The Allstate Tailgate Tour, featuring the College Football Legacy Museum, comes to the Palmetto Health Gamecock Village this week. Stop by to meet the South Carolina women’s basketball team, as well as Miss Texas Pete. The Allstate Tailgate Tour, a fun pre-game tailgate experience for college football fans, will make a stop in Columbia before […]

Any Gamecock fans up for a road trip to Texas A&M? Something to consider now that it is a done deal with the Aggies joining the SEC. Here is the statement from the SEC: The Southeastern Conference Presidents and Chancellors, acting unanimously, announced today that Texas A&M University will join the Southeastern Conference effective July 1, […]

Here is the BlogPoll Top 25 ballot for Week Five, see changes or disagree?  Let us know as this can change, so you have a voice:   Leftover Hot Dog Ballot – Week 5 Rank Team Delta 1 Oklahoma Sooners — 2 LSU Tigers 1 3 Alabama Crimson Tide -1 4 Boise St. Broncos — […]

On this Gamecocks Podcast, we are providing you a preview of the upcoming Vanderbilt football game and a review of the Navy win. Topics discussed on this podcast that you will enjoy are: 1.  Takeaways from the Navy Win.2.  Who stood out in the Mids win.3.  Talk about the state of USC offense and defense.4.  What […]

The USC baseball team has landed the top recruiting class in the country as announced by Collegiate Baseball on Tuesday afternoon. The Gamecock newcomers include seven players that have been drafted as well as several standouts from both the high school and junior college ranks. “We are ecstatic with this group of newcomers that have entered […]

Bloguin Heisman Poll is starting to show some movement now that the third week is behind us.  Here is the ballot – 1. Andrew Luck, QB, Stanford Luck continues to look like the best QB in the nation.  He has thrown for 786 yards and eight TDs. Big test coming up versus UCLA. 2. Marcus […]

Here is the SEC Power Poll as we here at this Gamecocks Blog see it heading into the fourth week of SEC football. Ballot says… 1. Alabama Crimson Tide In the words of Charlie Sheen – winning. 2. LSU Tigers Tigers on an elephant hunt. 3. South Carolina Gamecocks Thank god for ugly wins. 4. […]

The University of South Carolina has received an offical letter from the NCAA concerning “notice of allegations.” This stems from extra benefits provided by the Whitney Hotel to student athletes totaling $47,000, S.A.M foundation activity with Kevin Lahn and Steve Gordon and some improper contact from track coaches. Here is the letter –   http://www.sc.edu/ncaaresponse/NOA.pdf Their are 12 students mentioned in […]

Oh 1984, you seem so long ago.  Ronald Reagan is President, the Apple Macintosh is introduced and the US Bell System is broken up.  Not to mention some band called Duran Duran was rocking it out. 1984 was a good year for USC and should have been a better year.  Let’s stroll down memory lane… USC was […]

On this Gamecocks Podcast, we are providing you a review of the win at Georgia and a preview of the upcoming Navy football game.    Topics discussed on this podcast that you will enjoy are: 1.  A quick recap of the UGa win and its’ impact.2.  Which Melvin Ingram was more important?3.  Concerns with the Gamecocks going forward.4.  Some player performances […]

Gamecocks Podcast in now on ITunes.  Yeap, your South Carolina Gamecocks blogging crew here at Leftoverhotdog.com is happy to report that you can now get our “Gamecocks Podcast” from ITunes. Here is the link – – http://itun.es/iBY5k8 .  Now download all the podcasts in the future either here on this site or via the ITunes store.  […]

Here is a great Gamecocks football video recapping the beating of Georgia: http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZBIE1_5c9qw Justin King always does good with these videos.  

We will never forget September 11, 2001. Ten years ago, seems like yesterday.  Thank a first responder for their service, thank a member of the military for their sacrifice and never forget.  Prayers for those lost and those still dealing with the loss.  May God shine through it all.  As a Gamecock, we raise a glass […]

Here are two good Gamecocks football videos recapping the ECU win. http://youtube.com/watch?v=c3ooqabud4I Thanks to Justin King for the first one and Tristan Dixon for the second one.

By the time you read this article, the conference expansion dominoes may have already fallen.  As of this writing, rumors abound that SEC presidents are meeting in Atlanta to vote to accept an invitation from or extend an invitation to Texas A&M.  If that is correct and comes to fruition, then the SEC will certainly […]