0 comments by flounder on 1/10/2012
Junior defensive end Devin Taylor has elected to return to the University of South Carolina for his senior season, he announced today. This was the right choice for Taylor as he could use one more year to grow and position him better for potential NFL success (i.e draft status). Also you get to stay in […]
0 comments by Louis Dragner on 1/9/2012
Tonight the LSU Tigers will play the Alabama Crimson Tide in New Orleans for the BCS National Championship. For the first time in the BCS era, two teams will play for the national championship game out of the same conference. My question is – how does this affect USC and is it good or bad for USC? It always comes […]
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 flounder on 1/2/2012
The South Carolina Gamecocks defeated the Nebraska Cornhuskers in the Capital One Bowl game by the score of 30-13. With the win, USC gets a historic school record 11 wins on the season. Here are three things we learned from the win: 1. Alshon Jeffery is a man amongst boys – Just check out his […]
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The saying goes that defense wins championships but you could also insert ‘bowl games’ into that saying. Teams from the Big Ten conference have won five of the past seven Capital One Bowls against their SEC foes but don’t expect Nebraska to be victorious as they have not played a SEC defensive unit like South […]
0 comments by Louis Dragner on 12/30/2011
University of Nebraska Location: Lincoln, Nebraska Students: 24,593 (19,345 undergrad) Record vs USC: Nebraska leads the series 3-0, last game was played in 1987 2011 Record: 9-3 overall, 5-3 Big Ten, currently ranked 20th Head Coach: Bo Pelini (4th season as head coach, record 39-15) Stadium: Citrus Bowl (Capacity 70,000) Famous Alumni of Nebraska: Johnny Carson […]
0 comments by flounder on 12/29/2011
The South Carolina Gamecocks are set to square off with the Nebraska Cornhuskers on January 2nd at the Capital One bowl. Looking at the early sports betting line it has South Carolina at – 2 ½. Some have the game at -1 for USC but as we looked at most casino online betting lines right now they […]
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This isn’t an easy schedules, but SEC schedules aren’t supposed to be easy. But for the expansion, South Carolina would have had Arkansas and Mississippi State coming to Columbia along with a trip to LSU. Since Missouri is now coming to Columbia one of those SEC West games had to go. I assume the SEC […]
0 comments by Louis Dragner on 12/28/2011
The SEC finally released the 2012 football schedule with the addition of Missouri and Texas A&M. There have been a few changes to the normal schedule to accommodate the two new teams. Here is USC’s conference slate: SOUTH CAROLINAAug. 30: at VanderbiltSept. 22: MISSOURISept. 29: at KentuckyOct. 6: GEORGIAOct. 13: at LSUOct. 20: at FloridaOct. […]
0 comments by flounder
The SEC released the football schedules and the assumption that the South Carolina Gamecocks will have a tough road in 2012, is now a fact. Let’s take a look at the schedule and give you the “way too early” predictions and thoughts on the games…… We present to you the 2012 football schedule: August 30 – […]
0 comments by Billy Koehler
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 flounder on 12/27/2011
Today Coach Steve Spurrier named Lorenzo Ward as the Defensive Coordinator and firmly planted him as the coach in charge of the Gamecocks defense going forward. Ward is replacing recently departed Ellis Johnson, who left for the head coaching job at Southern Mississippi. This is sort of a surprise as many coaches were rumored but with Spurrier nothing […]
0 comments by flounder
The Missouri Tigers defeated the North Carolina Tarheels in the Independence Bowl by the score of 42-24. UNC looked like and played like UNC. Meaning poor defensive play led to their loss. They have potentially but must play better as a defensive unit. The real reason us Gamecock fans tuned into the Independence Bowl was […]
0 comments by flounder on 12/26/2011
Redshirt senior Kyle Nunn has decided to play in South Carolina’s bowl game on January 2nd against Nebraska. This will likely be his final football game in the garnet and black. If you recall, the Sumter, S.C. native last played in the fourth game of the season against Vanderbilt. Soon after this game, it was reported that he […]
0 comments by flounder on 12/25/2011
The South Carolina Football team is celebrating what we hope is a blessed Christmas and beginning to get in the mood to beat Nebraska in the upcoming Capital One Bowl. Here are five things the Gamecocks want for Christmas: A Capital One Bowl Win – it will be a battle but the win is there. […]
