South Carolina Week 5 Recap: On the road in Kentucky

South Carolina beats Kentucky in Lexington, 38-17. Road games in the Southeastern Conference are not beauty contests. The South Carolina Gamecocks were a hot mess in the first half and down by 10 points at half time but turned the game around and got out of Lexington with a 38-17 win over the Kentucky Wildcats […]

South Carolina Week 4 Recap: Missouri now 0-2 in its new home in the SEC

South Carolina at Missouri.  Gamecocks win 31-10. One team of Tigers down, two to go. The South Carolina Gamecocks improved to 4-0, 2-0 in the Southeastern Conference, after rolling over the Missouri Tigers 31-10 Saturday afternoon. What was billed as a potential battle of quarterback back-ups turned into a one-sided affair as the Gamecocks dominated […]

South Carolina Week 4 Preview: MISSOURI

Now we look ahead to the Missouri Tigers and the SEC gauntlet facing us on the schedule. The Tigers are in their first year of SEC action and join the Gamecocks in the East Division. (Don’t even try to understand the logic of putting a Missouri team in an “east” divison, we gave up a […]

South Carolina Week 4 Preview: Hosting new-SEC team Missouri

Now we look ahead to the Missouri Tigers and the SEC gauntlet facing us on the schedule. The Tigers are in their first year of SEC action and join the Gamecocks in the East Division. (Don’t even try to understand the logic of putting a Missouri team in an “east” divison, we gave up a […]

South Carolina Week 3 Recap: And UAB makes it 3

UAB at #8 South Carolina: South Carolina wins 49-6. There’s no turning back now, Gamecock fans. After a 49-6 rout of the University of Alabama Birmingham Blazers, the South Carolina Gamecocks are 3-0 heading into seven Southeastern Conference games over the next eight weeks. The Cockaboose has officially left the station. But it’s still not […]

South Carolina Week 2 Recap: Easily Wins 48-10 vs ECU

South Carolina beats ECU 48-10 at home Gamecock fans were understandably nervous about Saturday’s home opener against East Carolina of Conference USA when starting quarterback Connor Shaw was scratched from the lineup because of a lingering shoulder injury. But backup QB Dylan Thompson set off some air raid sirens in Columbia with an outstanding performance, […]

South Carolina Gamecocks 2012

South Carolina 2011 Statistics (SEC) The Gamecocks play on a grass field at Williams-Brice Stadium (seats 80,250) Steve Spurrier (nickname Head Ball Coach) is in his 8th year as head coach at South Carolina.  Last year they finished with an 11-2 record and yet got beat out to play in the SEC Championship game by […]

What We Learned in Week 1

What we learned from Week 1 in some of the close and/or high quality match ups #3 Oregon vs #4 LSU.  LSU wins  40-27.  If you’re a college football girl reader then you aren’t at all surprised that Oregon lost to LSU.  In fact, you expected it.  Why? 1) Their offensive line.  Last year they […]

South Carolina 2011

South Carolina (2010 Statistics) (SEC) The Gamecocks play on a grass field at Williams-Brice Stadium (seats 80,250) Steve Spurrier is in his 7th year as head coach at South Carolina.  Last year he led them to a 9-5 record, their first SEC Championship game (where they were crushed by Auburn) and a top 25 ranking.  […]

South Carolina 2010

South Carolina (2009 Statistics) Current Head Coach Steve Spurrier, also known as the Head Ball Coach (not the ‘Ol Ball Coach as he is often called much to his dismay).  In his previous jobs, he won a National Championship for Florida in 1996 and an ACC Championship for Duke in 1989.  But unfortunately for the […]