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South Carolina fans watching the CFP have a choice. They can root for their eternal rival, or they can root for a program that has a complete stranglehold over their entire conference. Both are overwhelmingly enticing options. Don't curb your enthusiasm.
The extreme level of ambiguity towards defining success in college football is unique to the sport. That ambiguity is ingrained in the game's origins. It is part of its beauty. It is also confounding.
South Carolina's first three drives in the Birmingham Bowl resulted in an interception and two punts, as the Gamecocks ran just 11 plays in the first quarter. From then on, true freshman quarterback Jake Bentley led South Carolina on a surge, throwing for 390 yards and three touchdowns to force overtime and bring his team back from 15 and 18-point deficits.
South Florida was 9-0 when leading after the first quarter this season, and judging from the first 15 minutes of Thursday's Birmingham Bowl, it didn't look like South Carolina was the team to break that trend.
Will Muschamp recruited USF quarterback Quinton Flowers out of high school, while the former three-star prospect played in Miami. According to Flowers, Muschamp, then the coach at Florida, wanted the stand-out quarterback to play safety, joining a list of other coaches who wanted the nation's No. 9 dual-threat quarterback switch positions.
After compiling six wins and qualifying for bowl game eligibility, South Carolina has officially accepted the opportunity to play in the Birmingham Bowl on Dec. 29. Opposing the Gamecocks will be the South Florida Bulls of the American Athletic Conference.
After 13 weeks of slugging it out on the gridiron, the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Florida Gators will face off in the SEC Championship Game. Alabama survived the brutal SEC West and established themselves as the No. 1 team in the nation, while Florida rose from the mess that was the SEC East to reach Atlanta.
Rivalry Week serves to kindle a heightened sense of tension in college football's final weekend of the regular season, but for several South Carolina players, Clemson's display of emotions crossed the line of acceptable competitive behavior.
Early in the first quarter, Clemson scored a touchdown. Then another. Then another. Before you knew it, Will Muschamp led South Carolina into the locker room facing a 35-0 deficit. And it didn't get any better for the visitors from there.
Week 12 Record: (8-2)
Ahead of Saturday's rivalry matchup with Clemson, managing editor Adam Orfinger got in touch with Allison Daniel, the sports editor of Clemson's The Tiger, to preview the game.
The South Carolina Gamecock's young offense was put on display when they set a season high for points scored in their 44-point win over Western Carolina.
South Carolina scored early and often on their way a 44-31 win over Western Carolina in their final home game of the season.
The Gamecocks kept up their end of the offer from Darius Rucker when they won their sixth game of the season, beating Western Carolina 44-31.
Week 11 Record: (4-3)
South Carolina's upcoming game against Western Carolina presents the classic upset scenario: a team with a great deal on the line against a team with nothing to lose.
Saturday saw three of the top four teams in the nation fall, putting the College Football Playoff committee in a tough spot when making Tuesday's rankings. An undefeated Alabama was the undisputed top team, but beyond the Tide, the committee had plenty of tough decisions to make, as the sport doesn't have the usual number of elite teams.
It is all too easy to chalk up Jake Bentley's performance against Florida, which was lackluster only in comparison to his first three games, as a product of youth — the consequence of "freshman mistakes."
It's been just over four years since legendary South Carolina running back Marcus Lattimore played his last snap as a player, but he will now embark on a career as the varsity football coach for Heathwood Hall.
South Carolina turned in one of its worst performances of the season Saturday against Florida, managing 132 yards on its first 10 drives on the way to a 20-7 loss. Much of the optimism that had been built during the Gamecocks' three-game winning streak has disappeared, as the team has now finished 3-5 in SEC play and is eliminated from the SEC East race.