It’s time for conference play.  South Carolina has finished with the appetizer portion of their schedule, and now it’s on to the main course.  The Georgia Bulldogs are coming to Carolina Stadium for the weekend. Last Meeting:  Last season in Athens, the Gamecocks swept the Bulldogs.  The season before South Carolina swept Georgia in Columbia. […]

As many of you know by now this is a Gamecock Sports Blog that is not short of opinions or thoughts on the team we love.  We also love the fans and former players, really anyone that bleeds the “garnet and black” like the three of us here at Leftover Hot Dog.  Point of this […]

The South Carolina Gamecocks men’s basketball video is a classic, check it out: Too bad this cartoon did not come true in the 2010-2011 season but “wait til next year!”

The South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team is the defending national champions and off to a very good start in 2011.  Expecations for 2011 include another CWS run and they certainly have a quality club that can make that dream come true.  Check out this video dealing with Coach Tanner’s boys in 2011 and a look […]

All the new baseball polls came out on Monday, and the Gamecocks are in all of them.  After beating Clemson on Tuesday and winning two of three from Bakersfield over the weekend, USC moved in some of the polls… but not always in the way you would expect.   Poll Ranking Last Week Baseball America […]

South Carolina played host to the red-hot Cal State Bakersfield baseball team for this weekend’s series.  The Gamecocks ended the Roadrunners 10 game win streak and took the series two games to one by scores of 5-1, 5-2 and 3-8. Breaking it Down…South Carolina began the series by surrendering a run in the top of […]

David Climer of The Tennessean pens a interesting column -“Time for Ohio State to join SEC” – not so much for the idea but for the reasoning as he centers the writing around SEC cheating. Here is the beginning of his writing… Lying coach? Check. Cheating boosters? Check.  Jock-sniffing president? Check. Fans in denial? Check. Yep, the […]

South Carolina hosts the Cal State Bakersfield this weekend.  There’s more to the Roadrunners than you might expect. Last Meeting: This is the first meeting between the programs. Pitching Probables: South Carolina Bakersfield M. Roth 3-0 1.40 T. Hoenshell 2-1 2.42 T. Webb 2-0 1.10 J. Montoya 2-0 2.95 A. Westmoreland 0-0 2.93 M. McCarthy […]

South Carolina won the season series against Clemson 2 games to 1 by scores of 6-3, 5-10 and 5-4. Breaking it Down…South Carolina hosted the first game of the series on Friday night at Carolina Stadium.  Clemson started the scoring in the second inning.  Following a walk and an error by shortstop Peter Mooney, Clemson […]

South Carolina and Clemson won’t finish their baseball series until Tuesday night in Greenville, so we won’t have the Field Report until after that game.  However, unlike the state of South Carolina, the rest of the college baseball world hasn’t been put on hold, and the new polls came out today.  Since the Gamecocks haven’t […]

Lots out there on Mr. Newton and Cam’s dealings; here is a interesting video piece with transcript of the assumed Cecil Newton “making the ask.”  You be the judge… http://youtube.com/watch?v=X_vMp3vy90g?version=3

The No. 4 Gamecocks (8-0) got behind because the No. 7 Tigers (6-2) struck for all their runs in the second. However, it was all Clemson could muster, much like in the CWS.  The Gamecocks got down to business after that as they were lead by big swings from Brady Thomas, Christian Walker and Scott […]

South Carolina plays its unique series this weekend against Clemson after beating Furman the other day 14-1.  This coming Friday night the teams play in Columbia; on Saturday they play at Flour Field in Greenville, and the series finale is played in Clemson.  Both teams are coming off College World Series appearances and return plenty of players […]