Gamecocks take on Akron for makeup game
(11/28/18 4:11am)
Typically, the game after Clemson is reserved for South Carolina’s bowl game, or, in 2010, the SEC Championship Game. However, this year is different.
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Typically, the game after Clemson is reserved for South Carolina’s bowl game, or, in 2010, the SEC Championship Game. However, this year is different.
Plagued by injuries and facing a dominating defense, South Carolina fell to No.2 Clemson for the fifth consecutive year. The 56-35 loss for the Gamecocks marks just the third time a team has won five straight games in the rivalry.
After securing bowl eligibility on Saturday under the lights against the Chattanooga Mocs, the Gamecocks (6-4, 4-4 SEC) have officially started preparing to face their rivals, the No. 2 Clemson Tigers (11-0, 8-0 ACC), on Thanksgiving weekend.
South Carolina (6-4, 4-4 SEC) defeated the Chattanooga Moccasins (6-5, 4-4 SoCon), 49-9, on Senior Night to clinch bowl eligibility for the third consecutive season.
During the Gamecocks’ stellar performance on Saturday night in a 49-9 win over the Mocs, many South Carolina running backs helped along the way to secure the victory.
After spending the last two weeks on the road, the Gamecocks finally get another chance to play in front of their own fans.
The state of South Carolina is infamously divided through football, and the legions of each respective side meet to do battle every season on rivalry weekend in the game known as the Palmetto Bowl. The South Carolina Gamecocks will face off against the Clemson Tigers to control the bragging rights of the entire state for the following year.
In a battle for a third place in the SEC East, the Gamecocks seemed well on their way to a second straight 8-4 regular season midway through the third quarter, going up 31-14 on the Florida Gators.
With the Gamecocks needing only one more win to secure bowl eligibility for the third year in a row, bowl projections from media outlets are starting to appear.
For the second time in two weeks, the South Carolina Gamecocks (5-3, 4-3 SEC) will be playing away from Williams-Brice Stadium. This time, they will be traveling to Gainesville, Florida, to take on long-time SEC East rival, the Florida Gators (6-3, 4-3 SEC).
After a long wait, the South Carolina Gamecocks have announced that the team will play the Akron Zips at Williams-Brice Stadium on Dec. 1 at noon.
After beating the Tennessee Volunteers by a score of 27-24 for the first night game win at home since 2016, which was ironically also against the Volunteers, South Carolina (4-3, 3-3 SEC) is set to travel to Oxford, Mississippi this week to take on the Ole Miss Rebels (5-3, 1-3 SEC).
The Gamecocks are set to face a road challenge against the Ole Miss Rebels on Saturday.
South Carolina overcame a slow start against Tennessee Saturday night to secure a close win over the Volunteers and improve to 4-3 on the season.
The moment redshirt junior Ty’son Williams' name graced the Williams-Brice Stadium scoreboard on Oct. 27 as part of the starting lineup, it was apparent head football coach Will Muschamp had decided to switch things up offensively.
For the first time since the 2018 season opener against Coastal Carolina, junior defensive lineman D.J. Wonnum will return to the field when the South Carolina Gamecocks (3-3, 2-3 SEC) take on the Tennessee Volunteers (3-4, 1-3 SEC) at Williams-Brice Stadium on Saturday.
Class of 2019 quarterback Ryan Hilinski is set to visit South Carolina this Saturday when the Gamecocks face the Tennessee Volunteers in the first night game of the season.
After USC's football game against Marshall was canceled in September due to Hurricane Florence, it was unclear whether the Gamecocks would make up the game previously scheduled for Sept. 15.
For the third week in a row, the Gamecocks will take on an SEC opponent at home. This time, however, the game will be played under the lights at Williams-Brice Stadium.
The South Carolina Gamecocks (3-3, 2-3 SEC) will be under the lights this Saturday at Williams-Brice Stadium, kicking off the second half of the season against the Tennessee Volunteers (3-4, 1-3 SEC) in a decisive SEC Eastern Division match-up.