Spurrier hopes for improvement on special teams
(09/03/15 4:13am)
With so much up in the air at the start of the 2015 college football season, not much is certain regarding South Carolina’s starting lineup.
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With so much up in the air at the start of the 2015 college football season, not much is certain regarding South Carolina’s starting lineup.
Striking Similarities
Last season, the Gamecocks had an unusually subpar showing at defensive line. What once was a strong suit became the downfall for the defensive coordinator. In the past, the likes of Jadeveon Clowney, Melvin Ingram, Chaz Sutton and Kelcy Quarles dominated the trenches.
The 2015 South Carolina football team will display a logo sticker on its helmets to honor the victims of the June 17 Charleston shooting. The sticker will be debuted on the helmet in the season opener Thursday against North Carolina.
After a week of games, it’s clear that there is a favorite in North Carolina and that every division in South Carolina is wide open. Week Two contains a number of big matchups in both states, and there are quite a few teams looking to prove themselves.
Believe it or not, South Carolina’s first football game of the season is in just over a week. Next Thursday, the Gamecocks will travel to Charlotte, North Carolina, for a neutral site game with the North Carolina Tar Heels.
Head football coach Steve Spurrier has named redshirt sophomore Connor Mitch the starting quarterback in the team’s season opener against North Carolina on Sept. 3.
With football season approaching quickly, current and former Gamecock players are grinding away this month in preparation for the regular season. According to pro-footballreference.com, there are currently 32 players in the NFL that played college football at the University of South Carolina. Here’s my ranking of the top five active Gamecock alumni based on what they have accomplished to date in the NFL.
Football season is quickly approaching, and with it comes the hectic tailgating process, the physical preparation and, of course, the die-hard fans. Be sure you’re ready to flaunt your garnet and black spirit by the time the first game comes around.
The beauty of college football often lies in the higher rate of turnover teams experience when compared to their professional counterparts. Despite an underwhelming 2014 campaign, South Carolina will have to replace a number of key players heading into the season.
South Carolina and head football coach Steve Spurrier followed the first three 11-win seasons in school history with a disappointing 7-6 record last season.
Summer is drawing to a close and students are arriving back at school, which means just one thing: 2015 South Carolina football is underway.
SEC Media Days spotlight three Gamecocks
With the upcoming season quickly coming up, certain awards have announced their watch list, and some Gamecock footballers have squeezed their way onto it.
The SEC Network's "Takeover" series is meant to increase interest in and excitement for college sports by allowing each school to highlight their athletic accomplishments. However, by blocking access to most postseason games in each sport, the NCAA is handcuffing schools in their ability to achieve this goal.For Carolina, that means we can't showcase last year's women's basketball Final Four run. Those hoping to see our back-to-back baseball championships (2010 and 2011) will be similarly out of luck. The silver lining of our lack of recent appearances in the postseason is that all of the football games under Spurrier are available (the 2013 Outback Bowl, featuring "the Hit" by Jadeveon Clowney, will air at 5:30). Thanks to the diversity of Carolina's athletic success, we'll still be able to put together a terrific program, even if it is lacking some of the moments we most want to see.Other SEC schools who are predominantly known for a single sport (Kentucky's men's basketball or Tennessee's women's basketball, for example) will have a much tougher time. While we recognize that the NCAA has the rights to these postseason games, we question their decision not to release them for "Takeover" use. The NCAA is a designed to promote college sports and the students who play them — why would they not want the games most likely to do exactly that to be shown?Even if ESPN (which owns the SEC network) was unwilling to shell out the cash for these programs, NCAA should have allowed them to run for free. Restricting access to the most exciting games doesn't just hurt the SEC network, it also hurts the schools who participate in NCAA sports, the students who compete in the events and the fans who support both the schools and the players.
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the potential strength and weakness for a young South Carolina offense. This week, I’ll take a look at the other side of the ball by examining the strengths and weaknesses of the Gamecock defense, a unit coming off of a dismal 2014 campaign. The Gamecocks ranked toward the bottom of the SEC in nearly every major defensive statistical category.
Summerville High School head football coach John McKissick, 88, has announced that he will be retiring from his job after one of the most impressive careers in football history.
Believe it or not, the college football season is slated to kickoff in less than three months. Coming off a disappointing 7-6 season, South Carolina faces a crucial year in 2015. A second consecutive disappointment could hurt future recruiting, while a year of exceeded expectations could put the Gamecocks in the national spotlight.
Tickets are now on sale for the 2015 football season’s first game. South Carolina opens its season against University of North Carolina at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 3, and the game is set to be played on the Carolina Panthers’ home turf — Bank of America Stadium — in Charlotte, North Carolina. ESPN will televise the event.
It was a long wait for former South Carolina offensive guard A.J. Cann, but 26 hours and 67 picks later Cann is a Jaguar.