The big story among the Gamecocks’ safeties is the loss of last year’s second team All-SEC free safety D.J. Swearinger, who was drafted in the second round of the NFL draft by the Houston Texans.
While attention has been focused on the season opener against North Carolina, coach Steve Spurrier and his staff are quietly putting together a nice recruiting class for the next couple of years.
Spoiler alert: The chief academic officer for the university thinks students shouldn’t skip class for a football game.
Football fans across campus, get ready to cash in your first absence of the semester. Provost Michael Amiridis has instructed USC faculty not to cancel classes on Thursday evening or Friday due to the Gamecocks’ Thursday night game against the UNC Tar Heels.
Gamecocks land at No. 6 in the preseason AP poll Over the last three years, the South Carolina football team has had a lot of firsts.
With just one week left until the season opener, South Carolina has a starting runningback. Runningback coach Everette Sands announced on Tuesday that sophomore Mike Davis would be the starter when the Gamecocks take on North Carolina in next week’s season opener.
While Gamecock football hasn’t even kicked off for 2013, its schedule for next year’s season has already been released.
The story of how cowhide — not pigskin — ends up in the end zone.
Students may now request football tickets for the Gamecocks’ five away games, an Tuesday morning email from Student Ticketing announced.
Three Gamecock juniors, — Jadeveon Clowney, Rory Anderson and Bruce Ellington — have been named to preseason award watch lists for the 2013 season.
After passionately voicing our criticisms of the new football ticketing system all year, we are relieved to hear that USC has switched back to the trusty old system that, although flawed, seemed to work better than the new one did.
Student ticketing will return to a weekly system this football season just a year after USC made the switch to season tickets for students, according to a release from Director of Student Ticketing Adrienne White. Students will request tickets for each individual game instead of being granted lower or upper deck season tickets, as they were in the 2012-2013 season.
The USC football coach addressed reporters in an SEC teleconference Wednesday, fielding questions about topics from his two-quarterback system to conference scheduling rules.
Though USC players are unlikely to hear their names called in the first round, five Gamecocks are expected to be drafted, starting with D.J. Swearinger.
One big question entering spring practice was who would replace Devonte Holloman at the spur linebacker position. Redshirt junior Sharrod Golightly and redshirt freshman Jordan Diggs have been jockeying for the starting spot through the off season.
With spring weather in full swing in Columbia, USC football took to the practice field again Tuesday. The players seemed to respond well to the warmer climate, garnering praise from coach Steve Spurrier for the team’s first practice of the week.
Marcus Lattimore won’t watch the NFL Draft in one month. The former South Carolina tailback said it doesn’t matter to him where he’s drafted. He said he hasn’t even looked at draft projections. South Carolina’s Pro Timing Day on Wednesday was the first time Lattimore stepped onto the Williams-Brice Stadium field since tearing three ligaments in his knee on Oct. 27.