Signing day superlatives
By brennan doherty | Feb. 4, 2015It’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.
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.
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.
Welcome to December, the month most commonly known for the Festivus holiday. A celebration that includes, among other things, the airing of grievances.
Despite a 6-6 record this season, a coaching vacancy at his alma mater and 69 years of age, Steve Spurrier announced Monday that he will be returning as South Carolina's head football coach in 2015.
In the end, USC is more than the sum of its parts, and it’s certainly more than its football team.
But despite all the shortcomings this season may have provided, the future is still very bright for Carolina, and it’s highlighted at the skill positions.
Three Clemson freshmen may have shown the Gamecock defense a glimpse of the next three years in the Tigers’ 35-17 beatdown over South Carolina.
They were the greatest five years in South Carolina football history. The 2009-2013 seasons encapsulated three-consecutive 11-win seasons, the longest streak of home victories in program history and the careers of Marcus Lattimore, Connor Shaw and Jadeveon Clowney, to name a few.
It took three quarters of the season, but the Gamecocks have finally seen some consistency from their defense.
1. Do you think Deshaun Watson plays Saturday against the Gamecocks? If not, how does the offense change with Cole Stoudt at quarterback?
If you asked any South Carolina football player, he'd almost certainly downplay the trip to No. 22 Clemson that the Gamecocks will make Saturday.
Auburn at Alabama The 2014 edition of the Iron Bowl was supposed to be a play-in game for the SEC championship. Alabama is still up at No. 1 in the country, but Auburn kind of blew it for all of us by losing back-to-back games against Texas A&M and Georgia.