The last of South Carolina’s allotted 15 practices will take place this Saturday in the form of the annual Garnet & Black Spring Game. While the public scrimmage is simply the last practice of the spring, there are several questions that could be answered Saturday. Here are five things to look for this weekend at the spring game.
The arrival of warm weather in SEC country signals the beginning of outdoor football practices. After a long offseason of weightlifting, cardio workouts and individual drills, the Gamecocks began spring practices Tuesday.
For the first time since 2011, someone not named Connor Shaw or Dylan Thompson will have to start at quarterback for South Carolina this upcoming season.
South Carolina’s defense was dismal in 2014, ranking in the bottom half of the league in just about every defensive category.
ESPN is one of several media outlets that has taken an interest in the matter of the issue of concussions and one man who knows a great deal about it is Dwayne Bray. Bray serves as senior coordinating producer at ESPN and supervises the network’s Television Enterprise Reporting Unit.
Four straight bowl wins, a 4-1 mark in its last five games against Clemson and a humongous home stadium in Williams-Brice Stadium.
30.4 points and 432.7 yards per game later, South Carolina has finally made plans to improve its defense in anticipation of the 2015 season. Gamecock head coach Steve Spurrier formally introduced Jon Hoke as one of South Carolina’s new co-defensive coordinators at a press conference on Monday, also noting that Lorenzo Ward, the Gamecocks’ defensive coordinator since 2009, will also work under the same title as Hoke. The University of South Carolina Board of Trustees approved the hire of Hoke Monday morning.
It’s been less than a month since Ohio State beat Oregon to bring this past college football season to an end and the start of the 2015 season is still seven months away.
In 2014, it was linebackers. A year ago, defensive backs. This year, South Carolina's recruiting class was all about beefing up its defensive line that underperformed tremendously last season.
Football recruiting rankings should be taken with a grain of salt. Perhaps a little more than a grain should be prescribed when talking about the intentions of 17 and 18-year-old kids.
While South Carolina football initially looked to have an all-star recruiting class, the Gamecocks have been losing ground and come limping into today’s signing day.
College athletes are ambassadors for the school, and while nothing has been done yet, it looks as if players will be compensated for their work sooner rather than later.
Arden Key to make up his mind At first glance, you may wonder whether or not South Carolina really needs an 18-year-old kid who has decommitted from the program twice and refers to himself as a “Walking Legend” on Twitter.
Well, the team that wasn’t supposed to get in won the whole thing.
When wide receiver Shaq Roland arrived on campus in 2012, the expectations were clear: maintain the standard of winning set by players who’ve come before.
South Carolina’s recruiting class is bleeding. A 7-6 season had recruits worried, but a comment by head coach Steve Spurrier saying that he planned to be around for “two or three more [years]” sent recruits into a state of panic.