As professional baseball is beginning to wrap up their 2016 season, one player is ending where his college career started. Right-handed pitcher Taylor Widener is making his way back to Columbia this weekend for the final series of the Single-A regular season.
Coach Will Muschamp and co-offensive coordinator Kurt Roper played it safe in the early going, but two deep shots down the field turned the tables in South Carolina's favor.
The South Carolina football team came from behind to top Vanderbilt, as the Gamecocks capped the win with a 55-yard field goal from Elliott Fry.
A.J. Turner won the starting running back job from David Williams in fall camp, and he'll see his first significant action since he was a junior in high school in 2013.
Bluffton native Shameik Blackshear must put his off-field incidents in the past and evolve into a contributor for the South Carolina defense this fall.
With plenty of inexperience on the South Carolina offense, the Gamecocks will have to rely heavily on the offensive line, one of the team's strongest units.
Defensive guru Will Muschamp will have talented players to aid in his attempt to make the South Carolina defense as strong as it was during the stretch of 11-win seasons.
True freshman Brandon McIlwain and senior Perry Orth lead the way for the quarterback position opening night, but how they will be used will be a question until the offense takes the field.
This year's special teams unit is widely considered one of the best in the SEC and will be a huge key to Gamecock success in the coming season.
In college sports, a swift return to greatness often results from misconduct.
Opportunities abound to watch USC take on the Vanderbilt Commodores with your fellow Gamecock faithfuls.
The high-quality training and cohesive styles of new co-offensive coordinators could eventually turn South Carolina's offense into one of the conference's best.
Anticipate a season full of peaks and valleys for this extremely young but talented crop of South Carolina wide receivers.
Sports editor Adam Orfinger breaks down the Gamecocks schedule for the 2016 season and measures the winnability of each contest.
Sports editor Adam Orfinger interviews Vanderbilt Hustler sports editor Robbie Weinstein to get an inside look at the Vanderbilt Commodores.
Starting tonight, South Carolina begins a new era as a program under rookie head coach Will Muschamp.
After last year's 3-9 season, South Carolina's stretch of three straight 11-win seasons from 2011-2013 seems like a distant memory.
