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Know Your Baseball Enemy: Vanderbilt

It’s another week in the SEC, so that means another Top 5 Blockbuster match-up.  The premier weekend series in the country will take place in Columbia, South Carolina.  The defending national champion Gamecocks will host the current number one Vanderbilt Commodores.  The series is the second time the Gamecocks have faced the number one team […]

Details of Jake Williams Suspension Emerge

Details have emerged surrounding why USC outfielder and designated hitter Jake Williams was suspended indefinitely prior to the Citadel game.  Williams was charged with providing beer to two underage men during a post-game party Saturday. Sad to see this poor choice made and honestly the suspension is warranted.  Williams broke the law and now must […]

Gamecocks Virtual Front Page News // 04.13.11

Below is select University of South Carolina Gamecocks news items relating to Gamecocks sports.  Purpose is to keep you up-to-speed on some news items or interesting blog posts in our Gamecock world.  We will try to limit it to five to seven items for you to consume, here goes: 1.  SC Football:  Top 5 Performers from the […]

Gamecocks Baseball Field Report: Tennessee Edition

South Carolina traveled to Knoxville to take on the Volunteers.  Behind sensational pitching the Gamecocks swept the series by scores of 4-0, 2-0 and 2-1. Breaking it Down…On Thursday night, Michael Roth took the mound in front of a national television audience.  Tennessee countered with Rob Catapano.  The pitchers controlled the game with few exceptions.  […]

Know Your Baseball Enemy: Tennessee

South Carolina begins a three game series in Knoxville tonight.  The Gameocks take on the Volunteers for the fourth conference series for each team. Last Meetings:  In 2010 South Carolina swept Tennessee in Columbia.  The Gamecocks won the season series two games to one in 2009, 2008 and 2007.  USC has won 5 in a […]

Gamecocks Stay the Same in Polls and Standings

After an undefeated week, South Carolina stayed the same in the polls.  Such is the life of a Top 5 team, there really isn’t any room to move up.  The only exception this week, like last week is the Coaches’ Poll.  They were behind the times last week when South Carolina beat Florida and didn’t […]

Gamecocks Baseball Field Report: Kentucky Sweep Edition

South Carolina hosted Kentucky for the third SEC series of the weekend and swept the Wildcats 3-1, 4-3(10) and 4-1. Breaking it Down…South Carolina sent ace Michael Roth to the mound to face Kentucky’s stud pitcher Alex Meyer.  The Gamecock bats got to the 6’9″ Meyer first.  In the bottom of the first Peter Mooney […]

Know Your Baseball Enemy: Kentucky Wildcats

The Kentucky Wildcats (15-11, 2-4) travel to Columbia, S.C to take on the University of South Carolina Gamecocks (19-5, 4-2 SEC).  The Gamecocks should win the series and hopefully sweep them as that would be real nice.  USC also has revenge in mind as UK won two of three last year when the two squads […]

Should Matt Price start on Sundays?

Coach Chad Holbrook told 107.5 The Game that Saturday starter Steven Neff has tendinitis in his shoulder and is likely to be out for this weekend’s Kentucky series.  Neff will miss his second consecutive weekend including last weekend’s series win against Florida.  Neff’s departure from the rotation creates more question marks.  Although Michael Roth is […]

Gamecocks inch up in Polls

South Carolina had arguably the most impressive series win over the weekend when they took two out of three at Florida.  Some fans and commentators speculated that the Gamecocks would assume the number one position when polls were released on Monday afternoon.  That wasn’t the case. Poll Rank Prev. Baseball America 3 4 Collegiate Baseball […]

Gamecocks Baseball Field Report: Florida Edition

The defending National Champion South Carolina Gamecocks hit the road to take on the unanimous number 1 Florida Gators.  South Carolina won Friday 9-2, lost Saturday 2-1 and clinched the series on Sunday with a comeback 4-3 win. Breaking it Down…Florida has one of the best pitching staffs in the country.  South Carolina knew that […]

Haney’s Reporting on Clowney was Wrongly Criticized

On Thursday night Jadeveon Clowney was briefly detained by the Columbia Police in their search for a suspect that had a similar description to that of Mr. Clowney.  He was released, and apparently did nothing wrong.  This happened around 2 or 2:30 am.  A picture of the incident was taken, apparently with a cellphone.  That picture […]

Know Your Baseball Enemy: Florida

South Carolina travels to Gainesville this weekend for what is sure to be the marquis series of the week.  The Gamecocks are ranked in the Top 10, and Florida is ranked number 1.  Last Meeting: Last season Florida and South Carolina met in the season ending SEC series.  The winner of the series would win not […]

Gamecocks Baseball: Still in the Top 10

If you read yesterday’s field report, you know that we’re not completely sure what to make of the Gamecocks’ weekend.  Georgia is a team that had lost to bad teams and beaten good teams, so we really don’t know if they are any good yet.  South Carolina didn’t appear to play their best ball at […]

Gamecocks Baseball Field Report: Georgia Edition

South Carolina opened conference play this weekend against Georgia in Columbia.  After dropping Friday night’s game 4-2, the Gamecocks took the last two by scores of 2-1and 8-3. Breaking it Down…South Carolina fell behind immediately in the first game.  In the top of the first inning, Zach Cone doubled in a run.  A strike out […]

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