Despite record, Elliott bringing hope to Gamecock football
For a rookie, Shawn Elliott has been phenomenal head coach.
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For a rookie, Shawn Elliott has been phenomenal head coach.
Each week, I, along with an assistant editor and a writer, predict the South Carolina game and the four biggest match-ups of the weekend.
This is the week for Gamecock fans to be looking for an upset as South Carolina travels to Neyland Stadium to take on Tennessee.
The Daily Gamecock recently got in touch with Carter Karels,sports editor of The Battalion(Texas A&M's premiere student newspaper)for an interview about Aggies football and this week's game.
Saturday, 3-4 South Carolina clashes with a skidding Texas A&M team. Two weeks ago, the Aggies were 5-0 and ranked ninth in the country. Two blowout losses later, the Aggies are unranked and facing a quarterback controversy no one expected.
Two years ago, the hated Bowl Championship Series (BCS) system was scrapped for what was thought to be the savior of college football postseason play — the College Football Playoff. The four-team playoff system was initially expected to eliminate controversy.
Just one week ago, former South Carolina head coach Steve Spurrier announced his resignation and allowed the Gamecocks to begin their search for a new head coach.
Believe it or not, there’s actually a game Saturday. To cap what has been a crazy week for South Carolina’s football team, the 2-3 Vanderbilt Commodores will come to Columbia for an SEC showdown.
The Daily Gamecock recently talked with Ben Weinrib, sports editor of the Vanderbilt Hustler, to get his take on this weekend's game.
For the first time in 11 years, South Carolina will conduct a search for a head football coach. Last time, it was anticlimactic; Steve Spurrier was announced as head football coach just one day after Lou Holtz announced his retirement.
The mood in the press room was dreamlike. Even just minutes before former head football coach Steve Spurrier took the stand to announce his resignation, it felt like the former Heisman trophy winner was playing some sort of elaborate joke on the media.
On the heels of Gamecock legend Steve Spurrier’s sudden retirement, the coaching search is officially underway. While interim head coach Shawn Elliott will lead South Carolina for the remainder of the season, the Gamecocks will certainly look outside of the program for the next head coach.
South Carolina head football coach Steve Spurrier has announced his retirement according to Thayer Edwards of Sports Illustrated.
University of Southern California head football coach Steve Sarkisian has been fired according to multiple reports. Assistant coach Clay Helton will step in as interim head coach for the Trojans.
Florida starting quarterback Will Grier has been suspended for the season according to multiple reports.
South Carolina’s third home game of the season was played in what kicker Elliott Fry would call “the real Death Valley” as the Gamecocks headed to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for a matchup with Heisman frontrunner Leonard Fournette and undefeated No. 7 Louisiana State University (5-0, 3-0).
Sports Editor Will Helms, second-year sports management student
Three-star wide receiver Kelvin Harmon of Palmyra High School in Palmyra, New Jersey officially committed to the University of South Carolina Thursday afternoon.
South Carolina (2-2, 0-2 in the SEC) looked alive for the first time in a while in the second half of last week’s game against UCF. Trailing 14-8 at the half, head ball coach Steve Spurrier was happy to see a couple of his veterans get angry.
It was announced Tuesday night that Missouri starting quarterback Maty Mauk has been suspended for Saturday’s game against South Carolina. The redshirt junior has started 22 games in his collegiate career, including two against the Gamecocks.