. No other details have […]
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Craig Fitzgerald, who was the strength and conditioning coach for the South Carolina Gamecocks, has left the football program to pursue other opportunities. Likely meaning he is the next S&C coach at Penn State. Make no mistake about it, this is a huge loss for South Carolina and the biggest coaching loss of the offseason for the […]
0 comments by flounder on 1/16/2012
Steve Spurrier got his man to be the next running backs coach, Everette Sands. He comes to USC via a stint on the staff of NC State. Sands is just the latest hire in the last week as Joe Robinson was hired to coach special teams/tight ends and Kirk Botkin was hired to coach the […]
0 comments by flounder on 1/14/2012
USC head football coach Steve Spurrier has tabbed Joe Robinson as the team’s special teams coordinator and tight ends coach, it was announced today. Robinson, the 2010 FootballScoop Special Teams Coordinator of the Year, joins the Gamecock staff after one season at the University of North Carolina where he coached the defensive line. “We are […]
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Welcome Kirk Botkin to Gamecock Nation. Steve Spurrier has chosen Kirk Botkin to be the team’s linebackers coach. Here is the press release from USC on the hire: “I’m excited to name Kirk Botkin as our linebackers coach,” said Spurrier. “He has a lot of experience as both a player and a coach. I feel […]
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South Carolina defensive lineman Byron Jerideau was arrested Thursday night and faces two charges: public disorderly conduct and another as a pedestrian on a controlled access highway. Has to be dumb move of the year and maybe we can blame this on Friday the 13th. Nonetheless, this young man had no business doing what he […]
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South Carolina football will have the same faces coaching in the secondary but new assignments. Defensive coordinator Lorenzo Ward will now handle all of the safeties after coaching cornerbacks last season. Jeep Hunter, who coached safeties last season, will coach the spurs this coming season. Jury is still out in regards to this being a […]
0 comments by flounder on 1/12/2012
Well John Butler has left before we even knew who John Butler truly was. What we do know is he was the South Carolina football Special Teams Coach for the last year and now will take his services to Penn State. In Butler’s one season at USC, the Gamecocks ranked No. 60 nationally in kickoff […]
0 comments by Billy Koehler
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 […]
