The topic of what bowl game the Gamecocks (4-4, 2-4 SEC) will participate in made its rounds through Columbia’s airwaves this week, but the defense might not allow them to even reach that point.
A week ago, the women's golf team earned back its spot at No. 1 in the nation in both Golfweek/Sagarin and Golfstat rankings. This weekend, the Gamecocks finished off their fall schedule and didn't do much to sacrifice that top-overall spot.
It would be easy for the South Carolina men’s soccer team to fold on the rest of the season with the slew of close losses it has endured.Yet with two games remaining in the regular season, head coach Mark Berson’s team is only looking forward in hopes of finishing above .500 for the first time since 2011.
“Finally." That’s what freshman Savannah McCaskill thought to herself after scoring her first collegiate goal against Florida Gulf Coast in September.
The Gamecocks had lost four-consecutive matches, three to conference opponents. But South Carolina took steps towards getting back on track over the weekend, notching back-to-back wins over Mississippi State and Missouri.
The Gamecocks have finished the regular season at 10-2 three-consecutive times and earned themselves a trip to one of the more respectable Florida bowl games with SEC tie-ins (two Capital One Bowl visits and a cameo in the Outback Bowl).
The South Carolina men’s basketball team unofficially opened its 2014-15 season Sunday with a 92-47 victory over Benedict College in an exhibition matchup.
Well, at least it’s not like South Carolina’s defensive performance against Auburn shocked anyone.
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After losses to Missouri and Kentucky in its last two SEC games, South Carolina wasn’t even supposed to belong on the same field as No. 5 Auburn Saturday night.
After losses to Missouri and Kentucky in its last two SEC games, South Carolina wasn't even supposed to belong on the same field as No. 5 Auburn Saturday night.
1. How was the loss to Mississippi State received by the fans? Even though the Bulldogs are a good team, did anyone expect Auburn to lose that game?The loss to Mississippi State was shocking to Auburn fans, mostly because of how poorly the Tigers played.
Heading into this year, South Carolina’s matchup against Auburn was viewed as one of the last hurdles the Gamecocks would have to jump in order to get to Atlanta at the end of the season.
There’s only one thought any honest and reasonable Gamecock fan should have about South Carolina’s defense going up against a high-powered Auburn offense:“Yikes.”A Tiger rushing attack that is 13th in the nation with 262 yards on the ground per game facing a team that is 90th in the nation against the rush (181.7 yards allowed per game) does not seem like it will bode well for the Gamecocks.
South Carolina has been in this situation before.Five weeks ago, the Gamecocks were staring down the nose of a top-10 Georgia team that looked unbeatable, and they won.
No. 1 Mississippi State at KentuckyAfter three consecutive wins over top-10 teams vaulted Mississippi State to No. 1 in the country, the Bulldogs will get their first taste of what it is like to be the hunted. Despite being ranked in the top-15 and then the top-five in each of its last two games, Mississippi State has yet to be the favorite as a ranked team.
The No. 2 South Carolina women's golf team continued its dominant start to the year over the weekend, winning its second tournament of the young season.